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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-25

Who would not emigrate to San Do
mingo, aud luxuriate upon the fruits of
the land? Some of the late accounts
are 50 enthusiastic as TO lead to the ex-
pectation tha. the tide will turn that
way Immediately. A visitor who accom-
panied the recent commission gives the
follow appetizing and enchanting des-
cription: 'Of fruits, we have sweet or
anges, sour oranges, bananas--ten kinds
plantains, many apples, cnstard apples,
-delicous--tamarinds and sour
rose apples, sugar-caue,-four kinds
mangoes-delightfnl fruit-figs, grapes
OF green and purple varieties, lemons
sweet and sour-plums-two kinds
nisperas iuma-a pickle pear-moya and
several other varieties. OF vegetables,
we have palm cabbages, eggplant, Gu
cumbers-large and small-strlng-beana,
green peas, beaus-twenty varieties
squash, cimlyns, yams,-a dozen differ
ent kinds-sweet potatoes, Irish pota-
toes. radishes, turnips, lettuce, corn--
two or three kinds-beets, green ginger,
tomatoes, green peppers-verry hot
sweet peppers, rice, Besides these, cof-
fee, chocolate, sugar, tobacco, grow al
most wild; flowers grow in great abun-
dance, and the botanists accompanying
the commission will be enabled to col
lect very large amount of valuable
specimens. The castor-bean, from which
castor-oil is made, is found in great
abundance. Besides these, the indigo
plant, the palm for making hats and
fans. the lana, or natural wool for mat
tresses and pillows, white MANILA and
mayagua tor rope, are met with all over
the island. The entire island is one vast
garden, capable Of producing any thing
that can grow in any portion OF the
worid.7
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-25

Official letters from Minister Wash
burne in Paris, recognise the kindness
and courtesy extended to him by the
French authorities during the seige. Mr..
Washburn appears TO have been success
ful in protecting all American property
from injury, SO that when our country
men return 10 their homes in Paris they
find them in as good condition as when
they left. This result, however, was not
accomplished without most vigilant
guardianship. Many attempts were
made to interfere with American proper
ty, such as quartering officers and SOL
diers in vacant apartments, sheltering
refugees from neighboring villages in
them, and the like; bat uniformly, when
the attention Of the government of the
National Defense was called to such
matters, they were promptly remedied.
One American only is reported to have
| lost bis life by the bombardment. This
was a Mr.. Swagar, of Louisville, who
was wounded by the bursting of bomb
| in his room in the Rue Casimer-Langue.
His foot was SO mutilated that amputa-
tion was found necessary. For some
days he bore the surgical operation SO
well as TO give great hopes OF his recov-
cry; but, although he received every
care and attention at the American am
bulance, he finally succumed. Notwith-
standing that physicians have cautioned
persons not to return TO Paris just yet,
many Americans-witht their proverbial
enterprise-have entered the city, desi'
rous Of obtaining an early view of at
| fairs The Grand Hotel. however. is
still an ambulance, and full Of wounded
men, among whom putrid fever has been
violently raging. The building will re-
quire thorough publication before it
can be opened to the travelling public.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-25

England is making preparations to take
the census of the entire British hlngdem
in single hour. The system by which
tbe work is to be done is interesting
Tho Kingdom is divided into small dis
,rIc,s. in each of which is appointed an
agent. During the four days preceding
lie second of April these agents distribr
ME to every household within their pre-
cinct blank form in which the age, birth
place and occupation Of every person be,
meath the roof may be accurately Jotted
down. At midnight on the second OF
April the census is TO be taken. NO per-
son diving before that hour is 10 be inclu'
ded. nor any child born after il. The dis
tricts are so small that the collectors can
collect all these blanks in single DAY,
and thew will be footed up q telegrapnea
10 Headquarters like election returns. ny
this method the British Kingdom can
have its census taken, footed up and pup ,
li.h.d within three days. The enumers-
tion is expected to show in England.
Wales and Scotland an aggregate ct
81 100000 souls. ais
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-25
How Adam and Eve Lived,

Somebody's man, Of course--in,
quires why, when Eve was manufactured
from the square rib, servant wasn't
made at the same time to wait on her ?
Somebody else---a woman, we imagine
replies in the following stain Because
Adam never came whining at Eve, with
a ragged stocking to be darned, collar
string TO be sewed on, or glove to
mend, "right-qnick-now - Because
he never read the newspapers until the
sun got down behind the palm trees, and
then stretching himself, yawned out
"an't supper most ready, my dear"
Not he. He made the fire and hung the
kettle over it himself, we'll venture, and
pulled the radishes, peeled the potatoes,
and every thing else he oBght to do. He
MIXED the cows, fed the chickens, and
looked after the pigs himself. lie never
brought home Jzen friends to dinner.
when Eve hadn't any fresh pomegran.
ates and the mango season was over,
fIe never stayed out till eleven o'clock
to ward meeting, hurraying for an out
and-out candidate and then scolded be-
cause poor Eve was sitting up and cry
ing inside the gates never played bill
lards, rolled ten pins and drove fast
horses nor choked Eve with cigar smoke.
lie never loafed around corner groceries
while Eve was rocking Gains cradle at
home. In short, he didn't think she was
specially created for the purpose of
waiting on him, and wasn't under the
impression that it disgraced man to
tighten wife's cares. That's the reason
that Eve did not need hired girl, and
the reason that her fair descendants
dido
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MISCELLANEOUS.

EMORY LUCE, Propagator and Dealer in Grape
Vines, Greenhouse Bedding and Vegetable Plants.
Persons about to plant Vineyards will find Il to their
advantage to consult me on the selection OF sites for
Vineyards Soils, Kinds of GRAPES, beet mode and time
OF Planting Examine samples Of Growing Vines, and
compare prices Ashtabula Ohio.
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JEWELERS..

q. w. DICKINSON, Jeweer. Repairing Of all
Kinds Of Watches. Clocks. and Jowery. Shop Ciaren-
don Block, AshtabHla. Ohio g.
D.. ABBOTT. Dealer in Clocks, Watches, Jewel
~, etc Engraving, Mending and Repairing done TO
order Shop on Main street, Conneaut Ohio. 63S
LANES n. afK8BINs, Dealer In Watches,
clocks. Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, 80. Re
nairn3 OF all kinds done we'll and all orders promptly
1ssakd e, - Msip strsst. Ashtabula.0 o. 100
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Sash, Blinds and Doors.

Sash, Blinds and Doors
THE subscriber having supplied his
l. Establishment with the
BEST MACHINERY
and having secured the services of somo Of the very
Best Mechanics.
and provided himseld with large stock Of superior
Thoroughly Seasoned Pine and other Lumber,
is prepared to furnish as good quality OF
Blinds, Sash and Doors,
as can be found in Cleveland elsewhere and at Csve
land List Prices.
N b. Constantly on l,snd e. full stock Of bevel sash
and door blir ,s, made to order, short notice
Parties wanting the above acles will do well to call
fore buying elsewhere. Planning scroll and other
ing do to order full assortment of crown and 9th
Mouldngs on hand Office and shop opposite Church
Park. Main street. t
Ashtabula February, 1868. @ G. CCLLEY.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-25

Call at the Telegraph Office
AND get box of Extra Envelopes
will your business card printed on them, for $126.
All other work is cOrrespondingy low.
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CABINET WARE.

OHN DUOHO, Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Furniture Of the best descriptions and every variety
Alan General Undertaken and Manufacturer Of Coins
80 order. Main street, North Of South Public Square
Ashtsbula m 81. u I.a 4gl
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-07-26

They laughed and they cried in their inno-
And shouted sOr papa to come quiek and see
What presents old Santa Claus brought IN
thenight,f ~r q E- -r7-l q
Dust what they wsnted0 and len before
light. .EF H.a. rr
"And now" sdded Annie, in voice soft
and low,
"You,n believe there's sauta Claus, papa
Iknow :"
While dear little wnne climbed up on his
knee,
Determined between them no secret should
be;
And told in son whispers how Annie had
Eafd
That their dear. blessed mamma. 50 long ago
dead,
Used TO kneel down and pray by the side Of
her chair,
And that God up in Heaven had answered
her prayerl
Then we dot up and prayed duEt as well as
we tould;
And Dod answered our prayers, nov wasn't
He doodFr
81 should say that He was, If He sent you
all these.
AnS knew just what presents my children
would please.
CWeI, well, let him think so, the dear little
elf
rTwouId be cruertO tell him did Il myself }
Blind father, who caused your stern heart 70
relentf
And the hasty word spoken so soon TO re
pent9
Twas the Being who made you steal softly
up stairs 7
And made you his agent to answer thei
prayers.
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IN the OTsn ZOO Years,

We find the following article in
Leisure Hours: One house in POmpeii
had evidently been in q state of re-
pair when the volcano storm buried
It. Painters and decorators and clean
ers were masters Of the situatiOn.-
The household goods were all In dis
order, and tie family, If not out Of
town, mTst be undergoing that con-
ditioD af missry which spring clean
ings aud Scher like Injections in
evifabl5 entail Painters pots and
brushes and Eorkmen's tools were
scattered about. Tell tale spots Of
WhiteWash starred wall and floor
Such domestic implements as pots
and kettles had been bundled up in 3
corner all by themselves, and the
cook was nowhere. A solitary pot
stood simmering IL ever it did sim
mer) on the stove. And (start not,
for it is true) there was a bronze dish
in waiting before the oven, and on
the dish a sucking pig all ready to be
baked. But the oven was already
engaged with its full complement of
bread. So the sucking pig had to
wait. And il never entered the oven,
and the loaves were never taken out
til after q soiOurn Of seventeen hum
dred years. They had been cooking
ever since November o, A. D. 20. N.
Fiorelli has them now in his museum
at POmpeii = twenty one Of them,
rather hard, Of course, and black, but
perfectly preserved.
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RTTMRIF REFS

Boys think It glorious fun to fight
humble bees, but they should not be
encouraged in the warfare. Bundle
bees, Ike all the hymenOptra, play
an important part in the great Held Of
nature. The vein-winged insects
which fiy from flower to flower do not
iniurs or destroy the flowers, but
make them productive by disturbing
their pollen. They also nd Is inuu-
merabIe noxious eaterpillars and 9TH
er insects, which they convert into
wholesome food for their ofBpring.
The ordinary honey bee performs
its work we'll in the fertilization OF
white clover, but its pFobOseis is not
quite long enough 70 enable 1t to
reach the hectares Of the red clover.
For the fertilization Of the red clover,
we must rely TO great extent upon
the humble bee.
Darwin has called attsnt hon % the
intimate connection between the
number OF cats In given district and
the yield Of red clover seed, The
mice destroy bundle bee, and the cats
destroy the mice therefore the more
cats the more bundle bees, and the
more humble bees the greater is the
red clover yield. In order to make
red clover grow more abundantly in
New Zealand than it does, some en-
terprising gentlemen are taking of i'm
porting colonies Of humble bees from
England. Our young friends will
thus see how earnestly the humble
bee is desired In countries where he
works not. Then should We not pro-
tect what we have, and which per-
forms such important services in our
fragrant meadows [? We think so,
even ifit does interfere with the wild
pleasures Of careless bOyhOOd.-1tIJ,
Field, and Farm.
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Rnmnnea M ReaIItr:

Romance Is the twin-sister OF Realis
ty. The two cannot be Beperated
they are united by ligature as fatal
as that which gives Zest TO the exnl-
bitiOn Of the Siamese monBtrositles.
Yet you can see them any day OF your
life, free Of expense If you viii take
but the trouble % open your eyes IN
the street, In proudest or In humoless
homes, even in the kitchen where
your puddings are baked The one
a creature ethereal and angelic whose
face Is ever upturned in the glory OF
the ideal life, unattainablein the heaV-
ems, and whose castle CLEANS pendu-
lOus in the air, amid sWeet gardens
stepped in purple mist, and leaplng
fountains o. light and FainboHs sof5
as love, and streams, and groves, ana
mountains, ali Of cloud, with only 3
Jacobs ladder leading thereuntO,-
walks up and down our earthly slopes,
side by side with her dwarfsd and
limping brother.
Romance cannot go far alone. Re
atty holds her back. Even in affairs
Of love, when oftentimes her lame
brother Is quite lost sight Of, he keeps
close by her side, creeping along the
earth as II ashamed, to arise, grim and
relentless, towards the end Of the hon
eymOOn, II not before. I saw this
strange pair yesterday at funeral,
and last night at q wedding. They
move continually before my eyes yet
seldom have seen them wei agreed.
Instead Of working harmc1iously to-
gether-the one, whose mission Is use,
ordering the necessities Of life, and
the other whose province IL beauty,
lending the charm which graces low
hest Works-they seem at most times
to be affected BY jealousy and impa-
tienee. Ifyou pay your addresses TOO
assiduously to the fair sister, the sui
len dwarf takes every occasion TO trip
your heels, and push you into dftehes.
On the other hand, II you make Re
ality your god, and seOf at bis COM
panion she turns away her face, sor-
rOWful. and hides the light Of those
eyes which beautlfy and sweeten life.
Take both by the hand, accepting the
mission Of each, and sighting neith-
er, and mayhap you shall see the two
become one perfect form and spirit Of
beauty; for the legend runs that Ro-
nance Is but the soul of Reality, half
divorced by the discOrds Of earth, and
that, when Love and Truth prevail,
she viii enter again with her INFORM
ing grace, into his ugly and distorted
BODY. 7. 1rowbridge.
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Whole No. $3.50.

Asthis Is the season for repairing church I
ss, committees and architects viii md the
following appropos; a.. -...-
An Appel for Are to the Sextant Of
the MeetiRhoHse..- by A Casper.
Ossztant Of the nneetlnhouse. which sweeps
And dusts, or Is supposed to, and makes
fires,
And lites the gass, and sometimes leaves Q
screw loose,
In which case It smells arful-Eorse than
lamp lie;
And wTingl the Bel and tOles it when men
dyes
To the grief Of survivin pardners, and sweeps
pathes;
And for the services gifts 500 per annum,
which them mat think It pays let EN- Try It :
eittiu up befoar stariite in al wethers and
Riudiin ares when the Eether Is cold
Aszsro. and Ike as not green wood for kind /
lieTs;
wouldn't be hired to do It for no some.
But o sextant there are kOmmodity
wieh's more than gold, which doant cost
nothing
Worth more than anything except the sole
Of mani
1 mean peWeE AAes 9c~N1--AAi 49,
Are!
onIs 50 plenty out Of dOres. so plenty it
doant
No what on sarth 10 do with Itself, but iies
About scalterin leaves and BLOWN Of mems
hats;
In short its Jest - Is fre as are out dOres.
But o seItant, in our church its scarce as
plety,
Scarce Is bank bills when aglnts beg for
mishuns,
Which sum say is pretty often Ctaint nothin
tome;
Wat I give aint nothIn to Anybody0 but o
sextant,
U shet 500 men, wimmin and children.
speshally the latter, up In a lite place,
Some has bad breths none amt sWete,
But every on en- breethes in & out and out
and In,
Say 50 times a mint, or million and half
brethes an our.
Now how long win a church full Of are last
at that rate,
I ask you. say Is mInits, and then watts to
be dds
Why then they must brethe lt all over agin'
And then .agin, and 80 on, until each has
took It down ...
Atlsast 10 times, andlst 1t up agin' and watts
more, ..
The same individual doant hav the prive-
ledge
OF brethen his own are, and no ones else;
Each one must take whatever comes to him.
o sextant dOant you know cur lungs is bel
luses
To blow the der OF life. and keep 1t nom
Coin out; and how can bellussss bio without
wind?
And amt wind aref I put It to your con-
chens.
Are Is the same 70 US as milk 10 babes.
Or water is 10 fsh. or psndlums 70 clox-
Or roots and airbs unto an Injun doctor,
Or little pills unto an omepath,
/ Or boys to girls. Are Is for Us to brethe.
Wat signifies who breaches II I can't breetheG
Waits PolG Watts Pollus: TO sinners who are
! ded7
Ded for want OF brsth Why sextant when
we
Dye its only coz we can't brethe no more
that's ALL
I And now. o sextant, let me beg Of you
2lst a little more Into our church.
J CPeWer are Is serttn proper for the pews9
And do It weak days and Sundays tow
/ II aint much troubls-Only make hole
l And the are win come In Of itself;
I 1t Iuvs to cum In where It can git EaEm9
/ And o how It viii rouse the people up
/ And sperrit up the preecher, and stop garpa,
And yawns, and lights as efeetOoal
As wind on the dry Boans the Pront tells OF
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The Law of FlirtatIon.

The claw Of fiirtation,n y as recently
laid down by certain judges, is Of q
nature to give pause to the frolie-
some and sentimental tendencies Of
the time. Chief Justice Parker, Of
Massachusetts,, announces the opinion
Of the Supreme Court Of the state,
that an engagement may be pro-
duced by those circumstances which
usually accompany such g eonnee-
tiOn," and the Kentucky Court OF
Appeals has declared that the mutu-
ality Of an engagement may be prov-
ed against young man or lady "by
showing that he demeaned himself
As II he cOncurred In or approved the
young WOman's promise or ofKer.n 1t
Is not necessary that there should be
an express promise on either side. FOR
the learned and vOluminous Mr.. Chit
ty, in his work on eontraots, SAYS an
engagement may be eYinced BIZ the
unequiv0cal conduct Of the parties,
and by a general, yet definite reeipro-
cal understanding between them,
their friends and relations; evinced
and eOrrobirated by their actions.
This is serious, for it would seem from
the testimony Rddueed at some cases
lately on trial, that conduct held to
be unequiYOcal evidence OF an en-
gagement was quivocal indeed.
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Khat be- MIerOseOpe RsrsaI,.

LewsnbOeeh tells Us Of an insect
seen with the microscope Of which o.
900, 900 would equal a mite.
Insects Of various kinds may lie
seen in the eavaties Of a grain Of sand
Mould is 8 forest Of beautiful trees
with branches, leaves and fruit
Butterflies are fully faathsred
Hairs are hollow tubes,
The surface Of our bodies is covered
with scales like fish asingle grain of
sand would cover l50 Of these scales
and yet a scale covers 200 pores
Through these narrow openings the
sweat forces itself like water through
q seive.
The mites make 500 steps q second
Each drop Of stagnant water cons
tains world OF animated beipps
swimming with a. much liberty -
whales in the sea.
Each leaf has a colony Of insects
grazing on it, like cows on meadow
Moral: Have some care a. to the
air you breathe, the food you eat and
the water you drink.
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NUARDIANIs sAuE on REAL

GUARDIANS Sale OF REAL
u u ESLlAIE.-In prrsuanee OF an order Of
sale issued 70 ne by the Probate Court OF
Mahoning Co, o.. VIII sell At public ven
due,on FRIDAY, ,1uE.fth. lS7l, A. 10 clock ?. m
on the premises, m Liberty, Irumbull Co.
Ohio, the following described premises, stu
ate n the townships of Liberty and Hub
bard. in said County-of Trumbuu and State
OF Ohio, bounded and described as follows,
tO-Fit. on the north By lands OF Joseph
lfansel, and Calvin AppleEate; east by land
formerly cvned by Benjamin Applegate,
sold by Sheriff Of Trumbuil County n Amos
Baldwin and Norris, and since sold 70 one
Abel Dore; south by land now on formerly
owned by Hazel Holland, and the heirs OF
Andrew -Applegate. and west by land OF
Joseph MRnBel-cOntaining within said
boundaries about Two hundred and twelve
acres Of land. by survey recently made. two
hundred and eighteen and cne-thtrc acres,
Of which about twelve acres are In the town
chip OF Hubbard, and the balance in the
township OF Liberty.
Terms. 5000 cash In hand and the bal
anoe In four equal payments, with inter-
est ct six per cent 70 be computed ana
paid annually, and TO be secured BY mort
gaze upon the property. -,
Guard, OF benjamin Apologize, lunatic.
July y, ls7I-4t.
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A CoIored man amused himself in
Evansville, Ind, the other day by
swinging from q hook suspended in
an ice house for the hosting and low
ering Of ice. Suddenly, by s0me mis-
han, he missed his bold on the hook
and fell into the deep Ice eeller, q
depth OF from fifteen to twenty feet,
and slitii on his head and shoulders.
OF course those who saw it expected
70 find him dead; but when they
looked in at the door he sat scratching
his head with foolish lcok on his
face, first examining the broken ice
where be had fell, and then measur-
ing the distance with his eve fIOm
where he fell When he sRw the
owner Of the establishment he looked
very sorry and said, 'sFoi de Lord,
boss, Use sorry ] broke dat ice. ] Is,
sartin.n
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TITLE MEN

life OF PlurnneId, with JOS Boys, BY
Louisa NJ. Alcott, authorof Little w omen
'sAn Old-Fashioned Girl" With nlustra-
tions. One volume, uniform with her pre-
yious books. Price 81 50. Professor Bhaern
having opened q private school al Plumneld,
Aunt go who, when GID was half q boy
herself. Is now In her element witha bakers
dozen Of boys Ground her.
ters in Little Women as actors IN differ
ent vocations OF life; VIII be thought by the
boys 70 be bully, by the girls 10 be pe1ecfy
jolly, and all their pas and mas VII la1igh
and CRY over it In sympathy.
Just published and received at
JuneT. ADAMS Book Store.
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QUAsoUEToN,
Buchanan Co, Iowa,
Inlv I7th. ISL.

No young lady can be too well
taught in anything that will affect
the comfort OF q family. Whatever
position in society she occupies, she
needs q practical knowledge Of house
hold duties. She may be placed in
sueh circumstances that It will not be
necessary to perform such domestic
labor but on this account she needs
no less that knowledge than If she
was obliged % preside personally over
the cooking stove and pantry.