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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
Prof. Stoves Mistake.


Prof. Stowe, husband of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher, while visiting at little town
in Massachusetts, last summer, desired
friend to secure horse and vehicle to
take himself and wife to a town nine
miles distrnt, where he desired to con-
suit some genealogical records. His
friend said that he would do his best,
but that there wasssno decent turnout in
the village. A little in advance of the
hour appointed, DR.. Stowe noticed a
phaeton:at the door of his host, and
hastily summoning his wife, entered it
and started on his journey. To his sur
prise the horse was very fleet one and
the phaeton exquisite, with its silk and
satin Innings, ivory finishing, and easy
springs. Bowling along on his journey,
the Doctor expressed his great delight,
and announced his intention of securing
the establishment for the season. Ar
irving at his destination, he fastened
the horse and went to work on the dus-
ty records at the town hall. He had
been thus engaged for nearly an hour,
when, he was suddenly interrupted by
the abrupt entrance of his host at the
town whence he started, who ex-
claimed:
''Dr. Stowe, have you been stealing a
horse and phaetoD ?"
To the astonished Doctor it was then
revealed that he had by mistake taken
the establishment of newly married
Episcopal clergyman, who had come to
call upon the Doctors host, and who
was astonished, on leaYingg, to find his
beautiful turn-out-a wedding present
gone, and replaced by an old worn-out
horse and chaise that had been brought
there by the livery stable keeper for DIR.
Stowe
A stern chase ensued, but the Doctor
was not captured Until he had reached
his destination, as stated, whence, after
mutual explanations, he drove home in
the old chaise. The comment of the
Episcopal clergyman on the case was
this:
"This comes, DR.. Stowe, of not at.
tending the church where the command.
ments are read every Sunday"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
A Terrible Case of HydrOpllO1
bia-Death Of n Bride.

The Pittston (Pa.) Gazette givei
the following particulars of a mos
distressing case of hydrophobia:
"About eleven weeks ago young
lady, named Cox, daughter of Miles
Cox, of Stoddardsville, went into
the yard to kill some chickens. The
dog followed her. and, picking up
one of the chickens, ran off with it
She chased him with q stick to re.
cover it, and, coming up with him,
he turned and bit her on the arm,
lacerating it fearfully. Her mother
and brother coming to the rescue,
were also badly bitten by the infu-
rated beast. The wounds healed,
however, and nothing moro was
thought about The matter. The
young lady was engaged to be mar
riod to young man living at Colds.
boro; named Alfred Kctrick, and
the wedding was appointed to come
off at that place about two weeks
ago, On the wedding morning, as
she was about to perform her ablu-
tions, the sight of water sent a
shiVer through her whole system
and frightened her, and at the
breakfast table the coffee had such
an effect upon her that she spilled
it over the table. She then COM
planned of feeling unwell, and her
friends advised her to remain at
home; but she said she did not want
to disappoint Al., and, accompanied
by sister, proceeded to Goldsboro,
where the wedding ceremony was
performed. Immediately after this
she was seized with spasns, bearing
all the indications of hydrophobia.
In one of her lucid intervals she
warned the company that she would
bite them if they did not keep away
from her. "But," said she to her
husband, cal, you need not be
afraid, 1 won't bite you" In one of
her paroxysms she bit a lady who
was endeavoring to soothe her. 1t
was the wife of Doc. Hoffman, who
drives the stage from Goldsboro to
the Sand Cut, on the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad.
Soon after assuring her husband
that she would not bite him, she
was seized with commissions, and,
lying back in his arms, died. We
have seldom been called upon to re-
cord so sad a case rs this. For one
moment happy bride and then
the victim of a horrid death. The
other members of the family who
were bitten by the dog have not, as
yet, displayed any symptoms of the
disease, but they live in hourly
dread"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
Can You Afford It.

Can ycu afford tosmoke and chew
tobacco, thus spending from five to
fifty dollars a month, and injuring
your nervous system, and prevert-
ing your whole constitution, and
thereby transmitting to your chill
dren awakened constitution, thus
making them puny invalids for life?
Can you afford to burn out your
nervous system and demoralize
your whole character by the use of
alcoholic liquors?
Can you afford to indulge in hab~
its Of speculation, gambling, and
other tricky and mean modes of
making money?
Can you afford TO make money at
the expense of your manhood, your
morals, your health, your just re-
spectability, and your integrity?
Can you afford to gain even the
whole world and thereby make of
yourselfa a moral wreck?
Can you afford for the sake of
momentary amusement, 10 waste
your youthful preparatory years,
when by study you should become
q scholar, or by industry either a
tradesman or P. useful artisan?
Can you afford to rob your mind
to clothe your back with silks and
satins, and crafty a mere love for
display?
Can you afford to be tricky and
thereby defraud your employer of
the just services you owe him, even
though you do get your pay, thus
making yourself moral bankrupt?
Can you afford to be otherwise
than upright, truthful, faithful,
temperate, courteous, and in all re-
ispects correct?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

The New York Times inaugurated the
crusade of the people against Tammany,
conducted the campaign and won the
victory. Having thus got its hand in,
it proposes to rub up the gas company
which supplies the greater portion of
the Inhabitants of New York with light,
for its shortcomings. 1t is giving the
matter most thorough attention, and re-
ceiving the thanks of the oppressed
community, who have no other redress
for the swindles daily perpetrated upon
them. The Times has made its name a
terror to all evil doors.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
TnkIings by Josh Billings.

The most valuable thing in this
world IL Time, and yet people waste
it as they do water, most of them
letting it run full head, and even
the most prudent let it drizzle.
The devil himself, with all his ge-
MUS, always travels under an alias
this shows the power of truth and
morality.
If dog falls in love with you at
first site, it will do to trust him
not SO with man.
One OF the hardest things to do is
to be a good listener. Those who
are stone deaf are the best.
If you don't know how TO lie,
cheat and steal, turn your attenshun
to pollyticks, and learn how.
There are men who seem to be
born on purpose TO step into every
thing; they kant set q common rat
trap without getting ketched in it.
A sekret liz like an aking tooth, il
keeps us uneasy until it IL out.
/ hav larn't one thing by great
experience, and that IL, 1 want as
much watching as mi nabors do.
The only way to learn some men
how to do anything, is to do it your
self.
I don't rekollect now ov ever
hearing ov two dogs fighting, uules;
thar was man or two around.
A wise man is never 80 much
alone az when he IL in a crowd, and
never 80 much in a crowd az wher
he Is alone.
1 am satisfied that there is more
weaknesses among men than NAL
ice.
There is no man in the world 81
easy to cheat as ourselves.
1 don't know ov ennything tina
will kill a man so quick as praise
that he don't deserve.
Repentance should be the effect OF
love, not fear.
The soul has more diseases thar
the body has.
Things that we kant do wouldn'
be of emmy use to us, if we could d.
them.
Amongst animals the most ignor
rant are the most stubborn, and
wonder IL this isn't so amongst men
The first iutimashun 1 had that
was getting old was, I found mysel
telling the same story over again.
In repenting oy sins men are ap
10 repent of those they hain't got
and overlook those they hav.
A dandy never yet fell in love
only with himself.
Revenge sumtimes sleeps, bu
vanity always keeps one eye open
Those folks who expect to fail il
an enterprise most generally do.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
Conundrums.

Why are jokes like nuts7 Because the dryer they
are, the better they crack.
Why is a cat going up three flights of stairs like
a big hill? Because she is mouDt'iu.
When does have demoralizing effect? When
it turns well-regulated camp into scamps.
Why is the letter NJ like the death Of our first
parent2 Because it WAS the end of Adam.
mathematical conundrnm: If poor lore
youth, with waxed end to his moustache. shou ID
write to young lady in this town to meet him by
moonlight alone, and the young Iady's moEhel
shoald come in on tangent, and tan the gent unit
the plane of his coat tail formed an angle with
vertical line, would the hypothenusc Of the com
munity be equal to the sum of squares desc ribe
by the young man in ''gittin away from dar 1o ant
II so-how?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

Nothing is more Improbable, not
to say degrading, then the qusrresa
of newspaper editors. 1t is mat
ter in which the subscriber and the
public have not the slightest inter
est. 1t is entirely personal, and is
often carried to such an extent as to
degrade the press and injure its USE
fulness. 1t is Improbable. Moth
ing can be made by low, personal
abuse and the veriest slang to be
found in our language. We are LED
to these remarks by reading the fol-
lowing paragraph in the CoviDgton
(Ohio) Gazette
) "The morning dailies of Cincin-
natl, the Gazette exclusive, are in
the midst of terrific war of words.
Assassin, thief, blackguard, pirate,
red-handed bully, treacherous beast,
and the like, are mild terms. We
trust none of our correspondents
will adopt their gibberishl The
weekly Commercial is brought into
the shindy,"
Editors should be gentlemen.-I
The columns of their papers never
should be defiled with language un-
becoming an honorable man and
we submit, can a true gentleman
make use of language such as is
in the paragraph just
quoted? We doubt it. The idea is
inadmissible. Besides, such Ian
guage is disgusting to all right
minded men, and can be of no poss-
lble interest to any newspaper read
ers. Why will men of intelligence
indulge in such abuse? Don't it !
premise rather a losc order of intel i
let p columbus Gazette.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

Abraham Lincoln used to say the
best story he ever read of himself
was this: Two Quakeresses were
travelling on the railroad, and were
heard discussing the probable term
ination of the war. "I Think" said
the first, "that Jefferson will sue
ceed." "Why does thee think so p
asked the other. "Because Jeffer-
son is a praying man." Sand so is
Abraham praying man." objected
the second. ayes; but the Lord
will think Abraham is joking" the
first replied, conclusively.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

Douglas, and with Mr.. Douglas and
President Buchanan? Mr.. Calhoun
withdrew from President Jackson.
Senator Wade and Mr.. Winter Davis
declared against President Lincoln ;
and how many Senators heartily fa-
vorcd his denomination The di-
plomacy of affecting to like those
who have, as he thinks, DETAINED
him, or that Of trusting those in
whom he has lost confidence, the
President does not possess. 1t may
be his misfortune, but we doubt if
the country will charge it upon him
as fatal fault.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

ROBINS GOMEZ

From the elm trees topmost bough.
Harkl the Robin's-esriy song
Telling one and all that now
Merry Spring time haste4 along:
Welcome tidIngs dost thou bring,
Little harhinger Of Spring,
Robins comsl
OF the winter we are weary,
Weary of its frost and snow,
Longing for the snnshins CHEEKY,
And the brooklet's gurgliny flow;
Gladly then we hear thee sing
The joyful reveille of Spring; tf
..-.- Robins come
Ring 1t out DER hill and plain,
Through the gardens louely bowers,
Till the green leaves dance again,
Till tho air is sweet with fiowersi
Wake the ips by the ri!I,
Wake the yellow daTodill,
Robins come.
Then rs thou vert wont Of yore,
Build thy nest and rear thy young,
Close beside our cottage door.
In the woodbine leaves among,
Hurt or harm thou neei'st not fsar,
Nothing rude shall veHtqre near,
Robins coma.
Singing still in yonder lane,
Robin answers merrily,
Ravished by the sweet refrain,
Alice clasps her hands with glee,
Calling from the open door,
With her soft voice DER and Ger,
Robins come.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

In 1947, Henry Ward Beecher,
then pastor of the Second Presbyte-
rian Church, Indianapolis, on a sal
ary of four hundred dollars, placed
himself in nomination before the
Directory for Presidency of the
Madison and indianapolis Railroad.
On the twenty-seventh ballot the
election resulted in favor of the late
G overnor Brough of Ohio.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

The Norwich Bulletin has the
following: "The other evening a
gentleman gave boot.black five
dollar piece, mistaking it in the dust
for cent. The boy discovered the
error at once and what did the noble
little fellow do? Quietly put it in
his pocket and say nothing? No!
spurred by a better impulse, he call
ed all his comrades and generously
spent every penny of it in peanuts
and lemon beer"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
AtaR r oeeting in gainesville we

AT R. r. meeting in GAINESVILLE, week
before last, the Hon. T. ]. Maginnis said
that two years ago Straitsville consisted
of few log cabins. One year ago four
coal mines were opened there, and from
these mines, during the last year, $685.
900 worth of coal have been taken out
and shipped to different points. Three
other mines have since been opened,
which will yield at least $500, 900 a year.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

The North Carolina Legislature, which
met on the third Monday of November,
has passed a resolution requesting Zeb-
ulon B. Vance to return his credentials
as Senator elect. Should Mr.. Vance ac-
cede to this request the Legislature will
proceed to elect Senator who is not
under the political disabilities imposed
bv the fourteenth amendment to the U.
s. Constitution.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
Select Miscellany.
coUNTRY CHILDREN.

Little fresh yIOIets,
Born in the Wild wood,
sweet!y illustrating
Innocent chilihosd;
Shy as the antelope
Brown a. a berry
Free As the mountain air,
Romping and merry.
Blue eyes and hazel
Peep from the hedges
Shaded By sun .bonnets
Prayed by the edges,
Up in the apple trees,
Needless Of danger,
Manhood in embryo
stares at the stranger.
Ont in the hilly patch,
Seeking the berries
Under the orchard tree
Fenstiug on cherries
Tnampling the clover blossoms,
Down 'mong the grasses,
No voice to hinder them,
Dear lads and lassesI
No grim propriety-
No interdictiou;
Free As the birdlings
From city restriction!
Coming the pureut blood,
Strength ming each muscle,
Donning hsaIIh armor
'Gainst lifc's coming hustle.
Dear little innocents
Born IN the Wild wood;
Oh, that ali little ones
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

When Major Andre was captured
after Benedict Arnold's treason, and
was being taken to headquarters, he
seemed troubled in mind, and
said :-"When 1 was boy in Eng
land, an old woman told my for
tune, and she said l should end my
days OF the gallows. 1 don't know
but 1 am coming to that, after ALL"
One of the men present related this
circumstance to the late Nathaniel
Stevens, of Canaan, N. H., and it is
now first narrated in a Concord
paper.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
Empress Salve.

yE1HIS is a justly celebrated cure for CUTS,
II BURNS and SORES of long standing. As q
dressing for Wounds of every description it il
without a rival.
We have in possession certificates from per-
sons who have cured Sores and Ulcers that failed
to Nield to the most skiilful medical treatment.
No family should be without it.
This il no Patent Medicine, hut il carefully COM
pounded GU scieurihc principles from sneh articles
~ long experience has faught well known for
their healing and soothing qualities.
This Salvs with full directions, is pnt up in tin
boxes each holding one ounce aud sent postpaid on
receipt Of % cents, or ave boxes fer 81 90.
EsfPREss SALvE IL NOT ToR SALE By DRUGGIs7s.
1t can only be had by addressing
JOHNSTON & EINKEAD,
Druggists. Moscow, Clermont Co., o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

Many people like newspapers, but
few preserve them yet the most inter.
esting reading imaginable is file o.
old newspapers; it brings up the very
age of its issue, with all its hustle and
every day affairs, marking its genius
and its spirit, more than the most Ia
bored description of the historian.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
GeopraphicaI Enigma

am composed of 43 letters.
My 43 "a l6 IS is river in Texas.
My % 81 "a Al is a river in Virginia.
My % 32 IS Ii % ss is town in Missouri.
My II 80 SO IA II 2 is town in Mississippi.
NV 42 40 &c 43 is river in Georgia.
My IA % 10 is a river in North Carolina.
My 81 Is 10 I2 26 is a river in New Xork
My 81 90 25 is town in Maine.
My 80 "a IL 81 II 20 is 80 25 10 is one of the s
My l3 is the same as my 80.
My whole is an old saying.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
Rallroad traveling is usually quite de

Railroad travelling is usually quite de-
void of incidents mot always of acci-
dents, the shortness in time of the jour
ney being unfavorable to them. But
when there are delays there may be
events. For instance, it is reported that
on one of the snow bound trains OF the
Union Pacific, which was twenty-four
days between Cheyenne and Ogden,
there were three births, one death, two
cases of smallpox, and the beginning Of
a courtship, which ended in marriage
at San Francisco.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

Miss Annette Cronise, of Tiffin,
who graduated from Heidelberg
College and then studied law one
year, recently applied to the Cover
nor of Ohio for a commission as
notary public. The application was
referred to the Attorneys General,
who expressed the opinion that, un-
der the Constitution and laws of the
State, such a commission cannot be
granted to a woman.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

In recent bull fight at Bilboa, Spain,
n velocipede was substituted for borse
by one of the picadors, with the most
triumphant results. Not once, we are
gleefully told, was this enterprising per-
former forced to dismount, and both
steed and rider came out of the combat
quite unscathed
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

1t is said that iron ore is consti-
tuted of the fossil shields or shells
Of living beings, just as chalk is the
last remains of infusoria. 1t seems
curious that what was once the
breast plate of the earliest living
form should now be nearest the
heart of Gods highest creature.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

There are now 139 small liquor
dealers serving out terms of impris-
onment in Massachusetts. The big
dealers have not yet begun to keep
them company.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
qaB WORLD Is TOO MUCH WITH


The world Is too much with US late and soon,
Getting and spending we lay waste our powers
Little We see in Nature that ia ours;
We have given our hearts away, sordid boon !
This sea that bures her bosom TO the moon,
The winds that will be howliDg at all hours,
And are up-gathered npw like sleeping flowers !;
For this, for everything, We are out ofIuHs;
It moves not. Great God I'd ratherLe
A pagan suckled in a creed Outworn,
SO might 1, standing ON this pleasant loa,
Have elimpsos that would make me less forlorn
Have sight Of Proteus rising from the sea,
Or hear old Triton blow his wrssthed horn.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

The Atlantic and Great Western
Railroad, in New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio, has been consoli,
dated under one organization, with
Gen. Mcclellan for President.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

The Probate Judge of Belmont county,
issued a marriage license to a Mr.. Bran
don, who is the 28th son of his father,
and there are five sons younger than he
is. Thirty-three children in one family,
and all males! The father had three
wives.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

Brig. Gen. w. w. Burns, one of tn
most gallant soldiers of the war, has re-
covered $4,000 from the Government
as royalty upon his patent known as the
Sibley tent.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
viii of a Virginia Union Man.

Will of a Virginia Union Man.
The Richmond Journal of March 9th
contains the following curious extract
from the will of the late Horace L. Kent
lately a resident of that city:
To my daughter -, who has done
so much to ALLEVIATE my affections, but
whom I still deeply and tenderly love,
give as an evidence of the beauties Of
her doctrines of secession and rebellion
doctrines and aims which have reduced
me from affluence to beggary, and as
she yet thinks perhaps that The Lost
Cause will be regained, she may think
my bequest as valuable, more so, posi-
bly,, than the same amount given in
Yankee securities. 1 give her the fol-
lowing, viz: Twenty-Five Confederate
bonds of X. P. & Co., S25, 1000; eighteen
servants emancipated by secession, S10,-
600; insurance and bank stocks, SI5,-
900 all my claims against the so-called
Confederate Government for the wan
ton, cruel and wicked destruction of my
property on the Sd of April, 1865, $780,
600. Icould continue the list to the ex.
tent of more than half million ol
dollars, hut the above will suffice. She
will see what the effect Of secession has
been, but for which could have left
all my children a handsome compe.
tency.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02
ACoIored Magistrate.

At the charter election in Jersey City
colored man named Aldridge poIlet
next to the highest vote cast, as one o
the four Justices of the Peace. This is
the first colored justice ever elected il
New Jersey.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

Look out for travelling peddlers. They
are on the wing and offer great bargains.
Don't be swindled by them. If you
want goods of any kind buy of RESPONSE
BILE parties.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-02

There is rumor that the story of
Charles Dickens life will be re-edited
from family sources in "All the Year
Round," which periodical is owned by
the eldest SON