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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16
APIueIzy Preacher.

Commend us to such preachers as
the Rev. Robert Colyer Of Chicago.
His congregation gathered on and
about the ruins of their church on
Sunday, and Mr.. Colyer mounted a
stone which had fallen from the cor
nice, for his pulpit After preaching
a short but touching sermon, with no
whines or snivels, he concluded as
follows:
1t was day or two before I began
to look about and think with my
self what I could say to these, my
children. At last it came to me in
in one word-and this is what I
have to say about it. If you will
stay with me will stay with you; if
| you will work with me, will work
with you, and will make the best
/ fight we can against this adverse
situation. / am not going to be a
burden to you. You can not find
a cheaper man anywhere than I will
| be. I preached seven year for seventy
five cents a year. won't take any
more than that if you can't spar any
more. I don't mean to task Unity
Church, but I mean to stick by you
if you will stick by me. Never fear
for me, can get along well enough.
People wilIgive me more for lecture
than they will give some folks, and
if the worst comes to the worst I can
make as good horse shoes aud nails
as any man in Chicago.
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Good Evidence.

A certain baekWOOds preacher,
years ago, was before the Conference
for examination. He was not a
boOkman nor a theologian, in the
technical sense of that term buthe
knew salvation as God teaches it to
believing and loving hearts. "BrOth-
err" said one of the gentlemen Of
the Committee, twin you please
name some of the evidences Of the
divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ ?"
The bushwhacking preacher looked a
little vacant. "What makes you
think Christ was divine?" again
asked the Committee man. The
plain man reused himself. "HoW
do Iknow that He is divine ?" said
he. eyes" His eyes at once filed
with tears. He started to his feet,
and stretching out his great brawny
arms and hand, exclaimed with a
true Methodist hallelujah ring,
"Why, bless you," said he, "He
sared my SOUL"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16
A woMAN's CONCLUSION
BY PHGBE CARY.

81 FEANAnh NAAAF
81 said, if might go back again
To the very hour and place of my BIRTH
Might have my life whatever chose,
And live it in any part of the earth;
Pat perfect sunshine into my sky,
Banifh the shadow Of sorrow and doubt;
Have all my happiness multiplied,
And all my suHerings stricken out
If I could have known, in the years now gone,
The best that woman comes to know;
Could have had whatever will make her blsst,
Or whatever she thinks will make her 50;
Have found the highest and purest bliss
That the bridal wreath and ring enclose,
And gained the one out of all the world
= That my heart as well as my reason ehOssi
And il this had been, and I stood tonight
BY my children, lying asleep in their beds,
And could count in my prayers, for g rosary,
The shining row of their golden heads;
Yea said, if a miracle such as this
Could be wrought for me at my bidding, still
would chose to have my past as it is,
And lot my future come as it will!
would not make the path have trOd
More pleasant or even, mere straight or wide !;
Nor change my course the breadth of a hair,
This way or that way, or either side.
My past is mine, and take it ALI
Its weakness-its folly, if you please
Nay, even my sins, if you come to that,
May have been my helps, and hindrancssi
If saved my bJdy from the flames
Because that once had burned my hand;
Or kept myself from greater sin
By doing a lsss-you will understandi
1t was better I suffered little pain,
Better I sinued for a little time,
If the smarting warned me back from death,
And the sting Of sin withheld from crime.
Who knows his strength by trial will know
What strength may be set against a SIM
And how temptation Is overcome
He has learned, who has felt its power within
And who knows how life at the last will show {?
Why look at the moon from whore we stand
Opaque, uneven, you say yet it shines,
A luminous sphere, complete and grand,
So let my past stand just as it stands,
And let me now, as may, grow old;
am what an, and my life for me
Is the best-or it had not been, I hold"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16
JOHNNIE ROVER.
SOnnamBuIistic DOings OF a
YOung Lady.

Young Lady.
On Thursday night a singular
case of somnambulism occurred in
this city, the victim being young
lady of eighteen, of good family and
prepossessing appearance. She had
the habit of getting up in her sleep,
and going about the house at night,
after all had retired, always return
ing to her room, however, without
disturbing the family. On the even
ing mentioned, the fair sleep walker
arose about midnight, and with
lighted lamp commenced to explore
the house. In one room was young
man, a friend of her father, who had
arrived that evening, and among the
chambers visited was his apartment.
The door leading into the room be-
ing unlocked, the unconscious young
lady, with a lamp in her hand, en-
tered the room, and while the visi-
tor was in the arms of Morpheus, she
took his clothes, coat, pants, vest and
boots, even to his hat-not leaving
a garment to clothe his frame-and
deposited them all in the kitchen,
turning the dish-pan over the duds.
Her father, hearing the noise made
by handling the pan, discovered the
sOmnambulist and witnessed the
singular proceeding, and without
being detected, followed the sleep
ing girl back TO her room, saw hel
put out the light, lock the door and
retire. Comprehendtng the situa
ton at once, he, without notifying
his wife, went to bed. The young
man was called to breakfast mex
morning. He answered the sum
mons from the closed door, but the
family waited until the beefsteak
got cold; impatient at the length o.
time it took the young mau to make
his toilet. Mr.. -, enjoying tht
ljoke, and seeing the unconscious
cause quietly seated in the dining
room, could keep in no longer. Go
ing to the kitchen he lifted up tht
dish pan and exhibited the ward
robe of the tardy guest. 1t is un
necessary to add an explanation haC
to be made TO the clOthless younl
man up stairs, who had been search
ing in vain for the missing garments
There was very little breakfast eater
Friday morning in that house, ant
of those about the table the som
lnambulist was not counted in.-
| TSteubenviIle Herald.
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Influence OF Music.

Horace Walpole wisely said, "Had
I children my utmost endeavors
should be to make them musicians.
AS my aim would be TO make them
happy, I think it the most probable
method. 1t is a resource which will
last them their lives, unless they
grow deaf; it depends on themselves
not on others always amuses and
soothes, if not consoles, and Of all
fashionable pleasures is the cheapest.
It is capable of fame without the
danger of criticism; is susceptible
of enthusiasm without being priest
ridden; and unlike other mortal
passions, is sure Of being gratifed in
heaven"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

A clergyman who had been stay
ing for some time at the house Of a
friend, on going away called to him
little Tommy, the four-year-Old son
of his host, and asked him what he
should give him for a present. Tom
my, who had great respect for the
teloth," thought it his duty to sug-
gest something of a religious na-
ture, so he announced, hesitating-
Iy: "I-I think I should like a
Testament, and I know I should
like a pOp-gun."
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The Game of Bachelors Kitchen.

The Rural New Yorker gives this description OF
the Game of "BacheIor's Kitchen :" The company
all stood in a circle, aud one was chosen to put
questions. He went around and asked every one
what gilt he or she would contribute to furnish a
bachelors kitchen. One said a box, another a
chair, another stove, another tea-kette, and so
on he then went round again aud asked several
questions. Each one was to answer every question
by repeating the first wOr named, and do so with
out laughing. If any one laughed he was counted
out of the ring. One grave young man who had
named tea kettle as his gift, it was thought would
maintain his gravity. The following was the re-
suit: ''What did you say yOu would give the bach
eIor ~ "A tea-kettle" ''What do you boil your
potatoes in - "A tea-kettle" 'iWhat do you feed
your pigs in - "a tea-kettle." ''What do you
cat out of:'' "a tca-kettle." ''What do you catch
fish in?n "a tea.ksttls" "What do you ride to
| town int" ga tea-kettle." OF course general
roar Of laughter followed here, in which the ques-
toned party Joined and was counted out.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

Col. Lewis W. Washington, the
head of a branch of the family to
which the first President belonged,
died on October 1st, after q brief
illness Of congestive fever, at his
residence near Harper's Ferry, Vir-
ginia. The New York Tribune
says: "He will be remembered as
the most conspicuous of the gentle
men who were seized and held as
hostages by John Brown in his
famous raid on Harper's Ferry, in
October, 1859. He possessed a val
liable collection of relics of Washing.
ton, among others the elegant sword
sent by Frederick the Great with
the inscription, From the oldest
general in the world to the great
est"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16
Love in the Household.

There is one place where love is
more nearly supreme than anywhere
else, and that is where success has
been achieved more nearly than
anywhere else. refer to the house
hold. There the fountain of love is
never sealed. There love is more
nearly on the pattern Of love in
heaven than anywhere else. That
is the bright spot of human history.
While nations have gone on, vol
luminous, dark, with desolation on
every hand, groaning and Travelling
in pain, until now; while there
have been outward conflicts innum-
erable; while the world has been
full of confusion, and crying, and
misery, there have been in all lands
with families secluded in them.-
And that which the State lacked,
and business lacked, all men cut
side the household have possessed.
Equity, justice, forgiveness, have
hourished in the household
! [Beecher.
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Select Miscellany.
For the News.
For the News.
TO WROMsOEVER 1T CONCERN
ETH.

Before bow before thy shrine,
which power art thou, what court is thinei
That thou shouldst deem me subject there,
Expounder Of thiBe own affair.
I woye a verse; lis true, and sent It,
What's that to you, cen If meant It'll
You strain quite hard to wear the shoe,
Perhaps It was not meant for you.
l. it too SMALL o do not tear it,
But il it .fls you, take and wear it.
Who sued you for your meagre love
And you 90 stubborn not to mover
And did he deem the shEpen thing,
That swept the streets with hOrrid swing,
Behind whose tongue poison lay,
Dendlier- far than Upas' sway,
A fit compan ion for his life2
More opt you'd make Satyr's wife.
Who said any hing Of wOoiug,
Sparks, or smAeks, that set yOu stswingl
wrote, as on have before,
kindly word; and yet no more
To one, than others. What's thy name2
(Yonr eyes are quick J What is the ahams
You charge me llngingl Who art thou,
Thus blindly ranting, even now
Foursslf7 You strike quite wild.
With BorTovsd light, you should be mild.
As Luna has no light her own,
So you reflect some other sun.
Some better brains shan yours compiled
The stanzas that the printer aled.
Please wait in future till you're meant,
Then give your spit-fre passions vent.
Go learn what others fore you learned,
To stand aloOf when uncOncerned.
JOHNNIE ROVER.
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J. sCHILLY. W. scHWARTG
SchiIIy & Schwartz's
Boot and Shoe Store,
~ Il @ M
OF TIE
Golden Shoe!
CORNER HIGH AND SHORT STS.,
HILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.

With shauks Of steel and fancy toe,
Our French Calf Boots are al the 80.
or the best stock they are made it's true,
By nrsI-cIass Worknisu at the Golden Shoe.
II y0u call on us before you buy,
We will ht you to an Oxford Tie,
They will ease your corns aud bunions too
II you have them made at the Golden Shoe.
We make every style to at the foot,
Webster Tie or Congress Boot,
IN this county there are but few,
That can beat the style Of tie Golden Shoe.
And Ladies', too, II you give ua call
We will at your foot hether large or small,
And about the price ven make no ado,
For we are selling chesp st the Golden Shoe.
Our French Kid Boots are very nice,
They are high in style, but low in price,
And for ready nash, between us and you,
You viii find cheap goods at the Golden Shoe.
Ouf store IS small, but our stock is nice,
or any style you eau have your choice,
II on the shelves there's none that viii do,
You can have them made at the Golden Shoe.
II your Boots are worn at the heel or toe,
To the Golden Shoe is the place to 60;
We will make them look as good as new
II you leave them in az the Golden Shoe.
HiTsbnro, Sept Z, 1871. SEPT
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Dress.

1t has become the custom in Eng
land among old families and those
holding an undeniable position in
the social world, for the ladies to
affect q great simplicity of dress
upon all except special occasions.
This is the more marked now, when
extravaganza and display seem to be
the ruling passion, and, in alIuding
to the excess of ornament and fnery
so frequently adopted by the nOuUeau
richie, an English lady remarked, 81
now leave that sort Of thing to my
maid"
The day has been long since passed
when social grades were distinguish
ed by the custume, nor ia it any
longer necessary, as was the case in
the last century, to wear gold lace
upon the coatto mark the gentleman.
Such a fashion happily has become
extinct, and it is q mistake to sup
pose that the world now accords It's
it's respect to those whose claims
for distinction are based upon mere
outside show, while, however, it is
true that in respect to dress it can
not fail to admire the becoming
Grace of person and of mind are
what capti7ate, and diamonds anC
lace can hardly make the wearel
more attractive, if these are want
ing.
Tho enormous expense Of dress a
the present day is q serious evil i
has caused many an aching heart
and it will be happy day wher
fashion shall so order it that thr
lady is to be distinguished by he
unarrayed apparel lingering II
longer in the glitter of a fctitiOu
brilliancy of attire; it will at al
events be a matter of rejoicing 70
the average Pater Fanilias.
Knitted shirts and drawers, al
wool, and finished as for adults, ar
now made for children Of all age:
and there are in addition an infinit
number of wooden garments, who's
appearance in such vast quantitie
with every recurring season is suft
cient evidence of the universal use
to which they are put.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

An old lady combatted the idea
of the moon being inhabited, by re-
marking with emphasis, that the
idea was incredible. "For," she
said, "what becomes of the people
in the moon when there is nothing
left of it but little streak ?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

Two scavengers were quarreling
as TO their respective working abili-
ties, when one, meaning to silence
his mate, said "Well, Bill, you
can sweep the middle of the street,
but you can't do any ornamental
piece Of work, like sweeping around
a lamp pOst.D
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

Integrity is the first moral virtue,
benevOIence is the second and prn-
dence the third. Without the first
the two latter cannot exist; andwith-
out the third the two former wonld
be often rendered useless.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

Life is a book Of which we can
have but Que edition. Let each days
actions, as they add their pages TO
the indestructible volume, be such as
we shall be willing to have an assem-
bled world read,
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RATAER.-,,This wOrldis is all a feet
ing show" said a priest to cuIprit
on the gallows. ,,Yes." was the
prompt reply; "but if you have no
objection I'd rather see the show a
little longer"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

Young man, before you enter the
bar, room, stop, and ponder whether
such a place will make you respect
ed. OF all such doubtful ways, be
careful. A reputation once marred,
can never be restored to its original
nnritY.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

Be gentle-ifyOu cannot rslieUe, do
not grieUe the poor-give them soft
words if nothing else. Put yourself
in the place Of every poor man, and
deal with him as you would God
should deal with you.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

"Tom, have you discovered in
what part of the body the 'bone of
contention is situated ?" said uncle
James to a medical student.
"Have MT come to it yet," said
Tom, 'but I think it must be pretty
near the jaw-bone."
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Somebody told Jerrold that Geo,
Robbins, the auctiOneer, was dead
''and, of COURSE" added the gentle.
man, "his business will go to the
devil" "Oh, then he'll get it again,
said the wit.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

A man who passes through life with
out marrying is like a fine mansion, left
by the builder unfinished. The half
that is completed runs to decay from
neglect, or becomes at best a sorry tene-
ment, wanting the addition of that
which makes the whole useful.
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A very small island in Ossipee
river constitutes a part Of four towns,
three counties, and the two States Of
Maine and New Hampshire.
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An Indiana cooper put his son in
side cask he was finishing, to hold
the head up. At last accounts he
was trying to find some way to get
him out through the bung hole.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

A maiden lady, alluding to her
youthful accomplishments, said that
at six months of age she went alone.
A malicious individual present re-
marked: Yes, and you have been
going along ever SINCE"
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Mr.. Egan, Of Wisconsin, thought
he would feel Of a circular saw TO see
if it was going. He is now learning
how to write with his left hand.
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George Francis Train has espoused the
cause of Brigham Young, and that ven
erable saint expects to end his days in a
penitentiary as a consequences.
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One of "our young girls" at an exam
ination in grammar, the other day, when
asked why the noun "bachelor" was sin
gular, blushingly answered; "Because
it is very singular that they do not get
married" She went up to the head.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

1t is cheerful to be sitting in a rail.
road car, going at the rate of forty
miles an hour, and have a man pass
through the train and leave a tract
in your lap entitled, Prepare to
Meet Your GOd.n
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-11-16

One of the tOasts at a recent cele-
bration was "WOman she requires
no eulOgy--she speaks for herself"
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Because "fre- proof buildings and
"fre-p PROOF safes proved of no avail
in the terrible heat of the Chicago
fire, people should not discredit "fre-
proof things. Probably not once
in a thousand times, nor once in
many years, would buildings and
safes supposed to be fire-proof-as
they would be in ordinary fires-be
subjected to such terrible tests
Bearing this in mind, read the fol-
lowing from the Scientific Ameri-
can:
"From all the accounts that we get
from Chicago, it appears that the
various safe makers will not have
much to brag about in respect to the
safety qualities of their productions.
lit is stated that fully one-haIf of the
safes failed to preservd their contents
during the recent fire, and that the
| losses are not confined to small safes,
but include the larger, frst-class safes
of the best makers. Enormous prices
have heretofore been exacted for
safes, and those charging most for
their goods have been the most
blatant in trying to convince the
public that their articles were the
best. But the Chicago fire has dem
onstrated that it is not the price
charged for the safe, nor the pretti
ness of its paint, that imparts pre-
servative qualities. 1t is eviden
that the present methods of saf
making are sadly deficient, and tina
Improvements are greatly needed.
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Youths Department.

B8-Original Enigmas, Charades, Problems, etc.
are respectfully solicited. The answers must al
ways accompany them. together with the real name
of the writer.
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The tune Of the smoker-Spit-
tune.
A pair of tights-TwO drunkards.
A notice of a peal-Iightning.
A wooden man-An alderman.
Flat falsehOod-Lying on your
back.
Vegetable philOsophy-Sage ad-
vice.
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A lady advertises herselfin a morning
paper as a teacher for "persons of newly
acquired wealth and deficient educa-
ton"
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A Western editor reports money
"close, but not close enough to be
reached"
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The Common Council Of London, unau.
imously agreed to forward 10000 gum
cas- to the Mayor of Chicago.
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What is the value Of as many different dozens a
may be chosen out Of "a, at one cent per dozen
Hillsdale, Ohio. 34hs.
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Drinking water neither makes 3
man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife
a widow Spanish Maxim.
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1t looks funny to see a young lady
with both hands in soft dough and a
mosquito on the end OF her nose.
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Agricultural Problem.

If it takes four bushels of Chappaqua. .turniPs to
fatteu Hydraulic Ram, how much pine saUdnsi
will you have to feed to a red COW to make her give
a quart Of butternik?