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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19
A Heartless Joke.

THE plan of hanging little basket on
the front door, to receive the cards of New
Years callers is becomming yearly more
general. The Albany Euening Journal
tells the following story of practical joke,
which this custom enabled a young man to
play upon some young ladies of that city:
"There was one heartless joke played
New Years of which we must make men
ton. 1t deserves universal scorn, and how
can it get its deserts sooner than by being
told of and held up in these columns? At
the house of one of our most wealthy and
generous-hearted citizens, ample prepara-
tions were made for the reception of guests
Three young ladies of much individual
and collective bewilderment, wore their
brightest eyes, their most climacteric
clothes, their fiashiest jewels for the de-
lectation of callers, a table containing
everything to tempt the palate in the way
of fish, flesh and towel was set out, and
everything good TO drink that didn't make
q mock was in abundance. And yet, al
though the host had troops of friends, al
though the hostess and her charming
daughters were petted in many circles and
general favorites, they had no calls until
nearly o'clock in the evening, and, when
the house was closed, list which should
have contained at least one hundred and
fifty names showed some twenty five re-
cords.
"The strange state of things was pro-
duced by the preparation of the heartless
joke of which we spoke. A young gentle
man, a friend Of the family quietly went
to the door of the house where such
good time was expected, about noon, and
hung nice little basket on the door-bell,
smiled, and passed off. OF course, would
be callers saw the basket, desposited cards,
and withdrew. About o'clock, an old
uncle of the young ladies thought he'd go
in anyway. basket or no basket, and he did
so. Finding his nieces with red eyes, as if
they had been weeping, the old uncle beg
ged to apologize for coming in-in spite of
the basket. In flash the mystery OF their
uncalled-for solitude was unveiled, and the
basket was taken in-with no pet name al
lusion to the young gentleman who hung
it there. Not pet name for him indeed,
one of the young ladies remarked, with
flashing eyes, that she thought twould
serve him right to treat him as he had
treated the basket"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19
Payment of Small Bills,

THE following from the New York
Journal Of Commerce is well adapted to
every locality: There is far too much
negligence, everywhere, about the pay
ment of small amounts of money. It not
untrequently happens that men will have
a small account charged, when they have
money sufficient in their pockets to pay it,
and subject the creditor to the trouble of
sending it for collection when he needs it,
taking the chance of learning the debtor
is away from his place of business, or from
home, and perhaps subjecting him to the
lmputation of being in needless hurry
for payment
More attention to this point, and es-
peclally by those to whom the time of
payment is smmaterial, who can pay at
one time as well as another, would be
vast improvement upon the present mode
of many persons in doing business.
The prompt payment of small bills is a
matter of much more importance than is
generally attached to it. There are not a
few who, in times when business has been
little depressed, and the prospects for the
future seem more than unusually unsettled,
will hold on to their cash in hand, and tell
all the collectors who wait upon them
with overdue bills to call again." while
the payment would not give them any
accommodate large and deserving class
of creditors.
Indeed, we know of nothing that in a
quiet way would go SO far to give life to
the markets throughout the country as the
universal payment of these obligations at
the first opportunity. If all the little
debts, for the discharge of which the
debtors now have the cash in hand. were
paid at once, the wheels of business would
be fabricated, and general jollity" soon
prevail throughout the land. The first
serious effect of any public excitement
comes from the sudden check of these
little streams. 1t is true that large trans
actions are arrested, but if everybody went
to paying these little debts the check
would be but momentary, as business
would be forced along by the current thus
continually renewed. Let every one whose
eyes fall on these lines pay out his ready
money for bills he knows to be due, and
stop not until his pocket be emptied
Probably before this is realized the re-
turn current will reach his pocket too, and
he will be able to fulfil all his obligations
there is as much money as ever. Who
stops its flow? Let it move on by a
| prompt payment of all bills now due, and
new business will catch the inspiration
| and start of upon fresh gallop.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19
Plum.Pits.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

AMBIsHIN IL like hunger-it obeys no
law but its own appetight-
There IL no medicine like good joke
it is a silver-coated pill that frolics and
phisicks on the run
Beauty IL a morning dream which the
breakfast bell puts an end to.
The man who never makes emmy blum
ders will never rise in the esteem of the
world abuv the reputashun ov good
guideboard.
l don't want emmy better proof of
good hod -carryer than to hear another
hod-carryer say, HE is phool and don't
understand his Dizziness"
Fortune IL like mirror, it don't alter
men, it only shows them Just as they am
Dandys are hybred, cross between
fashion plate and an unpaid tailor's bill.
Debt IL a trap which a man sets and
bates himself, and then deliberately gets
into.
Diseaze and pills, when they enter a
mans body, are like two lawyers when
they undertake tew settle hiZ affairs, they
compromise the matter by laying out the
patient.
One good way / know ov to find hap
piness IL not by boring hole to hit the
plugg.
A lie is like nitro-glycerine, the best of
| Judges kant tell when it IL going to bust
and skater confushun.
Az the flint kontains the spark, I'M
known tew itself, which the steel alone
can make into life, so adversity often re-
veals to us hidden gems which prosperity
or negligence would forever lay hid.
Most people when they cum tew you
| for advice, cum to have their own opin-
yuns strengthened, not corekted.
Making an entry ov charitys on our
worldly ledger is sure way tew hav our
whole account thrown out at the judg-
ment day.
Poverty and ritches are mere imagina-
tive distinshuns. The man who can eat
his bread and be happy IL certainly ritcher
than he who kant eat it unless il IL spread
with butter.
A kicking cow never lets drive until
sist az the paifs full, and seldom misses
the mark; it il jist so with some mems
blsndegs,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

Committee met at Columbus on the 10th,
and decided to hold their next State Con-
vention at Columbus, on the first day of
June.
The Kansas Legislature organized on
the 10th.
A bill to make the reading of the Bible
in the public schools unlawful failed to
pass the Ohio House on the 18th. The
vote stood IA yeas to rs nays.
The Wisconsin Legislature organized on
the 18th. Hon. VIM. E. Smith, of Dodge,
was elected Speaker of the Assembly.
Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, has given GER
tiicates to the following Members of Con-
gress: Paine and Mcintyre, from the
First District; Bethune, Third District !;
Price, Sixth District: Gen. Young,
Seventh District.
Twenty-one bills passed by the Louisi-
ana Legislature, and covering appropria-
tions amounting to S6,S75,O 900. and SOC, 900
acres of land, have been vetoed by the
Governor.
Many persons, including Judges of the
Supreme Court, Circuit Judges, the At
torney-General, and magistrates, have
been indicted in the Federal Courts for
holding office in Tennessee in violation of
the Fourteenth amendment.
The House Judiciary Committee on the
11th heard the arguments of Victoria C..
Woodruff and others claiming the right of
suffrage for women under the Fifteenth
amendment. The Committee took no ac-
ton.
The New Hampshire Democratic State
Convention on the 11th nominated James
A Western for Governor, and David Gil
christ for Railroad Commissioner
In the Democratic caucus of the Mis-
souri, Legislature, on the night of the 10Th,
Senator.
In the Arkansas Legislature, on the 10th,
Governor Clayton was elected United
States Senator, by vote of "a TO 9, on the
first ballot
The Louisiana Legislature on the 10th,
elected ]. r. West Republican, United
States Senator, on the first ballot, by a
large majority.
The Hon. James Pike, the Republican
candidate for Governor of New Hamp-
shire, is Methodist preacher and presid-
ing elder, native of Massachusetts,, 90
years old, and graduate of the Wesleyan
University at Middletown, Conn.
The Republican caucus of the Illinois
Legislature, on the evening of the 18th,
nominated Hon. John A. Logan as a can
didate for United States Senator.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19
POLITICAL.

At the municipal election at Brownville,
Tenn, on the 7th, the Republicans elected
their entire ticket, except one Alderman.
A Democratic State Convention for
Texas has been called to meet at Austin
January %, for the purpose of effecting
reorganization of the party
The New Jersey Legislature organized
on the 10th. Senator Battle was elected
President Of the Senate, and Mr.. Condet,
Of Essex county, Speaker Of the House.
The ehis Democratic State Central
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

VALUE OF AN ExPLANATIoN.-A GER
tain king, it is said, sent to another king,
saying: "Send me blue pig with black
tail, or else" The other, in high dud
geon at the presumed insult, replied: Il
have not got one; and if had" On
this weighty cause they went to war for
many years. After safety of glories and
miseries, they finally bethought them that,
as their armies and resources were ex-
hausted, and their kingdoms mutually laid
waste, it might be well enough to consult
about the preliminaries of peace, but be-
fore this could be concluded, a diplomatic
explanation was first needed of the insult
ing language which formed the ground of
the quarrel. "What could you mean," "
asked the second king of the first, by
saying, Send me blue pig with black
tail, or else" "Why," said the other,
"I meant blue pig with black tail, or
else some other color" But" retorted
he, "what could you mean by saying, !
have not got one, and if / had"
"Why, of course, if 1 had, I should have
sent it." An explanation which was en-
tirely satisfactory, and peace was concluded
accordingly.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19
Death and the Grave.

"I am hungry" said the grave. "Give
food"
Death answered:
al will send forth minister of awful
destruction, and you will be satisfied"
"What minister will you send?"
al will send alcohol. He shall go in
the guise of food and medicine, pleasure
and hospitality. The people shall drink
and die"
And the grave answered:
81 am content"
And now the church bells began to
toll, and the mournful procession to ad-
vance.
"Who are they bringing nowf" said the
Grave
"Ah." said Death, "they are bringing a
blow at his wife He killed the mother
and her child together, and then dashed
out his own life"
"And who" said the Grave, "comes
next, followed by train of weeping chill
dreng"
This is heart-broken woman, who
has long pined away in want, while her
husband has wasted his substance at the
tavern. And he, too, is borne behind,
killed by the hand of violence"
"And who next?"
"a young man of generous impulses,
who, step by step, became dissipated and
squandered his all. My agent turned him
out to be frozen in the street"
Hush" said the Grave; now / hear 9
wall of anguish that will not be silenced.' >
"Yes, it is the widows cry. 1t is the
only son of his mother. He spurned hel
love, reviled her warning, and bloated
corpse he comes to thee. And thus they
come-further than the eye can reach, the
procession crowds to thy dark abodes
And still, lured by the enchanting cur
which 1 have mingled, the sons of mer
crowd the paths of dissipation. Vainly
they dream of escape, but l shut behind
them the invisible door of destiny. They
know it not, and with song and dance and
riot, they hasten to thee, o Gravel Their
/ throw my fatal spell upon new throng'
of youth, and soon they, toe, will be with
| thee
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19
DOMESTIC.

Gold closed in New York on the 14th
at 11O4.
According to the Auditors report, the
State debt of Indiana on the 5th was:
Foreign, SITS, 900; domestic, s3,792, ,601.15.
The State debt of Minnesota is NOM
inally $350,000 accumulations of the
sinking fund, 1854, ,496. The total value of
the taxable property in the State in 1870
was returned at $S5, ,4O6,37.
The connecting link between Mont
gomery and Selma, Ala, has been COM
pleted, giving a through line of railroad
from Vicksburg to Savannah.
Great excitement is caused in New
Hampshire and Massachusetts by the ap-
pearance of the cattle plague.
The scarcity of water in Jersey City,
N. j., was so great on the 10th, that as
much as fifteen cents pail was paid for it.
Much privation and suffering resulted be-
cause of the water famine, and the town
was thrown into general disorder.
The Ohio Supreme Cours has pro-
nouLced the law by which the recent an
nexations have been made to Cincinnati
unconstitutional.
The Convention of the American Dairy
mems Association, which assembled at
Utica on the 18th, was largely attended
Horatio Seymour, President of the Asso-
citation, presided.
The scarcity of water in Jersey City
continued on the 18th. Six hundred men
were thrown out of employment by the
temporary suspension of manufactures,
caused by the water famine.
New counterfeit $40 bills on the Farm
ers' and Manufacturers National Bank OF
Poughkeepsie, were recently put in circu.
lation in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
Pa.
Information received at Omaha on the
18th from Fort Laramie says large mum.
Der of Indians-Sioux, Cheyennes, Arrapa.
hoes and Gros Ventres were coming in al
that point They report great scarcity
of game, and that they were nearly starv.
irg, and begged for food.
BY q recent strike of the coal-miners in
the Schuylkill, Wyoming and Lehigh
Valley coal regions of Pennsylvania, one
hundred thousand workmen are thrown
out of employment.
Cedar Rapids has been agreed upon by
the State Agricultural Society as the loca
ton Of the Iowa State Fair for the present
year.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

A recent New Orleans dispatch says
negro children will hereafter be admitted
to the public schools.
The Wisconsin State debt, according to
the recent message of Governor Fairchild,
is $2,252,057. The resources of the State
for 1871 are $1,066, 1924; estimated ex-
penditures, $1,041, ,746.64
The steamer F. L. Magill, of st. Louis
from New Orleans, was burned at Shoo-
Fly Bar, on the Mississippi, on the night
of the 14th. The number of lives lost is
about thirty, including four women and
three children.
ALI but five of the shoe manufactures of
New York city, lately suspended on occa-
sion of the Crispin strike, have resumed
work, generally conceding to the Crispin
terms.
The total debt of Massachusetts, funded
and unfunded, is S2s, 1863, ,sS1.93, and the
sinking fund for its redemption amounts to
$15,000000. The debt was decreased $2,-
52.49S09 during the last year.
The Jersey City water works were re-
paired on the 14th.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

AT Burlington, Iowa, on recent
Sunday, in the Congregational Church,
some one, unknown, placed in the plate a
one hundred dollar bill, accompanied by
no name or other mark indicating from
whose hand it came.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

WE are told the evenings wore on, "
but we are never told what the evening
wore on that occasion. Was 1t the close OF
a summers day.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

The State of Maine owns more ship
ping than any State in the Union except
New York, its tonnage being 516,299,
which is $4,000 tons more than is owned
in Boston, and all other ports of Massa-
chusetts. The city of Bath, Me, ranks as
the fifth in the United States in the amount
of shipping it possesses.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19
cellaneous Reading.
TEACH US no WAIT.

BY PHGBE CARY
WHY are we so impatient of DELAY,
Longing forever for the time to be:
For thus we live tomorrow In te-day
Yea, sad to-morrows we may never see.
We are too hasty; are not reconciled
TO let kind nature do her work alone;
we plant our seed, and like q foolish child
We dig it up to see if it has grown.
The good that is to be we covet now,
We cannot wait for the appointed hour;
Before the fruit is ripe we shake the bough,
And seize the bud that folds away the flower.
When midnight darkness reigns we do not see
That the sad night is mother Of the morn;
We cannot think our own sharp agony
May be the birth pang Of a Joy unborn.
Into the dust we see our idols cast,
And cry, that death has triumphed life Is void! !
We do not trust the promise, that the last
OF all our enemies shall be destroyed!
With rest almost in sight the spirit fainte,
And heart and flesh grow weary at the last,
Our feet would walk the city of the saints,
Even before the silent gate is passed.
Teach us to wait until Thou shalt appear
To know that all by ways and times are Just;
Thou seest that we do believe, and fear,
Lord. make us also, to believe and trustl
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

The discoveries of the German Arctic
expedition make it probable that Green
land is cut into two parts, by an immense
ford, or narrow arm of the sea- The
newly discovered ford has been named
after the Emperor Francis Joseph, of
Austria 1t is proposed to name the i'm
mense island, discovered right east of
SpitZbergen, Emperor William Land.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

PREVIOUS to the war, ninety religious
papers were published in Paris.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-01-19

The total ratesble value Of London 10
e1s,s67, ,sl4; last year il was eli, ,7e2, ,esA
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15
LEGAL NOTICES.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF tbs UNITED STATES
for the Middle District OF A seams, In Equity.
Laner al The Sc and Meridian Railroad Company
On bill, &C., r. H. Grandin, Solicitor % complainans
Pursuant 10 the decree OF tue saii court in the above gu
tilted cause made the 22 February Inst the
pote therein hereby give notice that they viii TO
sale public auction, n thy city q selma Ala on Tues
extending from Us terminus ia selma in the STATE OF Ala.
bama, terminus the state line OF Msssippi,
AID heretofore Known as rhe Alabama and Mss.sn
Rivers kspros " and Afterwards ana MS THE Selma
appulennnces and franchises now are in tae
possession OF the Receiver In this cause shall he at the
day Of sac Including all the Railway. ways rights u
cuvers FENCES and other structures a dpots, salon
houses car houses freight hduses wood and other
MEATS, and all machinery, tools, implements, fuel
ing replacing the said raroad par, thereof
any OF ITS equipments apprcrances and including also
the construction, meenance thereof and all other
properly frinchi es rights and thin which have been
by ps as" SS p ~ 60 WOO
OF said sale the possession OF the receiver appointed BY
the sad court u he said cause or 70 which ne shall Then be
said receiver ~ predecessor In Office during tho
said roilroad, and are now, or shall be at the time
the ,s sale (. h.n IN 20 n Of SAID receive.
dcscrocd in said decree subject lease Of certain Ear
estate belonging 70 the said company, and Dor
reced BY order said court The said premises can
DO sold for less price than $loooo and the under
be psd IN delivery the deed Of cSn"eysyoo o" ~
Dated at The s.y OF Moa.EomsTy As Ms 9sh day Of
: tAwRENCn wOKRALL,
ISAAC SHERMAN,
special Master Commissioners
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WINES, LIQUORS, Sc.

A FINE RYE OR B0UR0N wHIskEY AT ss 81 PER
~ gallon nnc SHERRY and Port Winc q? 80 per gaoni
scotch and irish Whmkey, Holland DIN and Jamaica HUM
10 per gallon. All wsrranted pure MILAN M (,ll,Ea
Ivy sixth avenue, corner Thirteenth street. = '
CATAWBA WINE PILLS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY VERY
~ eood, bnt the genuine Catawba Wine Ia better ThIs
sv ve iVnu ~ the kecys lslani Vine Companys depot
~ ana West broadway. Warranted TO 90 the puro luce
81 We CataMpa grape ana nothing else.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15

TN THE DISTRICT COURT or tbs UNITED STATES
i for the Middle District OF ALBANIA, IN Equity.
The Louisiana National Bank OF New Orleans; Charles
Lanier The Sc and Meridian Railroad Company
FL n
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15
CLOTHING.

Ar THE UPTOWN ESTABLISHMENT sl6 SIXTH
IN avenue near Fortvsxta sreetIiaving largo order
for Gonzales Texas will pnsvely ~ per cent more
,nan any other dealer for Casor Coihine CARPETS iurni
addressing Mr. or Mrs, fLATTO,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15

At PRIVATE SALE.-ELEUANT ROSEWOOD AND
N Gilt Parlor Suits months, x40b for $500;
one do for s6o four n covered IN Frenc reps ana hair
CLOTH $50 upwar1s 10 Carpets Soc ward 10 Bedroom
Suits from 5 upwards Library and Dining Fu rniture, OIL
Paintings ONES. a. less than half cost nj private
residence 100 " est Tventy-thlrd street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15

A LII THE ELEGANT COSTLY HOUSEHOLD FCRSI.
IA tnre in the private residence 3 West Fifteenth
Fifth avenue, for SALE Magnificent Drawing Room
Suits covered French satin trocate Ponpsdonr style cost
yiSv Tor ra one do Panoiorte cost x.s FOR $40
Marqueterc Cabinet Table Siverware, rosewood, walnut
city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15

Ar J. ANHALTs, I7s SEVENTH AvENUE-LADIEs
PAYS for CASTOR CTothng oares Furniture Diamonds
iron SO to as Dresses - ~ 10 for Pans from rS
70 40 for Coas Please call or note by POSI- lunctuay
attended 10. Ladies attended BY NTs. Anhak
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EURNITCR

ATA sACRIFlCR.-FOR SALE, POMPADOUR STYLE
n satin procae Parlor suit, Tor sl!5 do. $3.50 Pom
paour style rep Suit $685. do $780, rosewood Plano
forte cos, 1850 for 1873 Bookcase Iabes PAINTINGS,
Wasbstauds, Commodes Natures Carpets, Sideboard,
Extension Table, &C. for cash. Residence Il East
sy place and Fifth avenue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15

TrOR sALE-AT RHINFCLIrP, A COMFORTABLE
p:easan, Cottage; rooms; minutes from den9s an
furnished, $3.50; would very low 81 not sold.
j. d. j. II. Sk1DNOkE. 90 Cedar street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15

II NEW BRIGHTON, HAMILTON PARK.-TO RENT,
"A several Villas, furnished; stables, gardens lawns
sha de all modern delightfully."-
ferry IS minutes from Wall street.
HAMILTON, S6& Broadway, or 90 Front street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15

YORK, magnificent Property OF ABOUT 80 acres highly
improved $780, will be sold of
value, including Furniture, stock and improvements
for beauty and healhulness Large photo
graph of property and full particulars at New DIRK Plough
). B. NORTON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-19
NETWORK SAVINGS BANK, Eighth-avc.,


IN PouIteenlhst-Slx PR CENT INTEREST allowed on all
FROM rs $500 Deposits mado before Jn 20 viii draw
nere. from JAY l. Assets, S24isG6; Surplus sls9i5 ~