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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01
A Sad Romace of. the Oneida
Disaster.

In conversation with a very intel
ligent and accomplished lady from
Maine, few days since, l learned
the following facts. which threw q
shadow of q sad romance over the
Oneida disaster. Commander Will
Jams, the highest officer on the ves-
sci, and one of thelost, was widower
Of something less than forty, and
the father Of two bright little chill
dren. In May last he contracted
an engagement for q second mar
riage, which was to have taken place
very soon after the arrival of the
Oneida in this country.-I I believe it
was fixed for the. middle of April.
lie left the Unite's States for Japan
in June last, ard just before his de-
| Darture he was one of Il dinner party
at WHICH my informant and the afti-
ance3 bride wcra also present.
! II ad he returned safely he would
J nave known a fate which he would
not have met with the COOL courage
that faced death, at his post on tbs
quarterback. Since the first JAM
uarv his two children and intended
wife have died. W hen he left Japan
he had not heard this sad news, put
supposed he was coming home to
meet them in health anil happiness
/ So to QUE. at least OF. the gallant
men who went down. on the ill-fatetl
steamer, death cannot be called dis
aster.-- Wash. Cor.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01

move the Rock Of Ages as. the
thnnder- storm to shake the. granite
hills over whose heads its harmless
anger plays. The stone which the
builders refused fell upon him and
ground him to powder. He is left
without sect, and almost without
a follower. His services to liberty
have been obliterated from the
memory of mankind by his assaults
upon religion. He is known to but
a few save as the representative of
the coarsest infdelity. Even the
broad minded Quakers would not
yield to his bones a final resting
place in their Christian burial
ground. He was inferred upon his
farm. Half century ago, from
his violated tomb, his remains were
removed to England. Al: enthusi-
astic friend anticipated for them
there warm welcome. But none
was so poor as to do them rever
ence. Dispersed, as by the julg
ments of Almighty God. not even
the place Of their final burial was
recorded. His works have well
nigh disappeared from fame, his
very bones from the grave. And
the name and life of Thomas Paine
remain monumental testimonial To
the truth of the prophecy, "On
whomsoever it shall fall, it shall
grind him to powder .''-[Christiar
Monitor.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01

horror, Their principle is, Roman
ism or nothiug-aat Cesar, aut nui-

horror. Their principle is, Roman
ISM or nothiug-aW Cesar, out nul-
{as
Thirty odd years passed by as
we said, Notwithstanding this under
current of oppositions with peace
and harmony in the schools. For
the greater part of that time the
people had elected to the unpaid
Office of School Trustees gentlemen
of education, or some intellect and
Of good manners, who did not
think it their particular vocation to
adopt revolutionary measures or
set the community in flame. The
present board think differently, and
thevery first effect Of their measures
is to create divisions, weaken the
influences Of the schools and cndan-
ger their existence. Ought the peo-
pie to trust such men again? The
other propositions we shall con-
slider in order. f. d. M.
319 Fourth Street, Cincinnati,
| March IS.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01
Calls, Sketeaes, &f.
ELIAS WEDDING PRESENTS.
How Aunt Jemima Paid Her Debts.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

"The provoking old creature p
said Mrs. Spencer Crayton;" "what on
earth could have sent here just now
Of all times in the world p
-~"My dear, my dear, said Mr.
Spei Ger Crayton, ''be careful what
you say, she has a great deal of
property to leave, has my Aunt Je.
mima-"9 b sFysN .37 sip7uasi5i'
''But to come just now," sighed
Eflie Crayton, a blooming damsel Of
two or three and twenty, s'when We
are all so busy about Elias we'd
ding" s2,e
"Andin that frightful green mer-
inc Dress cried the bride elect, sand
a cap that must have been made in
the year one. How shall 1 ever in,
troduce her to Percy, whose rcla-
tives are so elegant! Couldn't she
pass as the housekeepes. papa p + g
"Hush- sh-sh r' said MIR. Spencer
Crayton, in whose chronological de-
velopment caution hadya prominent
place. sa a- = 5-97a
Or" pursued the sirrepressible
Ella, "coiiIdn't mamma ask her if ii
wouldn't be just as convenient to
make her visit at some other lime" "
| ''My dear, don't talk nonsense -
said Mrs. Gray ton, - with so Smany
things to be done. She's here, and
we shall just have to live through
the infliction, but / wish she was in
Jeric.o. sal -ra a".nAaa
And Mrs. Crayton got UP an6
went down stairs to see whether
cook was not running the white soul
for. dinner ass 80
Mean while Aunt Jemima sJolIife
up stairs sat before the register witt
a countenance which would hay,
been a study for Cruikchank or Oar
ley, or any other delineator of th'
human face divine. That treacher
ous register! how little the family
circle belo had dreamed what mis-
chief it was, when they expressed
tfieif minds SO freely on the subJec
Of dear Old Aunt Jemina. o. Real,
it was almostsas good as living il
the far famed Palace Of Truth. 4st
"Aha!" duoth this wise old lad,
to herself, as she smo ootlied out tn
folds of the much despised merin
dress,,":sets the wind that way9 An
after all tile affectionate letters the
have written me, and the invitation
they've sent me to make their hous
my home. If l wasn't, so certain
that / WAS dreaming. Property t
leave indeed!I I'll alter my wiIljus
the very moment / get home t
Slowyille. but I'll pay my nephe1
and his family off in a different sol
Of coin first. / won't take the ca,
to Jericho just yet "st
Aunt Jemima's face was radiant j
its boarder of crimped muslin whe
she came down stairs, with her kni
ting work in her hand ian hour or $
afterward.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01

not pleased" she said, swapping her
lips together like the click of a trig-
ger, "but my unfortunate gift shall
no longer offend her sight"
mo offence at ALL" said Aunt
Jemima, while Euphrasia, wringing
her hands in despair, endeavored
vainly to stem them avalanche of her
words, when none's meant, none's
taken you know. Oh, yes the gold
jelley spoons. Young Jacox sent
them and Mr.. Crayton says e,'Jim
Jaycox had better pay his doctors
bill and his board bill, l,afore he sends
such extravagant things as them
Dreadful interesting relics wedding
presents is" 4'.
The giggle throughout the room
was becoming universal, but at that
instant Mr.. Crayton, with face the
color of a boiled lobster, edged his
way into the room. Some rumor
of the fearfully indiscreet disclosures
which were going on had reached
his ears. i" 4
My dear Aunt Jemima, pray let
me conduct you up stairs" he said
looking nervously around.
"Thankee, Nephew Crayton, I'm
very comfortable here" said Aunt
Jemima steadfastly. I'm a-going
home TOMS ieht-not to Jericho,
where your wife wished I was-and
it amt likely 1 shall ever come here
agin. And as to my property I've
writ to my lawyer it's no use putin
on so much extra bow and smirk to
a poor old woman whose dress looks
as if it was made in the year one. !
do like to see the mask stripped of
a hypocrite't face once in a While"
added Aunt Jemima, chuckiing. '.
And in the general confusion in
cident to the brides fainting, and
Mrs Cravton's indulging in the pre-
liminary symptoms ofhysterics, Aunt
Jemima shook the dust of the Cray
tol mansion off her feet, and de-
parted. @ @
"Any how" said Aunt JeInima
Pm quits with 'em and the best o1
it is, [ beat 'eln with their own weap-
ons. p N. Y. Ledger.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01

issuing their bills, and sll the ma
chinery of the Banking Bureau. +.
If, rs private banks, taey could
issue circulating notes, it would
cost them near one-half of one r er
cent. AS for going back to State
bank notes, that. is out of the .ques-
ton. No. Intelligent banker can
hope to renew the Heterogeneous
absurdity of local bank notes, good
only in the State where issued. The
truth is that banks will be relieved
from burdensome taxes only as fast
as private citizens are, and their
aid in reducing the. interest or our
debt will be the strongest argument
for the repeal of taxes that bear
hardly upon all alike.
I need not say to you that 1. am
now and always have been q friend
of the National banking system.
Their managers are intelligent men,
and are generally willing to bear
their share of the reduction of their
profits, inevitable from the. resump-
ton of specie payments. The
movement against this essential
palt of the Funding Bill comes not
from tho West, but from the very
men who now have a sectional mo-
nopoly of. the banking franchise.
and chiefly from a gentleman who,
when Comptroller of the Currency
in violation of law, gave this mo
nopoly to the old banks in New
England and New York. In my
connection with this matter l wan
ted to be fair and just to the banks
bat I wanted to secure free bank
ing, and see that the Government
in the reduction Of its interest woule
share with the banks the profit de
rived from circulating notes.
The Parliament of Great Britain
where property and cast are ell
throned, did with the Bank OF Eng
land precisely whnt we propose il
the Funding Bill to do with ou
banks, and I should regret exceed
ingly to see our banks less read,
than the Bank of England to yielt
to the public good. aslfE 10 qzEa.
Very truly yours, .-.......-
/ JOHN SHERMAN.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01
A Man Blows His Had Of.

From the Gin. Gazette.
At a quarter past two this morn
ing. Lieut.. Tucker, on his rounds,
and officers Tom Stewart and Smith
on their beats near Central Avenue
and Clinton streets were startled by
the report of a gun on the avenue
near Belts street. They fastened
towards the sound and heard Mr.. C.
Wegler calling to them from the
third story of 4l5 Central Avenue.
that the gun had been discharged
in tie second stcry of that building
in the bed room. of Adam Heerdt.
The room was locked. Mr., Wegler
occupied the room above, and had
been awakened by the report of the
gun. t- t+3-
The mystery, for as yet mystery
It was, must be solved without delay.
The wife and. sick daughter of the
man in the locked room were in tha
agony of suspense. There was no
key within reach and the only re-
source was to force the door. BY
this time officers Hurlburt. and Aut7
ten, who on the auenue on Seventh
street, had heard the report Of the
gun, and the triple beat of the Off
cer's club arrived. With difficulty
they forced the locked and .doubly
bolted door, but it opened into dark
ness. A light was struck. !.
To that trembling wife and daught.
er that light made a terrible, .reyela.
ton. From a contemplation Of the
spectacle they shrank, and well was
it that they did. -....,-...- i
The room was next to the street.
and had been occupied as Mr.
Heerdt's bed room. The clothes GA
the bed showed that he had been
sleeping, Or trying to sleep. His
PROSTATE form in one corner, face
| downward, the double barreled shot
gun at his right side, the great
clumps of brains thrown all about
the floor, the pool of blood where
the head, the little left Of it, LAY, told
the rest Of the story.
Near the body lay the nose and
upper lip, on the floor, entirely. de-
tached in three parts of the room,
as far from the body, and as far
from each other as the size Of the
room would permit them to be,w
three portions of skull, each as large
as the palm of q mans hand. Great
-handfuls of brain lay in three or
four places in heaps, as if they. had
hpan carafnlly denoSited there. and
all over the sofa, the table, the. bed,
the wardrobe and the floor and the
wells were splotches of blood. and
brains. Not vistage of the. face
aid scarcely any of the head re-
mained. ..t. .. ~......-.
I, Though the bed had been used,
the poor man was fully dressed, and
had his slippers yet on.
Mr.. Hurdt was tailor, and was in
good circumstances. -, .-...-.
No reason for the act has been
assigned, except constitutional
tendency to lunacy He has been
in the asylum, but was discharged as
cured. With his family he lived
happily, and it was suggested. that
the sickness of his daughter threw
his mind out of balance. Il ii.,,.l
1 He had been in his life. addicted
to drinking, and of late, had given
4 way slightly to this habit. al !,
i He leaves a wife, son, and two
I daughters, the latter all grown, He
himself, was about fifty years old. g
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01
TlSftstf gpttru.. NH
THE MoNEYLESS MAN.

Is there no secret place on the face ofthe Garth
Where charity dwelleth-where virtue hath
birth
Where bosoms in Mercy and kindness will
heaye, T~1 sst -t .rFcms- -sls
And the poor and the wretched shall ask and
received , J-s,F ,sS41ta sAlsgT
Is there no place on earth where knock frcm
the poor 4 huB siYTDd , 81
Will bring a kind angel to open the door
Oh search the wide world, wherever you can,
There is no open door for eylessmanh5
Go look in yon Hall, where the chandeliers
light
Drives Of, with its splendor the darkness of
night
Where the rich-hanging velvet, in shadowy
fold,
Sweeps gracefully down with its trimmings
ofgold-
new,
In ong-lighted yistas. the wildering view
Go there in your patches and find If you Can,
A welcoming smile for moneyless man -
Go look to yon Church, of cloud reaching spire,
Which gives brek 10 the sun his same look OF
red fire, s--.--t .- - .e4s.,.
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous
within. ..s - ~ t..--
And the walls seem as pure as soul without
Go down the long aisle! see the rich and the
great,
And the pomp and the pride of their worldly
estate!
Walk down in your patches and find if you
can, -. e., --....s % N.--.-.
Who opens pew to moneyIess man! s..s..
Go look to your judge, in his dark flo W ing
gown,
with the scales wherein law weigheth equity
down;
Where he froWnsz on the weak and he smiles on
; ithe sssong, 3 klFfJfASv3 stY5t W 1G
And he punishes srisht. whilst he justifes
wrong! 80 = sS@
Where juries, their Lands on the Bible have
lail
To render verdict they We already made
Go there in the Court room and find, if you
can, zrz
Any law for the cause Of the moneyless man
Go look in the banks, where mammon has told
His hundreds and thousanls of silver add
gold - FBsA
Where, safe from the hands of the starving
and poo. M "a
Lies pile upon pile ofthe glittering ore
Walk up to their counters. and there you lay
stay
Till your limbs grow old and your hairs grow
gray 4 ~r1s, 80 e Il
And you'll find at the Banks not one of the
Has money to lend to a moreyless mani "a
Then so to your hovel! No raven has fed.
The wife, whe has suffered too long for he,
Kneel down by her pallet, and kiss the death.
| frost
From the lips ofthe angel, your poverty lost
Then turn. in your agony, upward to God.
| And bless. while it smitcs you the Christening g
rod, ..+
And QUILL find, at the end of your life's little
| span,
There's welcome above, e'en for a moneyles
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01

TheOhioHouse reused to submit the
question of female suffrage 10 tho
people by voue of 81 to 81. Tie
Senate passed the bills repeating the
Students Vo:ing law Second Wis. .bla
AumexturG bill. :,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-01

sLLuPlldoitS looNSO Nfcfb dJ VI. II uo
room was fast filing with guests,
who, having paid their sco mpIim ents
the bride in satin and her appendage
groom, were now, according to the
fashionable routin, coming to view
the glittering array of presents.
"How lovely!' said Mrs. Cardig-
gle Consbury,- taking up silver
card receiver between her finger and
/ thdmb.,. -~- r-- .- --.
@Ya.as,'' said Aunt Jen1ima, heed
less cf Mrs. Cons bury S stare. .sBut
it's plated. Effie said she knowed
it was, from its cheap look. And
that there cologne set, with Miss
Jeffers' card to it, Elias downright
sartin it. came from the dollar store.
Mr.. Parkins sent them silver forks
Nephew sCrayton expected tea SER
vice at the very least; but it's just
as he says, sthe richest is the mean
estn .s4se sz sas s7si 1s .E- ass..a So.
| -MrsParkins, whose plump figure
/ Just then filed in the doorway, turn
ed scarlet; but Aunt sJefnima went
on, her voice sailing thro ugh the
current of silence which had settled
| down on the crowded apartment.
Them ear rings was romHarvey
Jones. Mrs. Crayton. said it was
mean not to send a fall set, but Jones
couldn't afford so much as he did
senddon't never pay his washer
woman.A And the decanter stand is
from Mrs. Ellis. Effie sent her a
1 coffee urn when she was married, ,and
4 it was dredful small of her, she said
to send back one that didn't cost as
4 much. Tie Elises always was stingy
I Niece Crayton saysv' zsas4 s-@ /.
j AT this stage of the conversation,
| aslady whose lavender silk dress be
tokeneds her recent sbridehood, ,foun
q ced Indignantly out of the room.
J, issThat there family Bible,'' went
Z on Aunt Jemima, smiling compla
} Gently round on the assembly, was
;, from old Mr.. Jarvis. ss- I jest .wisl
: you could ha' seen the gals faces
when it come. Ella she had beer
calkelating on a set of pearls from
linn latrthe very least, for he's he
! godfather, and she just cried. "17sA,
, if nybody wanted fusty old Bi
) blc!' she said- I told her it was
Y thing you couldn't keep house with
3 out. But, law galssis gals, and
, Thought she'd a had Mysteries. Th
4 lace set;is from Miss Lee our folk
7 says IT'S second HAND - o. =
S Its not SOFT was new from Les
E peniers, cried a choked voice. :
i "And the gold thimhle !. hy,say
0 Eha, says she,S is that all Harry MOI
It toms going to send me, when he wa
0 my beau SO long before Percy cam
y along !? Dreadful pretty pin cust
It ion,y amt it? But. Miss Crayto
S says, for a rich woman like Mr.
Blaket to send such small -potatoe
n docs beat all y 54sv. ,~-v. ,-.f.s,.
n "A portly lady in black velv'
t presses. forward here, and vindic
o lively and caught up the pin cushion
Il am very sorry Miss Crayton
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! is'What nice house you've got
Nephew Craytcn," she said beam
ingly. .'Them registers is a great
Improvement on the old fashioned
stoves and fire places we have in
Slowville. - 81 A@e1 - 3
"Yes," said Mr.. Clayton obse-
quiously. II hope you found your
room convenient, Aunt Jemima."
''Prodigiously convenient" said
the old lady. l.'i--e
"And comfortable ?"
Sand co mfortable.'' & $iil
Mr.. JCrayton began to leave a
kind Of impression that his aunts
manners had grown eccentric, but
he said nothing, and Aunt Jemima
set knitting away, listening to all that
was going on. like am elderly edi-
ton of the celebrated Irishman's s
parrot, which we have all heard Of.
She permeated tho house during
the next two weeks,ifthe expression
is allowable; she was down in the
kitchen, seeing the meringues beaten
up,and the wedding cake iced down,
she wasain the cellar, counting the
number of baskets of champagne
ordered by her nephew; she knew
the list Of Elias trousseau by heart
and the exact income Of her husb-
and that was to be, and she could
have told the number of meshes in
the tulle vail, il any body had want
ed to know. .s,e,..., sea.,
"Aunt Jemima has such a memo
ry," said Ella swee;ly, for her faith
er had told her of the solid family
silver in Aunt Jemima's plate clos
ct at home, and who knew what dis
position the old dear would make OF
it if she was properly managed.
The wedding day came at lass
AuntJ emima was trundled to church
and back in one of the foremost
garages; sfor,' as Mr.. Crayton re-
! m ,rked, 'it won't do to offend her,
and old people are so sensitive y
And the glories of the wedding re
ception were in their full tide when
Aunt Jemima, clad in the inevitable
green merino dress, and a sewing.
silk shall, with an impossible rose
embroidered on its center behind
with two buds and single green
leaf bolt upright came into the room
where Euphrasia Rivers, the second
bridesmaid, was doing the honors ol
the wedding present table.
Euphrasia colored and bit her liT
as the old lady entered. She and
Effie, now promoted to the dignity
/ of Miss Crayton, had wagered a DO,
Of kid gloves as to wether or no
Aunt Jemima' would make a specta-
Gle of herself!' Effic had declared
that nothing was to absurd forAun
Jemima to do Enphrasia had sale
that surely the old fossil must have
some commons sense
"Do have a chair, Aunt Jollif'e.
said mischeivous Bob Crayton, wht
was thirteen, the exact age to relisl
all, manner. Of jokes at his big sis
ter's expense. $ u q
"Thankee, Robert, I guess will,
said Aunt Jemima, comfortably en-
sconcing herself by the side of tn
table. "You incident stay no long
er, Euphashy. l know all about til,
weddin' presents. Law sakes alive
l was here when every one of then
come .szszzzsszs=
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-07

Jonah D. HooYcr, of Washington, died
Saturday. -.... f'-s.
Whittemore was reelected by about s 1000
majority. - 4r'.e-t S''s"
Twelve thousand eight hundred immi.
grants arrived at New York last week.
Aikenson & Coffin's factory, ut Paterson,
Nd, was burned on Friday night. Loss,
Sd, 600. =. 49,. -.
The editor Of the Baltimore American,
and the RAIDS Of Washington deny that they
intended to stuff the ballot-box yesterday.
1t is reported that two members of the
Cuban Junta in New York are in the EN-.
ploy Of Spanish spies.
Three men were killed and another
wounded by. lightning while repairing d
barn in Chicago Saturday.
State Senator Tweed, of New York, paid
= bill Of $3.50 for the transportation of Fe.
mans home from Vermont.
Hon. G.. L. Cobb was unanimously re.
nominated for Congress by the Republican
Convention at Plymouth, n. c., on the,2d
Instant. ....y
1t Is reported that a prominent Nam
tuckct whaling firm has suspended nav.
ment, with liabilities to the amount of 500
coo. r'f .'f *". -. '-'.e1'' :
SrorLED-That story about Cotton Mn.
Their and eye scampe William Pennc." The
Bostonians say the whole story is fabrica.
ton.
Mrs: Ann Brady was dangerously shot in
New York on Saturday night by Joseph
Farrell, who said he was shooting ut fell
low named Cries. - ".s s.,
Jcrrold said one day he would make pun
upon anything his friends would put to him.
A friend asked him whether he could pun
upon the signs of the zodiac to which he
promptly replied, ''By Gemini, Cancer"
A fire on Saturday night in Philadelphia
destroyed the trimming factory Of J.;B.
Ccrnet and other buildings. Loss, S25, 900 !;
insurance, $4,000; mostly in the Royal
Company.