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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
Hard Times and What Causes
Them.


We are fast becoming a nation OF
F. .schemers to live without genuine
work. Our boys are not learning
trades our farmers sons are crowd.
ing into cities, looking for clerk
ships and post Offices, hardly one
American girl in each hundred will
do house work for wages, however
urgent her need ; so we are sending
to Europe for workmen, and buying
.Of her artisans millions worth of
products that we ought to make for
ourselves. Though our crop of ras-
Gals is heavy, we do not grow our
own hemp though we are overrun
with lads who deserve hageIlation,
we import our willows. Our wo-
men (unless deceived) shine in Eu-
ropean fabrics; our men dress in
foreign clothes, the toys which
.amuse our younger children have
generally reached US over the sea.
We are like the farmer who hires
his neighbours sen to chop his wood,
feed his stock and run his errands,
while his own boys lounge at the
grog-sbOp, playing billiards, and
then wonders why, in spite of his
best efforts, he sinks annually deep.
er and deeper into debt, till the sher-
if cleans him out, and he starts
West to begin again.
We must turn over a new leaf.
Our boys and girls must be taught
to live by qualifying themselves to
do it efficiently. We must turn out
fewer professionals and more skilled
artisans, as well as food growers.
We must grow and fabrieate two
hundred millions worth per annum,
that we import, and so reduce the
foreign debt that we have so long
and so successfully augmented year
by year. We must qualify our boys
to erect and run factories, furnaces.
rolling-mills, tanneries, machine
shops, &C.; to open and work mines,
improve and fashion implements,
and double the present product of
their fathers farms. So shall we
stem the tide Of debt that sets stead
ily against our shores, and cease to
be visited and annoyed by hard
times.-[ Exchange.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
Fact and Foam.

A tight ft-The delirium ire
mems. .. s-# ee.usa
Sure way to turn peoples heads
Go late 10 church.
Clergymen, like brakemen, do a
good deal of coupling.
Perfumed gloves are the latest
fashionable novelty in that line.
SMALLPOX" "Vaccinate, " is the
general cry all over the State.
Some one wants to know what
becomes Of the bits Of a wOman's
mind.
Every one Of the San Francisco
daily papers has a libel suit on
hand.
The latest thing out in New York
is the gas,-according to the Golden
Age.
The scarlet fever has been raging
fearIuIly in the towns of Gena and
Kingston. .lf
A bad marriage is like an electric
machine-makes you dance, bat you
can't let go.
ana, Why don't you speak?" ask
ed little Jake. "Wby don't you
say su'thin funny ?"
ga lot Of the prettiest little collins
for Christmas you ever saw" was a
Kentucky advertisement.
Mrs. Partington says she does
wish they would hurry up and pass
the silver service bill in Washing
ton. s..-. .-- ....
An Indianian who hadn't whole
pair of boots or trousers received
three silk hats on Christmas.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
Matched WIIIn Dispatch.

a bully boy in Columbiana cOun-
ty courted a girl for a week. Know
ing that procrastination was the
thief of time, he got a can of oysters
aud a license, invited the justice to
his fair ones house at eight o'clock,
and then went, popped the question,
was accepted, pulled out his docu-
ment, and informed the maiden that
the Squire would be there at eight.
She pleaded delay: he couldn't see
it. Her silk dress wasn't made.
Calico would do. There was nc
stove in the west parIor. Of coat,
and in ten minutes there was a fire
roaring. The Squire came, the job
was fixed and the new made wife
cooked the oysters.-TPatriOt.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
COlored Men Remember 1t

COIOred Men Remember 1t!
The colored people of the country
should remember that the Cincinnati
Enquirer, in referring to the death Of
Governor Dunn, of Louisiana, used this
language: "It is the necessity Of the
Republican party to go cropping about
in the kitchens and at the -corn-shuck-
fngs where statesmen of this breed un-
bend" According to the Louisville
Courier-Journal, Governor Dunn, al
though once a slave, haG more good
sense, more dignity, and more sense of
propriety than has the editor of the En-
quirer. The same spirit that sneered at
Abraham Lincoln because he was a self
made man, rules in this sneer at Cover
nor Dunn. And this spirit is the party
spirit of the Democratic organization,
and that it is auti-American need scarce
Iy be said. The Democratic party gave
all its strength TO crush the colOred peO-
pie, used its power to keep them down,
and now refuse to accord any merit to
them, and refuses to encourage them in
well doing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
Wonderful Improvement ia
Firearms.

"That's a pretty solid piece Of
of oak" said General Leggett, the
Commissioner of Patents, picking
up a stick eighteen inches thick,
through which there was a small
and remarkably clean cut bole.-
"That hole was made by rife ball,
and after making the hole as you
see it here, the ball went through
eight pine planks, in all nine inches
thick. The oak, you see, has
knot; when the ball came to that, it
was turned about ten degrees from
a straight line, and went straight on
through the pine" This illustrates
one of the most recent and, at the
same time, most wonderful improve
ments in firearms. The rifle from
which the ball having such wonder
ful force was fred, is supplied with
extra chambers ranged all along
the barrel, which are loaded and
explode one after another as the
ball, having received its first i'm
pulse, passes them. It is estimated
that q ball shot from one of these
rifles would go at least p miles, if
it met with no obstacles. Expert
ments with heavy artillery operat-
ing upon this principle have been
made in England, and the results
indicate a probability of extensive
changes in the construction Of large
guns.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
Select Miscellany.
THE REWARD.


Ri sOhh o. WHITFIELD
Who, looking backward from his manhood prim
Sees not the spectre OF his mlsspent lifs2
And through the shade
OF funeral cypress, planted thick behind,
Hears no reproachful whisper on the wind
From his loved dead
Who bears no trace Of passions evil face7
Who shuns thy sting, o terrible remOrse9
Who does not cast
On the thrOngsd pages OF his memory's book
At times a sad and half-reiuctant look,
ReEretful Of the past
Alas the evil which we fain would shuR
We do, and leave the Sished-for good undonci
Our strength to-day
Is but to-morrow's weakness, prone to falls
Poor, blind, Improbable servants all
Are We AWAY.
Yet who, thus looking backward DER his years,
Feels not his eyelids wet with grateful tears,
If he hath been
Permitted, weak and sinful as he was,
To cheer and aid IN some ennobliug cause
His fellow men9
II ne hhth hiuueh tAe OutSasts OF iet IN
A ray Of sunshine 70 the cell Of sin
II be bath lent
Strength to the weak, and in an hour Of need,
Over the suffering, mindless Of his creed
Or homo, hath bent;
He hiss not lived in vain. Aud while he gives
The praise to Him in whom he moves and lives,
With thankful heart
He gaEes backward, and with hope before,
Knowing that from His works he never more
Can Lenceforth part.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
Enigma.

ply first is in tape, but not in striag,
Ny second Is in bracelet, bnt not in ring, .a
My third is in snow, but not in ice,
My fourth Is In rats, but not in mice,
by fifth is in brass, but not in tin,
Ny sixth is in guilt, but not in sin,
Ny seventh is in horse, but not in pig,
Ny eighth is in small, but not in big,
Ny ninth is in pie, but not in cake,
Ny tenth Is in hoe, bu. not In rake,
Ny whole is som sthing liked by all,
Gladly welcomed by great and small.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

A BOYS COMPOSITION ON STICKS.
There are a great many kinds of
sticks in the world, some big and
some little. Some are sticky, and
some are not. There are large sticks
Of wood, and that is one kind of
sticks; and there are little bits Of
sticks, and that is another kind of
sticks. Some people when they are
handling money, it sticks to their
pockets, so that is another kind Of
stick. Sometimes when a boy is
doing an example he gets stuck, and
that is another kind of stick. Some
times when a horse is going along
in muddy weather he gets stuck in
the mud, and that is another kind of
stick. That is all can think of
now, so that IS another stick.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
COnundrums.

What would pig DO who wished to build himself
habitalf9n 'Tis.a knot in his tail and callit 8
pigs tie.
nsst2 Ecue; they are all carried t, it.
Why Is a new horn babe like tie relief Of Luck
now' Because it's the long expects sueksrt
Can anything that Il Ialsful be blessing? Yes,
bale fuH Of s0srou, .....
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

THINGS YET UNKNOWN.-The girl
whose waist has ever been encOm-
passed by an arm Of the sea.
The COW that had calves on her
legs. @
The barber who was requested to
shave the beard Of an oyster.
The vocalist who has ever been at
tentively listened to by an ear Of
corn.
The man who has ever been
pushed by a shoulder Of mutton.
The individual who was ever
seen by the eye of a potato.
Anybody unlueIzy enough tc be
abused by the mouth of any river.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

Send your little child to bed hap
py. Whatever cares press, give it
warm goodnight kiss, as itgOes to
its pillow. The memory Of this, in
the stormy years which fate may
have in store for the little one, will
be like Bethlehem's star TO the be-
wildered shepherds. "My father
ny mother loved mep' Fate can
not take away that blessed heart
balm. Lips parched with the
worlds fever will become dewy
again at this thrill ofyouthful mem
orics. Kiss your little child before
it goes to sleep !-[Sel.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
TO-DAY's BLESSINGS.

Strange We never prized the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird had flown;
Strange that we should slight tho viclsts
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange, that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one half so fair
As when Winters snowy pinions
Shake their white down in the air.
Lips from which the seal OF silence
None but God can roll away
Never bios5omsd fu such beauty
As adOrns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume,
Come to US in sweetsr accents
Through the portals Of the tomb.
Let Us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chat,
let us End our sweetest comfort
In the blessings Of to-day,
With apatient hand removing
All the briars from our way.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

The Philadelphia Post tells a sto-
ry of one. John Henry Boreaf, of
that city, who was stricken with
smallpox. He was engaged TO a
Miss Mary E. Ewing, and she in
sisted on marrying him to nurse
him. No clergyman would per-
form the ceremony, so articles Of
agreement were drawn. up. Both
died Of the smallpox.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
Youths Department.

saO-orginal Enigmas, Charades, Problems, etc,
are respectfully solicited. The answers must al
ways accompany them, together with the real name
0f the writer. ... e..
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
Problem

How many yards long Is the radius Of circle
whose center being taken in the circumference Of
smother circle containing one acre, shall cut on
half of its contertsg w. B. SMITH.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

"Rick obs, rves that the only
remedy he ever took, upon the
homeopathic principle, was when
he married his second wife to kin
the ilI-efects Of the FIRST.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

"ralking Of the wal, " says Pat
Murphy, ''hOw horrible it Is to hear
the stAed groans of the dying, to-
gether with the shrieks of the
dead!'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

An Indiana editor announces ;
sWe leave tomorrow for the eoun-
ty hog show, and hope to take the
pFize?7 ...
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

Ladies who wear silk hose and
pretty embroidered silk Oxford ties
in the house do not mind If their
dress is a little short in front.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

A young candidate for the legal
profession was asked what he should
first do when employed to bring an
action. "Ask for money on ac-
count" He passed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

A young man who keeps a colleo-
ton of locks of hair Of his lady
friends, calls them his hair-breadth
escapes.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

A large roll of unpaid bills in his
breast pocket saved the life Of a
FIoridian from the knife of an as
sassin.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
singnIar YeatllerP Phenomena.

The majority OF the people regard
cold weather as belonging to the North,
and warm weather to the South. Cen
orally speaking, this is true; yet
there are some notable exceptions, one
or two of which are worthy of mention.
During the late cold snap, the thermom'
eter at Virginia City, (Montana Terri
tory,) showed a temperature of from
forty to forty-three degrees; at Mem
phis, Tennessee, it stood at twelve de-
grees 3 st. Paul, in the same latitude as
Virginia City, was nineteen degrees.
The isothermal lines make great dips
sometimes, and this is one of them.
This part of Montana has a delightful
climate, so mild and equable that the
cattle feed in the open air all winter.
It is one of the northern-mOst Terrific
ries in the United States.-rIronton Reg.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

A drunken man in Mobile laid
down on a pile Of hay in a barn, lit
his pipe, and the coroner held an
inquest over the charred remains
the next morning.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

1t is New Years Day all the time
with Mrs. O'Leary, she of the COW,
in Chicago. She has about 500 calls
day. ! aE's. -.t H.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
M Hatin- the historian

Mr.. Hatin, the historian Of the
press in France, estimates the total
number of newspapers in the world
at l2, 500, and the average number
of sheets issued daily at $4,000, ,OOO
Europe has about 1000 journals
America 5000, and the remaining
500 are divided between Asia, Aus
tralia, Africa and other outlying
regions on the outskirts of civiliza
ton.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
CORNER HIGH AND SHORT STS.,
HILLsBoROUGH, OHIO,

HILLSBOROUGH, OHIO,
E zt
With shanks Of steel and fancy toe,
Our French Calf Boots are all the go.
or the best stock they are mnds.it's true, 1E
By hrst-class workmeR at the Golden Shoe.
II you call on us before yOn bnys i-- d
We will ct you to an Oxford Tie,
They win ease your eorns apd bunions too
Ifyou have them made az the Golden Shoe.
We make every style to ft the foot,
Webster Tie or Congress Boot,
in this county there are but few,
That can beat the style Of the Golden Shoe.
And Ladies, too, II you give rs a call
We will ht your foot whether large or small,
And about the price we'll make no ado,
For We are selling cheap at the Golden Shoe.
Our French Kid Boots arc very nice,
They are hiEh iVHtyls, tVttoEin Pricee,s
And for ready cash, EstEecn Us and you,
You will find cheap goods at the Golden Shoe.
Our store Is small, but our stock Is nice,
Of any style you cnb have your cariee,
IT on the shelves there's none that will do,
You can have them made at the Golden Shoe.
II your Boots are worn at the hcel or toe,
To he G0ideu Shoe is the place to 20;
We will make them look as coed as new,
II you leave them IN at the Golden Shoe.
uillssoro, Sept Z, IsTl. seP7
ees sc stsl-1 1-szt- s4-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

A queer old gentleman being ask
ed what he wished for dinner re-
Piled can appetite, coed company,
something to eat, and a napkin"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

A bare-footed, bare-headeds little
boy, astonished a worshiping con-
gregation a few Sundays ago by
rushing into the church and ex-
claiming. "Where's my papa Z
The pigs are out" ..s
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
ElIicOtt House,
Main Street, HilIsbOrO, 0.
ENLARGED and REFITTED.
A, I. COOK, Proprietor.

WUAVING recently released this old established
HE Hotel, which has been enlarged by the addi-
, zion Of about % new aud c0mmOdiOus rooms, and
having fitted up the ssme with new furniture and
all the modern conveuences, am now prepared to
accommodate the public with the best Of fare and
comfortable lOdgings, aud will spare no pains to
give salts siaction to all Who favor me with their
patronage.
Extensive StabIng attached to the House. -.5
B8-Superior accommodations for Wedding Par
/ ties A. 7. COOK.
] FHiIlJborO, April, 1871. aP27tf
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25
GBe DpBIano 9sas.
y. Il. no 0ARDNEA AN
EDITOR AND PROPRIBTOR-
TERMs-3TniI Subscribers.

rFlCE-Coasr of Main and Shor Streets, Opposite
New Town Hall.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-25

An Indianian who hadn't whole
pair of boots or trousers received
three. silk hats on Christmas.
, 1872-10-17

From the Cincinnati Commercial.
4 Greeley and Brown meeting was held in
Clifton Hall on Friday evening last, of which
no fair report has been published i'll the news-
papers. It Was OF so peculiar character, how
ever, that some account Of it will be read with
interest; even at this late day.
Isaac II. Jordan and Theodore Cook. Eena..
were the announced speakers. The hall was Iii.
ed, and after organization Alr. Jordan led OH in
an effective speech Of an hour or more. At
its conclusion, there were calls for Mr. Cool
who rose to his feet and remarked, in substance
that in q neighborhood meeting. Of this charac-.
ter he thought it would not be improper to hear
both sides Of the question discussed, and, as he
saw the Hon. Richard Smith was present, he for
one would like to hear from him.
The suggestion pleased the audience and the
calls for Mr. Smith we're SO loud and pressing
that he finally stood up, and said apologetically
that he had not come preparedto to make speech
but, if the audience would excuse him, lie would
read one which had been delivered some time
ago, and was pertinent now. Thoreupon he be-
gan the reading Of speech in fierce donuncia-
tion Of the Democratic party, and at it's conclu-
zion quietly remarked: Ladies and gentlemen,
hare read to you the oninion which Horace
, 1872-10-17

effected complete consolidation Of the two
companies, eharo for share, or On absolute sale
and CONVEYANCE Of tho one to the other. As it
seems to your Directors to be advisable that 3
union of the stock and property Of the two COM
panies should be consummatcd, substantially on
tile basis and plan herein recommended, as soon
as practicable, they have called meetings Of the
stockholders Of the respective companies to be
convened pursuant to the notice, q copy Of
which is herewith inclosed; and it is
hoped and believed that the stockholders
wifi deem the matter Of sufficient i'm
portance to command their prompt atten-
ton and assent to be Eignifed by themselves in
person at such respective meetings, or BY, a
proxy in suitable form for that purpose to be
eigned and forwarded as soon ag may be-.
The stockholders Of the Chicago, Burlington
d Quincy Railroad Company are requested to
send their proxies to A. r. Hall. Treasurer Of
that Company, at Chicago, Ill; and those
Of the Burlington & Missouri River Rail
road Company to G. Z. Perkins, Superintendent,
at Burlington, Iowa.
Signed by the Directors of both roads.
4 call has also been issued for q meeting OF
the stockholders On the 9th of December next,
to take action in the matter The President Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy thinks there
can be no doubt Of the result as the consolida-
tion is go manifest1v for the advantage Of both
corporations.