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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
Road Making.

The absence Of good roads is the
most expensive deprivation a farmer
is subjected to; but many will not see
it, or seeing will not heed It. A tax
is tax, though it is IMPOSED to afford
one of the greatest cOnveniences and
enjOyments that can be conceived for
those who make use 6f the highways.
to say nothing about it in an economi-
cal sense. II people would only con-
slider the loss Of animal power BY bad
roads, it would exert a favorable infu
ence. Many experiments have been
made In relation to this, and it has
been astertained that light carriage
with four wheels, weighing with its
load, one thousand pounds, requires a
force Of traction as follows:
l. On a, turnpike road when hard
and dry, BOZ pounds. 2. On the same
road when dirty, 80 pounds. 3. On
hard compact lOan. 50 pounds. T.
On an ordinary by-rOad, LOG pounds.
8. On turnpike road newly gravel
ed, l43 potnds. 8. On a Loose sandy
road, 204 pounds.
Any one who runs can read and un-
derstand this. But it is not only the
increased power that bad roads require.
The wear and tear of wagons and
gears are no small items, and the great
loss of time caHsed by the delay, is
especially important in the operations
of business of all kinds. We want a
new s55teD. As we said some time
ago, there ought to be q well paid,
Superintendent of High
ways in every county, who should
possess every necessary power to com
pei a thorough reform in the condition
of our common highways, as we'll as
in the roads of incorporated companies.
And every day that we omit to make
this provision, we prove more and
more our short sightedness in permit
ting the nickel to conceal from us the
sixpence which is behind it.-TGer-
mautOwn Telegraph.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
ChiIlicOthe.

"Twenty minutes for quiuine ~
shouted the conductor as the train
stopped at the Chillicothe depot.
"Here's your nice sweet quinine, .
screamed the ragged peddlers on the
platform.
Free quinine at the ScrOggs
House," shouted a hotel runner.
"Sweet quinine over here" called
out One-eyed man.
"Qninine pills, only Is cents dose, ="
sang ragged girl.
In the midst of all this din we caught
glimpse of the lively face of General
Hurst. He was standing near a car
riage and beckOned US toward him.
The driver politely handed US a neat
white package containing quinine, ac-
COmpanied with handful of roasted
coffee.
Taking a seat in the carriage, we
asked the General what on earth all
this quinine fuss was about. He re-
piled that at this time ChilicOthe was
somewhat troubled with the agup,
there being about five thousand cases
that day.
Somewhat troubled ~
We should think so.
"But then," said the General,
"Chillicothe is always free from fatal
complaints. There is probably no
place known that is as healthy as
ChillicOthe:"
"Then, General, got would recon-
mend Chillicothe to all those seeking
for health ?''
"Most decidedly"
Considering that at that very mo
ment there were five hundred cases of
sickness in the town, the Generals
recommend rose to a height of sub
Unity too grand for US; and we sub
sided. The rattling of the windows
as we rode along fully attested to the
shaking going ON within. Everybody
seemed to have the shakes. They
even shake hands with each other
We learned that an old river bed was
the cause of all this. We would rees
Ommend that all such beds should be
taken out and cleaned.
ChillicOthe is a lovely city, with
wide streets, well paved and shaded,
and must be, in a healthy season,
a wonderful place in which to live.
We met Smith, the new editor of
the SciOtO Gazette. Smith is a good
looking fellow. This is bad for an
editor. We tried it once, and found
it wouldn't do. Smith is a bachelor.
He has it bad. We recommended Lo-
gan. He said he would try it. If he
does we will warrant him a cure
Smith said they tried to have shell
OYSTERS but the ague shook the shells
open, and they all spoiled. Smith
belongs to the Smith family, and is
first cousin to the aristocratie Smythe.
The other editors we did not see.
They were busy "rastling" with the
ague.-[EditOrial Correspondent Lo-
gan Rep.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

WEATHER WEEAINGs.-The British
Board of Trade has publishedj for the
benefit of seafaring men, the following
remarks on the appearance Of the sky:
A rosy sunset presages fair weather.
and a bright yeIlOwish sky in the
evening indicates wind, and a pale
: How, wet weather. A neutral gray
is favorable sign in the evening and
an unlavOrablo one in the morning
If the forms Of the clouds are soft, tn
defined and feathery, the weather
will be fine but if the edges are hard,
sharp and well-defned, it will be foul.
Any deep, unusual lines bounding the
clouds belOken wind or rain, while
quiet and delicate tints bespeIk fair
Weather.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
The Two Records

On comparing the records Of the two
gtGat parties of this country, for the past
ten years, no man who belongs to the Re-
publican party can fail to feel proud that
he belongs to it, and that it has achieved
for itself so glorious record. 1t has been
the party of the Nation. the great organ
of mighty people for the accomplish
ment of great deeds. May it live and do
good, live to do good, while the nation
lives Read the record as represented by
Senator Morton:
RECORD OF THE REPUbLICAE PARTY.
1t aboIishes Slavery!
1t establishes Universal Suffrage
1t gave liberty to all Sections
It protected the Civil Rights of All Men!
It defeated liquidation!
It gate Republican Government to the
South
It built the Pacific RaiIf5ad
It passed the Homestead Law!
It opened new roads into the inhabited
domainI
1t secured Pensions and Homesteads to
the Union Soldiers!
1t has reduced the National Debt one
hundred and forty-six millions in sixteen
ttinnths, thus certainly securing the ex-
tinction of the debt i'll less than fifteen
years.
II has reduced taxation Eighty Millions Of
dollars IN one Blu.
1t has passed Revenue Tariff with full
incidental protection to American Labor.
1t has reduced the prospective interest
on the National Debt.
RECORD OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Sympathy with the Rebellion
Devoted to Slavery!
Hostility to Universal Suffrage!
Persecution of the Freed People!
Opposition to the Civil Rights BILL
Favorable to Reputation
Adverse to the Reduction of the Nation
al Debit
Votes in Congress sgainst Reducing
Taxation
Prejudiced against the Union Soldiers
Committed to Low Wages and Free
Trade!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
Two Hundred Days on a FiOats
ing Ice Field.

The crew of the little Hansa, the
companion vessel Of the Germania
the principal vessel of the second Ger
man North Polar expedition, have
just returned to Germany, after the
loss of their vessel; and suffering ex-
treme hardships. The two vessels
went out from Bremerhaven in June,
1859, the steamer qermania under the
command of Captain Holloway, and
the sailing chip Hansa, Under the com
n1and of Captain Hageman. The fol
lowing telegram was received in Bre-
Rmen, dated Copenhagen, September 1:
4" The Hansa was crushed by ice on
the 10th Of October, 1889, on the east
coast of Greenland, in seventy-one de-
grees north latitude. The crew are
saved and in good health in UOpenha-
gen. HAGEMANN."
The crew arrived by the ship Con.
atance, thittegn pers6ns in all. They
give the following accOunt IF their
voyage and perils:
The Hansa was fast in the ice on
the 9Th of September, 1869, (in seven
ty-fOur degrees north latitude, and
seventeen degrees west longitude, J and
on the 18th of October Gin seventy
one degrees north latitude, and twenty
one degrees west lOngitude,) she was
left by the crew, who took refuge with
their boat upon an immense field
They spent two hundred days upon
this floating mass, partly in hoHse
built of coal; partly in a small boat,
and during this time were driven two
hundred and fifty geographical miles
southwark. The ice field was at first
nearly seven (geOgrap phical or Germany
miles In circumference, but decreased
day by day until at last it had a cir
cumference of only two hundred yards.
They finally got into the boats in the
sixty-first degree, and after a seven
days voyage they arrived on the 18th
day of June at the settlement of Fred
erichsthal, from whence to COpenha-
gen they came in the ship Constance.
The scientists, Urs. Btube and Bach
UlZ, are well, and now in Hamburg"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
The Wrong Man POulticed.

At a famous and fashionable water
ing place, a gentleman one night was
suddenly seized in bed with an exeru-
ciating pain in the stomach, which
neither brandy, No. 6, nor any other
remedy could remove. His wife, after
trying number of things in vain, and
having exhausted all her stock Of
remedies, left her husbands bedside
for the purpose of getting a warm ap-
plication. Guided, on her return, by
light which she saw shining in Il
chamber, and she supposed was the
one just left, she softly entered, and
was not a little surprised to find her
patient apparently in deep slumber.
However, thinking he might still be
suffering, she gently raised the bed
clothes, &C., and laid the scalding pOul-
! tice upon a stomach-but not the
stomach of her husband-which no
sooner touched the body of the per
son than he, greatly alarmed, and
Writhing under the torture of the
burning application, shouted: "HsIlO!
halo! what in the name of heaven
and earth are you about there ?" then,
with one spring from his bed, he made
for the door, and, rushing down stairs,
declared, in a phrenzy of excitement,
that some one had poured shovel
of hot Goals upon him ! The woman.
overcome with excitement and alarm,
gave a frantic scream, which brought
her husband hurriedly in from the
next room to her rescue. The husband
was so much excited, and also much
amdsed with the singular mistake and
the ridiculous position of his better
hall, that he forgot all his pains but
early next morning he, together with
his wife and trunks, left for parts un.
known. The poulticed gentleman
still retains the handkerchief, besuti.
ful liLen fabric, with the lady's name
On it, which he considers of rare value,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

On one occasion, a young and zeal
GUS lawyer, not over punctiliOus in
his illusions to the Court, nor very
formal in his manner, was arguing a
question before a Judge, and in the
course of his argumunt, by way Of
illustration, wished TO suppose a case.
owe will suppose, your Honor"
said be, "that your Honor were 70
steal q horse"
mo, no, nc" interrupted the Judge.
''Not at all, not at all. 'Tain't sup
possible case, Mr.. s., 'tain't suppos-
able case"
every well, begging your Honor's
pardon" )" proceeded the eager lawyer,
with more zeal than prudence, "theu
supposing that should steal
horse
"Ah, yes, yes,'' said the Judge )
'that is a very different thing. Very
likely, Mr.. s., very likely. Proceed,
Mr.. s."
Mr.. S. proceeded to take a seat,
amidst the shouts Of his brethren, and
had the good sense to take the joke in
good part, and repeat it often TO bis
friends
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

The Terre Haute (Ind.) Album gives
the following essay on "The OK ="
from one of its young contributors,
just as it came from his pen. 1t is so
natural and spontaneous, that we
doubt if ShilIaber or Josh Billings
could equal it in genuine humOr:
"Oxen is a very slow anamil, they
are good to break ground up, would
drather have horses if they didn't
have kOliGk, which they say is wind
collected in a bunch, which makes it
dangprser for to keep horses than an
OK. If there were no horses people
wood have to wheel thare wood on a
whealbafrOw. it wood take them to or
three days to wheal a cord a mile.
Cows is useful to. 1 have hersaOm
say that if they had to be tOther or an
OK they wood be a COW. But think
when it cum to ha7s their tits pulled
of cold mOrnin they wood wish thay
wasn't, for oxen don't generally have
to raise caves. if cOOdent be hefiIr
and he'd to be both wood be an OK"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

A minister at Alliance, Ohio, Is going to
bring suit against a man for over $4,000,
for marrying him. Fourteen years ago he
married the man, who wanted to pay in
potatoes, tomorrow. He said be would
give si4 bushels down. and double the
number Of bushels every year until paid
As it is fourteen years and nary potato
come yet, it amounts to 98,23S bushels,
and at ffty cents a bushel, to S4s, I55:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
Salt a Remedy for Fever and
AgUes

AkMC6
A correspondent of the Baltimore
American says:
During a recent trip through several
of the western states I met a gentle
man who had used salt externally for
years as a preventive, with entire sat
isfactiOn. A physician of Pittsburg
told him to wear some III his shoes,
and he had his stockings prepared by
dipping the bottoms in a strong brine
and letting them dry. For ten years
he escaped the chills, but firing of the
experiment, and believing he was In
dHlging in a mere fancy, he discOntin-
ued the use of salt, but he contracted
the disease again, and it continued
with him until he fesumed the practice
of the previous ten years. He also
stated that in one ague district through
which he travelled he met with sew.
eraI members of a firm who had es-
capped the disease, and on inquiry he
learned they had been in the habit of
tasting salt as they dealt it out to their
Ct1stOtners.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

At Baxter, Kansas, a merchant and
clerk were stopping together, unpack
ing some goods, when a dOuble-barrel-
ed gun shook down from the wall, and, ,
both barrels discharging, they were
both shot in the head and instantly
killed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

A western cOroner's jury returned a
verdict that the deceased came to his
death from exposure. What do you
mean by that ;" asked a relative Of
the dead man, "there are two bullet
holes in his skull" " Just so, rel
piled the coroner, 80 be died from ex4
DOsnre to bullets.n
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

Van Amburgh's lion tanner went
into the cage at WOodsdeld, Monroe
county, the other day. with alacrity.-
When he came out he brought the
alacrity with him, but left the seat Of
his pautaloOns. He said he had no
use for it, and the lion seemed to want
it, 50 he let him have it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
Select Miscellany.
CORN SONG.


Bf JOHN a. WH1TTtEk.
Heap hlsh the farmers vintry hoardi
Heap high the golden corn
No richer gift has Autumn poured
From out her lavish horn
Let other lands, sxuItinE, CLEAN
The apple frof the pine
The orange from its glossy gresd,
The cluster from the vine.
We better love the hardy gin
Our rugged wales bestOW,
To cheer rs when the storm shall drih
Our harvest felds with snow.
Through valeS Of early grass and aowsts;
Our pl5Ws their furrOwu made,
While on the hills the sun and showers
OF ehangefal April played.
We dropped the seed Ger hill and plain,
Beneath the sun Of May,
And frightened from our sprouting grain
The rObbsF orOHs away:
An through the long bright days Of June,
tts leaves grew bright and fair,
And waved In hot midsummer noon,
It's soft and yellow hair.
And now with Autumn's moonlit evssj
It's harvest time ls come,
We pluck away It's frosty ied4s5;
And bear its treasures home.
Then richer than the tabled gifts
Apollo shOwsred Of old,
Fair hands the broken grains shall sift,
And knesd its meal Of gold.
Let vapid idlers lorl In silt,
Around the costly board
Give us the bowl Of samp and milk
BS hothespun beauty poured.
Then shame on all the proud and vain;
Whose folly laughs to seorn
The blessings Of our hardy grain
Our wealth Of golden corn.
Let earth withhold her gOOdiy. .rOOtj
Let mildew blight the rye;
Give to the worm the orchards fruiti
And wheat fields 70 the ay,
But let the good old crop adoru
The hills our fathers trod
Still let rs for his golden corn
Send up our thanks to God.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
BRIDGE NOTICE.
A6D1TOB's OFFICE, HIGHLAND CO.,
ILL., q u.--. On

AGDITOR's OFFICE, HIGHLAND co.,
HIJIsB0Ro, o., Sept. p, 1870. !
a IL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, will take notice
~ that the Commissioners Of Highland County,
Ohio hereby publish their intentions 20 construct
Highway Bridge across the East Fork Of Whiteoak
Greek, near MOwrytOWu, in WhiteOak Township And
the said Commissioners have fixed upon the first day
Of their next regular session. to hear and determine
al objections 10 the construction Of said Bridge.
By order Of the Commissioners Of Highland Co o.
sep22Bs DANIEE MURPHY, Co. Auditor.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

" So you are going to teach SCHOOL,
said a young lady to her old aunt.
&" Well, for my part, sooner than do
that, l would marry widuwer with
nine children:" ~ wouK prefer that
myself" Was the qutyt r,fly d" as
= heIU is TIE WIduNuI ?I
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

My 8 ( 20 Is cape m the coast Of North America
Ny is is river in Vermont.
My is a cape the coast Of The United States.
Ny II I3 2 is the name OF a chain OF mountains in
Virginia
Ny 10 Is I Is Is 20 is one Of the United Ststes
Ms 20 "A il q river in Virginia.
My I II 70 IS are mountains Of Europe.
My II 10 10 is a city in Illinois.
Ny 8 4 is a river Of Europe.
Ny whole is the longest railroad in the United
States. FRANK.
Lessburg, Oct 1870.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

The eye Of God is in every place.
for the purpose Of taking strict and
impartial cOgnizauce Of all human
actions. This expressive emblem wiIk
remind you that the deity is watching
over all mankind, and will weigh-iu
the balance Of truth every actiOD5,
thought and word:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
Advice to Young Men.

A cotemporary says to a young NAM
"doD't marry dimples, nor nose, nor
ankles, nor eyes, nor mouths, nor
necks, nor chinss nor teeth, nor sim
pers, nor other things. These bits
and scraps of femininity are mighty
poor things to tie to. Marry the
pure, true thing. Look after conge-
niality, kindred sympathies, disp0si-
tion, education, and if these be joined
with social position, don't let them
stand in the way. Get a woman
not one Of thooe Pdfl0r lay figures
not one of those parlor authorizations
that sit down just so, thump a piano
and dote on a whisker. Living stat
ues are poor things to call into con-
sultatiOn. The poor little miss that
can scarcely fathom tho depth of q
dress trimming, can't be a help Mate
of any account. Don't throw away
your time upon such trihing thing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

NATIONAL DEBTS. - OF national
debts that of Great Britain is the
heaviest, being S133 per capita of the
population Netherlands, SIP ;
France S74 and the United States,
$50 per head. The only nation that
is rapidly reducing both its debt and
taxation is the United States.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

A Lawyer at Terre Haute lately
went to an editors Office to cane him.
The doctors have dug three bullets out
of his frame; and say there is another
one they can't find which will probably
hill him
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

Mark Twain has this advice for youhg
men with literary aspirations: "Write
without pay until somebody offers pay
If RObOdy offers pay within three years,
the candidate may look upon this circum-
stai1Ue with the most implicit confidence
ne tbs sign that saving wood is wnat he
WIS intended for"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

Brick PomerOy's Democrat is res
ported to be on the verge of suspen-
sion, by reason of its financial cOndi-
ton. "Let 1t susPend" will be the
verhirt
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
Anaeram on the Word "MoRastery. >

How much there is in a word. "Monastery," said I
''that aIakos nasty Ronts" And then looked again
and there it was more na'ya very vile place. or Ro
man ,tgs 'Ay, monster g' said I, 'havs found you
out?" 'whut monster ?" said the Pope ''What
monster p? said ''why, your own image there-sioue
'targ" ''TLat, said he, isis uy o,gH siar-my stella
lIaria, my pride, my treasure" mo- said I, ''you
should say mig treasJH" I'D no arms" said he
No." quoth l, "you rely on quiet means, Vhich do
Trtter so loUg as you have mastery; mean mang
s." "No,' said he again, "these are Tort BlsaDs
1,y senator will bahfs them" al do no know rhat ~
suid ''hut think might make no mean aory
cut of this one word Monastery. ~ IOd Paper.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27
NRDOleOnIIT.

If the London Times is right in its
cOnjectures, NapOlen Ill. will leave his
German place UF captivity at the end
Of the war almost as poor a man as he
was when he entered France in 1913.
The ex-Empress has her Jewels and
some hereditary possessions in Spain,
and the Prince Imperial owns a house
i'm the neighbOrhOOd of Trieste. This
so far as is known, says Every Saturday,
is all that remains to the family which
lately was supreme in France. This
does not accord with the popular be-
lief concerning the EmperOr's finan-
ciering capabilities. The belief is that
he did lay aside something for rainy
day. Among other investments, it is
said he is the pOsse5sor of considerable
valuable property in New York City.
It is hardly probable that ne is a every
poor man" in worldly goods, though
miserable enough in other respects.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

An old Democrat in one of the chill dis
ttiets" argues that Grant is already try
ing to conoiliate the Chinese element, and
proves it conclusively, as thus "Didn't
he apPint Fre-Ling-Huysen Minister to
England? ? And if that amt the name Of
d Chinaman I'd like to know wot'n thun-
der It's" We give 1t uV.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-10-27

An impertinent fellow wants TO
know if you ever sat down to teag
where skinned milk was on the the
table, without being asked, "DO you.
take cream ?"