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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24
The Way to Test Parties.

The following extract from aspeech by Geo.
W. Curtis before the New York Republican
Convention is worthy golden letters.
Gen. Grant went into power March 4,
1869, as the old Roman Generals were
raised on the shields OF their soldiers and
borne ia triumph. He took the place OF
anarchy and confusion. Others had cried
''peace," but Gen. Grant had made peace,
aud the people siezed the honest and sa-
gacious soldier and lifted him into the
place he has SO worthily filled. If the
Administration loses power, it will be
because the honest and intelligent mass
OF the Republican party neglect their
duty and forget their fidelity. In an
cient Athens two men once contested for
the suffrages of the people. One was
profuse in his promises of what he would
do, and the other came forward and said :
"What he has promised | have done"
This reply can well be well applied to
the Democratic aud Republican parties.
All that the Democrats have promise d
we have done or are doing. give now
one or two facts: In the last seventeen
months of Andrew Johnson's presidency,
the national debt was increased thirty
millions in the first seventeen months
of General Grants administration the
dent has been decreased one hundred
and seventy millions, and Congress at its
last session reduced the taxes more than
eighty-three millions. This simultane-
Gus reduction of the debt and taxes i'm
plies the honesty and ability of the Re
publican administration, with a most
faithful regard to its traditions. 1t has
maintained peace with all nations, and
the name of the United States WAS new,
er so much respected as it is at the pres
ent time under General Grants admin
iS;ration. ! remember when in Berlin
Germany, visiting the. Kings palace, and
being shown suit of clothes worn by
Frederick the Great in the field. Now,
it every German General in the field,
fighting against wanton and wicked ag-
grcssion, i'll which our sympathies and
our prayers are enlisted, wore those
clothes be could not be insured victory.
1t is the spirit and principles of the men
which have gained the victory and gives
France Republic, which we pray the
people may have the sagaeity TO main
tain. II is not because of the victory
gained at Saratoga that our revolutiona
ry fathers succeeded at Yorktown. Il
was not because of Nicksburg and Shllol
that Grant received the surrender at Ap
pomattox, but because our fathers anC
General Grant fought out their battles
Oh one line, never stopping until the Fl
nal victory Vas gained We must figh'
ON the line of 1864 and '6s, and keep VI
the contest ut every point until every
citizen shall have his tull rights. The
true mission of the Republican party
was defined by Abraham Lincoln at Get
tysburg, when standing over the graves
Of our dead soldiers, he said they Tough
for 40 section, no state, but for the grea
principles of humanity, which he defne'
AZ our mission to day. As our brother
by sea and land died, so we Republican
and citizens should live, and govern
Iaent of the people and for the peopl'
shall not perish from the earth.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24
The Battle Of GrayellOtte, Aug. 18th.

Fhe tactics OF Sadowa were repeated
at Gravelotte. The Prussians began the
engagement with a divided army, or
rather two armies moving from different
directions, with orders to form a june
tion behind the enemy's posititi Dn.
BaEaine covered the poiut which the
-Prussians had selected as that upon
which to converge, aud actually lay be-
teen the t@O armies which he had TO
fight. IL was not until after nightfall
that the junction was effected aud the
victory won but it was then complete,
and forced Bazaine iato Metz, where it
had all along been the design of the
Prussians to confne him. The battle
was purely defensive on the part of the
Freuch. None of the several bloody
repulses of Prince. Frederick Charles
attacks were signal enoug b TO enable
Bazaine to follow with an offensive move
ment TO ex:ricats himself from his great
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

the country, the value of all contracts, thc
cost Of living and the wages Of labor at Che
mercy Of partizan vote Of Congress. For
myself dare not trust the great industrial in.
tercsts Of the country 10 such uncertain
chances
conclude the discussion Of tlis topic with
the expression Of my confident belief that the
people will maintain the National Banking
system as the best and safest they have ever
had. It's establishment is an honor to the Re
publican party, and great blessing to the
natinn
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24
The Shadow of Life,

We have rarely met with anything more
beautiful than The following, which VIC fnd-tn
an ol New York Mirror.
''Al that liv.amust die
Passing from nature 10 eternity"
Men seldom think OF the great event
Of death until the dark shadow falls
across their own path, hiding forever
from their eyes the faces of their loved
ones whose smile was the SUNSHINE of
their existence. Death is tie great an
iagonism Of life, aud the cold thought
OF the tomb is the skeleton in all our
feasts p
We do not want to go through the
dark valley, although its passage may
lead TO paradise and with Charles
Lamb, We do not wish to lie down in
the mouldy grave, even with kings and
princes for our bed-fellows.
But the fiat of nature is inexorable.
There is no appeal or repeal from the
great law that dooms us all to dust. We
flourish and fade like the leaves of the
torest, and the frailest flower that blooms
and withers in day, has not a trailer
hold on life inan the mightiest monarch
INV ShSi SlIOOh the c3TID Dy his FOOT
steps. Generations of men appear and
vanish like the grass, and the countless
multitude that swarm the world to-day
will tomorrow disappear like footprints
on the shore:
soon as the rising tide shall beat
Each trace shall vanish from the sand"
In the beautiful drama Of Ion, the in
stinct OF immortality, SO eloquently ut
tered by the death devoted Greek, finds
deep response in every thoughtful soul.
1t is natures prophesy OF life to come.
When about to yield his young existence
as sacrifice 10 fate, his betrothed Gle
mantle asks if they shall not meet again.
TO which he replies, Il have asked that
dreadful question of the hills that look
eternal of the streams that flow torey-
er; of the stars, among whose fields my
raised spirit hath walked in glory. All
were dumb. But while case upon thy
living face, | feel there is something in
that love which mantles through its
beauty that cannot wholly perish. We
shalt meet again, Clemanthe."
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24
TUE PUBLIC nEBr.

But, fellow citizens, You have d right
TO know What las been done with the
surplus OF receipts over expenditures. /
hope there ispot ;anYAnierieaa citizen
who will not be proud 10 Know that
FROM the inauguration of General iGragi
TO the first day Of the present nonih,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

With a true wife the husbands faults
should be secret. A woman forgets
when she conIescends to that refuge of
weakness, female G nfident. A wifs's
bosom should be the tomb Of her hus-
band's failings, and his character far
more valuable in her estimation, than
be. t |. N.''NN
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

WEDDING PoTAToEs.-It is a common
practice, in some of the potato growing
districts, to trrn flock of sheep into
the potato field for the purpose Of eat
ing down the weeds. The sheep viii
not touch the potato vine. The pastur-
ing with sheep is very advantageous
when the crop is u late planted one, so
that the hocing cannot be completed
until the having or harvesting is finish
ed. Early planted crops, the cultivation
Of which is completed in the early part
of the summer frequently become
grassy and weedy before the time Of
digging, when he size of the tops pre-
cludes cultivation. In this stage the
sheep are economical weeders. 1t is
hardly necessary TO mention that the
feed thus given to the sheep make =
double profit.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

"Ab, Jenny" said sympathizing
friend to man who was just too lass
for the train, "you did not run fast
enough" "Yes, | did" said Jenny;
but didn't start soon enough" 20
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

Thackeray said that the drollest thing
thai he heard while in this country, and
the most characteristically American,
was the remark of New Yorker: "Oh,
| have no objections to England, Mr..
fhackeray. The only thing should be
afraid of would be to go out at night
there, lest might step otfm
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

Sixty-nine members of the last Con
gress served in the ULioni army--thir-
Teen as officers, and the balaace as shod-
dy. contractors. r-,e-e sy.2s ~, stis
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

Tom Thumb has gone to Australia
with his wife and baby. -1A-; Il
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

The New Bedford Standard says that
one Saturday evening recently, lady,
who lives near church in that city, was
sitting by the window listening to the
crickets which were loudly chirping, the
music from tho. choir rehearsal being al
so audible, when a gentleman dropped
in who had just passed the church, and
having heard the music, had it full in
his mind. what noise they are max
mg tonight ~ said he. "Yes," replied
the lady, land it is said they do it with
their hind legs!"
"Ticket, sir" said an inspector at q
railroad terminus in the city to gentle
man who, having been season-tieket
holder for sometime, believed his face
was SO well known that there Mas no
use for him to show his ticket. "My
face is my ticket" replied the gentle
man, little annoyed Indeed" said
the inspector, rolling back his wristbaad
and displaying a most powerful fiss,
"well, my orders are to punch all tickets
passing on this platform"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24
General GarReld's Speech.

We extract the following from the
speech OF Gen. Garfield, delivered at
Mansfield, Aug. 26th.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-24

Trains do stop stations where the time is omitted
in the above table.
CHARLES n. HATCH,
1898 General Sup't, Cleveland.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15
\ Substitutes.

Mr.. PilkinSon farmer in Pennsyl-
yania. was drafted for the service of his
country. His wife, though she posses
sed but a small stock of general in
formation. is ono of the best conjugal
partners. and she was much troubled at
The thought of parting with her llus-
band. AS she was engaged scrubbing OF
her door-stcps. rough-looking stranger
came up and thus addressed her.
IL hear madam that your husband has
been drafted ~, -,
"Yes sir lie has" answered Mrs. I'll
kinson. "though dear knows, there's
few couldn't better be spared from their
families
"Wcll madam, have come to offer
myself as substitute for him"
"a what z" asked Mrs. Pilkinson.with
some excitement. ;. !,
Il am willing to take his place, said
the stranger.
"You take the place of my husband
Won wretch. Ill teach you to instl;
distressed woman in that way, YOU vag-
abond." cried Mrs. Pilkinson. as she
discharged the dirty soap-suds in The
f,cc Of the discomfittcd and astonishcd
substitute, who took TO his Leels just III
thine to save his head heing broken by
|thc bucket.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15
Don't Like Cincinnati POlitenes,

A new married couple were at Gin
cinnati hotel. The lady was pretty, the
husband was honest. and both were
green. The pair had been in the hotel
some twcnty-four hours. when the bride
groom walked up TO the clerk and re-
marked:
THAT'S my wife that stops in the room
with me-
"Yes. suppose so, was the bland re-
ply of the clerk.
"Wcll. thought Id mention il, con-
tinucd the man. 80 you wouldn't think
il strange in my complaining. ] never
like 10 find fault, YOU know. but were
kind Of bothered. We've only been here
since yesterday, and MY wife has been
Invited TO 20 TO ride three times. to go
TO the minstrcls' shows likewise. and
Just now a sleck-looking chap Knocked
at the door and wanted 10 know if she
was alone. and actually inquired If that
|countryman She had OF the string had
gone! I've 10 doubt these young men
lmean well enough, but they are too dog
goned polite for me.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15
Murder Trial In Nevada.

was sltt1llg mere. salu the Judge,
g in this old pulpit, holding court, and
I'VE were trying big wickcd-lookins
Spanish desperate for killing the hus-
band of bright, pretty Mexican wo-
man. Ii was lazy summer day, and
IAN awful long one, and the witnesses
were tedious. None of us took any in
!tcrcst in the trial except that nervous,
uneasy devil o; n awoman-bccausc you
know how they love and how they hate,
land this one had loved her husband with
Jail her might, and now she had boiled il
jail down into hate, and stood here spit
lting il at that Spaniard with her eyes,
and tell you she would stir me up, too,
with little of her summer lightning
occasionally.
swell had my coat Off and heels up,
Ilolling and sweating, and smoking Ole
of those cabbage cigars the San Fran
cisco people used TO think were good
lcnough for us in those times; and the
llawyers all had their coats of, and were
smoking and whiting, and the wit
nesscs the same, and so was the pris-
Ioncr. Well, the fact is, there wasn't
Iany interest i'm murder trial then, be-
Icausc the fellow was always brought in
not guilty, the jury expecting him to do
as much for them sometime: and, al
though the evidence was straight and
square against this Spaniard, VIC knew
we could not convict him without SEEM
ling to be high-handcd and sort Of re-
ficcting on every gentleman i'll the COM
immunity, for there warn't any carriages
and liveries then, and the only "style'
There. was, was to keep your private
graveyard. But that woman seemed to
have her heart set OH hanging that Span
lard and you'd ought to have seen how
she would glare OH him minute, and
then look up at me in her pleading way,
land then turn and for the next five min
utes search the iury's faccs--and byand-
| by drop her little face i'm her hands for
lust little while, as if she was most
ready to give up, but out she'd come
again directly and be as live and anx-
lious as ever. But when the jury an
nounced the verdict. not guilty. and
told the prisoner he was acquitted, that
woman rose up till she appeared TO be a.
tall and grand as "a gun ship, and say.
she:
"Judgc. 10 j understand you to sa,
tulat inns man Is not EuiilE. tiiat IiluT
dercd my husband without any cause
before my own eyes and my childrcn's
and that all has been done to him thai
ever Justice and law can do?'
'"Thc same" says !.
4 "And then what do you reckon sht
Ibid? Why: she turned on that sriirk
ling Spanish fool like wildcat, and on
with "navy" and shot him dead il
open COURT
THAT was spirited, ! am willing t.
adinit.'
Wasn't it though 2" said the judge
ladmiring. Il wouldn't have missed ii
for anything. ! adjourned court righ
on the spoi.and we put OH our coats ant
went out and took up a collection TO
Iher and her cubs, and sent them over th'
mountains to their friends. All, sh'
was n sniritcd wOman.'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15
To Guard Against Sun-strOkc.

One who knows says it bchoovcs cv-
erv one TO take unusual precaution
against sun-strokc. and first of all avoid
the use Of stimulating liquors. 1t is n
mistake to suppose that a "drink" now
and then through the day will help the
system 10 bear up against the encrvat-
Influence of the heat. A large portion
of the cases Of sm-stroke occur among
those of irregular habits. Avoid also
the excessive use of iced drinks when
|ovcr-hcated. The temporary refresh
|mcnt they afford nevertheless shocks the
system and renders one particularly sus-
|ceptiblc to sm-stroke. 1t is prolific
source of diarrh9a. cholera morbus and
the like. If necessarily exposed TO the
rays of the sun, wear wet handker-
chief or sponge in the crown of the hat.
Laborers are especially recommended to
take this very simple precalltion, which
| has saved thousands from sudden death.
Bear in mind that sun-strolSc, when not
fatal, leaves The brain in very sensitive
state, and for years aftcrward renders
the victim more liable to a recurrence
"A stitch in time saves nine.'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15

land cotton mill earned 81 50 per week
wages. and good black tafleta silk sold
Mt 81 50 per yard. u therefore took her
just twcnty-four days " earn the price
of a silk dress Of " yards. Duty on
silk, 10 per cent. In 1870 the female
weaver earns 81 C2 a week wages, and
the same kind of black tatleta silk costs
$3 per yard; it therefore takes es4 days
10 earn the same dress Of IL yards vi
silk. Duty OH silk, 60 per cent.
In 1858. under moderate tariff. the
price of pair Of men's stout boots was
$4 40, at the present time, under an cN-
travagant tariff, the same boots cost Sc
80.
The exports of American mannfactur-
ed cotton goods, in 1860, under low
tariff,were four times as great rs in $50.
The export Of woOlcn fabrics of Am
erican make has declined, within the last
fiscal year year, 60 per cent - amount
in the aggregate to but $160.O0O;T while
Great Britain, under free trade, exported
in the same year S129.OO0.OO0.
In 1860. a and 4 white fianncls sold for
1S cents Il yard a seamstrcss earning so
cents "a day could buy 81 yards of fan
mel for three days labor. The price Of
the same kind of flannel now, in 1870. IL
80 cents yard, and the scamstress earns
75 cents a day; her three days high
wages will only procure her 75yattls Of
flannel. Is this not the best proof how
a high tariff opprcsscs the poor, when
the three days boastcd high wages in
1870 buys less flannel than the low wa
gcs in 1850 did?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15

nrAS old topper started for home one
nioht i'm his normal condition, with a
turkey he had obtained for holiday
dinner. lie found the road very rough.
and fell several times over all sorts OF
obstructions in the path. Each time he
fell he dropped the turkey, but contrived
to pick it up again. On entering his
house he steadied himself as well us he
was able. and said to his wife, "ilcrc
wifcy, I've got 'levcn turkeys tor you,.
q Eleven turkics! What do you mean
There is only one. There must be ievel'
|turkics. wifcy, for fell down leven
times. and every time found turkey.
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Around her waist ! put my arm
Ii felt as soft rs cake.
"Oh. dear" says she. "w!bat liberty
You printer men do take"
"Why, yes. my Sal, my charming gal
Il squeezed her some, | gucss,)
Can you say aught against
The freedom Of the Press
/ kissed her somc-I did by gum;
She cOlored like beet:
Upon my living soul she looked
Almost too good to eat.
l gave another buss. and then
Says she. 81 DO confess
rather kinder sortcr like
The freedom OF the Press
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15
~Dr. ANpnEw LEWIS. of this place

TDr. ANprEw LEWIS. of this place,
has been awarded the contract for bull
ding that portion of the New Albany
land st. Louis Airline Railway lying
lbctwecn Princeton and the river oppo-
Site Mount Carmel. Illinois. If we are
|corrcctly informed, the Doctor is to COM
pletc the road. ready for the rolling stock
l-hc furnishing cross-tics and the IRON
for S25.O0O per mile. and to have the
lroad completed ready for the cars by the
first day of January, lS7l.-lPrinccton
Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15
Flies on Horses.

The Journal of Chemistry gives the
following as IA preventative Of horses be-
ing teascd by bics! Take two or three
small handfuls Of walnwt leaves, upon
which pour two or three quarts Of cold
water; let it infusc ono night. and pour
the whole next morning into a kettle
and lei il boil for quarter of an hour
When cold it will I've iii for use. No
more is required than to moistea
sponge. and before the horse goes ont of
the stable, let those parts which are most
irritable be smcarcd over with the liquor
namely. between and upon the ears. the
neck, the flanks. etc. Not only the gem
tlcman or lady who rides out for pleasure
will derive pleasure from the walnut
leaves thus prepared, but the coachhan,
the wagOner, and all others who use
horses during the hot months.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15

m-AN advertisement in a Wiscon-
sin paper recently, read as follows: The
subscriber offers for sale a COW, ninety
feet in length, twenty in width, with
two feet and half depth of hold
Great heavens! what a COW! Talk
about the hippopotami or rhinocer-
|horses--they wouldn't be ycarling calves
Ito this animal. We suppose the letter
before the COW would explain the mon
|strosity.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15

O-Thc Pittsburg Post says, ability as
we'll as reputation pays. The Hon. Jcr-
cmiall 5. Black has just returned from
Texas. where nc was engaged as counsel
in an important railroad case, in which
there was an enormous sum Of money
involved. Judge Black received for his
fees one thousand dollars per diem for
every day he was absent from home. aud
lie was gone about one month. Thirty
thousand dollars month is a. big fee.
but Judge Black has rcacfred a higher
emincnce in his profession than perhaps
any living lawyer in Amcriea.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15

PUNISHMENT ENouGn.-A man WITH
four wives was brought before Hans
Swarhtart. Mohawk Justice, for com
mitmcnt on the Charge of bigamy. oH-
\ "Four vifcs 2" exclaimed the aston
ishcd Hans, " four vifc%. dat vas most
hinocious crimes! Discharch hipa ut
vohst."
"Why!' protested the prosecutor
!" Why discharge him when the proof IS
positivc? Will the court explain =
"Yes, ecksplains. or he IFS nit
four vifcs he got punishment enough
l lif NIT ven and l got too much pan
ishment already"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15

~ New Orleans bars pan opposition
on the size Of glasses enclosing season.
able rclrigertors. A ccMntryman call.
ing for julip and gctfims near u quart.
drank what he wished and haadcd the
rest back, to be kept till he was ready to-
drown himself. i~"' Nf
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15

A Pennsylvania editor having stated
in paragraph that there was q man In
the place who had been drunk thirty
live years,was called upon by twenty dil-.
fercnt npcrso1ss, who demanded a Fetrac-.
tien, each visitor insisting that the Acn
was a personal attack. ss.,.t
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15

= The probabilities arc that the mar
ket for the present years wheat crop
will open at one dollar per bushcl for
red. anil one dollar ten to one dollar ff-
teen cents per pusllcl for winter white,
According to tsnality. IL is expected that
a large quantity of wheat will be bought
here the present season for shipment
East, and this will establish the same
rates for the grain here as prevail ut
Cincinnati and Louisville. The wheat
yield i'm this section of Indiana This year
is fully mp to tho average OF tho past ter
years. New Albany Ledger
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-15
The Tcrrc Hautc and Indianapoli

The Tcrrc Hautc and Indianapolis
Rail-road Company has declared semi
annual dividend Of six per cent, free of
Government tax, payable on the 18th
proximo.
az TIE ambitious mothers motto
for her marriagcablc daughters; "On
to Richmcn!"