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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
Practice Makes Perfect.

Mr.. Bessemer, giving evidence before
a committee of the Society of Arts, the
other day, said: 81 have observed the
sleigbt-of-hand that men acquire in va
rious mechanical arts where they have
a certain thing to do and that only it
is really marvellous how, in three or
four weeks, a man will do with ease
what would have been pronounced an
utter impossibility. Take, for example,
the forging of steel. A man will take a
bar of steel, which has to be forged into
an octagon shape, and he will pass it
under a heavy hammer, striking about
500 blows a minute, and will turn it
exactly one-eighth of revolution at
each stroke, and the whole of the bar
is forged with the greatest exactitude,
though he has to alter the angle every
3OOth part of minute"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
A Hazardous Step!

The Lexington Gazette record:
with melancholy satisfaction the fol.
lowing curious coincidence, in proof
of the danger to which men expose
themselves when they stop theil
newspaper subscriptions. 1t says:
"Fourteen subscribers, in the last
six months, took up the strange no.
ton that they could get along with.
out the Gazette. We knew it was a
hazardous step. However, as 1t was
at their own risk, and we had
doubled over and over again each
one by new names, we quit sending
the papers.
"The sequel is melancholy and
remarkable. Nearly one-third have
died Two or three have been
crippled. Others seeing how it was
asked US to begin again"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
Breeches for the TOngs,

The women have to submit to large
share of ridicule for their folly in dress
and, when opportunity offers, it is no
less than fair that the sterner sex
should get rap now and then. The
large-limbed, brawny men of the West
have little sympathy with the Sybaritic
followers of fashion in the East and,
as an instance, Detroit man, who had
contributed a bundle of his cast-off
clothing for the relief of the victims of
the Minnesota fire, received from one of
the sufferers the following note: "The
committy man gave me amongst other
things wat he called pare of pants,
and It would make me pant sure to wear
'em. 1 found your name an where you
live on one of the pokits. My wife laffed
so when 1 shoed 'em to her that thot
she would have a conipshun fit. She
wants to 20 if there lives and brethes a
man who has legs no bigger than that.
She sed if there was he orter to be taken
up for vagrinsy for havin' no visible
means of support. coldent get 'em on
my oldest boy, so L used 'em for gun
cases. If you have another pare to
spare my wife wood like to get 'em to
hang by the side ov The fire-plase to put
the tongs in."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

1t is rather hard on poor fellow to
be forced to pay large bill for having
his life saved, when he preferred to
have it lost, and did his best to get rid
of it. A rashly importunate individual
in Iowa City, who was weary of breath,
attempted lately to put stop to it by
cutting his throat, and opening the ar
teries of his wrists. Two or three doc
tors got hold of him, however, stitched
him up, and forced him to live, and
then added insult to injury by present
ing heavy bill. The courts have fore
ed him to pay it, too, with costs, about
three hundred dollars in all, which is
more than his funeral would have cost.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

Why was the first day of Adams life long one
Because it had no Eve.
What grows bigger the more you contract it,
Debt.
When is a small baby like big banker' When
he is a wro;h child.
When is sailor like plank? When he il
aboard.
To what color does flogging change boys com
pIexion? 1t makes him yell o.!
Why can persons occupied in canning fruit stcrC
away more of it than anybody else Because they
can.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
A Mouse Afflicted with Small
POX.

On Friday evening a lady entered
the drug store of DR.. Edward Lind
ridge, on Hudson avenue, near
Sands street, Brooklyn, and placed
a live mouse on the counter. The
little animal had a very sore head,
and the Doctor was asked if he
knew what the matter was. He
was also informed that it had been
brought from the tenement house,
156 Hudson avenue, near York st.,
where there had been several cases
of smallpox. After examining the
mouse he found that it was covered
with sores. He sprinkled some dis
injecting powder over it, and in a
short time it died. 1t was then
dissected, and a clear case of the
smallpox in its worst form was re-
vealed. The remains were inclosed
in a glass jar, and are to be sent to
the hospital for further examination,
as it is believed to be the first case
of the kind ever heard of.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
How Did He Care for Them i?
[From the Indianapolis Journal


He played with the boys some
times, and 1 think was fonder OF
snow balling than any other game.
For girls, as girls, he never mani
tested any preference. - TParton's
Life of Greeley.
If he didn't care for girls as girls,
will Mr.. Parton be good enough to
explain upon what ground he cared
for them at all? Most young men
care for girls only as girls. They
wouldn't give cent for a girl as a
boy, or as anything but a girl.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

A Lafayette (Ind. man advertises
a bundle which he found in the
street, and which consisted of sever
al newspapers, three pair of old
hose, two "quilted" petticoats
(nearly wOrnout), two old slouch
hats, a pair of top boots, a bunch of
hay, piece of stair carpet, and a
cord about three feet long. The
cord passed through the centre of
the bundle, which, when found, had
convex and a concave surface,
somewhat resembling one-half of a
round bushel basket, and as the two
ends of the cord were tied together,
he thinks the bundle has been used
as a poultice or something.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
Miss NelIogg.s "Repertoire.' 81

Miss MelIOgg's "IsepertOire."
An Ohio journalist read in another
paper a statement to the effect that
"AIiss Kellogg has larger repertoire
than any other living prima DONNA"
and he considered it his duty as a
champion of the truth 10 sit down and
write an article upon the subject, in
which he said ave do not of course
know how Miss Kellogg was dressed
when she appeared in other cities but
upon the occasion of her last perform
ance here we are positively certain her
repertoire did not seem to extend so far
out as either Nilsson's or PATHS. 1t
may have been that her overskirt was
cut too narrow to permit of its being
gathered into such lump behind, or it
may have been that it had been crushed
down accidentally; but the fact re-
mains that both of Miss Kellogg's rivals
wore repertoires of a much more ex-
travagant size-very much to their dis
credit we think" 1t is real sad about
this man. You will perceive that he
cherishes the somewhat melancholy de-
lusion that repertoire is some kind Of
hustle. We have nothing to say upon
the subject. 1t is too painful.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
Select Miscellany.
Tending the Hens,

Matilda, jest you mind them hens,
And shoe 'em out away from here;
They're scratching all the garden up;
Why, Tildy's gone wal, wal, that's quee
She hain't contrary, as a rule,
And gently obeys my will;
But, though she heard me, of she put
Why, there's Lorenzo PettinginI
He's met her, and she's stopped to talk
Them hens will eat up every thing;
He's wanting her to take a walk
Wal, tits quits nice to walk in spring.
He took her hand come, that won't do
She seems to stand uncommon still;
I'd better let them know I'm round
Good evening, Mr.. Pettingilll
He don't mind melt amt 10 use
All, Wal, my time has come and gone!
But then, I'd RELY no idee
How Tidy was a gettin' on.
These gals grow mp, and pretty soon
They lay us old ones on the shelf;
Lorenzo is a smart young man
guess Ill tend them hens myself.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

It is quite astonishing to see how
sturdy John Bull is beginning to
stand aside and give place to Mrs.
John. In many cases he only gives
a little step to one side, struggling
up his tough hide meantime, as
though only troubled by naughty
fly, but frequently the movement is
something more gracious, of which
the following is a specimen "The
London Spectator is strongly in fa-
vor of woman's university in En-
gland. 1t thinks that on many of
the most delicate questions of mod
ern civilization we need the fine
Judgment of educated women"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

There is a curious Chinese proverb
which says: "In cucumber field do
not stoop to tie your shoe, and under a
plum tree do not wait to settle your cap
on your head;" which means, if you dc
some one may think you are stealing
the cucumbers or the plums. Never
forget that the Apostle says: "Abstain
from all appearance of evil"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
Civilization is making some head

Civilization is making some head
way among the Indians. On many
reservations the courting of wives is
carried on and the marriage ceremo-
ny is performed before missionary
or an Indian agent, and the we'd
ding certificate is taken, framed and
preserved carefully. Only one wife
is allowed, and no price is demand
ed by the parent or given by the
husband.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

TO GENERAL GRANT.

Not yet, o, heart Of steel,
They have not crushed thee yet
To-day mighty people, tried and leal,
Again declare that they cannot forget
A righteous debt.
Thank God for victory
Our prayers were not in vain.
Strong in our faith, we only asked that he
Who led our rsuks on many Southern plain
Might lead US once again.
For we have proved him true
Alike in war and peace.
An honest man-one of the noble few
Who work that public virtue may increase,
And black corruption cease.
With coming victory
May all dissensions cease
No faltering now ! Our watch-word still shall be
Those words which cannot die till time shall cease
"Let us have Peace ~
Caldwell, O.. June, 1872.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
SONG.
BIZ WILLIAM ALLIEGHAM.

BIZ WILLIAM ALLIEGHAM.
o, spirit OF the summer time
Bring back the roses to the dells;
The swallow from her distant CLINE,
The honey from drowsy cells.
Bring back the friendship Of the sun ;
The gilded evenings calm snd late,
When merry children homeward run,
And peeping stars bid lovers wait.
Bring back the singing; and the seen
OF meadow-lands at dewy prime;
o bring again my hearts content,
Thou spirit of the summnr-timei
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

That eminent reformer, Gratz
Brown, is cousin of that other en-
inent reformer, Frank Blair. Blair
goes back home to the Democracy
four wears in advance of Brown.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

An unfortunate Swedish sailor gave
a rare proof of presence of mind at De-
trcit recently. He was aloft, and fell a
distance of hundred feet, probably ia.
tally injuring him, and while on his
terrible descent shouted to those below
to "look out" He deserved a better
fate,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
Geographical Enigma.

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MY 10 is one of the United States.
NV 10 II 10 is river in Ohio.
NV IL 6I 4 2 is a town in Ohio.
NV 9 l is a cape in South America.
NV IL g 3 8 II is a peninsula in Asia.
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

"Come where my love lies dream
ing" says an up country swain
''and see how she looks with the
paint off,"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
Problem.

grandfather, father and son meeting at taV-
err drank the amount Of $50. The grandfather
agrees to pay one. half the father one-third, and
the son one-fourth (; how much must they severally
nav?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04
Youths Department.

R5-orignal Enigmas, Charades, Problems, etc.
are respectfully solicited. The answers must al
ways accompany them, together with the realname
of the writer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

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RiRgworms, Chatting and skin dis
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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-12
Another Valuable TnyCR-
ti0R.

Gates BACK.SUCTIJE PE.TEEUO2 FOR
OIL WELLS, patented Auau-s l5 1871. which en-.
tle.y prevents The ingross Of airin ilwclls, willie
the tubing Is being drawn. Itisaw.ll known fact
TO oil operators that upon wells vhole Gas Pumps
are used it Is ucressn to preserve as nearly per-
fcct vacuum as possible and thot no air should be
let into tic well, a any timc when it Gun possibly
he avoided; consequently, whenever tho tubing is
drawn f. NJ well it is the cause Of aralt injury TO
it, as the stuiins box, being then nccs- -sary o0en
ed the air immediately PUSHES back between tAe
tubing and casing into the well going into the oil
rock and cas VEINS, and orsccue1ty causin.. the
oil and eas to Iil-h b1cl, to a great distanc. SO
much so thot it almost always takes several dlys
after pumping is Resumed for well to be brought
back 70 IFS former condition. and oftcntImc5 it takes
sevcSll weel and quite frequently wells have been
almost c1mpet y ruined BY Ito air being thus let
in while drawing tubing
Tile BACK.SUCrIoN PREVEETlR Is attached
20 the Stating box and works N such way that If
completely shuts up the space between the stufirr
box and tubing e1ectraliy that not a pariicle OF
air can get through at any time while The tubing is
being drawn and replaced. Itsupplies want long
felt and *, without question: one Of the most val
liable inventions Of the DAY, to tho crg oed in tle
oil business No well should be without II. IA il of
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t. 1t is manufactured at the FOUNDRY AND
! MACHINE SHOP OF ANDREWS q co, TIpT-
QUITE, FA and for 81 c by Hardware Dealers.
! -ldl3u'e' Pa. March -. 1879 --taw 3m
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-12
HART. PEEElNs ~ Co.


o., yEiUrPH, Jan. 81, 1S.2
NEssHs. ANDREWS q Co.-llq,i"e thnrorgh'y
,e''ei he utility of Gates BhCE SCCrIUN
Fbh&"NFOR, We consider them uGc Of the most
useful Inventions eyer m0Gc for oil wells. and we
uiun we are ca able of igd-i Q Of them, ha,lnr
't'' on our wells We can now aw bire, and
Whtn tArr replaced tho wells produce the same
H. hcoic drawing thus showing tlot The Pr.v,Tt,r
oaecna'ly prevents al! il lr,ss Of air.
ACU's respectfully.
BACON G TIGNrY
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-10
The 3lih ef October.

A funny scene occurred in the Hooking Coun-
ty Court of Common Pleas some years ago, Judge
Z. presiding.
set M an abb in defense. The defendants main
witness was old farmer named Buchanan. lie
claimed the prisoner in his employ at the
time the horse stolen, nearly a hundred miles
distant, and consequently he could not be guilty
The stealing was done on the 18th OF October,
and Buchanan had his shook" Of accounts III
court to refresh his memory. Mr. s., who re-
presented the State, knowing the witness was
both INSCRIPTIONS, and ignorant, concluded to
test his knowledge of dates, and cross examined
in this wise:
Attorney s.-You say that Mr.. Ellis plowed for
you all day ON the 18th Of October. w..
Witness@I e.erring to his book les.
S-What did he do on the 30thf
Vile chopped wood.
Son the 3lstf
What was Sunday, and We went squirrel
hunting.
S.-What did he do on the 32nd'
Vie harrow ed in wheat that day.
S.-What did he do on the 33rdf
VT was raining, and he shaved out some
S.-What did he do on the 34th'
Vile chopped cord wood
S.-What did he do no the
But before the question could be finished, Bu-
chauap's wife cleared the railing in front of the
Judges seat seized Is. by the collar, and whiskcd
him oufside of the "bar, yelling in his afrighted
.You blasted old fool. don't you know that
there are only thirty-one days in the month OF
OctoberW
Ellis attempt at an abb failed, might natu-
rally be inferred.
An examination of Buchanan's book, showed
that there were entries made after the 2Sth of
October and that he had been drawing on his
imagination as TO the work done on each day
Nor" in 1merican Pioneer
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-10
Toe Much Widowered.

A Western Snowman was exhibiting giantess
who kept the scales in the vicinity of six hundred
pounds. She was like heavenly pastures, large
and fair" and proved very profitable card. In
order that these voluminOus and profitable charms
should not be sequest' rel f,on HIM, the Snowman
secured life interest in them by marriage.
Unfortunately the bride sickened even unto
death. and council Of hysicians declared her
covery impossible. The disconsolate Snowman
wandered ont of the village where " unmerciful
disaster" had overtaken him, aud leaning a
fence, gave way TO food of tears. sympathe-
tic bystander, learning the cause Of his grief at
tempted consolation by depicting what the fu-
ture might have i'm store for him. "Oh, said
the pseudo widower, "that is all very well, but
the thing that worries me is what am to do
now. You see she's so big that I'm pestered to
know whether I'd better coax her into grave
yard to die, or get up tro erpensire faRerais.'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-10

There is common notion among farmers and
others having the care of horses, that when kept
up and fed mostly on hay, they should not be al
lowed TO eat grass. The reason must commonly
given is, that it will make them soft, and throw
them out of condition for severe work, and give
them distaste for hay and more solid food. This
opinion is held by many professional trainers
We think this mistake There can he M
doubt that grass is the natural food Of the horse
for it is cooling, and slightly msdicinal-keeping
the bowels open, sharpening the appetite-and
hence healthfnl. This is evident from the fact
that If the animal is aing, there is nothing that
will so surely promote digestion, and remove all
tendency to fever in the system rs green grass.
short nip at the grass daily, for horse that
Is Kept mp, Is beneicial and there need he no fear
tnat ne Will lose in condition from it, or fail
either IN speed or strength. No farmer should
dePrve his horse Of grass in its season. 1t isSiot
only the cheapest but the best food he can have.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-10-10
" That's . Mas"

A farmer in Illinois had a neighbor across the
the Wabash, in Indiana who was keeping pau
per on contract ut his house. In the corn hoeing
season the Illinois man sometimes borrowed his
neighbors pauper to help in the cornfeld. Bill
Turner had pauper working for him, and none
W the people In the neighborhood had ever seen
pauper, they were anxious to get peep at him.
Consequently some twenty of them joined togetb-
er one day, armed with their shotguns and rifles,
and went over 10 Turner's to the strange crea-
ture. They got cautiously over the fence, and
came to where the men were working.
"Bill,' said Silas Brown, their spokesman, y
"weve heard that you've got pauper working
for you, and we'd like to See it,"
Bill thereupOn pointed out the object Of their
curiosity. The visitor walked around the aston
ished pauper, and silently surveyed him from
every point of view. At last Silas spoke.
"LOok here, Bill Turner" said he, lyon can't
fool us; that's a man"
We wish all those in charge of charitable in
situations had the same idea about panpers as
Silas had.-Hedrfh and Home.