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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-04
Hov the Wife Felt,

a man, at whose house | was a guest.
told me that he had been q hard dripker
and a cruel husband; had beaten his
p)or wife until she had almost become
used to it. Out" said he, "the very
moment ! sigued the pledge | thought
oi my wile-what would my wife say to
this Strange that should think OF
my wife the first thing, but did and
as | was going home, ! said TO myself:
Now, if | go home and tell her all OF a
sudden that | had signed the pledge,
she'll faint away, or she'll up and do
something, and must break il 10 her
by degrees. Only iLink of il the night
before Id have knocked her down, inst
as like as not, if she hadn't looked to
please me, and now | am planning to
break good news to her for fear it would
upset her"
As near as could gather from what
he ted me, he found his wife sitting over
the ember5 waiting for bin. AS he came
into the holse he said:
Nancy, think that"
"Well, Ned, what is it 2"
"Why, | think l shall-that isl
mean to-to-Nancy, | mean"
"What's the matter, Ned? Anything
the mattcr?'
"Yes," said he, "the matters just this
i have signed the temperance pledge,
and, so help me God, III keep it."
''She started to her feet, and she did
faint away. | was just in time TO catch
her, and as she lay IN my arms, her eyes
shut, her face so pale, thinks !, she is
dead, and Fye done it now. But she
wasn't dead. She opened her eyes, and
then she put her arms around my neck;
and didn't know she was 50 strong,
and she pulled and pulled until she got
me dowu where hadn't been for thirty
years-on my knees, Then she said-
oh, God! Oh, God help my p ,or Ned
and strengthen him to keep the pledge,'
and then holiored amen, just as loud
as could boiler That was the first
time we ever knelt together, but it was
not the last
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-04

READING AND TmNKING.-Bacon as-
serts that reading makes a full man but
without digestion fulneSs is dyspepsia,
and creates sleepiness and inert fat, in
capable of action. Hazltt says you
might as well ask the paralytic TO leap
from his chair and throw away his crutch,
or without miracle To take up his bed
and walk, as to expect the reader to
throw down his book and think for him
self. He is a borrower OF sense. lie
has no ideas of his own and must live on
those of Others. The habit of supplying
our ideas from foreign sources cnieebles
all internal strength OF thought, as a
course Of dlam drinking destroys the
ten. of the stomach. The WoId of God
is pre-emnently book for direct read
ing, and is never seen in its glory as we
persist in wearing the ceIored spectacles
of another mans comment. Pure and
cool are its streams if we drink immedi-
ately from the well head but when the
precious crystal has long stood in earthen
vessels, its freshness is gone the truth is
there, perhaps, but not the life. We
should let texts lie on our hearts till
they melt into them like snow fakes dis
solving into the soiL-Spmyeon.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-04

A TOUGH SToTY.-There is place in
Main so rocky that when the natives
plant corn they look for crevices in the
rocks and shoot The grains in with a
lnusket. They can't raise ducks there
no how, for the stones are so thick che
ducks can't get their bills betweea them
to pick out the Grass-hoppers, and the
only way the sheep can set at the sprTgs
of grass is by sharpening their noses on
a grind stone. Rat that amt a circum-
stance to a place in Maryland--there the
land is so poor that it takes two Eildeers
to cry "kildeer," and on a clear day, you
can see the grass-hoppers climb up a
mullen stalk and look with tears over a
fifty acre field in vain search for some
thing to eat; and the bumble-bees have
to go down on their knees to get at the
grass; all the mosquitoes died of starva-
ton, and the turkey buzzards are obliged
to emigrate. But there isa section in Vir-
ginia that can beat them all--there the
land is so sterile that when the wind is
northwest they have to tie the children
10 keep them from being blown away
there it takes six frogs to raise one eSoak
and when the dogs bark they have to
lean against the fence-the horses are so
thin that it takes twelve of them to
make a shadow, and when they Kill a
beef they have to hold him up to knock
him down.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

EMORY LUCE, Propagator and Dealer in Grape
Vines, GreenHousc Bedding and Vegetable Plants. .
Persons about TO plant Vineyards will find II to their
advantage to consult the selection of sites for
Vineyards Soils, Kinds Of Grapes best mode and time
of Planting. Examine samples Of Growing Vines, and
compare prices Ashtabua. Ohio.
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ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1871.

along the road, and that when he ran TO
the window he just caught sight Of
figure, such as have described, on
horse that gallopped like mad across the
fields, over the hills and down into the
black hemlock swamps toward the old
Indian fort, and that shortly after a
thunderbolt fell in that direction, which
seemed to set the whole forest in a
blaze.
The good people OF Boston shook
their heads and shrugged their shoulders.
They had been so accustomed 10 witches
and goblins, and tricks of the devil in
all kinds of shapes, from the first settle
ment of the colony, that they were not
so much borrorstruck as might have been
expected. Trustees were appointed to
take charge of Toms effects There was
nothing, however, to administer upon
On searching his Golfers, all his bonds
aud mortgages were found reduced to
cinders. In the place of gold and silver,
his iron chest was found filled with chips
and shavings; two skeletons lay in his
stable instead Of his halEstarved horses,
and the very next day his great house
took fire and was burned to the ground.
Such was the end of Tom Walker and
his ill-gotten wealth. Let all gripping
money brokers lay the story we'll TO
heart. The truth is not to be doubted.
The very hole under the oak trees, from
whence he dug Kidd's money, is to be
seen to this day; and the neighboring
swamp and the old Indian fort is often
haunted in stormy nights by figure on
horseback, in morning-go wn and white
cap, which is, doubtless, the troubled
spirit of the usurer. In fact, the story
has resolved itself into proverb, and is
the original of the popular saying thro'-
out New England Of "the Devil and Tom
| Walker"
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The most beautiful girl in the United
States lives near Lincolu, Ill. Her hair
i. of that particular hue that field OF
ripe wheat throws toward the setting
sun. Her eyes scnl forth light so et-
fuleeut and magnetic that strangers be
come spell-bound under its influence and
stand rudely gazing. Her cheeks bear
bloom like the sunny side of an early
peach. A pearl would seem almost black
beside her teeth. Her FORM is so grare-
full that men worship her before seeing
her face. Her hands suggest the idea Of
waxen fingers tipped with yermillon.
Her smile seems actually to illuminate
her presence, and when she laughs the
listener fancies be hears sweet music in
the distance.
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Death Of Alice Cary.

This gifted western poetess died at her
residence in east Twentieth street, Feb.
18th. at the age OF fifty. She was the
daughter of Robert Cary, plain sub
stantial old farmer OF Hamilton county,
Ohio, who died only so late as Feb. 18th,
1866, the same day of the year as that
upon which his gifted daughter had
taken her departure. Alice was prom
ising poetess at eighteen, but was known
only by little fugitive pieces which she
flung here and there into out-of-the-way
corners of country newspapers. The
Louisville Journal, we believe, was the
first to call the attention to the rising
promise of the young poetess. Her first
volume of poems was undertaken in con-
juaction with her younger sister, PhG"
and was heartily welcomed by the pnblic.
She next published alone a series Of
"Clovernook Papers" prose sketches:
which won decided popularity. In 1858
she published a volume Of verses entitled
"Lyra and other poems" In latter
years she wrote numerous novels, all OF
which were warmly received by the pub
lie. She has written very copiously, al
though she has long been an invalid
She was in the habit for several years
past of giving pleasant little Sunday tea
parties to literary friends at her and her
sister Phnbe's cosy little home in Twen-
tieth stree and the select aud exclusive
iHeratters of the city usually gathered
about her on these occasions. She and
her sister were both believers in spiritual
ism. The fact is related by Horace
Greeley that once they saw with Their
material eyes the form and figure OF
little sister, standing on house some
distance away, when she was in fact
sleeping very quietly in room above
them, and that she died soon after. From
this incident they took their belief in
Spir.tualism, protesting the Swedenbor-
gian branch Of It. Alice Clry never
married. She leaves by Der death her
sister Phoebe to mourn her less, and the
love between the two lone sisters was o
strong tie that has bound them closely
together all their lives.-N T. Herata
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HUNTING FOR lIELPMiTEs- w here Go
men usually discover the women who af.
tcrwards become their wives is ques-
ton we have frequently heard discussed,
and the custom Las invariably become Of
value to young lady readers. Chance
has much to do in the affair; but then
there are important governing circum-
stances. 1t is certain that few men make
selections from ballroom, or any other
place of public gayety, and nearly az
few are Influenced by what may be call
ed showing off on the streets. or by any
other allurements in dress Oar cenvic-
tion is that ninety-nine one bundredths
OF all the tincry with which women dec
crate or load their persons, go for moth
ing as far as husband catching is con-
cerned. Where, aud how, then, do men
fad their wive,? In the quiet home of
their parents or guardians, at the fire.
side, where the domestic graces and feel
ing alone are demonstrated. These are
the charms which most surely attract
the high as well as the humble, Against
these all the fnery in the world sinks
into insigniicance.
DIys Richardson has been going the
rounds of "the lecture field" aud has
left nothing undone by which she might
make an honest penny out Of her unenvia-
ble notonety. Wh,n the Mcfarland
trial ended, we trusted we had beard the
last of this woman. Had she possessed
ordinary delicacy or sensativeness she
would have sought seclusion from public
gaze but being more harsh than even
the professionally Strong minded of her
sex, she prefers to travel on her reputa
tion,' and find her profit in II.
Coal is selling At Sl5 per ton at retail In
N, Y. city, with an immediate prospect Of is
being still higher. THIS rise is owing partly
to the long continued suspension Of mining in
but more to the sudden increase
by railroad companies of rates OF freight.
Notice is given, just as miners are on the point
Of resuming work, that 81 per ton and upward
is charged for bringing coal to tfde-water, in
stead of 81 OF 50 which they have been charg-
ing. INDIGNATION and distress are tbs res1lis-
of this step.
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CLOTTIIERS.
FOUNDRIES.
PHOTOGRAPHERS.

FRED, w. BLAKESBEE, Photographer an
dealer in Pictures. Engtavngs Chromos, &c having
large supply of Mouldings Of various descriptions Is
pre- red to frame any thing In the picture line at
short notice and in the best style Second floor of the
Hall store 2nd door South OF Bank Maun street 1904
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Trains do not stop stations where the time is omitted
in the above table.
CHARLES ". HATCH,
General Supst, Cleveland.
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HARNESS MAKER.

w. HI, WILLIAMSON, Saddcr and Harness Ma
ker opposite Fisk Block Main street. Ashtabula, Ohio
has hand, and makes to order, in the best manner
evervthinq in his line 1895
P. @. FORD, Manufacturers and Dealers in Sad
dies, Harness, Brides. Collars, Trunks, Whips,
&C. opposite Fisk House, Ashtabua. Ohio 1915
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-04

GEORGE WILLARD, Dealer in Dry-Goods Gro
ceries Hats Caps, Boots, Shoes Crockery Glassware
Also Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hardware, Sad
dlery Nails Iron, Steel Drugs, Medicines, Paints Oils
Dyestuffs, &C. Main street, Ashtabula. 1Oa0
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-03-04

SEYMOUR, GIDDINGs * co., Manufacturers
of Doors, SASH Bib Is, Beve Siding, Flooring, Fenc
Ing Modings, Scroll v ork; Tnrning &c: Also Job
gies At the Planning Mill, corner of Main street and
Union alley Ashtabula, Ohio.
z WIN. SEYMOUR A. O. GIDDlNGS.
~ - ------- n q A TREADWELL. 0l6-tf
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A. ID. STRONG, Manufacturer and Jobber in Herme-
tleally Sealed Goods, jelly, Cider and Cider Vineger
Ashtshnla ohio Nov 10 is66 $50
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MANUFACTURERS.

- ID. w. GARY, Carriage Maker, opposite South
Park, Main street. Ashtabula. All kinds of work.
Elegant we'll the more substantial--Ready made
and made to order. Also-Repa!rlng. Good work
and the best OF materials. 1lO5
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-09-30

The annual parade and in
epection Of the fire department OF
Richmond took place last Wednes-
day afternoon All the companies
were we'll represented, and in their
neat uniforms. made q handsome
appearance. Led by the Cornet
Band, they marched through seve-
raj streets. and were reviewed at
the corner Of Fifth and Main by
Chief Dougan and Assistants. Our
Fire Department is an honor to the
city, and is justly entitled to the
reputation it has attained.
The ball at night was one Of the
finest ever given in the city. Tho
hall was crowded, and all present
set med to be we'll pleased.
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COINCIDENCE. -. One day this
week, three Of our prominent citi
zcns, who have all been married
for nearly the same number of
years, (say fifteen or twenty, } hap
pening to meet in front Of uncle
Nick Hudson's, where neat baby
wagon, with a fine chubby occu-
pant, was standing. They all
halted, glanced at the child, and
then looked at each other, while the
big tears were standing in all their
eyes at the gloomy prospect before
them of being .ikened to barren
and unfruitful trees. Their pro-
found emotion attracted the atten
ton of uncle Nick, who attempted
to sympathise with them. Two of
the party wiped their eyes. and,
assuming look Of unconcern. they
both declared that they had no use
for a vehicle Of that kind, and were
glad Of it. but the third boldly de-
clared his honest sentiment that he
would be glad not only to | ave a
vehicle like that, but baby th at
should call him POPP. There s
hope Of him yet.
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Who each exhibition remarkable demonstration
his control the Brute Creation will the Den
FOUR SAVAGE AFRICAN LIONS and FOUR MONSTER ROYAL
BENGAL and through variety Of novel and sensational
blood
and conclude 10y feeding while still in the Den WITH RAW NEAT
from his naked Hand, in full of the audience
We hold
and ROYAL BENGAL captivity.
NAMED LIONS this Continent The only BLACK PERUVIAN
LLAMA North America Finest Herd Sacred Cattle exhibited
The :rcacheous South The
lillian exhibition The Australian
Naturass The finest Numiian Ioness Cubs
endless
been exhibited in Menagerie in this country.
not
Horse African E White Rocky
Carn
of
and bis height inches TEN DOLLARS
al youao
| W tic never eeneZb America
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CUNNERS' OUTFITS!
When You Come to Town
be Sure to Call
Abner Clawson Estate
COMMISSIONER SALE.

DUREUANT to an order of the Cor4t Of
Il Common Pleas of Wayne county, and
State of Indiana, will offer on Wedneslfv.
the 25th day of October, 1871. en- the p5es..
Uses hereinafter described, at Public Ssis The
following described real estate, situated Ia
said county, to-wit:
The north half of lot No. ten ('0) IN that
part Of the city of Richmond laid ou Nv
jeremiah Cox, on which is a frame dwelling
house. And also a lot in that part Of aid
city laid out by John Smith, and bounded as
follows, to-wit: Beginning on 9th street, on
the west side in said city. 10 feet suu.h ct
Main street, and running thence south along
the west side Of 9Th street. 50 feet, TO an Ill
ley; thence west So feet thence north s.
feet thence east So feet, to the place OF be-
ginning. And, also, parts OF the southeast
and southwest quarters of section %, in ts,va-
ship "A, and range one west, ana bounded as
follows, to-wit Beginning at a stone on tie
half section line l52 y rods west ii The
northeast corner of said halt section. ami run
ming thence south IA degrees east - 10
rods thence south 56 "a degrees, west 10
rods, thence south SO IL degrees, yves 80
1900 rods to the center of the IliIlsboro
turnpike, thence northelst cr,y along the
middle OF said pike tC the section line; thence
east to the place OF beginning, contaning
acres. And also, Lot No. 23f in Elizabeth
Stars addition to said city, on which i a
valuable brick dwelling honSe. And also
part of the southwest quarter of section p,
township Ia, and range ,ne, and bounded as
follows, to-wit: Beginning at the center If
the Hillsboro' turnpike on the line running
east and west, dividing section ., township
IA and range /, and runire thence wet 10
the northwest corner of the southwest Guar
ter of said section; thence south Ga ll-I00
rods thence east Sc 2-l0 rods thence suath
% degrees, east Is go rods; thence south
81 IL degrees east AZ S-i0 rods; thence
south rods thence east to the center ct
said turnpike thence northeastwardlv aleng
the middle Of said turnpike to the place of be-
ginning, containing 81 1900 acres.
One-fourth OF the purchase money will he
required, and the residue in three equal IN
stAlments of s, II and IS months alter. wi.h
interest from date, for which notes waving
valuation laws, and mortgage 10 secure their
payment, will be required of the purcha ser
certificate of the purchase, cond!tolel 81
n. axe deed hen the sale is confirmed au4
the conveyance is ordered by tie Court, uil
be given to each purchased.
JOSEPH N. BULLA.
Commission.
September %, 1871, pr S12
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-09-30

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. yesterday
afternoon. one Of our old, respect
able and wealthy fellow citizens,
Mr.. William L. Brady, jumped off
the Railroad Bridge into the liver.
at a point where, by actual mea-
surement, it is just seventy-eight
feet to the water, and where there
wasonly about eighteen inches Of
water. He seems to have come
down backward, in q sitting pos
ture, aud fell over On his shoulders,
that fact probably saved him from
being killed outright. Several
persons. who had witnessed his ter,
rible leap, ran to his assistance
helped Linn out OF the water and
up the hill, when he sat down,
pulled off his shoes and emptied
the water ther e!rom. He then got
into . carriage and rode home
got out and walked into the house.
without assistance. Then his over.
strained nervous syste,n gave way,
and he became helpless as an in
fant He has no doubt been in
jured internally and, probably, ia
tally.
Mr.. Brady, has been acting very
strangely, for sometime ever since
he purchased an old sock Of Sad
dlery Hardware, which he feared
he would lose money on. This
has been preying upon his mind
until it has produced arrangement,
and, under this excitement, he has
made the attempt to kill himself.
His brother, Samuel Brady, vas
here yesterday to see him, and Will.
liam went with him to the care,
and then sought the R. r. Bridge.
He was observed to walk back
and forward on the bridge, come
two or three times, then Ibid of
his hat, and deliberately jumped
from the bridge, with the result as
mentioned above.
Saturday Morning, o'clock.-Mr. Brady
Is considered out Of danger.
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YEARLY MEETING The Friends
Yearly Meeting, he'd in Fig
street meeting house has just closed
its labors. 1t was by far the largest
in ate ndance had here for several
years, and more prominent Friends
from q distance, ami ministers Of
the society were present and par
ticipated. George Truman, OF
Philadelphia, and Thomas Foulke,
Of New York City were in attend
auce, and their eloquent and earn
est labors were highly appreciated
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= ittsburgh Cincinnati, and st. Louis
Railway.
PANHANDLE ROUTE:

Depart INDIANAPOLIS. Arrive
Accommodate 8. 90 am; Fas, Line.... 50 am
Fast Line -. 2.4O pm Express. 1907 pm
South'nExp l1.55 pm Ind'ps Expr 1o.43 pm
PIQUA aud COLUMBUS.
Fast Line. g. amlFast Line.... 2.4O pm
Express -. 10. 43 AmiSouth Expr ll.56 pm
DAYTON and COLUMBUS.
Aceommoda'n $40 ami Acco mmoda'n 7.35 arr
Pitts. Ey.,. .l2.10 pm tnd'ps Expr 2.35 pm
Indp's A.Ari 5.55 ami Mail ........ AS pm
HAMILTON and CINCINNATI.
Chicago Exp. SIS amIChicago Mail s.4S am
Chicago MAil..6 A pmlChicago Exp 1910 pm
I.OGANSPORT and CHICAGO.
Chicago Mail $50 am Chicago Exp. 800 am
Chicago Exp 1905 Pun chicago Mail..6.30 am
RICHMOND and WINCHESTER.
Accommoda ms Dam Accommo'n 9.30am
Mail ........ II AZ am Mail. A.l0pm
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"A sweet scented fellow who
was arrested and fined for q INSIDE
meano., but didn't have the stamps
to pay, was put on the streets to
work. Not wishing to soil his
kids, he refused TO handle the pick
or spade. Commissioner Crockett
humored his within, and gave him
ball and chain, attached to his
leg, to play with. Next day he
worked
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-09-30

The Industrial Exposition now in progress
at Cincinnati is grand beyond description.
Those capable of knowing say that It excels
anything of the kind ever attempted on this
continent. All who can fnd it convenient to
visit the Queen City during the coming two
weeks should not fail to visit this exhibition,
which is now al its highth.
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10. o. F.-The annual meet

10. o. F.-The annual meet
ing Of the Odd Fellows Provident
Association was held at Odd Eel
lows Hall in this city, last Saturday
eveng Delegates were present
from most of the Lodges in Wayne,
Randolph, Union and Henry coun,
ties. After very pleasant inter
change Of opinion in regard to the
workings Of the Institution. the
election Of officers took place, the
result Of which we will announce
next week.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-09-30

Drugs are drug in tie market Nobody
will get sick. The doctors are running
around, getting sunburnt, for show Of bust
ness, but hc,lthy men, women and children,
look out OF door and grin at the disciples of
the pill. II you don't believe drugs are q
drug. 90 and ask the drug men.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-09-30

E D Palmer, for years the Mas
ter Mechanic OF the C. & G. shops
in this city, has retired, to give his
personal supervision to the mallea-
BILE iron works of Palmer IL Fetta.
Samuel Conklin succeeds him, and
better appointment could not
have been made.
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"A colorcd lady, at the depot,
Monday morning, got excited be-
cause she could not get near the
cars, and exclaimed, with elbow
punctuation, "Clar do way. rs js
bound to shake hands with the
President Her persistenay gain
ed the coveted boon, and she had a
shake with Ulysses.