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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

AN attack was made upon house between
the village and the station occupied by VIM.
MINES, and family on Monday night last, by a
party of young men from the village, and the
windows and furniture badly smashed. The
marshal got upon the track of the youngsters,
and arrested Fred Pratt, Frank Field, Oscar
Gary and Albion Beckwith. They were plac-
ed in the lookup until Tuesday afternoon, when
un examination was had before Mayor GILKEY,
Attorney Cox appeared for the defence, and j.,
r. Cook for the plaintiff Mines. The exami-
nation resulted in putting the young men un-
der bonds of $3.50 each for their appearance
before the Court of Common Pleas, which will
sit next week.
This community, that has been so often out
ragged BY the fowdfism of its young men, will
regard the course OF the Mayor in disposing
of this case so at as Il fel within his province,
with appreciation Leniency aud forbearance
are virtues, and should not be overlooked in
deallpg with young offenders but justice mnst
have It's course where the repeated exerse OF
clemency fails.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

A New Time Table for the Eric Road has
been received, but too late for correction this
week
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

THE VILLAGE MAP takes, and Mr.. TAYLOR
Is meeting with satisfactory success In securing
subscribers. l lllG -L VI .li
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

AcCIDENTs.-ED. BROOKS, freight brakeman,
fell from train on Friday night of last week,
cutting his head, and fracturing his collar bone
and infiicting injuries that it will take consid-
cradle time TO heal.
On the same day OWEN CUNNINGHAM, while
chopping, drove the edge of the axe in his
foot making an ugly wound.
On the same day GEO. AsELL, while logging,
had log roll upon one of his legs. Though
the leg was not broken a serious lameness was
the result .
On Tuesday last JOSIAH BARNES, engineer
at Hitchcocks shop got his right hand into
connection with circular saw, and a savage
cash of four inches In length through the ball
of the thumb and extending into the wrist,
n,angling the muscles of the arm, was the con-
sequence.
On Wednesday last, HATTIE, little daughter
of Mr. d. II. HASKELL, some two years old,
fell from chair and broke one of her arms.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
4 hECTURE

will be given under the auspices of the Y. NJ
c. A. on Monday evening, Feb. IA, 1s70i at
Ashtabula Hall, by
WILLIAM c. IIowELLs Esq.
iSHGect-Thc Civilization and Religion of the
ancient BritOns-the Celts, Druids Druid wor
ship, &c.
The Y. NJ c. A. recognize their Indebtedness
of one lecture to ticket holders in the Lecture
Course of last year, and propose to furnish this
and another lecture, free to such ticket holders
Admissian Is cents-Doors open at o'clock. Lee.
turc to begin at g.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
Cieceland market.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9th.

BUUkWHEAT FbUUh-Mhrket stehdy al SI,WQDI5U
WIIEAT-LOwer and heavy! Sales car No red
winter at 81 II from store; No do at $l,O4
oORN-WithOut movement and lominally unchanged.
Old No mis- ed is held at sscs9c; No. at s5c there
IL new In market,
oATs=Twithout movement, No / State held at 4s8
SOC. from store.
BARLEY-Nominal at 9OlD100
BuTTER-The market is quiet and unchanged; choice
Western Reserve roll held al 2I@20c common and me-
dum grades 2l6eaGc.
CIlEESE-The movement is moderate. Factory 170
1s1fc in large and small lots Dairy l6GDi8H.
EG0S-The demand is moderate and the market at "a
@25c.
APPLES-Green in fair demand according to quality.
Dried, quiet at sts6I0c per III:
oNICNS-Quiet and in moderate demand at $500 per
barrel -....r-.- .- 'f-e
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

New GnocEnY ot the Depot, north side Of
the freight house, Everything fresh snd new,
ditcct from New York where they wefe bought
At the late decline, aad win he sold accordingly.
Highest price paid ior country produce, Come
and see what you can do. O. II. Cook. tf50
We learn, says tlie PaiaestAt AdDertiser,
that II. B. Payns. ESQ, Of Cleveland, has
madea very liberal donation Of land on The
east side Of Grand River, md near It's mouth,
TO The Railroad Company, Of some fifteen
hundred feet front, aud fduning back far
enough 20 include nbont thirty acres
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
Died.

In Geneva, the 2nd. Mr., Jabez LOvctt, proprietor
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
lsnEs OtGIikihoA Ot sale at tHis oats.

WELLS JoBBER, In running order, for sale at
low figure on application at this once Il I'd ~
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

WAsHINGToN's BIRTH DAY P.,RTY.-PRo-
lection FIRE COMPANY No. 1, will give II
Social Party at Ashtabula Hall, on Tuesday
evening, February 22, 1870
The House Is now Kept by the former proprietr of
tho Fisk Housc-Mr: HARRY FiELD-and having been
thoroughly repaired, refrnshed supported by heavy
columns, is perfectly safe for LOCO people.
Music by McAffce's celebrated Band of
Cleveland, Ohio.
Whole Bill $500.
1t is expected that every gentleman will be
accompanied by lady A geneal invitation
is extended. BY order of the COMMITTEE
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

JUST ONE HUNDnEb. .--Un Monday last,
January 3lst, occurred the birthday annver-
sary of our fellow citizen, Mr. David Price and
of his wife, one being tOriy-One and the other
forty whine years, their united ages of course
making just one hundred.
1t so seldom happens That the birth. day of
man and wife occur on the same day of the
same month, that it is worthy of mention 1t
is a hearty wish of the many friends of the
genial joker and his guide wife" that they
may live to see the time doubled
SO says the Ciereldhd Herald. The singular
coincidence, of the birthdays is not little re-
markable, but not, perhaps, as remarkable as
the fact of the united ages of husband and
wife-4l and 49-"of course making just one
hundred" The writer must have studied arith-
metic in the same place where his attainments
in music were reached, among the riches OF
that barnyard
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

$25S, ,Gj3 So
l. A. +. Hubbard; Cashier of THE Farmers National
Bark of Ashabua," do solemnly swear that the above
statement is tIue TO the best hf my knowledge and be-
lief. A. +. HCBBARD Cashier
state OF ohio, County of Ashtabula, and
subscribed before me- this 2sh day of Januare. 1870.
H. W. CLINTON HILL, Notary Public.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

RAILWAY PAssESeERs AssunAScE COIL
c.,ToMBEs, Ags,, Ashtabula, Ohio This COM
pany has discontinued the Agency at the de-
pot, and am now prepared TO issue tickets at
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
Married.

In North Kingsville, jan 3st by II. C. Warrington,
ESQ., Mr. Joseph B. Butler of North Kingsville to Miss
Lydia A. Sturges of same.
In Jefferson Feb, I'd, by W. H. Ruggles. Esq, Mr.. S.
l.. Burgett to Miss Ada G. Powers both of Jefferson
In Lcnox Feb 9th, by Rev. D. Woodwork, Mr.. L. W.
Waters to Miss Lydia W Baker, both of LenOx.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20
The Importance of Learning a
Trade.

A writer in the Manufacturer and Builde,
pertinently asks: "Why is it that there is
such repugnance on the part Of parents to
putting their sons to trades ?"
A skilled mechanic is an independent man.
Go where he will, his craft will bring him
support. He need ask favors of none. He
has, literally, his fortune in his own hands.
Yet foolish parents, ambitious that there
'sons should rise in the world" as they
say, are more willing that they should study
for profession, with the chance of even
moderate success heavily against them. Or
run the risk Of spending their manhood in
the ignobe task of retailing dry goods or of
toiling laboriously at the accountants desk,
than learn a trade. which would bring them
manly strength, health and independence.
In point of fact, the method they choose
is the one least likely to achieve the advance
ment aimed at, for the supply of candidates
for positions as ''errand boys" dry goods
clerks. and kindred occupations, is notori-
ously overstocked, while, on the other hand,
the demand for really skilled mechanics of
every description is as VIGOROUSLY beyond
the supply. The crying need of this country
to day is for skilled labor; and that father
who neglects to provide his son with use
full trade, and to see that he thoroughly
masters it, does him grievous wrong, and
runs the risk of helping, by so much, to in
crease the stock of idle and dependent, ifnot
vicious, members of society.
1t is stated in the report of Prison AS
sociations, lately. issued. that of fourteen
thousand five hundred and ninety-six pri-
soners confined in the penitentiaries of thirty
States in 1867, seventy seven per cent, or
over ten thousand of the number, had never
learned trade. The fact conveys lesson of
profound interest to those who have in
charge the training of boys, and girls too,
for the active duties of life.
On SWEARING -Cowper was an English
poet. He wrote beautiful hymns. He wrote
some lines also about swearing, which it
would be worth while for every boy in the
land to learn
1t chills my blood to hear thy blest Supreme,
Rudely appealed to on each trifing theme:
Maintain your rank vulgarity despise;
To swear is neither brave, polite nor wise.
If you wish never to swear big oaths, the
best plan is not to make use Of little ones.
Some sho would not swear by the name
of God think nothing Of swearing "by
George" or "by jingo, or by something
else others often cry out, good gracious"
or ENERGY on me-" and the like. These
are the beginning of swearing They are to
profane swearing what acorns are to the oak.
Our Saviour said when on earth, "Let
your yea be yea, and your nay be nay ; for
whatsoever is more than these cometh Of
evil" This means we should use plain,
simple language. David had e short pray
er on this point Set watch, 0 Lord,
before my mouth E; and keep the door Of my
lips" Let the children make 1t their pray
er.--CAizd's Paper.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20
Nebraska Life.

A citizen of Nebraska thus satisfies an
eastern interviewer who asked variety OF
questions as to the territory and the life
there :
What kind of country do you live in 2
Mixed and extensive. 1t is made up
principally of land and water
What kind of weather 2
Long spells of weather are frequent
Our sunshine comes off principally during
day
Have you plenty of water-and how
got ?
"A good deal of water scattered about,
and generally got in pals and whisky
is it hard 2
Rather SO, when you have to go half a
mile and then wade in mud, knee keep to
get it
What kind of buildings 2
'Allegoric, Ionic, anti caloric, log and
slabs
The buildings are chiefly out of doors and
so low between joists that the chimneys all
stick out through the roof
What kind of society :?
Good, bad, hateful, Indifferent and mix
ed
ANY aristocracy !?
Nary one
What do your people do for living
mostly?'
Some works, some laze around, ones a
shrewd business manager, and several drink
whisky
1t is cheap living there ?
Only five cents a glass. and the water
thrown in
ANY taste for music 2
Strong, Buzz and buck saws in the day
time, and wolf-howling and cat-fghting
every night
ANY pianos there 2
No, but we have several cow bells, and
tin-pan in every family
What could a gcnteel family in moder-
ate circumstances do fora living?
Work, shave notes, fish, hunt steal
OR if pinchcd, buy and sci! town property.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

INDUSTRY must have occupation or
be miserable. Toll is the price of sleep and
appetite; of health and enjoyment. The
very necessity which overcomes our natural
sloth is blessing, The whole world does
not contain brier or thorn which divine
mercy could have spared. We are happier
with the sterility, which we can overcome
by industry, than we could have been with
spontaneous plenty and unbounded profu-
sion. The body ana the mind are improv-
ed by the toll that fatigues them The toll
is thousand times rewarded by the pleas
ures which it bestows Its enjoyments arc
peculiar Not wealth can purchase them
no Incidence can taste them. They flow
only from the exertions which repay.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

WEAR LE-Which will you do p
smile and make others happy, Or be crab
bed and make everybody around you mis-
eratle? You can live among flowers and
singing birds, or in the mire surrounded by
fogs and frogs. The amount of happiness
which you can produce is incalculable, if
you will only show smiling face, kind
heart, and speak pleasant words On the
other hand, by sour looks, cross words, and
a fretful disposition, you can make hun
dreds unhappy almost beyond endurance.
Which will you do? Wear pleasant coun-
tenance let JOY beam in your eye and love
glow on your forehead. There is no JOY so
great as that which spring from kind act
or pleasant oeed, and you may feel it at
night when you rest, and at morning wlhen
you rise, and throughout the day when
about your daily business.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

TABLE-TALK.-You will find that great
deal of character is impaired and received
at the table Parents toe often forget this !;
and therefore, instead of swallowing your
food in sullen silence, instead Of brooding
over your business, instead of severely
talking about others, let the conversation be
genial, kind, social and cheering. Don't
bring disagreeable things to the table in
your conversation any more than you would
in your dishes For this reason, too, the
lnore good company you have at your
table the better for your children. Every
conversation with children at your table is
an educator of the family. Hence the in
telligence and the refinement aud the appro-
pirate behavior of a family which il given
to hospitality. Never feel that intelligent
visitors can be anything but blessing to
you and yours. How few have fully gotten
hold of the fact that company and converse
ton at the table are no small part of educa-
tion
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

JOSH BILLINGS ADVICE TO YOUNG G1RLs.
But must say one thing, girls. If yu
kan find bright-eyed, healthy and we'll
ballastcd boy, who looks upon poverty az
sassy az child looks upon wealth-who
had rather sit down on the curb stun in front
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel and eat q ham
sandwich than 60 inside and run in debt fur
hiz dinner and toothpick-one Who'll armed
with kind of pluck that mistakes defeat
for victory, my advice IL to take him
body and sole-snare him at wunst, fur he
IL stray trout Nv kind skase IN our
waters. =,
Take him, say and build onto him. az
hornets build onto tree.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

Discomfort Fable is told in Egypt
of poor man who had a nice little garden
of leeks But he was disconnected at hav-
ing to toll for his daily bread.
His good genius came to his aid, and
made him owner of villa with two slaves
to wait on him.
He was delighted with the gift, and
promised to wish for nothing more. But it
was not long before he coveted the neigh
boring garden, with its statues and foun-
tains The garden was given him. He
then took fancy to the meadow beyond
The meadow was given him, and then he
wanted the park on the farther side of it
The park was bestowed on him, and then,
like Ahab, he wanted to rob a poor man of
his little vineyard.
Open the door to discomfort, and you
don't know how many bad wishes will fol-
low Rather be content with such things as
you have, and you will be happy even if
poor Chlldren's Hour
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

PUSH ON.-A wise man will never rust
out AS long as he breathes the breath Of
life, he will be doing something for himself,
his country, or posterity. Washington,
Franklin. Howard, Young, Newton, all
were at work almost to the last hours of their
existence. It is foolish thing to believe
that we must lie down and die simply be-
cause we are DID, The man of energy is
not old, it is only be who arffera bis ener-
gies to waste away, and permits the springs
Of his life to become motionless; on whose
hands the hours drag heavily, and to whom
oil things wear the veestmlents of gloom
There are scores of greyheads living to-day
that we would prefer in any important en-
terprise to those young gentlemen who fear
and tremble when shadows approach, and
turn away at the first harsh word or dis
couraging frown.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

LONELINESS. is not your neat dress,
your expensive shawl, Or your pretty figure,
that attracts men of sense. They look be-
yond these. 1t is the true loneliness of your
nature that wins and continues to retain the
affections Of the heart Young ladies sadly
miss it who labor to improve the outward
looks, while they bestow not a thought on
their minds. Fools may be won by gew-
gaws and fashionable snowy dresses, but the
wise and substantial are never caught in
such traps. Let modesty be your dress
Use pleasant and agreeable language, and
you may not be courted by the fop and sot,
but the good and truly great will love to
linger in your steps. The result will be
your infinite gain.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

MODEST MER1r-There are some sayings
in our language about merit being always
united with modesty, ETC.. q suppose be-
cause they both begin with an M, for allit-
Grafton has as great power over proverbs, as
over public opinion } but I fancy that, in
the majority of instances, the fact is direct
ly the reverse, that talent and arrogance are
commonly united, and that most clever
young men of eighteen or nineteen believe
themselves to be about the level of Demos
themes, or Virgil, or the Admirable erich
ton, or John Duke of Marlborough.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

God has written on the flowers that
sweeten the air; on the breeze that rocks
the flower upon the stem; upon the rain
drop that refreshes the sprig of moss that
lifts its head in the desert; upon its deep
chambers, upon every pencilled she'll that
sleeps in the caverns Of the deep, no less
than upon the mighty sun that warns and
cheers millions of creatures which live in its
light; upon all His works He has written,
"None liyeth for himself alone"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20
Poetry.
If We Knew.

If we knew the woe and heartache
Waiting for us down the road,
II our lips could taste the NORWOOD,
If our backs could feel the load,
Would we waste the day In wishing
For a time that meier can be!
Would we wait in such Impotence
For our ships to come from seat
Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird has flown;
Strange that we should slight the violets
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange that Summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one-half so fair
AS when Winters snowy pinions
Shake their white down in the air
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Never blossomed in such beauty
AS adorns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume,
Come to us in sweeter accents
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let MS gather up the sunbeams
That around our pathway laugh:
Let us keep the wheat and roses,
Casting ont the thorns and chaff;
Let US find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of to-day,
with patient hand removing
All the briers from our way.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

A certain amount Of opposition is great
help 10 a man. Kites rise against the WIND,
and not with the wind even head wind is
better than none, No man ever worked his
passage anywhere in dead calm. Let no
man wax pale, therefore, because Of opposi-
ton, opposition is what he wants and must
have, to be good for anything. Hardship
is the native soil of manhood and self-reli-
ance. He who cannot abide the storm with
out tiinching, lies down by the wayside to
be overlooked or forgotten.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20
The Mind is the Man.

The Mind is the man. The body is SIM
ply the instrument through which the mind
manifests itself while on earth The mind
is manifested through forty Or more organs.
Each is primary and independent in its
functions, doing its own work, and not do
ing the work of any other. Each of these
powers is manifested by or through partic-
ular organ Or portion of the brain through
which it is manifested The mental powers
are possessed, originally, in different degrees
by different individuals, and also, the same
individual One possesses ten talents, an
other five, another one. Each mental pow
er grows stronger, and becomes more skill
full, by proper exercise. Our accountable
ty is just in proportion as we make good
or bad use of these talents Each mental
power was intended to be properly used
As the day closes, We all become weary,
and the body yearns for thatrepose and rest
which only the quiet chamber can fully
give. The whole system is weak-feet, fin
gers, arms, everything. There is not
muscle in the body which does not partici-
pate in that tiredness The stomach is
collection Of muscles, and these are called to
work at each meal, and to dispose of that
meal is the work of four Or five hours The
more that is eaten, the more the work that
has to be performed. Any one can see,
then, the striking absurdity Of giving an al
ready weak stomach four or five hours work
to do. at the close of the day-of giving rest
to the body by sleep, and yet keeping the
stomach hard at work, until nearly daylight.
It's reposc, therefore, is the repose of ex-
haustion, and it does not wake up for break
fast, any more than the body would, if kept
out of bed long past midnight. Not being
walked up, it does not call for food-aud
there is no appetite no seeking Gas the
word literally means, for food.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

No map who has been consistently true
and sincere has failed to win the confidence
and favor of other men, No man in whom
truth and sincerity have been wanting has
ever long possessed their confidence and
favor.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

A FUNNY AFFA1R,-Two young women
in Chattanooga fought a duel with case
knives about lover. One of them res
ceived painful wound in the waterfall,
while the other got slash across the panier
which will disable her until she gets a new
dress. The lover sat on the fence and
launched.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

Politeness may prevent the want of wit
and talent from being observed but wit and
talent can not prevent the discovery of the
want of po!iteness.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

No matter how much you desire to fight,
never begin on mule or a efoss-eged man.
Their looks don't advertise clearly. enough
where they are goingto hit.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

OFFICE OF AUGUSTA COUNTY FAIR,
STANTON, VA, Dec. 20th 1869.
BY order of the Executive Committee, all the
bonds due the Augusta County Fair, on which no
payments have been made, land there are more
than so such, have been placed at the First Ma
tional Bank ofStaunton for pay ment by OR before
the LIST of February, 1870, and unless paid by
that time, suit will be brought for the sums due.
The Fair owes the money, and must have it. By
order of Executive Committee.
JED. HOTCHKISS
dec24 Sec and IT, A. u r.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-05-20

n B. GRAVES,
r. FASHIONABLE TAILOR
Main Street, Staunion, IA. four doors East
of Crwfords old stand,
whereheis prepared to executeworkin the mos.
fashionable manner and at the shortest notice, at
a reduced price for the CASH. Cutting andren-
ovating done in the best manner
Aug.9, 'e7-3m.