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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

The Cincinnati Gazette makes the
prevalence of the horse disease in
that city the. occasion for suggesting
some changes in the funeral customs
of our country. The disablement OF
the horses in all large cities has rem
dered it almost impossible to secure
the number of carriages which are
regarded as desirable, or as necessa-
ry to the observance of the propri-
cites of the occasion, and it is sug-
gested that the demands of custom
in this regard should be modified.
There is no doubt that the large ex-
pense of funerals, chiefly occasioned
by common vanity of having long
string of carriages, is beyond the
means of numbers of those who incu1
them as concession to what other
people will think and say. tits also
argued, with considerable justice,
that this practice of a general attend.
ance at the grave becomes an intrus-
ion upon the grief of the real mourn
ers at the moment of final parting
1t is undoubtedly true that it would
be better in many respects if the gen
eral attendance of friends and ac
quaintances were limited to the. ser
vices-at the house or church, while
the remains should be placed in theil
last resting place by the family and
most intimate friends only.-[Chcagc
Tribune. "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

1t is said that General Spinner,
Treasurer of the United States, has
been reduced to poverty because of
the S51, 900 stolen by his clerks, and
reimbursed by him as required by
law. 1t is proposed that a testimo-
NAL fund shall be raised, In sums of
one dime and upward, anonymously,
the initials being used In remitting as
well as In acknowledgment of the re-
mttance; thus the objection to max
ing public donations to officers will
be obViated- For twelve years Gen.
Spinner has been Treasurer of the
United States, devoting his whole en-
.ergies to the work entrusted to him,
during which time ffty.fYe thousand
millions of dollars hayep passed through
his hands, with a loss of less than one
ten-thousandth part of one per cent,
and that through the faulto these de-
faulting clerks who are now in the
Penitentiary. Congress ought to
make some suitable acknowledgment
of the signal services rendered by
Gen. Spinner. .4
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
Ssy.

Sarah Smith stands sorrowfrllly
solus; she sees splendid spruces sur
rounding shady spots; she sees sum
mer's sun shining; she smells sweet
savors; sweet songsters singing sill
very strains serenade Sarah. Still she
sighs. Sunsets soft shades settle 81
lently; still she stands sadly signing.
Suddenly she started. She saw some
stranger strolling silently southwark
"Stop!" she shouted. "Stop, strang-
er. Sarah Smith says So" Stately she
stood, sternly she shouted. Stop
Samuel Slocum, successful statesman,
smooth speaker, started, saw Sarah,
seemed surprised, said soiloquizing:
"Strange; seemingly scarce sixteen, SO
sweet, SO simple, still SO strangely sus-
picious! She seems strangely sad; say
something, sweet Sarah" She stop
ping some silent struggle, said, ''Sure-
ly some strangers see sights. Shall
Sarah Smith shun such? scarcely" Sc
strolling silently strangerward, she
said: Sarah Smith scorns suspicious
scandals, she seeks sympathy. Seeks
she successfully
Still shone silvery streams slant
ingly southwark, Samuel Slocum sal
sweetly smiling; Sarah Smith seated
suspiciously somewhere. Sunsets
serene splendor suggested supper
Still she sat. She sought sympathy
successfully; supper seemed superfu
Gus.
Some six Sundays succeeding she
signed some sketches Sarah Smith
SlOcum. .ti-IJs 1854. =
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
Rapid Settlement of Iowa,

The Dubuque Herald says:-"One
Of the most remarkable signs of the
times is the surprising rapidity with
which our State is being settled, and
all the wild lands taken up. The
Iowa Railroad Land Company's sales
during the last five months, amount
to S532,997.SO, comprising 74,251
acres, $1,000 of which have been sold
to settlers on the Dubuque e. Sioux
City railroad line, and west of Storm
lake. The Missouri slope presents
attractions of soil and climate not e1-
celled by any region in the world, and
there is any quantity of land here
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
Edward Yates on Dickens.

In his recent lecture on Dickens Mr.. Ed
ward Yates, the English novelist, said:
HE was man Of great regularity of hab-
its, believing that literary work, like any
other, should be done systematically and
not on the spur of inspiration. He break
tasted at nine o'clock, got to work by ten,
and was shut up at work until two in the
afternoon, when he took light lunch, and
gave up the rest of the afternoon to walking.
He composed slowly, and his works, his
correspondence, and his editorial writing
were the result of severe toll. Hewrote and
rewrote, and paured and trimmed, and his
manuscript, after his erasures and interim
ear work, was intelligable only to the most
experienced printers. Since the lecturers
arrival in America he had heard it asserted
that Mr.. Dickens's walks were for the pur-
pose of walking off potations. This was q
gross untruth. He Was a great walker, and
was meditating, or studying nature, or Wis
iting scenes which afterwards appeared in
his works. He continually visited low
streets, alleys, taverns, station-houses, jails,
and was magician who turned everything
to gold. So it came about that the poor
man doffed his hat to him in the street, rec
ognizing him from his portraits.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
General Lees Opinion of Gen.
eFaI Meade.

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press writes:
A gentleman who served with Gen.
eral Lee writes: "Soon after General
Meade took command of the Army OF
the Potomac, while both armies were
in winter quarters, he made demon
stration for the purpose, doubtless, Of
feeling his adversary's position. The
movement was a very unexpected one,
and it happened that nearly all Of
General Lees aids were absent for the
day when the Federal forces appeared
In our front. General Lee therefore
asked some of his subordinates for de
tails of officers to act as temporary
members of his staff, and of these ]
was one. During the brief actor
which ensued, some one asked Gen
eral Lee what he thought of the new
commander opposed to us, and I shall
never forget the measured and care
fully weighed words of his reply. Z
have now, he said, the most danger
GUS adversary I have ever faced. Gen
eral Meade will do nothing which the
newspapers viii go mad about, but he
viii never make mistake in my front,
and if I make one he viii see it In
stantly, and take immediate advantage
of it. The remark struck me, at the
time, as the highest compliment which
any commander could pay to his an
tagonist, and at Gettysburg the cor
rectness of the opinion was proved
when the mistake was made, discov
cred, and instantly turned to advan-
tage, precisely as the Confederate lead
er had predicted"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
A New Guide.

A party who proposes to publish
new housekeeperis guide, sends the
Boston Commercial Bulletin the fol-
lowing extracts from the forthcoming
work: .-.fs-.
Plain sauce-An interview with q
Saratoga hotel clerk.
To make good jam-Ask an horse
ear conductor.
To boil tongue-Drink scalding
coffee.
How to make an Indian loaf-Give
HIM gallon of whisky.
How to make good pufis-Send
the publisher fifty cents o line for
them.
A plain loaf-A visit to the prairies.
How to make pi-Jostle printers
elbow.
To bone turkey-Take it when
the poulterer is not looking.
10 corn beef-Feed your cattle at
g brewery.
How to select a fowl-Ask the UNI
pire of base ball match.
A plain stew-A trip In an old
fashioned street car on a warm day.
How to dress beats-A borsewhip
is a good thing to dress beats with,
especially if he be dead beat.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
A Town for yyorkingme en-

The Earl of SALISBURY has begun the
building of ''workingmen's town" near
London Each of its twelve hundred hous-
es will have little plat of ground for gar
den purposes. Part of the rent can be ap-
piled to the purchase of a tenement, so that
a lessee can become the owner of his home
within certain number of years The
colony will boast a cooperative store, a
church, school, and library. The ad-
vantages of thus transplanting the poorer
class from city to country where decaying
garbage, breed physical and mental disease,
sickness and vice alike. Remove the caus-
es and the effects must disappear. From
every point of view, it is cheaper and bet
ter to build houses for the poor in the coun-
try, than poorhouses in town.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

The ENGLISH POSTAL TELEGRAPH.
The later accounts Of the English trial
of Government management shows
that the practice of using the tele-
graph for transmitting social and
business messages for short dis
tances-such as we intrust almost
wholly to the mail or to express mes
sengers-has grown into a settled
custom, and is found to be one of the
most convenient of recent innovations.
The time viii also come In this coun-
try when the means of quick commu-
nications with the rest of the world
will be brought to every mans door.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

IRREyERENT.-An elderly gentleman
returning home from church, began
to extol the merits of the sermon to
his son. Said he: 'Jaek, I have heard
one of the most delightful sermons
ever delivered before a Christian so
ciety. 1t carried me to the gate OF
heaven "Why didn't you dodge
in7" replied Jack irreverently ':youn
never get another such chance.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
New Treatment for Hydr0phO-
bia.

An interesting experiment with
the Turkish bath for the cure of by
drophobia was recently tried in ST.
Louis. A girl ten years old, named
Katie Miles, was bitten in the nose
by dog, and about two weeks after,
although the wound had been cauter-
lied, the child began to show symp-
toms of hydrophobia- She com
planned of a swelling and soreness In
her throat, exhibited the greatest re-
pugnance to water, and on making
an effort to drink it went into spasms.
The child was visited by several ply
sicians, who decided to attempt her
cure by means Of hot-air baths.
When taken to the baths in car
riage, the patient was delirious. In
being removed from the vehicle she
frothed at the mouth and endeavored
to bite those about her, as well as her
own hands, which were covered and
protected by sheet drawn tightly
around her. The child was first sub
jected to q temperature of about
eighty degrees, which was gradually
increased to nearly 180. She be-
came quiet and docile, the spasms
abated, and at length ceased almost
entirely. Her consciousness also re-
turned, and she readily recognized
friends and relatives, and addressed
them. She was wrapped in quilts
and conveyed to another apartment,
where she fell into a light slumber.
On being again seized with the
spasms, she was again subjected to
the bath treatment. The noise In
the water pipes caused her as much
distress as before, but it did not re-
main so long. Though the physlc-
ians were fully convinced that the
treatment was beneficial, the mother
had the girl removed next morning
to the City Hospital, where she died
on the same day. The experiment is
an interesting one, and it is to be re-
GREETED that it was not allowed to
reach decided result.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
NEVER AGAIN.

Never again viii the roses blow
For US ike the roses we used TO know,
Oh! never again will the wide sky hold
Such wealth of glory and sunset gold;
And never again will whisper, dear,
The pleasant fancies you smiled to hear.
And never again at the days decline,
Shall sit with your little hand in mine,
And look at the beauty of sunset skies,
And the sweet beauty of your eyes.
Never againl for the dream is done
That work, and look, and touch begun.
Love, If we always coald dream, alb, then,
The words as sad az it might have beeni'
For us, there is nothing but memory,
In the coming days of tchat could not be.
Love, you are near me and yet as far
As the round earth from the furthest star.
kiss me and smile in my eye once more,
Though your lips should quiver and tears run o'el
Put your hand in mine for a mOment-one,
And then good-by, for the dream is done.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

Agentleman of Centerville, Indiana,
was recently lying very low, when, be
ing personal friend, an undertaken
thought to call on the sick man and
pay his respects, but to his great sur
prise and astonishment, as soon as he
entered the sick room he was greeted
with, "What in the h-n do you want
here? When 1 need you 1 viii send
for YOU. -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

Little by little the year grows older,
The red leaves drop from the maple trees;
The sun grows dim, and the winds blow colder,
Down from the distant Arctic seas.
Out of the skies the soft light dies,
And the shadows of winter come creeping over
And the bee and the bird are no longer heard
In grove or meadow or field of clover.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

A subscriber renewing his subscrip-
ton to the Religious Telescope casu-
ally remarks; ''The tobacco crop is
large in our region. As soon as it is
out OF the way, so that people can at
tend meetings, we expect to give our
time to the Lord"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

"Patrick, the Widow Mallory tells
me you have stole one of her finest
pigs. Is it correct?" 'FYis yer hon.
or" "What have ye done with it,
'Killed it and ate it, yer honor" "Oh,
Patrick, Patrick! when you are
brought face to face with the widow
and her pig, on judgment day, what
account will you be able to give Of
yourself when the widow accuses you
nf stealing?' 'Did ye say the pig
would be there, yer riverence?" ''To
be sure, I did" "Well, then, yerriver-
ence, I'll say: Mrs. Mallory, there's
yer pig.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
PickawaY County Corn.

The Circleyille Democrat says VIM.
Cromley Sr., of Walnut township, raised
this season, on Walnut Greek bottom land,
1,673 acres of corn, which averaged 111s
bushels per acre; and Thad. E Cromley OF
Harrison township, also raised 2,O41 bush
els of corn, on 90 acres of Walnut Greek
bottom, an average of 1O2 bushels per acre
Beat this, who can. IT, .'e
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
Conundrums.

What man carries everything before himf-The
waiter. r-
When is a Photographic album like an old-fash-
ioned china shop7-When it's full of ugly mugs.
Why is hen-pecked husband like an opera HAITI
Because he's very big when he's OUT but Immediate
ly shut up when he gets home. 70
Why are old maids odd?-Decause they are un-
matched.
How do lawyers often prove their love to their
neighbors? B6 attachment
Why is the bone of the arm called the funny bone?
Because it is the numerous bone. .
Why is Horace Greeley the best farmer in thu
United States? Because he has raised the eigges
heat' .-,-. -.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
Select Miscellany.
EVERY DAY.

By ELIZABETH AKERs ALLEN.
Oh, trifing tasks SO often done,
Yet ever to be done anewi
Oh, cares which come with every sun,
Morn after morn, the long years through
We shrink beneath their paltry sway
The irisome calls of every day.
The restless sense of wasted power,
The tiresome round of little things,
Are hard to bear, as hour by hour
Its tedious iteration brings; AT
Who shall evsde or who delsy
The small demands of every dAy2
The boulder in the torrents course
By tide and tempest lashed in vain,
Obeys the wsve-whirled pebbles force,
And yields its substance grain by grain;
So crumble strongest lives away
Beneath the wear Of every day.
Who finds the lion in his lair,
Who tracks the tiger for his life, 90
May wound them ere they are aware,
Or conquer them in desperate strife,
Yetpowerless he to seattle or slay
The vexipg gnats of every day.
The steady strain that never stops
LIS mightier than the fiercest shock;
The constant fall of water-drops
VIII groove the adamantine rock;
We feel our noblest powers decay,
In feeble wars with every day.
We rise to meet heavy blow
Our souls sudden bravery fills
But we endure not always so
The drop-by-drOp of little ills;
We still deplore and still obey -
The hard behests of every day.
The heart which boldly faces death
Upon the battlefield, and dares
Cannon and bayonet, faints beneath
The needle-points of frets and cares;
The stoutest spirits they dismay-
The tiny stings of every day.
And even saints of holy fame,
Whose souls by faith have overcome,
Who wore amid the cruel flame.
y The molten crown Of Inartyrdom,
: Bore not without complaint Away
The petty pains of every day.
All, more than martyrs aureolc, +- -
And more than hero's heart of fire,
We need the humble strength of soul
Which daily tolls and ills require
Sweet Patience grant us, you may,
An added grace for every dayi
-[Scribner's for November.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

Beecher vindicates himself in these
terms: 'If you are walking down
the street and chambermaid emp
ties slop pail on your head, what
can you do about it but wash your
self and move on?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

The following resolution was re-
Gently offered at meeting of Pres
byterian clergymen: 'eThat this
Presbytery viii not hereafter license
any to preach the gospel who uses
tobacco in any form, unless he prom
ises to abandon its use or procure
from some reputable physician a GER
tifcate that his health requires its
use." ..-..
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

A new railroad, 500 miles in length,
is now being surveyed to connect
the Mediterranean sea with the Per
sian Gulf. It is to commence at
Tripoli, on the Syrian coast, passing
by way of Palmyra, and crossing the
Euphrates, thence traEersing Mes
opotamia and the Tigris, and termin-
ating at Bagdad, where it would
meet the Persian Gulf line, as origin
ally planned. -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
MtncePies.

Take four pounds boiled meat, one
half pound suet, four ounces CHINA
mon, two ounces mace or nutmeg, one
ounce cloves, four pounds raisins, one
pint moiasses, one quart brandy, su-
gar to make it gery sweet. To the
above add an equal weight NEARLY
twelve poundsJ Of tart apples chopped
fine. This viii keep months Before
baking, add tablespoon of cider or
vinegar to, each pie.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

After careful experiments with the
microscope, Dr. Woodward, of Wash
ington, declares against the theory
that an epidemic or epizootic is caused
by microscopic organisms in the air.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

The Boston Post is responsible for
the following on the marriage of
Thomas Hawk to Miss S. J. Dove:
.. 1t isn't often that you see Z
So queer kind of love;
OH what a savage he must be
To Tommy Hawk DoyeI
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

Is there any danger of the beacon
strictor biting? asked visitor of a
geological Snowman. Not the least,
replied the Snowman; he never bites;
he swallows his wittles whole.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

A st. Paul COW, in attempting to
open a gate, lifted it off the hinges
and carried it seven miles on a fran
tic run, when she fell exhausted.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
LexicOgraphy of the Horse
Disease.

An extensive vocabulary has sudden
ly arisen in connection with the horse
disease. 1t is variously called horse
influenza, epihippic, hippozymotic, hip
pozootic, hippo grippe, catarrhal fever
typhoid laryngitis, lung fever, hippo
malaria, epyzooty, equine influenza
hippic distemper, and equine catarrh
al affection. Out of this assortment
Philohippics may select the correct
term--[Medical and Surgical Repor
ter.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

The latest thing in the explosive
line is reported from Iowa, where a
grain bin has been and gone and
burst killing three men.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

The word love in the Indian Ian
guage is Observation-Disclosures
How nicely it would sound, whisper
ed softly in a womap's ear, II ,schem
lendamourtchwager you!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

By recent law IN New Hampshire
woman divorced from her husband
can again assume her maiden name.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
Youths Department.

1V-original Enigmss, Charades, Problems, etc.,
respectfully solicited The answers must always
accompany them, with the real name of the writer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
Prospectus for IS73-Stxth FEAR.
The Aldine,

an Illustrated Monthly Jotts nai universally admit
ted 10 be the HdndsOnest Periodical SsI the EOrh.
a Representative Gsad Champion Qf Anseri-
cagl Taste.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05
WORD PUZZLE.

Ny first is in Satan, as well as saloo=,
My next is in lake, but not In lagoon,
Ny third is in money, but not in gold,
While my fourth is in heat, but not used in cold,
Ny fifth is in steel, but not found in iron,
While my last is in Shakespeare, but not used in
Byron, L.
Ny whole is the name of place thst's renowned,
Where the men of our land a wish to be found.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-12-05

TNAkES this method Of Informing her friends and
Il the public generally, that she has removed to
Walnut Street, South Side,
between High and West Streets, being the residence
lately occupied by Mr. c. Thonburg
Nearly opposite CIGrk's Livery Stable,
Where she is prepared to cut and make Cloaks and
-Dresses 70 order In the npst fashionable style.
r. Satisfaction warranted In all cases.
Hillsboro, Nov. z, 1874 noyTm3
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