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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09
Select Poetry.
The Contrast.
THE SUCCESSFUL PARTY.

oh, yes, enjoyed II immensely;
had sweet muslin to wear
And though IL was crowded most densely,
didn't get one single tear.
For waltzing kept the good daaeers,
With plenty of rattle and go;
Reserving quadrilles and the Lancers
For those who were mulish and.slo
] tried all the best in succession,
Until | had fixed upon him,
Whose whiskers and speaking expression
Defied the most critical whim.
In most of the rest of the dances,
In every enrapturing whirl,
With whispers and tenderest glances
He made me the happiest girl.
When tired of the dancing we rested
In corners, or sat on the stairs,
To ilrt aRd get cool unmolested
BY watchful duennas and meres.
The poets from Byron TO Tupper,
The latest new novel and play,
We discussed, and the jolliest supper,
Forgetting the following day!
wish we could go on forever
(Not eating, but dancing, mean),
But the dearest of friends have 10 sever,
And joys become things that have been.
He helped me to wrap 'gainst the weather,
Just under a great bough of mis-
Our faces were brought close together,
And-well, he did give me kiss.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09
THE UNSUCCESSFUL PARTY.

Twas the stupidest dance of the season;
didn't enjoy it one bit,
And Pm sure / had quite enough reason
Not one of my things was fit.
I'd ordered OF course, some new dresses
White silk and pink grenadine;
And two Of the loveiest tresses
That ever at party were seen.
Well, when they came home-the last min
ute
The silk was so dreadfully tight
That could not have borne myself in it;
The pink was hideous fright.
The love-locks I'd bought to adorn in,
And thought such wonderful catch,
BY gas-light looked most forlorn in,
They proved such a shocking bad match
My dressing was done in ahurry;
/ wished was going to bed,
For | knew that the skirmish and worry
Would make my nose look horribly red.
When we got there twas nearly half over,
Too late to get into the fun,
For nobody seemed to discover
That they after me ought TO runl
l was ready TO cry with vexation;
The partners l danced with, VOW,
Had-no more idea of Irritation
Than one might expect from a cow
No nice suppers helped to mend matters,
Nor nobody brought me champagne;
l came away tired and in tatters;
I'll never go near them again.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

BUTLER AND BrNTING.-Tbe Wash
ington correspondent OF the Cincinnati
Times (republican) tells the following
anpcdote of Gen. Butler:
There arc men who say he is unscru.
Pulous. A good thing is told of him i'll
this direction. 4 year or two age dur.
ing the discussion Of tariff bin, when
the paragraph or bunting was reached,
'tis said that BHler arose 10 higher
fights of eloqueure than were ever
scared by our proud American bird that
he apostrophized Yankee Doodle With
grandiloquent emphasis; that he stigma
tized it as an outrage and burning shame
that we should be compelled to buy the
very bunting, typical of our glory, of the
monarchies- -ol Europe; therefore he pro-
posed, out of gushing love tor the Yam.
kee eagle and the flag of our Fourth of
July, to double, aye quadruple the duty
IL necessary, to protect our glorious bnnt-
lug manufactures. The effect was cleo
trical. His proposition carried. Joke:
lie ow ned the only bunting manufactory
in the omitted S.atc:.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

\ menagerle was exhibiting in Sagi.
nav City last Wednesday. The moving
tale of a monkey then and there, is short.
Leaving the protecting arms of its ma
ternal parent, simious infant roved
from cage to cage, clinging to the wires
with quadrumanous ability and prenen-
sile grace. With the dextri.y that the
traprze performers vainly emulate, the
intantie phenomenon sprang upon the
bars that guard the cage Of a lioness.
The latter, not appreciative of circus
gymnastics, or perhaps ennuYee with
having seen so much OF them since leav-
ing Africa, put out paw and pulled the
infant into her cage. The rest was an
affair of two bites ard two screams
one of the latter from the unhappy
mother who looked on from her distant
cage.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09
A GYpsEY SE1TlEMESr.-The Gypsi

A GyPsEY SEITLEMEST.-TbeG Gypsies
are about TO establish colony at New
Albany, Ohio, and there are now gath.
cred there about forty families, several
of which have set led down on estates
contiguous. "Delegations are still az
riying," says The New Albany Ledger
though what can have caused this move
meut of concentration is, as Yankee
would say, unguessable. They propose
to invest in estates, one adjoining anoth.
er, and have the traditional Gypsy Queen
with them. 1t is rot generally known
that there are families in the city of New
York, of eminent fashionable and social
distinction that preserve the gypsy blood
in its purity, and that the race is aporadi'
cally represented in theen;erprisiG1g COM
mercial upper ten of the metropolis.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09
EAsc1ox-Wn1r she DoEs.-Fasl

EAsrGoN-WnET she DoEs.-Fash-
ion rules the world, and most tyrani
cal mistress she is, competing people to
submit to the most inconvenieh: things i'm
imaginable, for fashions sake.
She pinches our feet with tight si.oes,
or chokes us with tight handkerchief ;
or squcezes tie breath out Of our bodies
by tight lacng.
She makes people sit up at night when
they ought to be in bed, and keeps them
in bed in the morning when they ought
to be up and doing.
She makes it vulgar to wait on our
selves, and genteel to live idle and use
less
She makes people visit when they
would rather stay at home, eat when
they are net hungry, And drink when
they are not thirsty.
She invades our pleasure TO dress Gai-
ly, whether upon their property or that
of Others whether agreeable 10 the w ord
of God or the dictates oi pride.
She ruins health and produces sickness,
destroys life and occasions death.
She makes foolish parents, inyaiids of
children, and servants Of all.
She is tormentor Of conscience, des-
poiler Of morality, an enemy of religion,
and no one can be her companion and
enjoy either.
She is a despot OF the highest grade,
full of intrigue and cunning and yet
husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons,
daughters, and servants black and white
voluntarily have become her obedient
servants aud slaves and vie with one az.
other to see who shall be most obscqui
ous.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

"Martha, dost thee love me?" asked a
Quaker of Que at whose shrine his hearts
tondest feelings had been offered. "Why,
Seth" she answered, "we are command
ed TO love one another, are we not ?"---
"Ah, Martha, but dost thou regard me
with that feeling the world calls love ?"
81 hardly know what to tell thee, Seth;
| have tried to bestow my love OF all
but have sometimes thought, perhaps,
that thee was getting more than Thy
share"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

a STORY WORTH TELLING.-An old
English gentleman, a school teacher,w who
some years ago resided in one of the
small towns of Ohio, was an agreeable
teller of stories, but deemed it beneath
his reputation as racOnteuT to tell one
that did not surpass any that had preced-
ed it. A farmer having come to the vii
lage remarked, IN the presence of his
friends, that he had been blowing all the
week with four horses, breaking up new
ground, and dwelt upon it as being a
very "big thing" "Pshaw!' said the
old Englshman, that's nothing. l have
seen in England so yoke Of oxen hitched
to one plow - The remark seemed to
occasion general surprise. ''And," Con-
tinued he, ''lhe funniest part of the
whole thing was, that while the plow
was ON the top of one hill, the leading
yoke of oxen was on the top of another
hill, aud the forty-nine between the plow
and the leaders were suspended between
the two hills! And there was another
matter connected with il rather strange.
In the course of the day the plowman.
becoming rather careless about driving
his team, ran into end split big oak
stumpl The plow passed safely through
the split, but before the plown an got en-
tirely through it closed up and caught
him by the coat tail - ''Did it tear his
coat ~ asked a person OF inquiring turn.
"Not bit of !" replied our veracious
narrator; che hung on to the plow haL'
dies and pulle | out the stump"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

ACCOUNTED FoR.-General Mitchell
tells Of conversation he overheard go
ing on outside his tent during the march
to the sea. IL was between the body SER
want and cook. Both had come in late
from the sermon. The text was from
the loaves-and-6sbes miracle.
"Can't make out" said the latter,
show dat miracle was"
"Plain enough" responded the former;
''don't you see Seven thousand loaves
and five thousand fishes divided 'mong
twelve 'postlesl Miracle was dey didn't
bust"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09
FOR SALE.

A FARM CONTAINING twenty acres
IA ofland, situated in the Township Of Kingsve, one
and a half miles from centre on Ashtahna Greek Soil
good thrifty orchard. t.--..e
Alec one half acre OF land with dwelling house and
barn, fourth mile south Of Rail Road, on Lake st.
Ashtabula Village.
Also ono and half Of land with dwelling house.
neourh mile north Of Rail Road east side OF Lake
ST.. Asht9bua Village.
The above property be bought at bargain. as the
owners are Westward bound For partisuars inquire
at Freight Onioe Ashtabula Depot. 3mI062
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

A man in South Hailey, who has ust
got ont OF lawsuit, wants to Obtain
large framed picture ofa COW with one
client at the head aud the other at the
tail, pulling, aud the lawyers mesnwhils
Quietly milking.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

a GEM.--The following extract con-
tains whole volume of truth and sug-
geslion, and if studied and acted upon
would prevent much unhappiness in this
world, and prove most effectual remedy
for much that now exists:
sit is the easiest thing in the world to
be happy, if men and women would oply
think SC. Happiness is only another
name for love and where love exists in
a household, there happiness must also
exist, even though it has poverty for a
close companion. Where love exists
not, even though it be palace, happi..
ness can never come. He was cold and
selfish being who originated the saying
that when poverty comes in at the door
love flies out at the window and bis as
sertion proves conclusively that lie had
no knowledge of love, for unquestiona-
bly, the reverse of the axiom quoted is
nearer the truth. When poverty comes
in at the door, love, true love, is more
than ever inclined to tarry and do battle
with the enemy. Let those who imagine
themselves miserable, before they find
fault with their surroundings, search in
their own hearts toy the true cause, a
few kind words, or little for bearanee ;
will open the way to floods of sunshine
in house darkened by the clouds OF
discord and inamiability."
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09
The Hens in Council.

There's tumult in the hen-coop,
There's clockin' on the rail
Is this fowl proceedin',
Or is it n ladies sale?
Methinks I'll softly enter
What's this? Some scartin' herep
"The Clockin' Hens convention
Nae rooster need appear"
Losh what a fearful tdlxin';
I'll stand her by the door
An ancient hen is clockin',
And moo she has the fiour.
Her neck looks rather withered,
Her feathers much decayed;
That neb is slightly redder
Than when she was a maid.
Out spoke this ancient layer
Her voice was thin and shrill-
'Oly sisters, Oh, my sisters,
This row will max me ill
Ye ken I'm no a chicken,
I'm twenty-one the day
"Her twcnt sic lee-er"--
| heard wee hen say.
She cough-ed and she cough ed
She could ma speak, puir thing
Dot cam "A wee bit bottle
Frea underneath her wing.
"Ma treens, I'll TAX my mixture
Aiore oor woes | tell"
! heard whisper "speerits,
ken it by the smell"
"Thc subject of my lecture
Is on oor rights. ye KEN
IT'S time that we were CROWN
AS sure as I'm hen.
fHnn lnnU haa we hppn hotNhinb
For ither peoples shelves
The times arrived, my sisters.
To hatch eggs for oorsels.
"Shall we gle a oor scrapins
To feed anither's nav,
And hae him crawin' owre US
A stoopin' O. oor jawf
Let us be slaves nae longer,
Far better let us die
II want to be a rooster"
heard maiden cry.
IL hate the stuck-up monsters,
Wha strut, and fume, and fret,
And think that we puir females
Are only made to pet.
Thank guidness hae never
Yet listened to their crow
Because" remarked a chicken,
"Ye meyer had beau"
"The day is no. far distant,
Instead of 'cOnsciG mems,
Dor motto shall be altered
To 'c0pscia rect hens
When we shall walk in freedom,
And strut aroun the street,
WfkaWes upon oor noodles,
And spurs upon DOR feet. ,..
aWhen we shall hae oor Henate,
Composed o. female brains,
To legislate on bonnets,
And regulate oor trains,
Well hae oor lawyers, doctors,
Oor commerce and oor trade,
And cut the horrid monsters"-
"Don't see 1t, said maid.
"Ofcourse we can't ignore them,
Altho' we cease their yoke;
Well keep some bonnie roosteTs
Wha neither drink nor smoke.
Moo hand aroun' the saucer,
We're finished for to-day
Three chicks for female suffrage
"Ral-chick l-crick l--erayP'
She ceased, and as she hobbled
Upon the spar below,
An ancient spyin' rooster
Set up an awfu crow
"Gang hame, ye clockin' grannies,
Ye've got yer work TO do
Gang hame and mind the chickens
A-cook- doodle doc !"
Oh, sic fearful clockin
Was never heard afore,
Each spinister and each granny
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

No wonder men are unhappy in the
world. There is always clashing when
the machinery is out Of gear. There is
always trouble when the wheels are '.of
the track" Man seeks to live for him'
made him TO live for Others.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

The New York Tribune calls the anvil
chorus and artillery accompaniment, at
the Beethoven Festival, "the qnint;
essence of slam.bang."
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

The French smallpox shows the usual
French gallantrY, ,-the victims are three
females TO one male,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

An Arkansas temperance society hay-
ing found ale "bupglesome TO theiF stom-
achs," have fallen back on whisky
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

At the Friday evening session OF the
United States Senate, an amendment TO
the franking bill was adapted providing
for two cent letter postage.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

Truth withheld is sometimes a worse
deception than direct mis-statemsnt.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

An agreeable personis one who agrees
with you,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

GEORGE WILLARD, Dealer in Dry-Goods Gro
ceres Hats Caps, Boots, Shoes, Crockery Gass,WSre
Also Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hardware, Sad
dlery Nails Iron Steel Drugs Medicines, Paints Oils
DyestuTs &c, Main street, Ashtabua.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09

HENDRY & KING, Main streets, Ashtabula,
Ohio, Dealers in Drugs, Medicines Chemicals,
Paints, Oils, Varnshes Brushes, Dye Stuhs, &C. Choice
Family Groceries including Teas, Cofees &c, Patent
Medicines Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal pur
Nv attended to- 1913
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-14

ers We're both abundant and beautiful
for the season. Mrs. Nj. NJ. Whitney,
OF this place, had very fine boquet,
and cross and wreath OF immorteles,
which were very much admired. There
was large pyramid of flowers arranged
by Miss Emma Patterson. A Jerusa-
lem cherry, laden with fruit, the proper
ty of Miss Susie Gorham, attracted spec
iai attention. Among the fine arts,
there were two pastile paintings by Miss
Ella Morse, a pen drawing by Mrs. /.
l.. Richardson, and q monocromatic by
Miss Mary Church, all of which were
highly creditable. Miss Addie Farr and
Miss Alice Morse exhibited two truly
beautiful feather wreaths, and Miss Mel
lie Sabin very pretty worsted wreath.
A hair wreath by Miss Mary Church
contained some of the finest work of the
kind we ever remember to have seen.
OF worsted and crochet work there was
good variety, and many other beauti-
full and ingeniously wrought articles
we're equally meritorious, and worthy of
special remark but for want of space.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-14
Latest News.
DEATH OF GEN, ROBERT E. LEE.

DEATH OF GEN, ROBERT L. LEE.
Gen. Robert E. Lee, died on Wednes-
day, at Lexington, Va, of congestion of
the brain, aged SO years, months and
% days.
The close districts in Philadelphia are
all republican. Two or three close dis
tricts in Ohio are in doubt, but the gen.
eral results of the Tuesdays elections
are as stated on second page.
The Senate on Wednesday took action
against spending their time on bills the
object Ct which are already provided
for by the general statutes.
1t is announced at Montpelier that
Hon. b. Il. Steele, and Hon. We Viii
son. both decline reelection as Judges
of the Supreme Court.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-14

RESERVED SEATs.-An important de-
cision has Just been rendered in the
Washington County Court in the case OF
William B. Brown u.s. Leonard Aldrich,
in which the right to reserve seats in
concerts is fully sustained. As this ques-
ton has been of considerable interest,
and has given rise to much discussion. we
give a statement of the case, which was
an action for disturbing the plaintiff 8
concert at Barre. The plaintiff alleged
that the defendant bought tickets for
himself and family to his concert at the
ordinary price. That he advertised that
reserved seats would be ten cents in adj
dition. To those that paid for reserved
seats he gave check in addition to the
ordinary ticket, which entitled the hold
er to a reserved seat. The defendant, al
though he did not pay for reserved seats,
or have checks for the same, with his
family and dog took seats which had
been designated as reserved seats. The
plaintiff informed him that the seats he
had taken were reserved seats, and that
he would be required to take other seats.
This defendan. refused to do, and by 90
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-14
NERMONTERs RrtrS,o~

NERMoNTERs BEUNioN.-A large
number of Vermonters have settled in
Aurora, ILL.,, and vicinity, and recently
they had reunion or picnic, at which
they talked over old Vermont affairs
kindlyremembering their native State
and hada "sumptuous dinner" got up
IN the old Vermont style. A descriptive
sketch of Vermont was given on the oc.
casion by Mr.. Thomas Z. Hill, of the
Aurora Herald, himself Vermonter
IN which he remembered our crystal
streams, magnificent scenery, apple par.
ings' bees, sleigh rides, maple sugar, and
singing schools in lively style We are
glad TO see the children Of Vermont re-
member so well and afiectionately their
iather land, and, if they had waited
their festival but few days we could
have sent them word that we had "mul.
tiplied and punished" the State $4,000
in excess of our population of 1860,
which is doing pretty well for "lhe old
folks at home"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-14
Novel Monument.

A novel and unique monument passed
through this place from Rutland on Fri
day last, in transitu for Newbury, which
attracted much attention, and was visit
ed and admired by large number of
persons while it remained ct the depot.
1t is a shaft of marble wrought in the
form of the trunk of a stately elm. 1t
stands twelve feet high, and the outside
very perfectly represents the bark, and
at the top three principal limbs are re-
presented as broken off, the largest of
which is surmounteG with dove, while
round the base it is irregularly convex
or concave as it would naturally grow
out of the ground. Below the broken
limbs a shield is wrought on which is
placed the record. This monument was
made by Mr.. George F. White, Rut-
land Marble Works, Rut and, and who
we believe is Windham County boy,
having formerly resided in Wilmington,
and who himself designed the monument
above described, and who by his own
genius and industry has for some time
been doing very successful and pros
porous bu ain.ss. He gets someone thous-
and dollars for this monument which is
to be erected in the cemetery at New
bury. In the rough the block weighed
thirteen tons, and now weighs about five
tons.
1t was in the centennial procession at
Rutland, and so rerfect in its appear
ance, that some supposed and remarked
that it was the trunk of an elm tree
white washed.
This monument is erected to the men,
ory of man of so much note in the ear
ly history OF our State, that further par
ticulars will perhaps be interesting On
the shield is the following record or In
scription
To the memory of Col. Thomas
johnson. an early settler of this State,
and a brave and efficient officer in the
Revolutionary war. His duties as CIV
il and military officer were performed
with unblemished integrity. In private
life a faithful friend, cheerful companion
and an exemplary Christian. Erected
by the request of his grandson, Hiram
johnson"
Two broken limbs of marble are to
mark the graves near the monument,
and on them is the following inscript-
ion "Col. Thomas johnson, born at
Haverhill, Mass, November I'D, 1142,
died. 1919" On the other: Abigail
Cation. wife of Thomas johnson, died
November Sd, 1888"
| Col. johnson, whose memory Is thus
perpetuated, was the owner Of the farm
embracing the well known OK bow mead
ows: and an incident in his life IS
thus related. He was blowing and had
driven around very large field. The
Indians were approaching to either muir
der or take him and perhaps others as
captiyes, of which be was not aware. A
ueirhbor aware of the situstion, aud moi
wishing to make any cutlery, ran to one
e side of the field and dropped note IN
: the furrow, warning johnson of his dan
= ger johnson found the note when hi
, came round, and instantly took his OK
en- and made his escape.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-14
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Calvin Lavvrcuce,. E..,e

I'VE, the Subscribers. being duly appointed BY the
w Hon. Probate Court for the District Of West
minister Commissioners to receive. examine and adj
Just all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Calvin Lawrence. late Of Rockingham,
~ said District, deceased and also all demands ex-
18th day of August last being allowed by said Court
for that purpose do therefore hereby give notice.
that we will attend to the business Of said APP
pointment. at the Hotter Of Lewis c. Lowell in Rock
ingham in said District. on the 18th day Of October
1870 and on the 18th day of January. ISL from Id
days.
HENRY EVANS. 1c,
GEO. SLATE. 70" s.
Bellows Falls. Aug 18th. A d. 1870 4-4s
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-14

INDIAN RELIcs.-An Indian grave,
supposed to be that of buried warrior.
was recently discovered on the farm of
Joseph johnson, near the village of
East Randolph. The grave contained a
large number of arrow and spear points
in various stages of construction. also a
half finished tomahawk. There was
nothing about the implements of war
fare to indicate that those who made
them had any knowledge of white men.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-14

CoNDUcToR's GATHERING.-The third
annual meeting of railroad conductors
was held at Philadelphia last week. The
delegates were generally the senior con-
ductors on each of the roads throughout
the country. They had an excursion and
a very pleasant occasion. The delegates
from this section were, N E. Starkey,
Rutland & Burlington Railroad, B. A.
Putney, Cheshire and G. L. Barney,
VT. Central.