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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
Artemus Ward on REORGANIZATION.

Artemus Ward, in one of his let
tiers thus gave his idea Of '.reorgan-
ization:"
I never attempted to reorganize
my wife but once. I shall never at
tempt it again. I'd bin to a public
dinner, and had allowed myself to
be betrayed into drinkin' several
peoples healths: and wishin' to
make 'em as robust as possible, /
continued drinkin' their health until
my own was affected. Consequences
was, / presented myself at Betsy's
bedside late at mite with consider
able ticker consealed about my per-
son. 1 had somehow got perses-
shun of hoss whip on my way
home, and rememberin' some cranky
observashun of Mrs. Wards in the
mornin', snapt the whip putty
lively, and in a very loud voice 1
said: "Betsy, you need reorgani-
zin'." 81 have come Betsy" l con-
tinued, crackin' the whip over the
bed, II have come to reorganize
your
/ dreamed that mite that some
body had laid a hosswhip over me
sev'ril consecutive times; and when
l woke up l found she had. l Ihaint
drank much of anything since; and
if l ever have another reorganizin'
job on hand / shall let it out.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08

Franklin Dyre, highly respect
able and intelligent farmer of Gal
ena, Kent County, Nd, gives the
following as sure cure for the bite
of a mad dog. As will be seen, he
has tested it with the most crafty
ing results:
Elecampane is plant well known
to most persons, and is to be found
in many of our gardens. Immedi-
ately after being bitten, take one
and a half ounce of the root of the
plant-the green root is perhaps
preferable, but the dried will answer
and may be found in our drug
stores, and was used by me-slice
or bruise, put it into pint of fresh
milk, boil down to half pint, strain,
and when cold drink it, fasting at
least six hours afterward. The next
morning, fasting, repeat the dose
prepared as the last, and this will
be sufficient. 1t is recommended
that after each dose nothing be
eaten for at least six hours.
have a son who was bitten by a
mad dog eighteen years ago, and
four other children in the neighbor-
hood were also bitten; they took the
above dose, and are alive and we'll to
this day. And 1 have known a
number of others who were bitten
and applied the same remedy. 1t is
supposed that the root contains a
principle which, being taken up by
the blood in its circulation, coun-
teracts or neutralizes the deadly eff
fects of the virus of hydrophobia.
feel so much confidence in this
simple remedy that I am willing you
should give my name in connection
with this statement.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
A Word to Boys.

Come, boys, and listen a few mo-
ments to your uncle. You have
now arrived at an age when you
must begin to think about doing
something for yourselves. The
first piece of advice 1 have for you
is to do everything well, which you
undertake. There is but little dan
ger of your being too particular in
this respect. A boy who is careful
to draw a straight line on his slate,
will be very likely to make a
straight line through life. There is
no position in life in which you will
not be called upon to act as exact
as possible. Step into a jewelers.
shop, and see how careful the work
man must be in finishing up the ar
ticle he holds in his hands. Visit
the shipyard, and the man with the
broad-ax must learn to hew on
line, or be dismissed. You think
of being a clerk. Well, remember,
that a mistake there, is little less
than a crime. l never saw a man
who was very particular about his
affairs that was not successful. How
exact is a military officer in the
command of men. A clumsy sailor
will never rise to the command of
ship.
But there is one great danger
which besets many young men at
the present day. 1t is the disposi-
ton to avoid all solid improvement,
and to take up with subjects which
require no thought, and which
serves as mere warfare with godli-
ness. Our portion will be that of
the ungodly. AS the tree falleth,
so shall it lie. We shall reap what |
wa have sOwn
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08

Be courteous to all, intimat,
with few, and let that few be wei
tried.
The grand essential of happi
ness in this life is something t.
hope for, and something to love.
We are but passengers of the
day. Why then should we mo-
make the way as pleasant to eacf
other as possible?
Peace and virtue, like the eve
ming star and sun, are never fal
apart.
Little graves-the footprints O.
angels.
-Idleness is the mint where mis-
chief is coined.
Virtue is like rich stone, best
when plainest set.
Envy is the baneful admission
of selfinferiority.
If brooks are, as poets call
them, the most joyous things in ma
ture, what are they "murmuring'
about.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
Secret Of Success.

A few days since I met gentle
man the owner of large paper mills.
He took me throuh the mills, and
showed the great watts Of pulp, and
the great piles of paper ready for the
market, and world of things which
1 did not comprehend. After see
ing all the machinery, and hearing
his praises of his men, and how they
sent for United States stocks-ffty
and hundred dollars at time
every time he went to the city, 1 said {:
"Will you please, sir, tell me the
secret ofyour great success; for you
tell me you began life with nothing"
81 don't know as there is any Sc
cret about it. When sixteen years
old, l went to s. to work. / was
to receive forty dollars a year and
my food-no more no less My
clothing and all my expcnces were
to come out of the forty dollars. 1
then solemnly promised the Lord
that 1 would give him one-tenth of
my wages, and also that / would save
another tenth for future capital.
This resolution 1 carried out, and
after laying aside one-tenth for the
Lord, had at the end of the year
much more than tenth for myself.
I then promised the Lord, whether
he gave me more or less, 1 never
would give less than one-tenth to
Him. To this VOW 1 have conscien-
tiouslyadhered from that day to this;
and if there be any secret to my sue
cess, I attribute it to this. feel
sure am far richer on my nine
tenths, (although hope 1 don't now
limit my charities to one-tenth)
than if 1 had kept the whole"
"How do you account for it?"
'1n two ways: First, 1 believe God
has blessed me, and made my bust
ness to prosper; and secondly, I
have learned to be careful and eco
nomical, that my nine-tenths go far
beyond what the whole would. And
I believe that any man who will make
the trial will find it so."-Dr. Todd.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08

In all the cities of Europe, saw
ing those of Denmark and Sweden,
if you buy anything on the street,
or in the market, the dealers have
three prices-the highest for Amer
leans, the next for the English, and
the lowest for their own people.
-SSSXXXO7X1Z&c.,-which ev.
cry peruser of greenbacks will read
lily recognize as the signature OF
General F. Z. Spinner-well, he's
gone fishing along the Upper Po-
tomac.
The brave man wants no charms
to encourage him to do his duty, ,and
the good man scorns all warnings
that would deter him from fulfilling
it.
For one man who sincerely pit
les our misfortunes, there are hund-
reds who heartily hate US for our
success.
No man has measured the pow
er of kindness for it is boundless.
No man has witnessed its death, for
it is eternal.
"A Scotchman who had put up
at an inn was asked in the morning
how he slept. "Ah, mon," replied
Donald, "nae vera well either, but
l was muckle better off than the
bugs, for del a one O. them closed
an e'e the hale nicht."
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
The Husband Of the Future.

The following is from the Charles
ton Courier:
"The model husband walks out
with his wife on a week day, and is
not afraid of milliner's shop. He
even has change when asked for it,
and never alludes to it afterward.
He is not above carrying a large
bundle or cotton umbrella, or even
holding the baby in his lap in an
omnibus. He runs on first to knock
at the door when it is raining. He
gets outside if the cab is full. He
goes to bed first in cold weather.
He gets up in the night to rock the
cradle or answer the door bell. He
believes in Mysteries and is mel
ted instantly by tear. He patches
up a quarrel with velvet gown, and
drives away the sulks with trip to
Central Park. He never flies out
about his buttons, nor brings home
friends to supper. His clothes
never smell of tobacco. He respects
the curtains, and never smokes in
the house. He never invades the
kitchen.and would no more think of
blowing up'any Of the servants than
of ordering the dinner. He is inno-
cent of a latch-key. He lets the
family go out of town once every
year, while he remains at home with
one knife and fork, sits on a brown
Holland chair, sleeps on a curtain
less bed, and has a char woman to
wait on him. He is very easy and
affectionate, keeping the wedding
anniversary regularly"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
of all fields, beneficence yields
the greatest harvest.

of all fields, beneticence yields
the greatest harvest.
"A young gentleman of Buffalo
went to serenade his lady-love the
other night, and while in the act OF
singing the first verse of the fine
ballad, I'm dreaming, love, of thee,
was suddenly awakened" by the
contents of a tub of cold water from
third story window. He didn't
continue the song.
There is often but a slight sep
aration between woman's love and
her hate. Her keen teeth are very
near her sweet lips.
Why is the way of transgres-
sion so hard? Because it is so much
travelled.
If you want your neighbors to
know all about you, give a party
and don't invite the folks that live
next door.
Two young ladies of Elyria, o.,
recently walked nine miles in two
hours and forty minutes.
The Boston Transcript says
the "small women seldom dress
well, and the reason is that they i'm
agine themselves as tall as any one
else"
Twenty thousand women are
working on Wisconsin farms.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
Wealth..

One great cause of poverty of
the present day is, the failure ofthe
people to appreciate small things
they see if they cannot save large
sums, they will not save anything.
They do not realize how daily ad-
dition, be it ever so small, will soon
make a large pile; if the young men
and young women of to day will
only begin, and begin now, to save
a little from their earnings, and
plant in the soil of some good
sayings-bank, and weekly or monthly
add their mite, they will wear a
happy smile of competence and indie
pendence when they reach middle
life. Not only the pile itselfwill in
crease it will also grow. Let clerk
and tradesman, laborer and artisan,
make now and at once beginning.
store by some OF your youthful
force and vigor for future contin-
gencies. Letparents teach their chill
dren to begin early to save. Begin
at the fountain head to control the
stream of extravaganza, and then
the work will be easy. To choose
between spending and saving is to
choose between poverty and riches. |
Let our youth go on in the habits of
extravaganza for fifty years to come
as they have for twenty years past,
and we shall be nation of beggars
with moneyed aristocracy. Let a |
generation of such as save in small |
sums be reared, and we shall be free |
from want. Do not be ambitious
for extravagant fortunes, but seek
that which it is the duty Of every
man to neutrality-suspicious. and
a comfortable home. Wealth and
enough is within the reach of all.
lis obtainable by one process, and
by one only-saving.-Builder.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
Rules Of Health.

Some considerate exchange fur
nishes the following'Rules of Health
for Married Ladies' which, we hope,
will be duly appreciated: Get up at
three o'clock in the morning, clean
out the stoves, sweep the front side
walk and scrub the front doorstep,
nurse the baby, put the mackerel to
soak, build the fires, grind the coffee,
get out your husbands things to
warm, see the shirt aired, boil the
mackerel, settle the coffee, set the
table, rouse the house, carry up
some hot water for shaving to your
husband, and dry the morning paper.
By this time you will have an appe-
tite for breakfast. Hold the baby
during the meal as you like your
breakfast cold.
After breakfast, wash the dishes,
nurse the baby, dust everything,
wash the windows, wash and dress
the baby-(that pantry wants clean
ing out and scrubbing nurse the
baby, draw the baby in his wagon
five or six miles for the benefit of
his health; nurse him when you re-
turn: put on the potatoes and the
cabbage(nurse the baby), and the
corn, beef don't forget to nurse the
baby )and turnips, and (nurse the
baby) sweep everything; take up
the dinner, fill the castors, change
the table cloth (there, that baby
wants nursing). Eat your dinner,
call again and-nurse the baby.
After dinner, wash the dishes,
gather up all the dirty clothes and
put them to soak, nurse the baby
every half hour, receive a dozen
calls, interspersed with nursing the
baby, drag the baby mile or two,
hurry home, make biscuits, pick
up some Goldfish, cut some dried beef.
Catnip tea for baby's internal disar-
rangement; hold the baby an hour
to quiet him, put some alcohol in
the metre; baby a specimen of per-
petual motion; tea ready, take yours
cold as usual.
After tea, wash up the dishes, put
some fish to soak, chop some hash,
send for some more sugar,-gra-
cious! how the sugar does go, and
thirteen cents pound-get down
the stockings and darn them, keep
nursing the baby-wait up till II
o'clock nursing the baby, till the
husband comes with double shut
fie on the front steps, decided diff
ficulty in finding the stairway, and
q determination to sleep in the back
yard. Drag him up stairs to bed,
then nurse the baby and go to sleep.
Women in delicate health will find
that the above practice will either
kill or cure them.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
Coincidence Of Dates and Events.

In 1907 France was at war with
Prussia. In 1870, which embraces
the same figures reversed, there are
again hostilities between them. In
1855 there was also war between
the same powers, in which France
sustained terrible defeat. just
fifty years after that event, 1906,
Prussia was humiliated, yea, more
than that, almost destroyed by the
disastrous double battle of Jena
and Auerstadt. In commenting up
on that event the English historian,
Allison, whose sympathies were with
Prussia, says: "Such were the dis
astrous battles of Jena and Auer-
stadt, which prostrated the strength
of the Prussian monarchy, and in
one day that which all the might of
Russia, Austria and France had been
unable to effect in the seven years
war, from 1855 to 1763." Curiously
enough, sixty years from that time,
in 1866, Prussia was raised to the
height of power by the extraordin-
ary results of the battle of Sadowa.
In 1905 the Russian power re-
ceived crushing defeat in the great
battle of Austerlitz, in which three
Emperors were present, viz: the
Emperors of France, Russia and
Austria. The forces of the two
were united, but four-fifths of those
who participated in the struggle at
Austerlitz were Russians. A half
century passed away, and in 1855
the French and the Russians were
contending for supremacy at Sebas-
topol, under Emperors of the same
name as those who met in 1903.
In 1908 the French were at war
with the Austrians, and entered
Vienna in triumph. In 1859, at the
end of half centennial period, the
same countries were engaged in
deadly contest, with even larger
numbers in Northern Italy. In 1899
The first Napoleon had seized, as
First Council, the supreme authority
in France. In 1S49, fifty years af-
'er, the third Napoleon had just
been elected President of the same |
,Ountry
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
A Virginia Wedding in the oIden Time

| From the recollections of an ageC
inhabitant of this city, who ha:
passed the allotted time of life, We
have been favored with the follow
ing Renaissance, which may be ia
!. ken as a general representation o.
the festivities at a wedding in oul
grandfathers' days.
i Invitations were freely extended
to allfriends and acquaintance, and
after the marriage took place two
entire days were devoted to feasting
and dancing.
The bridal couple then set out fol
their own home, attended on horse
back by their friends, who, moving
in pairs, made very imposing ap-
pearance.
At the residence of the groom
everything is ready, and with espe-
cial care bottle of choice liquor,
richly decked out with ribbons, has
been prepared and placed upon a
high post at the front gate of the
dwelling.
As the cortege come within one
mile of the house the master of GER
emonies wheels his horse aside and
extends an invitation to all the gen
tlemen present to join in the race
for the bottle, which awaits the win
ner, and gives him the enviable priv
ilege of drinking the health of the
bride on her arrival. The greater
portion of the party accept the in
vitation thus extended, and start off
at full speed for the desired goal
The foremost horseman, on arrival
at the gate, receives from the hands
of the groom's sister the much de-
sired prize, amid the huzzas and
congratulations of all assembled to
welcome the young couple, and
when the cavalcade appears, headed
by the groom and the bride, herides
forward, and as they approach the
gate drinks the health of the bride.
The huzzas and congratulations
now burst out afresh, and amid the
best good feeling all around, the la
dies are invited in the house, the
horses are stabbed, and a siege sets
in, to terminate after two days of
dancing and feasting, and to leave
the newly married couple to con-
tinue life's journey with the most
pleasant recollections.
Modern society claims to have
brought about an improvement on
the above. The appreciation of a
friend is often weighed by the value
of his bridal gift, and he is lucky
to be invited to the public church,
where the marriage ceremony is per-
formed to the infinite enjoyment of
small boys and a curious crowd of
strangers and bare acquaintances.
The couple having been pronounced
man and wife, hurriedly disappear
from view to reappear transformed
with marvellous quickness into every
day people.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
Betting Extraordinary.

The New York Star, in an article
on betting, relates the following:
A distinguished physician was
called to attend an inveterate better,
who was attacked with sudden and
dangerous illness. After careful
diagnosis, the doctor assured him
that his condition was extremely
critical, and his chances of recovery
very doubtful. Thereat, the patient
rallied sufficient strength, and the
following colloquy ensued:
"Pll bet you a hundred dollars,
Doctor that 1 don't die"
"My dear sir, you may not, but I
think it proper to advise you that,
in my opinion, you will"
"Well, Doctor, if 1 die, will 1 go
to heaven?"
81 hope so, SIR
"Will 1 be an angelo"
"Yes, sir.'
"Will I have wings?'
II presume so, sir.'
"Well now, Doctor, when you die
will you go to heaven and be an
angel?"
81 trust so, SIR
"And will you have wings, too"
"Yes, l suppose I will"
"Well then, Doctor, I'll bet you a
hundred dollars 1 will outfly you"
The man died, but the Doctor,
who has not yet taken the bet, is
still living. If, as some theorists
hold, we take with us into the new
world the same propensities which
we have in this, we have no doubt
that all the betting young Ameri-
cans, and old too, who read this,
will, in due time, be running around
to make bets on the flying match of
our deceased sport whose ruling
passion was strong in death.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-08
HOW COULD L?

He carried my satchel to school,
And me through the drifts carried too;
Could think why he hugged me so closes
If 1 couldn't, how could L? could you?
At eve he tied under my chin
My hood with its bright ribbons blue;
Why he gazed in my face, could tell?
If couldn't, how could 1? could your
He told me my eyes were SO black,
The brightest of any he knew;
blushed and looked down, could / help it?
If couldn't, how could /? could you?
He left on my cheek a warm kiss,
Then off with the lightning's speed few;
If could I'd have scolded and stampt,
If couldn't how could 1? could you?
Twas long years ago, and since then
He has spoken words loving and true;
Ionly leaned close to his breast,
For how could help it? could you?