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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07
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Come 10 tb~ premises ofthe Subssr,hsr a.
Bdugbton Switch. vensngo Co., Ps., 90 n,
s2d Of November last. . bay gliding, Atom,
four yesr. Old, fourteen hands high, vhite
stripe on head. white left bind loot sIss,
eye. The owner BY proving properly snd
paying chufges can take bin.
10. G. ". FARRAP
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07

Nsrr,a Hsrsou, the clothisr, has just rev
esiysd nss invoice OF goods consisting Of
Ailtsa 0vs'sossa something new, csats,
,ssss, psn,s. aad . foil line Of gents. fur
Aishing goods. Hs 10 selling them cheap.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07
CIGARS

Lovers Of good cigars viii Hnd s.vrrs, A..
tirsly new brand', never before iuirodn esd,
In this place, At the Post Once News Rot ~
They are warranted pure Havnnns
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07

0Ths Venango County Teachers Institute,
meets st ,tssnkIin, on Monday next Il
will be uodsr charge OF Prof. Mcclure, Of
this place, county Superintendent. oischosls
A large number Of pro,niusn! friends OF sdu'
cation from abroad will be present. Tssch'
ers OF this place vill.sl DO Ia attendance.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07
A lamp sxple edsd last ni.ht In the uppel

A lamp exploded last night Ia the upper
portion Of Assse l. Armstrong; -four and
feed store, which but Tor the opporIaus pres
escs OF mind Of both Nr. and Mr..
Armstrong, would have resulted 10 . disas-
trous eosassrstion. 1t appears no enc was
in the upper portion Of the building as the
time, M. and Ms. A. being in the irost
Office. They heard tbs explosion but sup
posing Il was caused by the frOlies Of the
oat paid no attention to It until the alarm
WAS given from tho outside. Fortunately
water was handy aud the fire was put out
before auy material damage had sesn done.
The escape ives narrow one.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07

The Victor Brand Of oigsH at the Post
Office News Room.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07

For Pure Wines WarPan ed W such BY the
Brotherhood Of DEVetos - u GAFN1Y'S.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07
Public school Roll of Honor.

The following are the names of the pupils
attending tho Public School, Room No. 1,
Petroleum Centre, fon the moatA ending
Deesmbsr 81, le12, who have rank above
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-12-07

The Producers Association oil the ElsvS
sntb District meets Tonight
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
Fresh Air and Health.

In HalPs Journal of Health the
following seasonable admonitions
are presented on "Open Windows
at Night" 1t says:
Very much has been written on
this subject, and written unwisely /;
the facts are that whoever sleeps
uncomfortably cool will get sick
To hoist the window sky high when
the mercury is at zero is an absurd
ity. The colder a sleeping apart
ment is, the more unhealthy does it
become, because cold condenses the
carbonic acid formed by the breath
ing of the sleeper. 1t settles near
the floor, and is re- breathed, and if
in a very condensed form he will
die before morning. Hence We
must be governed by circumstances;
the first, thing you must be comfort
bly, warm during sleep, otherwise
you are not refreshed, and infam-
nation of the lungs may be engen-
dered, and life destroyed within a
very few days. An open door and
an open fire place are sufficient for
ordinary purposes in cold weather.
When outer windows are opened,
it is well to have them down at the
top two or three inches, and up at
the bottom for the same space, in
miasmatic localities; and these are
along the water courses, beside mill
ponds, marshes, bayOus, river
bottoms, fat islands and the like
1t is the most important from the
1st OF August until several severe
frOsts have been noticed, to sleep
with all external doors and windows
closed, because the cool air Of sunset
causes the condensation of the pois-
onOus emanations which were caused
by the heat of the MONDAY sun to
rise far above the earth. This con-
densation makes the air heavy by the
great solidifcation of the emana-
tions by cold these resting on the
surface of the earth in the more
concentrated and malignant form,
they are breathed into the lungs,
swallowed into the stomach, cor
rupting and poisoning the blood
with great rapidity. By daylight
these condensations are made so
compact by the prOtracted GOODNESS
of the night, they are too near the
surface of the earth to be breathed
into the system but as the sun be-
gins to ascend, these heavy conden-
sations begin TO rise to the height OF
several feet above the ground, and
are freely taken into the system by
every breath and swallowed hence
the hours of sunrise and sunset are
| the most unhealthy hours of the
twenty.four in the localities named;
and noontide, when the sun is the
hottest, is the most healthy portion
of the day, because the miasma is
so much rarifed that it ascends
rapidly to the upper regions. The
general lessons are: First, Avoid
exposure to the out door air in mias-
matte localities for the hours includ
| ing sunrise and sunset. Second,
Having a blazing fire on the hearth
| of the family room at these hours to
rarity and send the mIasma upward.
Third, Take breakfast before going
lout of doors in the morning, and
lake tea before sundown ; then be.
| ing out at night is nOt injurious.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
Confession of a Meddling Hus-
band.

1t was about the buckwheat cakes.
I told Maria Ann any fool could
beat her making those cakes, and
she said I had better try it. So I
did. 1 emptied the batter all out of
the pitcher one evening and set the
cakes myself. I got the -four, and
the salt and the water, and, warned
by the past, put in a liberal quanti-
ty of eggs and shortening. short
ened with tallow from roast beef,
! because l could not find any lard,
The batter did not look right. 1
lighted my pipe and pOndered-
yeast-yeast, to be sure. had for
gotten the yeast. 1 went and woke
up the baker and got six cents
worth of yeast. L set the pitcher
behind the sitting-room stove, and
went to bed. In the morning, l got
up early and prepared to enjoy my
triumph; but l didn't. That Yeast
was strong enough to raise the
dead the batter was running all
over the carpet. I scraped it up
and put it into another dish. Then
l got q fire in the kitchen and put
on the griddIe. The first lot of
cakes stuck to the griddle. The sec
ond dittoed, only more. Maria came
down and asked what was burning.
She advised me to grease the grid
die. Ibid it. One end of the grid
die got too hot and l dropped the
thing on my tenderest corn, while
trying to turn around. Finally,
the cakes were ready for breakfast,
and Maria got the other things
ready. We sat down. My cakes
did not have exactly the right fav-
or. 1 took one mouthful and it sat
isfed me. 1 lost my appetite at
once. Maria would not let me put
one on her plate. I think those
cakes may be reckoned a dead loss.
The cat would not eat them. The
dog ran off and stayed three days
after one was offered him. The
hens won't go within ten feet of
them. I threw them into the back
yard, and there has not been a pig
on the premises since. 1 cat what
is put before ME low, and do not
aIlude to my mothers system of
cooking.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
why He Asked for a Pass.

y correspondent to Troy paper
tells this
Some one was telling me, the
other day, a new story about the
late Dean Richmond, who was
known far and wide for his profani-
ty and gruffness of manner. Rich
mond was here at the time, and my
informant, who was then a boy,
working in a printing Office, wished
TO get pass over the C-uiraI Rail-
road. With this object in view, he
entered the office where the mag
nate was, fearing that he would be
rudeiy rebuffad when he made bis
mission known. Alter moments
hesitation he said, ALTERING:
"Mr. Richmond, l believer
"Yes; what do you want of me ?''
81 should like, sir, to get pass
from Albany to Buflo, as I can go
up on the boat for nothing"
"On what grounds do you ask for
a pass ?" (This with a rising and
very rough voice.
"On the grounds, sir, that I don't
want to pay my fare"
MichmOnd, without another word,
wrote out a pass and handed it 10
the applicant.
The boy took it, saying, "Thank
you; thank you, Mr.. Richmond"
"You needn't thank me, young
5ter. Pm glad to accommodate you.
You are the first person I've ever
known to ask for pass on the
right grounds"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
The Minds OrAnimaIs.

DIR. W Lander Lindsay, Of whose
views on the subject Of animal psy-
cholOgy we have before spoken, is a
Scottish physician, devoted to men
tai diseases, but who also takes a
great interest in the minds OF the
lower animals, the study of which
he is now systematically prosecu-
ting. He believes that animals have
minds az really as do men, and that
although vastly and variably lower,
they are still kindred to the human
mind, and upon analysis yield the
same mental elements or rudiments
of the faculties. But he goes still
further, and affirms moi Oaly that
animals have true mental natures,
but that these are liable to derange
ment that is, in fact, that animals
are subject to the same mental dis
eases as man. He has recently pub
lished an elaborate paper on insanity
in the lower animals, in which he
gives the most curious and interest
ing proofs that they also go derang-
ed in all kinds Of ways. ys.-Even the
vexed questions of civilization and
insanity he finds mixed up with
this lower animal problem. DR..
Tuke, an eminent authority on hu-
man insanity, remarks that there is
an acuteness of sensibility, a suscep-
,ibiIity of the emotions, an intense
activity of the feelings, which would
seem to bepeculiar to highly civil
izad life, and out of this state Of the
nervous system come various pre-
dispositions to mental disease. DR..
Lindsay holds that this is equally
true OF animals. He s,ys: "The
effect Of dOmestication and breeding
in the production Of a predispOsi-
ton to disorders of the whole nery-
Gus system, including especially the
brain, is another subject of the first
importance in relation to the symp-
tons Of insanity in animals. High
breeding, for instance, in dogs and
horses, begets extreme nervous sen.
sibility, including high mental SEN
Isitiveness, one result of which is
great susceptibility TO disease of the
Fentire nervous system. The dis
tinguished ParisiaH Psychologist, NJ.
Claude Bernard, has pointed out the
effect of breeding and the obvious
differ rences as regards nervous sensl-
bihty between high bred animals
and the same species in the wild or
natural stale. He says: SO tx
quisite is the nervous sensibiIity of
dogs of the higher breed that the
slightest operations bring on fever,
and are attended with alarming
symptoms. They cannot, therefore,
be employed in researches connect
ed with the gastric juice; in fact,
laII oDeratiOns DerfOrmed within the
abdominal cavity are liable to su-
! periuduee Peritonitis, which gener-
ally proves fatal.' In dogs Of a
lower breed the results are totally
different, and NJ. Bernard states
/ that in the horse these differences
are, if possible, still more strongly
marked ."-[Scientiic Miscellany, in
Galaxy for January.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
Hints to Teachers.

Inc I0llOWlng Institute JOlllngS
were adopted by a Teacher Insti-
tute at Beaver, Pennsylvania.
They will be found as useful in
Ohio, as in that State. Teachers
will find them valuable, and should
cut them out of the paper, and post
them where they can see them at
least once a day:
Never be late at school.
Make few, if any rules.
Never allow tale bearing.
Avoid governing too much.
Visit the schools of others.
Never punish when angry.
Never magnify small offences.
Cultivate a pleasant countenance.
Never be hasty in word or action.
Teach both by precept and ex-
ample.
Never let a known fact go I'M
noticed.
Require prompt and exact obedi-
fence.
Labor diligently for self improve
ment.
Encourage parents to visit the
schools.
Subscribe for some educational
journal.
Never compare one child with
another.
Never threaten for anticipated
offences.
Never attempt to teach too many
things.
Never speak in a scoldins, fretful
manner.
Make the school-room cheerful
and attractive.
Never let your pupils see that
they can vex you.
Danish all books at recitation, ex-
cept in reading.
Ask two questions out of the book
for every one it.
Never trust to another what you
should do yourself.
Never indulge in anything incon-
sisteut with true politeness.
Never use a hard word when an
easy one will answer as well.
Never tell a pupil to do a thing
unless convinced he can do it.
Said an American to an Irishman,
"My ancestors came from ireland,
my name is Bryant-did you ever
know any people of that name in
Ireland2"
"Oh, yes, great many of them"
"Well, what sort of people were
they? Pretty high strung, were
they not ?"
"Oh, I've seen a great many of
them strung so high that their feet
did not touch the ground"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08

A white, haired old negro preach
er in New Orleans thus addressed
one of tine meetings Of the dissatis-
fed colored folks recently: "What
are you grumbling about? Yer all
better Of dan ye cher spected to be.
Did yer tink when Massa Limkum
guv ye yer freedom he was gwine
to buy tickets i'll the Louisiana
State Lottery for yer beSides?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08

Ayouth in a neighboring village,
who likes practical jokes, recently
had the worst of it. He led a mule
up to u bar, and called for two
drinks. Whereupon Mynheer re-
spouded as follows: "See here, Poy,
1 know what dis is here, your own
brudder. He ish too much young
to drink his lager. 1t ish not for
MIN NIT my saloon. He look like
you. You may pc one family, as
yoa call it. Butov you effsr brought
dat young brudder here agin will
sbnst tole your old ladder jackass
Oi you both. Suust 90 long"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
Commercial Question.

gentleman, desirOus Of testing the commercial
ability Of his two sons, John aut Henry started
them both in the poultry business. Now the square
Of Johns capital exceeded its cube root by lS'
and, after doing business for three mouths, they
made a settlement with their father, when it sp-
psarzd that Henry had gained s595; that John had
lost many dollar. Henry had to bcgia with,
aud that tho square root Of the balance John re-
turned his father exceeded the cube root Of what
Henry returned By 8. The question is, 30 know
whether the hther made Iost By the transaction
and hos much.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
Josh billings Under Oath.

Josh Billings being duly sworn,
t6stifiss as follows:
Virtue in one respekt, IL like
mummy. That which we work the
hardest for sticks to US the longest.
1 have often heard there were
men who knew more than they
could tell, but never met one. /
haV often met thOze who could tell
a great deal more than they knu,
and was willing to swear to it be-
sides.
To be proof against fattery, a
man must hay no vanity, and such
a man never existed. Eff he did he
IL one of the lost arts.
Sum people are good simply be-
kauze they are too lazy to be wick
ed, and others bekauze they haiut
got a chance.
In mummy, interest follows the
principal. In morals, principle Of
teDer pEcIIows the interest.
'In time Ov peace prepare for
war; This u the way sum fami.
lies live all The time.
The vices which a man kOntraks
in his youth, however much he may
shake them oph, will often call on
him thru lite and seek TO renew his
acquaintance.
Every man haz his pholIys, but
there il this difFerence-in the poor
mau they look like crimes, while,
in the rich man. they only appear
tew be exentricitys.
Old age increases US in wisdom
and also in rumatism.
I kno lots ov pholks who are
piou5 jist bekause they waz born So.
They kant tell when they got relig-
ion, and if they should lose it they
wouldn't knO it.
Thare iz only one kind Ov folks
who kan keep a asekret good, and
they never take any to keep.
The man who is wicked enough
tew be dreaded, IL a safer man in
community than the man who IL
just virtewous enuff not to be sus.
pekted.
HypOckrasy il always humble.
Gravity don't prove anything
If a man is really wize he DOM
need it, and if he amt wize be
shouldn't have it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
Select Miscellany.
A QUAKER's GOLDEN WEBBING

The snow looked in at the window
IN bold and frolicsOms way.
Not lighter the new. born Bnow-drifts
ThaR Ichabod's locks OF gray;
not pHrsr the born ynov.drifts
From worldly talnt and an,
Than the life Of Margaret Taylor,
lchabod's wife, hath been.
"Hithsr, Margaret, hio thee,
have a thought to tell
Nay, never mind the shutters,
The night doth please ME we'll.
Margaret, can thee tell me
How many years is it
Since thee aud were married,
On winters night like thlsl
Think once again, my good wife;
I knew thee never would guess,
The days go by 30 swiftly
That only are born to bless
Thy mOther-hsart will tell thee
'Tls eight-and-foTty years
Since our hrst-boIn came to thrill US
With tenderest hopes aud fears.
"Yea, Margaret, thee has guessed ii;
Full my years have sped
So silently aud 90 softly
We scarce haze felt their tread;
But, watching the gliding snoW.hskss,
The hickory Goals, aud thee,
The memory Of the evening
Came wandering baek to ne.
True, Margaret, we we're happy,
Trustful and very glad,
And proudsr was I, fear,
Than bssssmsih Quaker lad
Yet, not for the good years vanished,
II the right Of choice were given,
Would change this peace, my darling
For the pleasure Of that even.
eve have had our trials, good wife,
We have shed some bitter tears,
Bet . sure, dear hand hath led rs
Through all these precious years.
BE hath Kept US long together,
Aud I've been bold to pray
That our meeting in the New Land
Be golden wedding
The snow looks In at the window,
And what do the snow-hakss see
But Quaker Ichabod Taylor
With Margaret on his knee!
The hickory GOALS in the fireplace
Sleep in their Jackets white,
But the love Of tried and true hearts
Steadily burns tonight.
-lHCaIth and Home.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
AN OLD PRoPHBUY.

II Christmas Day on Monday be
A great winter that year you'll see,
And full Of winds both loud and shrill,
But in summer, truth to tell,
High Winds shall there be, and strong,
Full Of tempests lssting long;
While battles they shall multiply,
And great plenty Of beasts shall die.
They that be born that day, wsen,
They shall be strong saoh one and keen.
lie shall be found that stealeth aught;
. Tho thou be sick, thou diest not.
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HsbOrough Highland County Ohio, Thursday February 1872

and honestly, for the sake of the
comfort which it gives them-a
comfort every bit as legitimate as
that which drinkers of tea, coffee or
wine extract in each case from their
favorite beverage.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
Henry Ward Beeeherand Mrs.
Stowe.

MarteI, the intelligent New York
correspondent of the n. H. States
man, says:
"Mr. Beecher is the best paid au-
thor America has ever seen. His
"Norwood" brought him S25 900,
and the Life Of Christ is expected
to be equally profitable His in
terestIn the Christian Union ought
to be worth S. 900 a year, and his
salary is s2O,O 1t is highly prob
able that his entire income is not
less than $4,000 per annum; and
he is too much of a Yankee to let
all this slip through his fingers. ]
have no doubt that, after giving
away those enormous sums required
by hls benevolent habits, he lays ~
800 600 Il year. This will be Il sal,
precaution against that ''rainy day
which We are lold to provide fer.
In this respect Mr.. Beecher is far
ahead 0! his gifted sister, Mrs. Stowe.
whose income, comparatively speak
ing, is limited. Her "Uncle Toms
Cabin" brought about $4,000 but
novels have not been
SO successful, though all have done
well. They have no doubt been
worth $4,000 apiece, which is much
above the average profit of Ameri-
can novelists.-A uniform edition
of her works would be a good hit, if.
the sale could be large; but times
are too hard for any such enterprise.
It will no doubt, however, eventual
Iyy no iSsuo6 -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
ALEXIS.

There is a Young Duke named Alexis,
Whose other name somewhat perplexss.
AlexanderOvitch
Is the awful word which
stumps many Who hear Of Alexis.
IN the mind Of the Grand Duke Alexis
There Is q question that very much vszes,
Which is how to get rid
Of the toadies et ii
Who are boring this Grand Duke Alexis.
There is young man named lexis
About whom the opposite sex is
Selections, very,
Though Outwardly merry,
As to who shall be Mrs. Alexis
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
There is a new and valuable work

There is a new and valuable work
out on Practical Dairy Husbandry,
by x. A. Willard, A. NJ, which
comprises a complete treatise on all
the leading topics connected with
the subject. 1t is sold by subscrip-
ton; price $4,000. Published by
D. T. Moore, New York.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08

Punch thinks it wculd be s real
blessing to mc,ncIs il somebody
would invent 50 p lAaL would cl-
able uamnas 30 get their daughters
OF their hands.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08
Youths Department.

sB-OriginaI Euigmas, Oharades, Problems, etc,
are respectfully solicited. The answers must al
ways accompany them, together with the real nome
Of the writer
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-02-08

Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
gTLLSBORO. OHIO.
still continues IN the practice oi Medicine and
surgery.
Office up Etalrs, north side Main st opposite the
Eliieott HoHse. RssideEoe-South High St. south
Of South Street.
6 6tO7P. NJ.
ss-sPeoial attention given to Surgical Gases and
Pulmonary Diseases. j4n2h
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urge on ID ntd9tV
Once Corner Main and high Streets. mp stairs, over
Evans & Ferris's Bank. ALL WORK WAR-
RANTED.
Frhruarv 9. 1871. fabQFIn
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Empress SaIve.
Estate of VIM. b. Evans, decd.

RTOTICE ia hereby given, that the 50 .scriber
~ has been duly appointed and qnaiihed - "A
lnini.trntOr Of the sstats Of Wm. D. Eyan, late Of
Highland County. Ohi9. d-oesSsd. Daisd January
70, B7Z Lj4u25Es'l 3. 4 LIRR'
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Aasrcr 70 EDigma IL 'hy Eews oG Feb. l; George