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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
BEHIND TINE.

As Mr.. Hardriff was going through
the Athaum, during some exhibition,
he was attracted by a beautiful picture
of the CrucifixiOn, and was much
struck by it, inquiring of his cOmpan-
ion the story of it, about which he
had never heard He was much in
censed thereat, and treasured it in his
mind.
Going through North street, next
day, where the twelve tribes do con-
gregate, he was buttOnhOled and held
by 3 member Of them, whOimpOrtun-
ed him to "come and buy something"
what are yOuP' said Hardiff /;
''are you a Jew?n
81 am an Israelite,n was the reply.
"Then take that" giving him at
the same time rap on the nose.
"Vat you do that for ?" said Moses,
rubbing his probosis; 81 never sold
you no clO'es."
mo, but your one Of them that
nailed that man to the cross, cOnfouDd
you"
me 1 no do him dat was done
two tousand years ago"
'Well, I don't care anything about
that" said Hardiff; ~ never heard
Of it till yesterday"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
KEEPING THE esANIMAL. -

Our friend of B, Mass, who
know the parties concerned, will ap-
preciate the following -
At a district school meeting in the
town, after the various items of busi-
ness set down in the warrant had been
satisfactorily disposed of, the subject
Of hayinga district library was brought
up. Where the library should be To-
Gated, so as best to accommodate the
whole district, was the next question /;
for this was farming district, and the
inhabitants were somewhat scattered.
Mr.. Brown (so will call him) sug-
gested that Brother Witcher's- house
was very nearly in the centre of the
district; and he thought it best to
have it there, If Brother w. would
keep it.
Brother Witcher was an honest. in
dustriOus farmer, whose early advan-
tages for education had been very
limited. He had listened to the de-
bate with open eyes and gaping
mouth, evidently unable to compre-
hend what good was to come Of the
movement. He had not voted either
way; but being thus called upon, he
arose.
"Waal, /" said he, generously, but
considerably, 81 guess I could man
age to keep the animal through the
summer an fall, seein's I've got plen-
ty of feed; but when it comes winter,
I do no.
At this point Brother Brown inter-
rupted the speaker
Brother Witeher is laboring under
q mistake. 1t is not an animal at all
which we want him to keep"
'Eh ?-not one o'them, 'ere striped
critters, sich as they had in the show
daOwn to the village last week ?"
No, no, Brother Witeher. We are
speaking Of a librdTy,-a collection of
books. 4"
"0-o-oh!-is that it? Goodness
me! I thought 'tlUas a Zebra E'-N
Y. Ledger.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
'TRACH ME THY WAY.D

o Thou unseen, eternal One,
Whom myriad worlds obey
Whose being is-whose win be done,
Where'er the rays Of stars or sun
Through the wide realms OF ether run:
Teach me Thy way"
At morn, when frst Thy golden beams
Thy glorious works display,
When DER the hill Thy sunlight streams
And earth with life and beauty teens,
Like some bright isle in happy dreams:
Teach me Thy way
At evening, when Thy shadows fall
Around departing day, ,.,,
And IoWIy vale. and mountain tall,
And stream, and lake, and Forest All
Grow sornbrs with their mantling pail:
Teach me Thy way
Norless, when IN Iffe's solemn hour,
Are sleeping silently
The weary bee, in tiny flower,
The Wild bird, in his greenwood power, -,
And souls, meath thatch or prineely tower
Teach me Thy way"
When by the smile OF summer blest,
The nelds and woods are gay.
All In robe OF verdure dressed
When the wild winds have sunk to rest
my waves are still on oceans breast:
Teach me Thy wag."
or when Thou stretchest forth Thine arm
In awful majesty,
In wintry skies, or climate warm,
RObing about the unseen form
With clouds and darkness, IRE and storm
Teach me Thy way"
Maker OF all-Earth, Sea and Air,
Long as live beneath Thy care,
While goodness keep and mercy spare,
Be ever this my heartfelt prayer:
Teach me Thy way"
And when LIES heeting hours are past;
When in eternity,
The undying soul on Thee is cast,
o take me TO Thyself at last,
And through that endless, unknown vast
Teach me Thy way"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
From the Boston Trayeler.l
VERY SINGULAR CASE.

Our readers may remember the re-
cent crime Of one COnnOrs, an outside
watchman at the state prison, in
Charlestown, who seized a small boy
and threw him overheard from the
prison wharf, where be wss at play
with some other little boys, though
the child plead for his life, telling the
man he could not swim. And finding
the child could not swim, the brutal
man made no effort to save him; did
not so much as throw a bit Of board
to the boy. COnnOrs was arrested,
and sentenced to the state prison for
his crime. And during all the time
between his arrest and eommittal to
prison, he remained as Indifferent and
impenitent as though he had been en-
tirely innocent. But Immediately af-
ter his imprisonment, conscience
awOke within him. The Nervousness
Of his crime came before him in such
strong and vivid light, that be could
find no rest nor peace, day nor night.
His appetite failed; his sleep was
broken his health gave way he
was then removed to the hospital
But medicines could not reach his
agonized mind; he pined to q skele-
ton, and finally died on Saturday last,
of broken heart; but 1t is hoped, a
true penitent FOR his unnatural crime.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

Mr.. T, the minister, owned a
large dog named Watch, and Watch
was bent upon going to church with
Mrs. T.
When Mr.. T became most earn
est in his appeals, he often repeated
the same word with a ringing empha-
sis, and a blow on the desk-cushiOn
that startled the sleepers in the pews
into the most erect and attentive posi-
ton that they could assume.
One day he thus shouted, quot
ing the well known text, Watch
Watch y Watch, say :" when
rustic, rustic, bounce, came his big
dog into his very arms
You may be sure the boys all took
this occasion to relieve their pent-up
restlessness by one uprOariOus laugh,
before their astOnished parents had
time to frOwn them to silence.
Honest Watch had been sitting
with his eyes fixed, as usual, upon
the minister. At the first mention Of
his name. up went his ears, and his
eyes kindled at the second he was
still more deeply moved T; at the third
he obeyed, and flew completely over
pew-raiI and pulpit door, in leap
that did equal honor to his muscular
powers and his desire to obey. After
such a strict Interpretation Of the let
ter, rather than the spirit, Watch was
forbidden church-gOing.-
Youths Companion.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

That knowledge is power was hap
PLY illustrated by an incident that
happened in Edinburgh some years
ago. A crowd had gathered around
two dogs. The larger one, a power
ful mastiff, had the smaller in his re-
lentless grip. Every effort had been
made to loosen his hold, such as slit
ting his ears, and biting and pinch
ing his tail, but in vain. At length a
quiet, scholarly looking gentleman
came up and asked to be allowed to
separate the combatants. Assent was
given amid laughter and jeers, when,
drawing a snuff-bOx from his pocket,
he applied pinch Of the titillating
powder to the mastiff's nose, who not
only released his hold, but made Off
as fast as his legs could carry him.
The scholar was greeted with cheers,
but replied only, " Gentlemen, have
but given you proof that knowledge
is power"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
John Browns House and Grave.


The house Is unpainted and plain,
though equal to the ordinary farm
houses of the region. 1t stands well
up the hills, separated from the viii
derness by a few cleared fields, COM
manding a majestic view ofthe noun
tain world. A few rods in front a
huge bOwlder, surrounded by plain
board fence, is the fit monument OF
the fierce old apostle Of liberty. At
its foot is the grave. The headstOne
was brought from an old graveyard
IN New England, where it stood over
the grave Of his father, Capt. John
Brown, who died in New York in l776.
The whole stone is covered with the
family inscriptions; John Brown
executed at CharlestOwn, Va, Dec. ?,
1859; Oliver and Watson, his sons,
both killed at Harper's Ferry the same
year; and his son Frederick, murder
ed in Kansas by border ruffins in 1856.
Above the little grassy enclosure tow
ers the mighty rock, almost as high
as the house, and on its summit is cut
in massive characters the inscription:
'JOhn Brown, 1859" Standing or
the top of this monumental rock, for
the first time 1 felt that / cOmpre-
hended the characterOft the man whose
name it commemorate. could well
understand how much such a man,
formed in the mold Of the old Scotch
Covenanters and English Puritans,
brOOding over the horrors Of slavery,
forseeing the impending struggle for
liberty, maddened by the murder Of
his son and friends in Kansas, with
the mighty northern hills looking
down upon him, the rush Of strong
rivers, and the songs Of resOunding
tempests, and the mystery Of illimita-
BILE wilderness all about him, should
easily come to think himself inspired
to descend like a mountain torrent,
and sweep the black curse from out
the land. reverently raised my hat,
and sung, "JOhn Browns body lies
mOuldering in the grave: his soul is
marching on"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

There is a much older church, oeea-
siOnally occupied, than the old St.
Paul's, WEXFORD, r. l., built in 1907, (,
and which has been supposed to be
the oldest Episcopal church in the
United States. The venerable brick
church near Smithfield, Isle of Wight
county, Virginia, was erected in 1852,
twenty-five years after the settlement
Of jamestown, and during the eplseO-
pate Of the late Bishop Meade was
often opened for occasional services
by that esteemed and influential divine.
The Bishop gives an interesting ae-
count Of it in his "Old Churches and
Families Of Virginia" There is q
still older church edifce, the writer
believes, at st. Augustine, Florida,
erected in the early years Of the Span
ish rule IN that peninsula.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

THE QUAKEREss' RUsE.-A Sher-
iff was once asked to execute a writ
against a Quaker. On arriving at his
house he saw the Qusker's wife, who,
in reply to the inquiry whether her
husband was at home, said he was,
at the same time requesting him to
be seated, and her husband should
speedily see him.
The officer waited patiently some
time, when the fair Quakeress COM
ing into the room, he reminded her
Of her promise that he might see her
husband.
Nay, friend, said she, "I prom
ised that he would see thee. He hath
seen thee. he did not like thy looks /;
therefore he hath avoided thee, and
hath departed brom the house by
another path.n
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
The CHRONICLE.
CHARITY.

Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang kennin wrang
To step aside is human:
One point must still be greatly dark,
The moving tUhy they do II,
And Just IS lamely can ye mark,
How far perhaps they rue Il.
Who made the heart. tits He alone
Decidedly can try us;
He knows each chord Its various tone,
Each spring its various bias:
Then at the balance let's be mute,
We never can adjust It;
What's done We partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.
Burns
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

DANkRUPTCN.
DIN the District Court OF the United States.
Tor the Northern District Of Ohio.
In the matter Of Daniel r Becker, Bank
runt- in Bankruptcy. A warrant IN Bank
ruptcy has been issued by said Court against
the estate Of said Daniel r. Becker. OF Hub
bard. in the County Of Trumbull, of the State
OF Ohio. in said District, adjudged q Bank
rupt upon the Petition Of Waldo A. Fisher
q Co., his creditors; and the payment OF any
debts, and the delivery OF any property be-
longing to said Bankrupt, to him or 70 his
use, and the transfer Of any property by
him, are forbidden by law.
A meeting Of the creditors OF said Bank
rupt, 70 prove their debts and choose one or
more assignees Of his estate. will be held at
q Court Of Bankruptcy 70 be holden at Cleve-
land, in sGid District, on the llth day Of
October. lS7O, at 10 O'Clock; G. m, at the Office
OF Myron r. Keith, Esq. one OF the Regis
terz IN Bankruptcy OF said Oourt. =
HARRY THOMPSON,
Deputy y. S. Marshal, Messenger.
Hutchins 4 Ingersol,
Atty's for Petitioners.
Sept. II, l87o-2t.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
n EGAL NOTICE.

E1AL kOI4CE. 90 -
II John Cauheld, whose residsnceIs un-
known TO petitioner, Is hereby notified, That
Hannah Caufield, did on the 9th iay ~
August, 1870. file her petition In the once oi
the Clerk OF the Court Of Common Pleas
within and for the County OF Trumbull and
State or Ohio, charging the said John eau
neld with wtllful absence from the petitioner
Tor more than three years, last past, and ask
ing that she may bedivoFeed from said John
Cauneld, and be RWarded the CUSTODY OF
their minor child, and forotherand f1rther
relief That's said petition will be for hearing
at the next term OF said Court
HANNAH CAUFIELD.
By Geo. p. Hunter, her Atty,
Auu 81 Ig7O-Bt
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
NOTHING LIKE GRAMMAR.

Nothing like Grammar Better go
without a COW than 90 without that.
There are numberless professors
who 90 tramp, tramp, tramp, my
bows ~ around the country, peddling
a weak article, by which sin twenty
days" they guarantee to set a man
thoroughly up in the English Ian
guaRe. An instance in point comes
rom Greenville, Ala, where a pro
fessOrn had laboTed with the youth
Of that people, and taught them to
dote on grammar according to Nor
ris'su system. During one Of the lee
lures the sentence MARY milks the
cow" was given out to be parsed
E4eh word had been parsed save one,
which fell to Bob l., a sixteen
year-Old, near the foot of the class,
who commenced thus: "COw is
noun, feminine gender, singular num-
Der, third person, and stands for Nd
ry.n Stands for MaryW said the
excited professor. "HOw do you make
that Out?" Because y answered the
noble pupil, "if the COW dident s, I'D
for Mary, Hol0 could Mary milk her3"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
EGAT NOTICE

IL VIM. Henry Tew, who resides In the
State Of Pennsyl lvania, somewhere unknown
TO petitioner, is hereby notified that Aimira
IeW, did on the I'd day Of Augusta ID. $50
lie her pstitiOn in the ONCE Of the Clerk OF
the Court Of Common Pleas, within and for
the county OF Trumbu0 and State Of Ohio
charging the said VIM. Henry TeW, with
habitual drunkenness and desertion. and
asking that she may be divorced from the
said VIM. Henry Tew, and for the custody OF
the children, and reasonably alimony, which
petition will be for hearing at the next term
OF said Court. ALMIRA TEW.
By her Att'ys JnO. F. Beaver, I. !. Gnlmer.
sAuu q fg7O-6t
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
SLURS on WOMEN.

At a recent dinner in this city, at
which no ladies were present, a man,
in responding to the toast, 'WOman, I"
dwelt almost solely on the frailty of
the sex, claiming that the best among
them were little better than the worst,
the chief difference being in their
surroundings.
At the conclusion Of the speech, a
gentlemen present rose to his feet, and
said:
Il trust the gentleman, in the ap-
plication of his remarks, refers to his
OtUn mother and sisters, not to OurS."
The effect of this most just and
timely rebuke was Overwhelming /;
the maligner of women was covered
with confusion and shame.
This incident serves an excellent
purpose in prefaeing a few words on
this subject.
OF all the evils prevalent among
men, we know of none more blight
ing in its moral effects than the ten
dency to speak slightingly of the vir-
tue Of women. Nor is there anything
in which young men are so thorough
ly mistaken as in the low estimate
they form of the integrity Of women
not OF their own mothers ana sisters,
thank God. but Of Others, who, they
forget, are somebody eLse's mothers and
sisters.
Plain words should be spoken on
this point, for the evil is q general one,
and deep-rooted. If young men are
sometimes thrown into the society of
thOughtless or even lewd women, they
have no more right to measure all
other women by what they see Of
these than would have to estimate the
character Of honest and respectable
citizens by the developments Of crime
in our police courts.
Let young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon
their FAITH IN WOMAN. No worldly
wisdom, no misanthropie philosophy,
no generalization can cover or weak
en- this fundamental truth. It stands
like the record of God himself-fOr
tits nothing less than this-and should
put an everlasting seal upon lips that
that are wont to speak slightingly Of
women.-Pdckdrds Monthly.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
Newton FAILS. sept -, :, is 8
CHERRIES SALE.

GHERIFFS SALE. ....---T
= The State Of Ohio, Trumbnll county, IS.
-. .s Y. ZZ -, In TrumDun Com. Pleas.
By virtue Of an order Of sale issued by
order OF said Court In the above entitled
case 70 me directed and delivered, I shall
expose to public sale at the door Of the Court
House in the City Of Warren, Ohio on
Saturday, September Gath, A. d. go,
Between tho hours Of one and three O'Clock,
p. r., the following described premises, stu
ate IN the county OF Trumbull, State Of Ohio,
and tov-zlship OF BrOokmeld, bounded and
described as follows, 70 wit; Commencing at
township in the center Of the highway lead
ing nom the center Of said BrOOkneld 70 the
center of Hartford township, in said county,
thence running north SS9, west along the
center Of the east and west highway So
chains and 81 links, to the southwest corner
OF lot No. 80, thence along the center Of said
road A chains and g links to the southwest
corner OF lot No. 81, thence north II 81, east
A chains 20 the northwest corner Of said lot,
thence south SSo, east Al chains and 76 links
to the northeast corner Of said lot, thence
south S0o, east 20 chains and 59 links 70
stone at the southwest corner OF lands OF =.
Byers, thence south So. east IS chains and 81
links 70 the center Of said north and south
center highway, thence south along the cen
ter Of said north and south highway 80, east
Is chains and 81 links. thence south So, east
20chains and 8lnks 10 q stone, thence south
= ~ Mehk IA C4a4lh anu % INKS 70 "A ea0le
on the south line Of lot No. 81 thence north
So, west along the line Of said lot NO. 81 l9
chains and ~ links to the place Of begin
ming, containing within said. boundary two
hundred and ninety-four (29f acres and
ninety-fiYe C95) rods OF land, according TO the
survey Of A d. FeIl, County Surveyor, made
Sd and 18th days Of February, A. ID. 1854
Appraised at $50 per acre. Terms Of sale
one-third in hand, one-third in one year,
one-third in two years, with interest secured
by mortgage on premises.
q. ". DICKINSON, Sheriff
Sherih's ONCE Warren, o., Aug q, ls70-5t
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

At no period in life is so much de-
pending upon a correct position as
when young men are Just taking
upon themselves the responsibilities
OF active, independent life. A mis-
take at this point may prove disas-
trOus beyond estimate And one of
the most dangerous circumstances is
the fact that buoyancy Of spirits and
strong assurance of success, having
their foundation partly, perhaps, in
inexperience, are unfsyOrable to that
candid and thorough investigation 50
indispensable in determining a wise
course of action.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

During the trial Of a case in Louis
vile recently, a witness persisted in
testifying to what his wife told him.
To this, Of course, the attorney OBJ
jected, and It was ruled out by the
Judge. He would proceed again to
tell "shust how 1t vas" when the at
torney would sing out, "HOw do you
know that ?' "AIy wife told me-" was
the answer. This was repeated sew
eral times. Presently, the Judge, be-
coming unable to contain himself
longer, said, "SuppOse your wife were
60 tell you the heavens had fallen,
what would you think ?'' "Vell,
den, I dinks dey vOs down"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

Many make a serious mistake in set
ting out in life with no settled choice
of pursuits. To engage in any branch
Of business with the purpose of watch
ing for some more promising opening
has an unfavorable influence upon
any young man, unsettling the mind,
preventing that concentration of ener-
gies and that inspiring ambition in
dispensable to the nOblest achiev-
ments.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
nROPOSITION to build a New Tail

I'D DROPOSITIONt to build a New Jail.
The tax payers OF Trumbun County, are
hereby notified that the Commissioners OF
said County have made an order that the
question Of erecting a New jail be submit
ted 70 the electors at the general election, 70
be held on the second Tuesday Of October,
A. D. 1870, in accordance with the provisions
Of an act OF the General Assembly OF the
State OF Ohio, passed April 6. $50. The lst
and Sd sections Of which are as follows:
SEC. L Be IL enacted by the General As
sembly OF the State Of Ohio, that the Com
missioners Of Trumbull County, be. and
they are hereby empowered 70 raise, by tax,
in one or more annual levies, as they may
determine, q sum not exceeding fOrty-fYe
thousand dollars, for the purpose Of building
Jail north Of the Court House, on q lot
owned by the County, II the city Of Warren.
SEC. g. Provided, that before said Com
missiOners shall proceed 20 erect such Jail
or levy such tax, the question shall be sub
mitted to the electors OF said County, at
some regular election held in said County,
and II q majority Of the votes cast at said
election upon this question OF erecting a Jail
shall be in favor Of q tax being levied for
said purpose, then said Comm issiOners shall
be fully authorized 10 proceed to erect said
Jail as before stated.
o. K WOLCOTT,
i. A. REED,
]. B. PAYNE,
County Commissioners.
JAS. d. KENNEDY, County Auditor.
Warren. o.. Sept. Z. l87Q-5t
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

A San Francisco cat gOtintO George
Francis Trains bedroom and tried to
suck Georges breath, not knowing, of
course, who he was. 1t is, perhaps,
needless to remark that the cat came
to an untimely end. Mr.. Train car
ries altogether too much wind for any
one cat.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

The Princess Salm-Salm, who was
made a widow by the death Of the
Prince at the battle of RezonEile, was,
in 1883, tight rope dancer, and accom-
panied circus as such, through the
Western States, under the name of
Agnes Leelercq.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

A Priest, the other day, who was
examining a Confirmation class in the
south of Ireland, asked the question,
What is the sacrament Of matri-
mony ?" A little girl at the head OF
the class answered: '"Tis a state Of
torment into which souls enter to pre-
pare them for another and better
WOrld,n
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21
GPRTNG and AUTUMN.
6Wis7ly. Waly up the Bank,

These three last songs will be sung by
Mad'lle Nilsson-who is now on her way 70
this cOuntry-at her concerts in America,
and they VIII attain a popularity, on their
merits alone, equal 20 the songs OF Jenny
Lind or Parepa Rosa. A spirited and cor
rect likeness OF Mad'lle Nilsson adorns the
ttle-page OF each song Copies without
cOlors 40 cents each Just reed at
ADAMS Book Store.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-21

A Presbyterian and Methodist had
a spirited controversy, in which the
former quoted largely from the epistle
to the Romans. "Ah," said the 9TH
er, Paul says so, I know but then
/ always thought he leaned too much
toward Calvanism.n