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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25
Dickens's Home at Gad's' Hill.

Dickens's Home at Gad's Hill.
The spot is one of the Ioveliest in
Kent, and must always be remem-
bered as the last residence of Charles
Dickens. He used to declare his firm
belief that Shakespeare was especially
fond of Kent, and that the Poet chose
Gad's Hill and Rochester for the seem
cry for his plays from intimate person.
al knowledge Of their localities. He
said be had no manner Of doubt but
that one of Shakespeare's haunts was
the old inn at Rochester, and that
this conviction came fOrcibly upon him
ono night as he was walking that way,
and discovered Charles's Vain over
the chimney just as Shakespeare has
described it, in words put into the
mouth Of the carrier in King Henry
the Fourth. There is no prettier
place than Gad's Hill in all England
for the earliest and latest flowers, and
Dickens chose it, when he had arrived
at the fulness of his fame and pros
perity, as the home in which he most
wished to spend the remainder of his
days. When a boy, he would often
pass the house with his father, and
| frequently said 10 him, ''If ever 1 have
a dwelling of my own, Gad's Hill
Place is the house 1 mean to buy."-
In that beautiful retreat he has for
many years been accustomed to well
come his friends, and find relaxation
from the crowded life of London
On the lawn playing at bowls, in the
Swiss summer house charm ngly shad-
ed by green leaves, he always seemed
the best part of summer, beautiful as
the season is in the delightful region
where he lived. In a letter written
not long ago to a friend in America
be thus described his home:
"Divers' birds sing here all day,
and the nightingales all night. The
place is lovely, and in perfect order.
[ have put five mirrors in the chalet
(where | write), and they reflect and
refract, in all kinds Of ways, the leaves
that are quivering at the windows,
ard the great fields of waving corn,
and the sail-dotted river. My room
is up among the branches of the trees;
and the birds and the butter flies fy
in and out, and the green brtnchrs
shoot in at the open windows, and
the lights and shadows Of the clouds
come and 90 with the rest Of the COM
pany. The scent of the flowers, and
indeed of everything that.is growing
for miles and miles is most delicious"
( There he could be most thoroughly
enjoyed, for be never seemed so cheer
fully at home anywhere else. At his
own table, surrounded by his family,
and a few guests, old acquaintances
from tOwn,--among them Forster,
Carlyle, Reade, Collins, Layard, Ma
elise, Stone, Mucready, Taltourd,--he
was always the choicest and Iive.iest
companion. He was not what is call
in society profosscd taIker, but ho
was far better and rarer.-- From Al
iantica Monthly.
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Fruit Prospects.

In the July Report of the Department OF
Agriculture, the prospect for apples is
said 10 be unusually good from Maine to
Georgia, except in Pennsylvania and Mary
land. Tennessee is the only interior State
that can claim an average. Peaches are
less abundant than apples. In New Jer-
sey the prospect is said to be two per cent.
above an average. Delaware will not
have full yield. Illinois is placed at
five per cent. below an average, and Mich
igan at ten. Peaches and other fruits
were destroyed by frost in March through
out the Gulf States. Grapes generally
promise remarkably well. full average
is indicated in California, Missouri, and
Ohio, and very few States make unfavOra-
bic returns. The apple and peach crops
are greatly infested by insects in the Mid
die States.
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No notice he tOok-from this date
hereafterwards-of letters that hain't
got a postage stamp onto them.
Don't write only one side of the
manusclip, and don't write much onto
that.
Don't send a manuscript unless you
can read it yourself after it gets dry.
We pay all the way up hill, from
ten cents to one dollar for contribu-
ton according to helt.
All settlements made promptly at
the end of the ensuing year.
Poetry and prose pieces respective
Iy solicited.
The highest market price paid for
awful railroad smashes, and elope-
ments with another mans wife.
No swearing aloud in our paper.
Isaac.-Your articles on "frogs" is
received.
1t made me laff like lightning.
Your idea "that frogs might be in
creased by propagation" is bully.
Your idea ''that frogs was discover
ed by Mr.. Christopher Columbus in
the year 1892" has slipped my mem
Ory.
You also say "that frogs grow
more bob tailed as they grow older"
This is too cussed good to be entirely
| lost.
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The refusal of the Spanish COrtes TO abOl-
ish slavery in the colonies of Cuba and
Porto Rico has been condemned as an act
of imbeciily. Itappears from the abstract
of the correspondence between Minister
Sickles and Secretary Fish that the failure
resulted from the treachery of Prim, who,
after committing the Government to a6O-
IitiOn, compromised with the slave-hold-
ers of Porto Rico on an act of emancipa-
ton, which defers the question until the
next century. But justice is not thus
easily put off by mans treachery, and the
abolition of slavery in the Spanish colon
les is certain to come at an early hour.
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A sBAsoNABLB PARODY.

Three women went waddling out into the sulf,
Out into the surf at Newport town;
Each wore a bath suit Of the very best,
Costing as much a wedding gown.
For men must work ard women must lave,
And what men earn their wives don't save
Though husbands they be moaning.
Three brokers sat up at three high desks,
And balanced their books a. the sun went down;
Each "poring'' Ger ledssrB that wgaId I't com
straight,
Each wrapped IN a study disgustingy brown.
For men must sweat, and women keep cool,
And woman viii ever be fashions fool,
Though husbands they be moaning.
Three names are struck from the Gold Boards books
Three brokers' sign-boards are taken down.
Three men are busy "sceiug their ftlehd,"
Borrowing money tcset out Of town.
For men must break II women must waste,
And It costs a deal to be "peOple Of tasts,"
So goodsby to the fools and their moaning.
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Select Miscellany.
TFor the News.
WHAT KATY DID.

[For the News.
WHAT KATY DID.
In summer, at the close Of day,
I heard a hundred voices say,
''Katy did, Katy did i'
And wondered as I went my way,
Whatever Katy did
asked the waksful Whip -poor-wilI,
Whose hushed song lately echoed shriIl,
What Katy did-Katy did
The prudent bird sat silent still,
Nor told what Katy did.
asked the busy, day-bliDd bat,
To tell me all he knew of that
Which Katy did-Katy did
He did not feel inclined to chat.
Nor tell what Katy did.
next addressed the owl so wise,
And pruy'd him tell without Disguise,
What Katy-Katy did1
BE looked surprise from wondrOus eyes,
But kept the secret hid.
At length from birds turned to go,
With fixed resolve the WORST to know
What Katy did-Katy didl
And called the gOssips in a row,
Who told what Katy did.
At once the gossips took new forms,
And were compelled to chant like worms,
"Katy did-Katy did,"
The live-long night in calms or storms,
Aad that's what Katy did.
For Katy is the fairy queen,
Who rObed at eve in gold and green,
Sings "Katy dld-Katy did,"
And charms the tattler's poisonous spleen
To harmless katy did"
The Springs, Aug. s, 1870. N
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Dafe Orthe CruciGxion.

Herr Falb, the German savant, who
predicted the South American earthquakes
that did not come off exactly according to
programme, has tried his hand at back
ward calculations as well as at forecasting.
In work recently published he shows
that there was total eclipse of the moon
cOncomitantly with the earthquake that
occurred when julius Caesar was assassin
ated, on the 18th of March, B. G. Al. He
has also calculated back the Jewish calen-
dar to A. d. 81, and the result of his search
fully confirm the facts recorded by the
evangeliSts of the wonderful physical
events that accompanied the crucifiXion.
Astronomical calculations prove without
a shadow of doubt, that on the 18th day of
the Jewish month of NisOn (April 81 there
was total eclipse of the sun, accOmpan-
led, in all probability, by the earthquake
when "the veil of the temple was rent in
twain from the top to the bottom, and the
earth did quake and the rocks rent, Y Matt:
xvii. 5l), whilst st. Luke describes the
eclipse in these words: "And it was
about the sixth hour, ~ noon), and there
was darkness over all the land till the
ninth hOur,(3 o'clock, P. NJ. and the sun
was darkened." Luke xiii. A. This
mode Of reckoning corresponds perfectly
author made by reckoning backwards
from the great total eclipse of April 20, 1878,
allowing for the difference between the
old and new styles, which also gives April
9th as the date Of the new moon in the
year A. D. 81. As the vernal equinox of
that year fell on March 25th, and the Jews
ate their Easter lamb and celebrated their
EREB PEsACH, or Feast of the Passover, on
the following new moon, it is clear that
April 9th was identical with NisOn IA of
the Jewish calendar, which, moreover, was
on Friday, the PARASKEvEE, or "day of
preparation for the Sabbath" and this
agrees with the statements of the evange-
lists, and also with the Hebrew Talmud.
Thus, by the united testimony of astrOnO-
my, archaeology, tradition and biblical his
tory there can be but little doubt that the
date THE crucifxion was April 9Th, A.
D. 81.
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Objections to Base Ball.

Occasionally we meet with a news
paper that denounces base ball in
decided terms. Speaking of the game
between the Red Stockings and Ath-
letics, the Philadelphia Press says it
attracted thousands of spectators, who,
for the privilege of witnessing eigh-
teen athletes bat and toss the ball
around the field, paid the sum of fifty
cents and spent three hours under the
hot, brOiling sun of a June day. Be
sides all this waste of time and money,
tens of thousands of dollars were wa
gered on the result, and changed
hands at the termination of the game.
Base ball, from being a healthy ma
tiOnal exercise, is now converted into
a demnralizing national vice, on which
the American people are annually
squandering hundreds Of thousands Of
dollars.
The New York Observer adds the
following:
A base ball match is now no more a
simple trial of athletic strength and
dexterity than the feats of a circus
company, and a very much less genu
inc contest than a prize fight. What
can be said of base ball club which is
composed Of, say one hundred MEM
bers, not one of whom play in the
matches, but which hires instead the
services of the nine "professiOnal'' ath-
letes, who go "starring" through the
country, and the profits of whose ex-
hibitiOns are divided among the anna
teur nOn-playing members? What
can be said, except that such club is
simply a speculative assOciation-prO-
prietOrs of a gambling show-which
under the thin disguise of an athletic
sport and with the catch penny pass
word of ''the national game" takes
toll of the public from 'gate money"
"pOOls,' ''abetting books" and all the
other tricks of the sporting" frater
nifty.
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THE KILKENNY CATS.

The following succinct but spirited account Of th
history Of the Kilkenny cats:
There oust was two cats in Kilkenny,
And ach thought there was one cat too many
So they quarreled and fti
And they gouged and they bit,
Till-eXcepting their nails,
And the tips of their tails
Instead yf two cats there Waru't any,
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Notice.

FTVHOsE owing the late firm Of Gregg McFaddenr
are requested to call aud settle Immediately
The bouks can be found the sture Of MessTs HES
tand Ayres our old stand, and they authorized
to receive money and in the settlement Of said
business, and to my name in receipting for the
same
As the assets Of said late firm Of Gregg McFadden
not, probably, more than sufficient to pay it's liza
bitiss, and as the undersigned is the only solvent
member thereof it will be necessary for him to make
collections promptly. JOHN C. GREGG.
July 26, 1870. jy2sn
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A lively correspondent of the Even
ing Mail, seeing an interesting little
girl riding with her parents in the same
railway car with himself, bursts into
the following irrepressible soliloquy,
Cannot many of Us mingle our tears
with his?
I reflected. In a few years. thought
I, that infant will be an ornament to
society. But had she not better odie d?
Very soon they will tie some dead
mans hair to the back of her head,
fasten her ribs with a corset, and hang
bird-cage around her lower limbs
Worse than that: when she arrives at
maturity she will be compelled to de
termine whether she is for protection
or free trade, to comprehend the mys
teries of the Coolie question, and to
understand the intricacies of pig iron,
and then to go to the polls and vote.
A las in the coming age had We not
better be without woman?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25
THE LILY

Ny delicate lily
Blossom of fragrant snow,
Breathing on me from the garden
Pow does your beauty grow
Tell me what blessing the kind heavens give
How do you find it 50 sweet to live
zone loving smile of the sun,
Charms me out Of the mould,
One tender tear OF the rain
Makes my heart unfold.
Welcome whatever the kind heavens give,
And you shall find it as sweet to live"
LUCY LARCoM.
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A witness in the Milwaukee court
being asked how he knew certain par
ties were man and wife, replied
"Why, dog-on it, pve hearn 'em scolI
each other morn fifty times" The
evidence was considered conclusive.
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Noah--We very humbly decline
your essay on the flood.
Your remarks might possibly lead
one more man to think as you do, and
we don't want our columns to be held
responsible for increasing the number
of fools.
The world has already got more
fools than there is need of.
There aiu't no doubt in my mind
but that the food was a perfect sue
cess, and | have thought that another
just such a one would pay well
in some sections Of the country
TJosh Billings.
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HON GEORGE SHARsWOOD

Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA. June 1, 1863
have found by experience that d" IIOulands Ger
man Bitters' is very good tonic relieving dyspepidc
, GEORGE SHARSWOOD.
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HON. VIM. F. ROGERS,

Mayor Of The city OF BuffaIo, n. Y.
NAYOR's OFFICE, BUFFALO, June %. 1869.
Ihave used " HoOfand's German Biiters ana rome
in my family during the past year ana can TecoIn5
viror TO the system Their use has been productive
of decidedlv beneicial effects. MM. i. RO0EIo.
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N

Dyrpepsia Ihad the Dyspepsia 20 badly It was I'M
possible to keep any food on my stomach, ana !2 De
came so weak as not to be able TO walk nan ihlle
TyyO bottles Of Tonic effected perfect cure;
wv JAMES N. WOOD.
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/ ,

10 take anything else that he may say Is inst as gooo
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon ap
plicatiOn TO the -
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
AT THE GERMAN MEDICINE STOKE
No. 6sf ARCH STR EET5 Philadelphia
CHAS. M. EVANS, PROPRIETOR
Formerly C. N. JACKSON & COZ
r1asa rcmedes are for sale by Druggists StoreKeeP
an and Medicine Dealers everywhere. 1T. -,
F5g@DO not forget to examine wen Ihe ar'i0ie ~
buy. in order to get the genuine.
ap2syleoW
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Price Of the BItters, $!.OO per bottle; +;
Or. half dozen for $500.
price of the Tonic, SI.5O per bottle )
or, "a half dozen for $3.50.
The Tonic Is pat ,tp iH Quart Bottles.
Tecollect that it is DR.. Hoofand's German Rome-
da that are so universally used and 70 highly recon-
mended and do not allow the druggists 10 induce you
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25

UooAaud's German Remedies are countertelted.
The genuine have the signature Of G. NJ } cksOn
and the name of the article blown in each bottle All
others are counterfeit.
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Youths Department.

ss-Urignal Enigmas Charades, Problems ETC., are
respectfully solicited. The answers must always ac-
company them, together with the OF the real
writer.
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HON LANES N. WOOD,

Ex-Mayor of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
German Tonic to any one who may be afflicted with
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HON. JAMES THOMPSON, "

Justice of the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April %, 1865.
7 consider TIOohaud's GERMAN Btters" a valuable
medicine in cases of attacks Of Indigestion or Dys
pepsia ] can certify this from my experience OF T.
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There IS no medicine equal 70 HOofand's German
BitterS or Tonic in cases of Debility. They mpart
tone and visOr TO the whole system. strengthen Inc
appetite cause an enjoyment Of the food: enable the
stomach to digest it. purify the blood, give GOOD,
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TEsTTNToNIV
HON. GEORGE W. WOODWARD,

Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
writes:
PHuADBLPHiA, March 16, 1851
find "Hoohand's German Bitters Is good tonic,
useful in diseases of the digestive organs and Of great
benefit in of debility and want Of nervous action
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
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I am composed of 90 letters.
Nv II rs ~ is uu animal Of the hoofed kind
My n 6 7 20 II what somr people are.
NV 10 9 y I is Sind # bird
MY 1t & is % animal Of the canine tribe.
NV II 2 II IS a very useful building.
NV IS 9 " 10 il n boy name.
My whole is the Of II schoolmate.
MARSH.
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What Taxes have been taken
off and when.

The changes in internal revenue
taxation made by recent legislation
will take effect on the first of October
and the new tariff rates on the first OF
January next. The stamp taxes, there
fore, and the old rates on tea and cof
fee are still in force. But, after Janu-
.ary next, the duty on tea will be if
teen cents a pound instead of twenty
FIVE; that on coffee three cents a
pound, in place of five; mOIasses five
cents per gallon instead of eight, dried
fruits from FIVE cents to two and a hall
cents per pound; and spicts will be
reduced in duty about fifty per cent.
The internal taxes which we shall
be wholly relieved from in October
next are as follows:
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The European Nal

A Weekly Seminary OF News for North America -
Usual Contents Accidents; Art and Science; Births
Marriages, aud Deaths; Commercial Summary; Cor
respondence; Court Criminal; Emigration Foreign
and Colonial; Gazette; General summary Imperial
Parliament; Ireland; Latest Shipping; Legal; Lit
erary; Market Reports; Medical Mercantile Mill
tarv; Miscellaneous; Music aud the Drama: Natural
History; Naval; Obituary; Political Prices Current
Scotland: Shipping and Freights Special American
Mites sporting Stocks and Shares; Wills and Be-
quests, &C &c.
Subscription payable in advance, It's. 4d. per an
mum, inclusive Of postage.
Address 'sThe European Mail" Colonial Buildings,
"a Cannon Street, London. f. G.. ap2stj tnl II
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Problem.

What istla length of an O jet which stands ohqus
ly on hill, at two stations, plane beneath it.
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Hollands German Bit!ers
Hnonand's German Ionic

R combination of all the ingredients of the Btters
with PURE Santa Cruz Rum, Orange, etc IL is se0
some pure alcoholic stimulus is required. 1ou VIII
bearn mind that these remedies are entirely differ
ent from any Others advertised Tor lle cure OF le
sases named these being scientific preparations OF
medical extracts. while the others are mere decoc-
tions of rum I'm some form. The TONIC Is decldedy
one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever
offered TO the public. Its taste is exquisite II Is
pleasure TO take IT, willie its le-giving eXhllaratlhg
and medicinal qualities have caused 1t 10 De known as
tho rreatesf of All tOniCs.
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Answer 70 enigma in last vcsE's Sevs.-Bevars Of
strong urnk.
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TIE HIGHLAND WEEKLYNEVS.
oLDEsTPAPERIN THE COUNTY


OFFICE-Main st. north side second door east Of High
nearly opposite the Post Olhee.