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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
The Road q Eealfh.

There be those who Inherit, or by
some stroke Of good fortune, acquire
riches; but almost universally speak
ing, the difference between a wealthy
man and poor man represents the
difference between the person who
saves, and the person who spends as
he goes along. It is not an increase
Of salary, or an extension Of business
relations, that insures q competence,
but the adhered to determination to
ecOnOmize, 20 incur no unnecessary
expenditures, and to lay by something
Of each week gains. So long as peO-
pie increase their outgoes in proper
ton to their incomes, they are no
nearer to the condition of indepen-
dence which is desirable for all to OBJ
tain. The present growing fOndness
for OstentatioR and display, operates
as q direct barrier to frugality. Some
one has said that life in the United
States has become a struggle for social
position; that whereas in older coun-
tries the lines Of demarkatiOn are so
closely drawn by blood, caste. &C., as
to repress social ambition !; here every
one has opportunity to climb the so
cial ladder, and may aspire with con-
fidence 70 any round. There is much
truth in this observation, and the
very fact that it is so presents a enn-
slant temptation 70 persons to scatter
their ducats in keeping Appearances,
and making (what is vulgarly term
ed ''spread.n Those who yield to
this temptation, without q fortune to
draw upon, generally acquire extFava-
giant habits, which always keeps them
financially under the weather. There
are Others who, arguing that the true
theory Of life Is to live while you
live" invariably spend up to their
incomes. An impeeuniOus old age Is
generally IN store for such persons.
It Is in little things that the money
takes its fight The failure to stop
up the little leake is what prevents
the financial reservoirs from ever fill
ing. A New Yorker-now a wealthy
man-mOved out to an adjoining vii
lage some fifteen years since. While
his nsighbOrs during that time have
generally sent their bundles tOand fro
BY express, he has carried his OWL.
In this manner he computes that he
has saved twenty-five hundred dollars
during the fifteen years. And this
is but one Of very many ways in
which individuals can save their pen
mics. OF course, those who propose
to take "life easy, and not trouble
themselves about the future. do not
care for any suggestions Of this char
aetsr. But those who aim to secure q I
competence for their declining years
cannot be too mindful Of the fact that
there Is no royal road to wealth, and
that no matter what their position or
income, frugality and economy are
essential for the attainment Of that
eOmpetence--HedTth and Home.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
THE POWER OF ROUTINE.

The second substitute for tempera-
ment Is drill, the power OF use and
Dutine. The hack Is q better road
ster than the Arab bsrb. In ehemis-
try, the galvanie stream, slow, but
continuous, is equal in power to the
electric spark, and is, in our arts, a
better agent. So in human action,
against the spasm Of energy, we offset
the continuity of drill. We spread
the same amount of force over much
time, instead of condensing It IN =
moment. A1is the same ounce Of gold
here IN ball and there in a Leaf
John kemble said that the worst
provincial company Of actors, would
50 through a play better than the best
amateur company The way to learn
German Is 70 read the same dozen
pages over and over hundred times,
till you know every word and parti-
Gle In them, and can pronounee and
repeat them by heart. No. genius can
reoite a ballad at first reading so. well
as medOcrity can at the fifteenth or
twentieth reading. A humorous friend
of ours thinks that the reason why
Nature is so perfect in her arts. and
gets up such inconeeivably fine sun
sets, Is that she bas learned how, at
last, by doing the same things so often
Cannot one converse better on topic
on which he has experience, than on
one which Is new? Men whose opin-
ion isvalued on Change are only such
as have q special experience, and of
that ground their opinion is not valu-
able. More are made good by exer-
citation than by nature" said Demo
eritus. The friction in nature is so
we cannot spare any pow
ar
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
JOsH BILLTNGS, PAPERS.

Dear Netg York Weekly:
1 read my liquid lecture on milk"
at this place last mite for the benefit
oV the Billings family.
Ihad u hundred and fifty i've souls
present to hear me provided every
body present bad soul and hav' mt
emmy doubt but they had
i was never more tiekled IN mi life,
but whether the souls waz It don't be-
come me TO state. -fz-
The souls pounded on the floor, and
snOte their hands together oekasion-
ally, but this mite haY ben bekause
the souls ov their feet and hands Wor
kold. I'd
Manchester Is a manufacturing town;
but what they mani ifaetur can tell,
but i guess money, by the nne build
ines and comfortable folks saw.
/ saw several houses and lots thar
that 1 would swOp my lektur on
Milk for, and throw in gallon or
two tOboOt.
M Hampshire must be healthy
place tn pFaektiss life IN II what
man at the tavern WHARF l negoshia-
ted for my hash, told me, Is true.
He told me he nu Of several town
ships Of land in the State where death
never entered.
He sed the inhabitants as they grew
old, puckered up, and had a fashion
Of renewing their age by soaklng
themselves out.
/ am dreadful easy to believs a sto-
~, but had tn 20 tn mi room, and
set down and Duss this story for two
hours before I eud git 1t.
There Is come men who can't never
tell the simple truth without making
q botch ov it, and think just as
likely as not, the man waz nv this na-
tur.
II this story IL true somebody ought
to get them townships patented
But, after all there IL one thing
hav noticed in old age, them folks
who hav lived to be mulch over two
hundred years old seem to git lone
some; but thare Il one thing they
amt apt 70 hav, and thai is the jump
inging teethak. 1T is sumthing to
Outlive the tOOthake.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
GOODADVTCE.

A New York college preside Mt thus
addresses his students: You are the
architects Of your own fortunes rely
upon your own strength Of body and
soul. Take foryour star, self-reliance,
faith, honesty and industry. Inseribe
on your banner "uuck Is q fool,
Pluck is a hero.n Don't take too
much advice; keep at your helm and
steer your own ship, and remember
that the gTsatart Of commanding Is to
take fair share OF the work Don't
practice too much humanity-think
well OF yOurself-strike out-assume
your own position. Put potatoes in q
cart, over a rough, and small potatoes
go to the bottom. Rise above the
enxious and Jealous. Fire above the
mark you intend to hit. Energy,
invineible determination witha right
motive, are the levers that move In
the world. Don't drink. Don't de-
Give. Don't smoke. Don't swear.
Don't read novels. Don't marry until
you can support q wife. Be in earn
est Be self-reliant. Be generous.
Be civil. Read the papers. Adver.
tise your business. Make money and
do good with it. Love your God and
fellow man. Love truth and virtue.
LOveyou country and obey the laws.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
A NATURAL CURIOSITY.

Silver Spring, Florida, isOne Of the
greatest curiosities in the South. It
bunsta forth in the midst of the most
fertile country in the state. Il bub-
bles up in q basin near one hundred
feet deep and about an acre in extent
and sending frcm Il a deep stream Of
from sixty to one hundred feet wide.
and extending from six to eight miles
to the OcklaEahs river. In the spring
itself fifty boats may lie at anchor
quite fleet. The spring thus forms
q natural inland port, to which thres
steamers now run regularly from IT.
Johns making close connection with
the ocean steamers at Philadelphia
The elearHess Of the water Is truly
wonderful. It seems even more trans
parent than air; you see the bottom
eighty feet below the bottom OF your
boar, the exact form Of the smallest
pebble, the outline and color Of the
leaf that has sunk, and all the pris-
matte eolOrs OF the rainbow are re-
fiected. Large fish swim in It, every
scale visible and every movement
plainly seen. II you 90 over the
springin boat you will see the fis-
ures In the rocks, from which the sill
yer pours upward like an inverted
cataract.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
RIhIn TesflmnnH.


When the children Of Israel were
travel-wOrn and thirsty, Moses smote
the rock HOreb, and tUater, not wine,
rolled in living streams at their feet.
When the drunken king spread rich
viands and wine before Daniel, he re-
fused 10 drink anything save water
When HagaF and her child were per
ishinR with thirst, an angel directed
them 70 weli of water IN the wilder
ness. When the Gideonites we're
chosen to 90 out and meet the host Of
indian, three hundred cold water
drinkers were picked for that special
service. Samson, q man of great
physical strength, was commanded to
drink neither wine nor strong drink.
Elijah prayed that there might be no
rain, and the heavens became as brass
and the earth as iron; then the people
repented in s6ekcloth and ashes, and
impOrtuned the prophet TO pray for
rain ; he did so, and in the shower
vegetation raised its green palms in
praise, the birds poured out their
hymns Of joy, the streams unrOlled
ike ribbons Of silver from the hills,
and "the bow was set In the cloud.
John the Baptist, the miShtiest man
born OF woman, was commanded to
drink neither wine nor strong drink !;
in the wilderness he lived on wild
honey and water, and preached with
mighty elOquenee. q
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
How to Transfer Bees from one Hive
to Another.


How to Transfer Bees from one Hive
to Another. -- -
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
GGzetts gives his method of transfer
ring bees, which he has praeticed for
some years, to be as follows:
/ hsve a board fifteen inches wide
and two feet long. covered on one side
with thick piece Of quilt 10 lay the
combs on that haYe capped brood in.
! also have q box with cross piece
in. This Is used 10 put as many Of
the bees In, temporarily, as possible.
When I want to transfer I make
smoke by burning rags oFrottsn wood.
I first blow some smoke In the hive,
and rap on II TO alarm the bees. After
waiting q few minutes, IL I am satis-
hed that they are sufficiently alarmed,
1 smoke them into the top Of the hive
from the bottom. I then carry them
into 3 shed or an out house, and stand
the hive bottom end up, placing the
box alluded to Oh It, and binding q
cloth around it to keep the bees in.
l then rap on the hive and drum the
bees out into the box above. When
the bees are all in the box, set It Off
ina cool, dark place, on q cloth. Now
l rap them up, and smoke occasional
" to keep them quiet I am now
ready to pry of one side Of the hive,
and to cut out the combs, laying them
on the quilt covered board, and plac-
ing q movable frame on Il, trimming
the comb 50 IS to carefully &c the
frame, and cementing It with wax
made by melting beeswax and resin
together. -. rs
/ continue operating In this way
until / have emptied the hive. Il Is
necessary to be careful 10 have the
brOOd as compact IS possible.
The hive should now be placed ex-
actly where the old hive stocd. Place
q board before the hive for the bees to
crawl up; shake the bees before the
hive, start them in with feather,
and the work Is done. ---- .-
Transferring should always be done
when the fruit trees are In blossom,
and when the bees are busy at work
also place q box, with 3 piece Of
bread comb In 1t, on the old stand
while the process Of transferring is
going on. to decoy the bees and keep
them from entering other hives.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
An Intelligent jury.

In these days Of progressive ideas
and appreciation BY the masses Of
what should and what should not be,
II is to erring humanity a source Of
consolation that there Is reserved TO
the unlHcky transgressOr Of his cOun-
try's laws that balm for every wound
"a trial by Jury. But owing to the
peculiar circumstances which exist
In this great Republic, juries happen
sometimes to be composed Of decided
ly queer material.
In the case Of the State Of LOuisi-
ana VS.. Martin and Thomas, IN which
the defendants were charged with
murder before the District Court OF
Farrollton, a trial by Jury was had.
It was Droved In the evidence that
Martin loaned Thomas a gun, where
upon Thomas shot and killed a per-
son. The jury, which was composed
Of black men, was fully charged by
the learned and dignified judge.
After 8 short retifemsnt, the ''in-
tslligentn jury returned and an
nouneed as their verdict, through the
foreman THAT they found the man
what fired the gun to go to the peni-
tentiary for life-and the man who
loaned the gun TO go there for one
year."1 lEi i
They were Immediately reinanded
until they could find an intelligent
verdict. and thinking they had at
last struck the proper chord, once
more emerged from their intellectual
deliberations. -E5f ~
Have you agreed27 asked the
judge. "a. =. -
bose on 'em guilty. 'sNon yelled
several Of the jurymen, zone guilty
and the other not.
go back said the court, land
bring in 8 verdict that we can under
A third time they came In and an
through q new foreman,
We fnd Martin guilty, and Thomas /
guilty without capital punishment /
As may be imagined, the court was /
not only struck dumb with amaze
ment, but actually mystified at the 1
Of perspiculty displayed by |
the enlightened, voters Of the nine |
teenth century.
Once more they were sent into du- /
rance vile, and finally ended their
agony by finding Thomas guilty
without capital punishment, and
Martin not guilty.
The day following, in the same
,Ourt, and before q like jury, came
up trial for assault and battery, the
verdict given being guilty Of a
-azOr.n
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
NOTICE.

II OllNE.
N Hidrley c. Powers VIII tahc notice that
--,,is g. Crandal and Charles A. Crandal,
aid on the zfth day OF May, A d lsle, ME
their pefitfon in the Court OF common Pleas,
yVithin aud for the county OF Irumbniii gno o
STATE OF OHIO, against MilcAnu said hlqgleY
q, pov-ers settina forth that said Lois e..
Crsndal Is she owner IN lee ~ ~ 14u ~. ~
,,,,,31,nrtion with her husband, Is entitled 70
49, - S,Sssssiou Of the following premises,
siif1sred in Mecca Township, Irumbul 90,
.,,,5 sac OF Ohio, and being known IS part
~ 80 NO rs. KinEsbury tract, 20 called =
fe-fnninQ Al the northeast corner Of land
defstIed Nv George Shafier . Mary A. Pills
brrv. by deed dated April = lsel- and In the
ernier % the highway leading nom Power. 8
Corners 70 Motifs Corners; thence west .
and = rods. thence north six rods; thence
east 80 rods 70 the center OF the Aforesaid
highway. thence south parallel with the
west line siN rods 20 place OF beginning,
one acre Of land Inc said peti-
tinu further sets forth that said Ridgley @.
Powers claims to own said premises and on
the I'D day OF January, 1867 be put said Milo
Powers In possession OF said premises as his
tenant, who has ever since continued in the
unlawful possession Thereof as his tenant;
and a further. asks Judgment for the deliv-
ary OF the Possession Of said premises to the
plaintifs, and also for the sum OF twenty
dollars on uccOunt Of the rents and profits
The said RidReley G. Power Is notided
hat be Is required to appear and answer
said petition on OF before the 2Oth day Of
Nay, A. D. ISL. LOIS g. CRANDAL,
CHAE. A. CRANDALa
Ratllff 4 Moses, Att'ys for Pltn.
March q 1s7l-6t
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
How 1t Feels to be Struck by Light.
ming.

ming.
George Mills writes as follows: I
was struck by lightning under the
following circumstances: I am
farmer, and had gone TO pasture,
three fourths Of a mile from the hOuSe,
on horseback, to drive home the cows
A heavy shower had just fallen, ae-
companled by much lightning and
loud thunder, and little rain was
still falling-we would say it was
"sprinkling. While riding through
the field ] discovered a small cluster
Of cookie burs, s noxiOus weed that
infests msny farms In this section OF
the country. The cattle were feeding
near me. ! dismounted and held the
horse with one hand. and proceeded
to pull up the burs with the other.
While stopping to pull up the last
one, my hand grasped 1t close to the
root, the horse standing with his head
partly over my stooping body, flash
OF lightning struck the horse, enter
ing his head, and in behind his left
ear, tearing two holes in the skull be-
hind the ear; and though he was wet
with the rain, the bair was singed
from his head, neck and shoulders,
and one front leg to the ground. He,
Of course, was instantly killed. A
small portion of the electric fiuid
struck me on the right temple, sing
ing the lashes Of the right eye and
burning or sealding the face, render
ing me unconscious for little time.
The following were the sensation and
phenomena as observed and remem
bered them: First, felt myself en-
velOped in q sheet Of perfectly white
light, accompanied by 8 sense Of
suffOcating heat.
The light could be seen as well
through the back Of the head as with
the eyes, and appeared to extend sew
eral feet on all sides Of me then ex-
perieneed q sense Of danger, and tried
70 escape injury from my horse
Then followed 8 troubled dream, in
which ] was hauling load of hay, in
company with another person, and in
spite Of all the effort / could make to
avoid it, the load of hay was about to
fall on me. When in the dream /
made the last desperate effort to
spring from under the hay, / found
myself standing on my feet. The
6rst thing that I observed was that
the cattle, IN fright. were running
from me, and next. that I stood in I
front Of the pr0strate horse.
This was a phenomenon I never
had heard OF, probably because q per
son near enough to see it is almost
always rendered unconscious too long
TO make the observation. Judging
from the distance the cattle had to
run. was probably unconscious less
than six seconds.
Finding that the horse did not
breathe, / proceeded TO take of the
saddle and bride, and then / felt a
severe pain in my head, which con-
tinued for several hours, followed by
soreness, which seemed TO be in the
substance Of the brain, with an incll-
nation TO Inflammation, but at the
end Of a week no effects Of the light.
ming were felt.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05

The Springfield Register of March
Srd, says: ''The growing wheat was
never in better condition. Through
out the central and southern sections
Of the State, generally, a larger
breadth has been sOwn 70 wheat ear
ly IA the fall than ever before. This
looks well, SeasOnable SHOWS have
protected the growing plant; severe
frOsts have scarcely reached them /;
and, If nothing untoEard happens,
the yield this year viii be enormous,
AD Intelligent, practical agTieulturist
who has lately Travelled through por-
tiOns Of the central and southern
counties, give a gratifying account Of
the prospect. He states that the yield
OF wheat will be larger this year than
ever before. The season Is too far
for excessive frosts. but q
greater danger may be feared from
extraordinary growth, and blight, or
rust.D
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-05
THE MILLER's DEATH.
BT EEv. EDWAED HoPFER.

List, and I will tell the story
Ofthe miller IN our vale,
Who was found, one autumn evening,
stinand stark and shastly pallet
Horror spread through ali the valley.
Like mist tnat autumn eve,
And the red leaves In the footpaths
Seemed the marks thai murierers leave.
Rumor, fitting through the shadovzs
Bore the news 70 old AID young.
who hath murdered our good miller p
Asked the brooks, with mo1znfui tongue.
who hath murdered the good miller -
Croaked the ravens in the WOods.-
Croated the dolsful word Of murder
To the distant neighboFhOods.
Hurried by a common Instinct
To the mill with eager tread,
NeighbOrs hoeked along the Wayside,
ulIthsy stood around the dead.
All was silent save the moaning
Ofthe brook beside the mill.
The wheel had stopped How strange
The busy bustling piaceshould be 50 stiIli
Suddenly the village church bell
Tolled upon the stfded air
And the miller's ghost went wandering
Through the evaiisy everyWhere.
Through the wierd and misty twilight
Peefed bis ghRstly face, they say,
y wixtthe pauses In the tOllinE,
Showing he had met foul play.
Then the old folk spal.s IN whisper,
And the children held their breath,
For % them the church bell tolllnR
was the solemn voice Of death
shrank they when they saw the miller
nlWlNt the pauees of the bell. r-l-
showing there Was darker ~ clniug
Inan ~ iron te'igue copid tell.
Long aud wen did We remember
What the holy preacher said,
At the burial 0f the miller,
As he stood beside the dead
who hath murdered cur good milerIT
"Let the guilty culprit die p
And We saw the light Of heaven
Flashing In the good mans eye.
Prem . boy I've knoEn the miller
Since ne nrstI went 20 mill
With tie grist astride my pony
And see his image still.
aAs he stood there in the mfli-door,
With his bright aud cheery face,
Smiling Ike thu summer sunshine,
In the dusty, noisy place.
"Just and generous was the miller,
For he had an honest soul:
Eul and equal were his measures,
Fair and even was his toll.
Ever ready with his kindness,
Ready always with his purse.
To the poor be vas father,
To the sick he was a nurse.
awho hath murdered our good mfllerf''
Ahl we need not ask IN vain,
For his murderer lies hidden.
Like . snake, In ycnder grain,
an the wine-cup.r saith the Scripture,
Hides the adder, son and bright,
Showing AL his mptinE Ecolors,
TN he hnds his time to bite.
In the miller's grain lay hidden
COilingthere By day and night,
SerpeHt-like-ths foe that smote him
Dead. Alas, that adder's bitei
q OIL my hearers, p said the preacher,
Put your heel upon the head
o. the serpent whose foul venom
Struck our noble miller dead
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Trumbun County Jail.


NOTICE TO BUILDERS.-NO-
~ ttce is hereby given 10 all persons inter-
sSted. and partionlarly 20 mechanies and
builders, that The Commissioners Of Trum-
bull County. Ohio, Intend 20 erect n Jail aud
Sherad7s residenee on the Jail lot in ihe
city 0f Warren, Ohio. The plans, descrip-
Tors, bills and specifoatiOns for said build
ing can be seen, and viii Be open % public
inspection at the Auditors once OF said
County, in Warren, on and after the first
day Of March, A d. ISL.
Sealed proposals for the furnishing Of all
materials for err citing and completing said
Jail and Sherids residence In accord
ance with said plans and sDeclncations will
be received at said Auditors ONCE, up 20 the
18th day Of April, m, A ID. 1871, addressed 20
the Commissioners OF Trumbun County.
Ohio, endorsed proposals for building q
Jail and Sneridas residence" Each propo-
sal must contain the full name and resi-
dence land II q Arm, the name and style OF
the nrm alsnl OF the person or persons max
ing the same, and must be accompanied by
surety satisfactory TO the Commissioners,
thatf the proposal is accepted the person nr
persons Will appear At said Auditors once
within fve days after said 18th day Of April,
ISL. and enter into q contract accordingly,
and give bonds with Sufficient ard sstsfac-
tory security for the performance OF the
contract As required BY law. Blanks for pro-
posals and the accompanying security can
be obtained at the Auditors ONCE, and will
be furnished TO any person desirous Of max
ing proposals. by application to the Audit
said blanks. Tue Commission r. reserve
the right TO decline any and all proposals
not satisfactory IN form amount orsecurity.
o. X. WOICOTT,
E. A REED,
/ B PAINE
Commissioners Of Trumbull Co
JAS. d. KENNEDY. Co. Auditor.
Feb. Is. lS7l-st-