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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21

The House of Representatives
has passed a bill appropriating $4,,
600, 900 for rebuilding the public
edifices belonging to the govern
ment, that were destroyed at Chi
cago. The Secretary of the Treas
ury will have the direction of the
appropriation.
The selection of Mr.. Williams as
Attorney General in place of Mr..
Akerman, is very populor among
the representatives of the North
west now in Washington. He re-
ceived visit of congratulation a
few evenings since, and responded
in speech, outlining the sentiments
which would govern him in the ad-
ministration- of his office.
Gold has got down to ga low
er rate than it has reached before in
ten years. What wonderful re-
duction it has undergone since the
war closed, and all through main;
tanning strict integrity of the ma
tion's credit. All honor to the
faithful servants of the people.
A pretty, rich young widow re-
garding herself lately in mirror in
her chamber, while for the first time
trying on her widows cap. Behold
she exclaimed, the real cap of liber-
fvO
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
A PROMISE WELL KEPT.
Curious Romance in Real Life.


About fifteen years ago a young
Scotchman had, as neighbors in the
mountain region of Scotland fam
lily, in which there was a little girl
of four years. One day he took the
little girl on his knee and playfully
told her father "One day l will make
her my wife," Not long after, the
father and mother and little girl re-
solved to emigrate to America, which
they accordingly did, landing in
Portland in the year 1857. In a
few years the family moved to Mex
ico, Oxford county, living there till
last year. Not many years after
this family came to this country, the
young man who had trotted the lit
tie girl on his knee, resolved to en-
igrate to America which he did.
Arriving in this country he pro-
ceeded to Montana territory, where,
by good luck and industry, he sue
Tceeded in amassing a large fortune.
Having richly filed his Golfers, his
mind reverted tenderly to thoughts
of love, and he recalled his early
VOW to some day wed the little vel
low-haired girl he used to trot on
his knee to "Banbury Cross" He
knew her parents had emigrated to
America and that they landed in
Portland. He journeyed to Port
land, there diligently inquired their
whereabouts, and learned the family
was in Mexico. Up to Oxford coun-
ty he turned his steps, and on ap-
preaching the house where the OBJ
ject of his pilgrimage was said to
live, he saw a yellow-haired maiden
in the porch
"Does Mr.. live here?" he
asked. "Yes, sir" she replied of
the yellow hair. ''Is your name
Annie --?" said the Scotchman.
The young lady, of course, thought
be was insane and scampered off
into the house. The Scotchman
soon found the father and mother,
who recognized and gladly welcomed
him. "Don't you remember fifteen
years ago took your little four-year
old girl on my knee in Scotland and
said l meant to make her my wife?'
"Oh yes! 1 remember" said the
mother, ''but not for years have 1
thought Of those happy old days"
81 am here to redeem my pied ge,"
said the Scotchman. ''Let the girl
speak for herself" said the old gen
tleman, choking with emotion.
1t did not take a long time for the
lady to get acquainted, not long for
her to decide that this Scotchman
was just the man she had been wait
ing for all her, life. 81 want to be
married at once" said the Scotch
man. 'sBut I've just engaged to
work in Lewistown," said the young
lady. Then, getting hold of a
bright idea-"I have it'll go
down there to work, and then I'll
not like it, you know, and I'll come
back here to be married"
Down to Lewistown went the girl;
at work for week was she when
she concluded she did not like
housework and returned home. Next
week the parson drove up in'his two
wheeled chaise and the twain were
made one. The Scotchman and his
young wife are now settled happily
in Iowa, where the old folks, who
have finally agreed that truth is
stranger than fiction, now comfort
ably pass their declining years.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
White & Cunningham,
MILLERSBURc, O.
STATE ELECTIONS.

Elections have been held this year
in twenty-four of the thirty-seven
states of the Union. There was a
special election for Governor in
Georgia, December 19, connected
with which are some important legal
questions. Ofthe twenty-four States
seventeen were carried by the Re
publicans and seven by the Demo
Gratis.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
Winter Care of Sheen.

Sheep are looking up. The tide
has turned. But unless sheep are
to be taken up as a permanent part
of the farm stock and proper care
and attention given them, it would
be better for the farmer to let them
alone. Sheep properly cared for,
are the most profitable and least
troublesome farm stock; but if neg
lected and improperly managed,
none so soon become out of condi-
tion and become diseased and die.
Winter is the most trying time for
them. "Coddling'' is the most
hurtful thing. With good feed a
flock of sheep would do better to
lie out of doors in the snow the
whole winter, than to be kept in
close, warm stable. Running at the
nose and lung disease will surely
follow too close penning up. Un-
less the weather is stormy, or the
ewes with lamb are near their time,
they should be turned into a field
every day. They should have fresh
water (access to a spring is bestt at
least once every day. It is mis-
take to suppose that sheep will
thrive with snow for drink, and yet
many fiocks are permitted thus to
quench their thirst every day
through the winter. Clover hay is
the best standard feed, with half
pint of oats, rye, or buckwheat dai-
ly. Sheep do better with a little
change in their feed occasionally.
Salt, in which fourth part of sui
phur is mingled, should be placed
where they can always have access
to it. Corn-stalks may do as a
coarse feed to pick amongst, but as
a standard feed it does not seem
palatable enough for them. They
will live on it but do not thrive.
the flock into at least two
portions. The lambs, and in-lamb
ewes which may be weakly, should
at all events, be taken from the
strong, hearty ewes, wethers, and
bucks, and extra care given to them
1t is still better to keep the wethers
and bucks by themselves, and thus
make three divisions. Guard |
against dogs, which. at this season
are more than ever mischievous. IfI
a dog is kept on the farm, let him
be well acquainted with the flock
and they with him. Above all
things, be patient, quiet, attentive,
and exactly regular i'll feeding and
not overfeeding nor stint
ng the flesh, but, having found the
light way, persevere therein, and
10 not swerve one way or the other
from it. One can not neglect his
sheep one day and make up by ex-
ira care the next.-American Agri-
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21

Colridge and Holcropt were dis
putting which was the best-Man
as he was, or Man as he is to be.
"Give me-" said Lamb, "Man as he
is not to be-"
1t was Colridge who said of a
schoolmaster, who was fond of ap-
plying the birch, that it was lucky
for the cherubims who carried him
to heaven that they were all head
and wings.
A Gallant, whose pleasures were
becoming too expensive, announced
to his chere annie, one evening, that
thereafter he could make her q pres
ent only every other time.
"Then, my love-" said she, "come
only every other time"
A contemporary, in putting n Ger
tain soap, says it is the "best ever
made for a dirty mans face. We
have tried it, and therefore we ought
to know"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
Another Girl Full of Needles

The Memphis Appeal tells the
following story.
"The other Sunday evening a
young girl who lives on the Raleigh
road complained Of violent pain in
her head and right cheek. At first
the mother of the girl thought that
nothing serious would result, and
that the visit of a doctor was not
necessary. Abont 10 O'Clock the
same night the pain in the head and
cheek began to cease. The child's
eyes closed and her pains were for
gotten in sleep. The mother, who
watched necessarily at her daughters
bedside, thought that before morn
ing all would be well-but this was
not the case. The girl awoke be-
fore five o'clock the next morning
and began to cry in most lament
able manner. Her mother inquired
for the cause of this. The daugh-
ter replied that she had a terrible
pain in her right arm; she felt as
though something was sticking her
there. From the way she suffered it
was at last concluded to send for a
doctor. The physician came about
nine o'clock and ordered some lini
ment to be rubbed on the painful
arm. The next morning the doctor
came again, asking Mary, for that
was the child's name, to show her
arm. They perceived right below
the shoulder three very small spots,
shining as steel would. Touching
them he found they were very hard.
The girls mother then remarked
that these dots looked like the heads
of needles. The doctor could not
believe that there was such thing
in Mary's arm; however, to please
the mother he applied a small pair
of pincers to one of the spots. Now
imagine the surprise. of those pres
ent when he pulled out of the flesh
three needles which formed the three
spots upon the arm. But this is not
the end. The physician continued
his visits three more mornings, ex-
tracing each morning two more
needles. After this Mary's pains
passed away, and now she is as well
as any of US. Can some scientific
brain explain how needles found
their way into the arm of this little
girl, who endured so much suffering?
If a crank were attached to such
girl, wouldn't she make capital
sewing machine?
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
POPE Plus.
He Repudiates Reconciliation,

On November 27, while King Vic
tor Emmanuel opened the Italian
Parliament in Rome, the Pope re-
ceived three deputations at the Va
tican. One represented the Ro-
mans, another the Roman ladies, and
a third was deputation of strang-
ers. Three addresses were present
ed to His Holiness. Each was a
protest against the present stat
of things in Rome. In reply Plus
*. made long speech, of which
the following is an extract!
"The destiny of the Church Is to
be necessarily prosecuted, and yet
to triumph always. Even on Col
gotha, at the moment when Jesus
expired on the cross, several of his
executioners descended from the
mountain repentant and converted.
Later on the Church triumphed
over prosecutions by the blood of
her martys and her believers. At
present the persecution is more
dangerous than ever, because it is
more general. 1t isnot only intend
ed to secure the triumph of unim-
portant heresies, but to destroy the
whole religion"
Here the Pope enjoined the faith
full to rally round the Holy See, and
expressed his joy at the religious
movement which makes itself felt
everywhere. He then exclaimed:
"The talk of reconciliation, and
they 60 so far as to expose to public
view pictures representing such re-
conciliation. Reconciliation is I'M
possible between Jesus and Belial,
between light and darkness, be-
tween truth and lie. May Almighty
God give His vicar the necessary
strength to resist, even at the risk
of his life, and to maintain to the
end the truth of which he is the
guardian"
This speech was made with great
warmth and produced a profound
impression on the hearers. On the
same day the police confscated all
the journals which reported the ad-
dresses and the speech of the Pope.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
STORMS IN THE WEST

A dispatch from Fargo, Mimi, J
States. that the wrost storm ever
witnessed there passed over that
place on the might Of the 18th con-
tlnuing throughout the next day.
The Union Pacific train that left
Ogden on Wednesday morning ar
rived at Larimie on Sunday and was
detainen there on account of snow
on the Black Hills. At last ac-
counts the snow was still drifting,
and the weather indicating another
storm.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
TRIAL OF TW EED.
BOSS" Tweed a Prisoner Before a
Court of Justice--He is Cheer
ed by His Friends.
NEW YORK, Dec. ]


There was a large crowd at the
Court of General Sessions this
morning, to be present at the trial
of Tweed, who arrived shortly after
eleven in charge of two deputy sher-
ifs. He appeared unconcerned out
wardly, but immediately entered in
to consultation with his counsel.
Tweed appeared in the court accom-
panied by John Graham, ex-Judge
Fullerton, and David Dudley Field,
as counsel. He was cheered by his
friends in the Court. District At
torney Garvin announced his readi-
ness to go on with the case of
Tweed.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
To Consumptives.

The advertiser, having been permnently cur
ed of that dread disease, Consumption, by a
simple remedy, is anxious to make known to
his fellow sufferers the means Of cure. To all
who desire 1t, he will send copy of the pre-
scription used, (free OF charge), with the direc-
they will find a sure cure for Consumption,
Asthma, Bronchitis, &C.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address, REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
l5) se4 South Third Street, W Williamsburg, NY.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-21
Christmas

WESTON'S have new Raisins
new Currants, new Figs, Prunes
Dates, Oranges, Lemons, Citron.
Cranberries, Chow Chow, Mixed
Pickles, Picalilli, Cauliflower,
Candies, Toys, Nuts, Cream
Crackers, Soda Crackers, Oyster
Crackers, Farina Crackers, Butter
Crackers, Lemon Crackers, Oat
Meal, Cracked Wheat, Tubular
Lanterns, the best lanterns ever
used, Lamps with Argand Burn
ers, the best thing out, cheap
Coffees and Sugars, with gen
eral assortment of the very best
Groceries and Provisions, which
will be sold lower than any other
house dare sell the same quality
of goods.
We have, as usual, the best
brand of Baltimore Oysters ever
sold in this town, and for less
money.
The best Powder ever sold in
Mlllersburg. Eley's Gun Wads,
Shot, Lead, G. d. and Water
proof Caps.
Don't fail to call.
HIS. WESTON & Co.
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Thirty Years. Experience
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Mexican politics are thus taken of
by the Columbus (OhioJ J0wrNaE

Mexican politics are thus taken OH
by the Columbus (OhioJ JowrNak
"The editor of the Louisville Led.
ger needs watching. He has begun
to explain all about Mexican politics
and the revolution there, and when
it began, and who is running it, and
which one it is, and all that sort of
thing. If he is allowed to 20 on in
this way there can be nothing FORE
told as to the horrible fate that
awaits him. All the editors In the
United States that have tried that
job in the last twenty years have
gone stark mad. He will swear he
can do it, but his friends must not
allow his assertion TO swerve them
in the least from their purpose to
save him, for such assertions are but
the evidence of that fearful insanity
that will soon blast bis reason utter.
". They are tho proof Of the insan-
ity which is working on him, begin.
ming with the desire to writc up
Mexico. Whom man conceives a
desire to give an ineligible resume
OF the politics of that country, the
best thing that can be done for him
is to shave his head"
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The Essex Statesman says o boy
in South Danvers wrote the following q
composition upon his native town,
which it thinks ls very good for a
school boy:
"South Danvers is in the United
States. It 10 bounded by Salem and
reaches to Middletown. Itsprincipal
river is Goldhthwait's brook, which
empties into Salem Harbor. Its
principal lake is the mill pond, which
is dry in summer. Its principal pro.
ductions are leather, onions, South
Church, and Geo. Peabody. South
Danvers has many religious scots
among which are the Orthodox, ,wht
worship the minister, the Spiritual
lists, who worship everything, anl
the Unitarians, who worship moth
ing"
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A horrible murder was committed
at Miner, TAzewell county, ILL.,,
Saturday last. A Mr.. Henslee went
to . neighbor's house and stated that
his wife had fallen down stairs and
killed herself Upon examining the
lady's head it was discovered TO be
horribly mangled, and pools Of blood
were on the steps, and the wall was
spattered with blood Suspicious Of
foul play were raise0, and an ex.
animation Of the premises was made,
when q Aat-iron, covered with blood
and hair, was found in q closet, and
Q coat of Mr.. Hsnslee discovered in Z
bag of popcorn. Henslec was ar.
rested and taken before . magistrate,
but waived examination. He was
committed to await the action OF the
Grand Jury.
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Boone county has q hog disease
that 10 generally fatal. The animal
10 first seized with kind OF stupor,
and refuses to eat, then turns very
white, and finally refuses to get on
his feet. The throat also begins to
swell 10 the inside, and mortifies or
rots: This last feature of the disease
is soon followed by the animals
death
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Tho Florida musketoss exotic the
profane admiration Of Ill who are
subjected to their attentions. They
drive field hands from their work !;
young chickens are killed, and lsr.
ger fowls lose their eight ;cats and
dogs are driven mad, and . govern
ment surveying party with cattle
and horses were recently ssampeded
and nearly worried to death by thsir
attach ~ SECS