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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

A Louisianian has invented a
method of extracting honey
from the comb by means of a
centrifugal process, which ac-
complishes its work without
breaking the comb further
than uncapping the cells. The
comb is then replaced in slid
ing compartments fitted to the
hive, and the bees at once
commence to refill the cells,
thus saving the labor of con-
structing twenty pounds of
comb, bee-bread and wax, in
order to preserve one pound
of honey.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28
HIsborough Highland County, Ohio Thursday
nice for a wedding present; but

nice for wedding present; but
but"
dearest, do not weepl Let m
brush the diamond drops away from
that cheek" murmured Bruce, -four
ishing his pocket-handkerchief 70
mantically around Emily's face.
IL can't help it," sobbed Mrs
Gaynor. '1t's too mean of Emmy
She always did oppose my marrying
but I never thought she would be 81
spiteful!"
ave care not for her good or bad
opinion, dear. Your husband is now
all the world to you, my Emily"
'That's just what she says, the
hateful thing!"
"Calm yourself, my love. What do
we want with her paltry wedding pres
ents?"
'It isn't that, Bruce, but -"
'.But what?"
''Shes cut off my allowance, the
hard-hearted mink and she's so rich. -
"What! are there two heiresses in
the Montressor family?"
1.-TWO heiresses? Z? No. What do
you mean, Bruce ?"
'Do T'-Bruce cleared his throat
huskily, and went on" understand
that-that your niece
"Why, you must often have heard
OF my niece Emily Montressor,-she
was named after me,-the rich heiress +?
And she's a great beauty, too; at least
some people call her so; but for my
part 1 never could bear those yellow
haired blondes"
Bruce Gaynor stood staring at the
everlasting tumult of the american
fall, " with eyes that seemed turned to
stone, while his fair bride prattled on.
"And now she's cut off my allow
ance, and left me without cent in
the world, the disagreeable thing!
Well, it's lucky I've got husband to
take care of me now, amt it, Bruce,
dear?"
Bruce Gaynor did not answer; he
literally could not His tongue
seemed to cleave to the roof of his
mouth; every drop of blood in his
body stood still. Had he sacrificed
his beauty and brilliant prospects for
this? The gentle Emily had never
looked as coarse and unattractive as
she did at this moment, clinging con-
fdently to his arm, with all a wife's
sweet confidence.
And then he remembered sweet
Kate Talbot, and thought vindictive-
ly of Rossmore Wylie.
"He kew-he must have known
that there were two Emily Montres-
sors," thought Gaynor, clenching his
teeth. ''He saw me walk into the
trap, and never opened his lips to
warn me. Oh, what fool! what
double-distilled blockhead I have
been!"
So he had, but unfortunately it was
too late for this selfappreciation to
be of any use. He was safely married
to Miss Emily Montressor, but not to
the Emily. And Mr.. Gaynor felt,
with bitter pang nf humiliation, that
his snug little piece of diplomacy had
been an utter failure.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

At late conference of English Sweden
borgions at Preston, it was agreed to recon-
mend to the members of that sect the revis-
ion and re-translation of the theological
writings Of the inspired Swede, with the
suggestion that the mode of revision be the
same as that adopted by the different coun-
cils for the revision of the Scriptures. The
almost literal translation of the works of
Swedenborg is nearly as difficult for the
general reader TO understand as the original
Latin itself, and it is for the purpose of
breaking down this barrier to the spread of
the doctrines, and to bring them within
reach of even the simplest understanding,
that the proposed revision is to be made.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

The gold watch presented to Lafayette
by Gen. Washington in 1871, was stolen
from him in Tennessee, in 1924, during his
last visit to America. Every effort was
made to recover it, the Governor of the
State offering a reward of $1,000 for it.
A few days ago, New Orleans gentleman
attended an auction sale at a junk shop in
Louisville, Ky, when gold watch was Of
fered, which on examination he discovered
to be the identical lost Lafayette watch.
He bought it, and will return it to Lafay-
cites heirs in France.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28
Josh Billings:

The following chunks of wit and wisdom
are from Josh Billings Alminax for 1873:
Silence IL wun Nv the lost arts
Real good lies are Citing skarce.
A phools money liz like his branes, very
uneasy.
Wise men have but fu confdents, and
cunning men none.
Self made men are most alwus apt tew be
leetle too proud Nv the job.
Flattery IL like ice kream, we want it q
little at time, and often.
Most people prefer the stufing to the
goose-the word for the idee.
When a man measures out glory for him
self he alwus heaps the half bushel
A wise man never enjoys himself SO
much, nor phool SO little, az when alone.
Heaven is very kind tew us, she puts our
humps on our backs SO that we kant see
them.
A reputation for happiness wants az mutch
looking into az reputashun for honesty.
Thar il this difference between Jest and
joke-a jest may be kruel, but a joke nev-
er IT,
Suckcess IL quite often like falling oph a
log, man kant alwuz tell how he KUN to
doit.
I don't alwuz bet on prekoshus children,
the huckelbery that ripens the soonest IL al
WINS the first 10 dakav
Take all the phools and good luck out Nv
this world, and it would bother the rest Nv
uz to get living.
Next tew the man who IL worth a millyun
in point Nv wealth, IL the man who don't
kare a kuss for it.
Thare liz az mutch difference between wit
and humor az thare IL between the lie and
the essence ov PEPPERMINT.
The intimacys oV old age seem to konsist
in drinking young hison tea together, and
comparing gouts and rumatisms.
When man duz good turn just for the
phun ov the thing he has got CRATE deal
more virtew in him than he il aware ov.
The principal Importance ov mistery IL
the MYSTERY itself-what makes ghost SO
respectable karalzter IL that nobody never
saw one
1t il the surprizes ov life after all that
give it its zest-even a rat makes things in
teresting bi the natural suddenness with
which he Gums out or goes into hiz hole.
Human knoledge IL very comprehensive,
after ALI hav seen men who kould kalku-
late an eklipse tew square inch, who
kouldn't KUN within 80 feet Nv harnessing a
boss.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

The Columbia Register is
responsible for the following :
ga COW belonging to ]. J.
Dodd, of East Fairfield, gave
birth to a calf a few days ago,
which weighed, when three
hours old, one hundred and
eight pounds"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28
Select Miscellany.
MY MOTHERS GRAVE.
BY GEORGE d. PRENTICE.

BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
The trembling dew drops fall
Upon the shutting flowers, like souls at res
The stars shine glOriously, and ali,
Save me, is blest.
Mother, love thy grave:
The violet, with its blossoms blue and mild.
Waves DER thy hesd-when shall it wave
Above thy child?
'Tis bright flower, yet must
Its bright leaves to the coming tempest bow
Dear mother! it's thy emblen-dust
Is on thy brow.
And could love to die,
To leave untasted life's dark, bitter streams
By thee, as erst in childhood, lie,
And share thy dreams.
And must hnger here,
To stain the plumage of my sinless years,
And mourn the hopes to childhood dear,
With bitter tears?
Aye, must linger here,
A lonely branch upon blasted tree,
Whose last frsil Leaf, untimely sere,
Went down with thee.
Oft from life's withered bower,
In still communion with the past turn,
And muse on thee, the only flower
In MemoIy's urn.
And when the evening pale
Bows like mourner on the dim blue wave,
stay to hear the night winds wall
Around thy grave.
Where is thy spirit 1Own7
gaze above-thy look is imaged there;
listen and thy gentle tone
Is on the air.
oh! come, while here press
Ny brow upon thy grave-and in those mild
And thrilling tones of tenderness
Bless, bless thy child!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

The Lycoming CPa) Gazette says:
'France may boast of its generals, Eng
land of its lords, and America of its pro-
gression, but Lycoming county bears off
the palm in the form of hymenial novelty.
1t then goes on to describe how a matri-
monially inclined but economical youth of
that section, finding the cost of license too
high to suit him, and after vainly endesvor-
ing to obtain one at reduced price, re-
turned to his expectant bride with the in
formation that he had concluded to remain
single until there was fall in the market!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

The Signal office has been
able this year to predict the
advent of frost two days in ad-
vance, and it is expected by
the bureau to accomplish much
in this way to save crops from
blight, and thus enhance the
value Of the weather reports.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

ForsicenhOggenstiefelty is the name of a
gentleman from Philadelphia who proposes
to start Laundry in Terre Haute. At first
he thought that he wouldn't bring all his
name with him, as he might not like the
country, but good counsel prevailed and
his full cognomen will be flung to the
breeze as soon as the paint dries ona modest
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

DR.. Kilmer, of Ironton, left that place on
foot July 31st, intending to walk to the
Florida coast. The object was to recover
his health and strength. The first day ont
he made ten miles with difficulty, being
very weak and without muscular vitality.
He writesfro Tallahassee, Florida, October
21st, that he can easily walk from twenty
five to thirty miles per day, and rarely
knows what fatigue is.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

ABoston school girl of tender years thus
writes to her bosom friend: '.Dear Lusie-
1 shan't attend school again until I get
some new cuffs, collars and jewelery-dear
Mama agrees with me that it is my dooty to
take the shine out of that Upstart Nanny
Jones, andIll do it if 1 never learn moth
ing"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

From evidence disclosed in the Missouri
investigation, it is clear that the origin of
the fire which destroyed that steamer was
due to the spilling of aquadiente on her
deck. 1t is said that the deck, being at the
time SO badly constructed, or rather not
having been calked recently, the aquadiente
ran through the crevices on to the hot boiler
beneath, igniting in an instant the whole of
the vessel where any of this infammable arti-
Gle had touched.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

BYRON OUTDoNE.-Two English man-of-
war's-men recently outdid Byron and en-
rolled themselves on the list of fame with
Leander, by swimming the Hellespont from
Sestos to Abydos. Leander SWAN for love;
Byron tried it for fame, and failed, while
these tars achieved it for fun.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

Julius, s'pose dere are six chickens In q
coop, and the man sells three, how many are
dere left?"
''What time OBJ day was it?"
''What time of day was it? Why what de
debble hab dat to do wild de case?"
'A good, deal honey. If it were arter
dark dere would be none left; dat is, if you
happened to come along that way"
Look here, niggah, jest you stop them
personalities"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

As an illustration OF the amount of capi-
tai seeking investment in good railroad
bonds, the New York Express mentions
that single banking firm in that city has
disposed of nearly 5000, ,OOO, 900 of railroad
bonds within the past few years, or since
the Government commenced to call In its
seven-thirty and per cent. debt.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

The New York Observer comments upon
the fact that one-fifth of the whole number
of Presbyterian ministers are unemployed,
while still larger number of pulpits are
untitled, and advocates the establishment
of ministerial bureau.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

FEMALE OFFICE HOLDERS. Iowa three
women hold offices as notaries public,
four are county superintendents of public
schools, and one is State Librarian. Though
not allowed to vote, the Iowa women can be
voted for, and be legal competitors with the
other sex for elective Offices This is astep
in advance of Illinois, where women can
hold appointive but not elective offices.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

There is an immense petrifed palm tree
in Colorado, the trunk of which has all
turned to stone, hard and finty as porphyry
Some of it looks like agate, finely veined
and delicately tinted, other with opaline
luster; some white as the driven snow, or
with the polished surface of chalcedony.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28
Conundrums.

When lady faints, what figure does she need
You must bring her 2.
Why is the weather ike horse with the epi&c.?
Because it blows it SHOWS.
When is it right to take any one in? When II
rains.
What fruit is the most visionary? The apple OF
the eye.
What's the difference between the girl of the per
iod's seat on horseback and her gait In walking;
One is side-saddle and the other sad sidle
Why is a bulldog after COW like a horse will
the epizOot? Because he runs at the nose.
When unmarried ladies get votes, what will theil
rule be. Miss-rule7
How much does fool weigh generally? A sim
pie ton.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

1t is estimated that quarter of million
sides of sole and upper leather were destroy
ed in the Boston fire. That useful article
has advanced from five to ten per cent in
cOnse0uence
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28
IFrom the st. Louis Globe
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM PENN
SYLVANIAp

BY EDWARD sHEFFIELD.
"Have you heard from Pennsylvania"
Eager questioned every one,
On an evening in October,
When the goodly work was done,
And the battle of the ballot,
Fought on many peaceful field,
Caused the foes of equal manhood
So reluctantly to yield.
Yes, we've heard from Pennsylvania,
And it's no uncertain sound
That the bugle blast is sending
Through the country all around;
'Tis a presage of the yict'ry
That is coming by-and-by,
On a morning in November,
Sure as light shall ill the sky.
"Have you heard from Pennsylvania 2"
Asked a sire with silvered hair,
''For the hope of all true patriots
On this day were center'd there;
And the cause for which they battled
Doubly dear is now to me,
Since with lies they've sought to blacken
One who gave Us victory"
We have heard from Pennsylvania
Envy, malice, falsehood, hate,
Have been answered by the people
OF the gallant mountain State;
And from goodly Philadelphia
Comes O voice the heart to cheer
When the roll is called for action
Proudly does she answer "Here!"
"Have you heard from Pennsylvania"
Asked a maiden on whose cheek
Were reveaId the lines of beauty,
AS her quivering lips did speak,
fT've a soldier brother sleeping
Where the Southern roses blow
Tell me, shall the flower of honor
Still above his ashes grown
Long as flows the Susquehannah
Through the valley to the sea,
Long as sleep the soldier heroes
Who have died for liberty;
Long as roses bloom in beauty,
Long as men esteem the brave
Long US this will Pennsylvania
Guard the sleeping soldiers grave.
From the Allegheny mountains
Comes the glorious ralying song,
Sweet as tones of softest music
Swiftly borne on winds along;
1t will enter every dwelling
From the mountain to the sea,
And its echoes be repeated
Till it gives Us victory.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

A child four years old whose parents
were drunkards, was lately found starved to
death in Brooklyn tenement house. Can
anything show the horrors of the whiskey
traffic in more convincing ight?"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

San Francisco is quietly depriving Eng
land of her tea laurels. Twenty-three mill
ion dollars worth of tea we drank last year
came tous through the Golden Gate, and tea
traders say the amount will be doubled
within two years.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

'sNow that DR.. Livingstone has been
found, says Every Saturday, ''could not
some arrangement be made to prevent him
from getting lost again?"
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moo molasses, keeps the Postofis at

vex the righteous.
I shel go back with my throat
parched, and without the wherewitl
to buy an assuager.
I shel go to Bascom and shell say
"Give me, I pray thee, to drink"
And Bascom shell harden his heart
and stiffen his neck, and shel say,
''Likker is cash"
i His bottles shel be filed with new
whisky and old Bourbon shell he hev
in his casks, but 1 shel be continual
ly dry.
His bottles shel gurgle, but the
gurgle thereof shell not be for me, but
for the stranger within his gates.
Like the lime-kiln shel my throat
be-ike the great desert.
And Pogram and Pennibacker, who
wuz to hev stood at the receet Nv GUS
toms, will hev to go to work.
With their hands will they hev to
labor, or they will hev nought to eat.
Life in Kentucky viii be Nv no
avail, for the monotony thereof viii
be a burden.
The niggers will vote in peace, and
their heads we will not dare to bust.
There will be factories at the Cor
ners, and school houses will abound.
There Will be school marms with
ringlets, and niger children shell
read.
Railroads will be built and the men
Nv the North Will come among us,
and we shel be driven out.
The sound Nv the revolver will be
no more heard in all the land and the
shotgun Will rust.
Maine hkker-laws Will be passed be
the bowel enlivener will no more and
poured out.
For Democracy is dead, its chips
hez it passed in.
Bookannon it endoored, Mcclellan
it stood, Seymour it survived, bat
Greeley wuz too many for it and it
died the death.
We sed to Greeley, 'Io, we are
weak-caTy u.s." And he answered,
saying, 81 Will, and strateway climb
ed upon our shoulders.
Wat Good bear sich a burden-wat
Good carry SO great load and live?
He he'd no strength, and no
strength he'd we've tried to carry
each other, and we founder in the
ditch by the way-side.
Shood the foolish man ask me, Lo,
wich wuz the weakest-Greeley or
the Democracy? I would say, Go to
it is conundrum-I give it up.
The jimpson weed falleth in the
autumn, but it cometh up in the
spring, but we hev fallen and we shel
never rise agin, for we are dead at the
root, and the seed is rotten in the
pod.
Simpsons hare wuz shingled, and
he wuz weak, but it crowd again and
he wuz strong.
But ours will not grow agin, for we
hev none to grow. Our enemies hev
snatched us bald-headed.
Now let me die, for the waters Nv
woe encompaseth me.
We played our left-bower and our
king, but 10, our enemy held heright-
bower and the ace; to o four-fush
drawed we, but we did not fill, and
no stamps he'd we to raise em out.
We are cleaned. out and nary a
stake hev we left.
The treasury will be safe, the tax
gatherer will live, the debt shel be
paid, and we shel gnash our teeth.
For Grant shall reign, and Bout
well and Fish and Sherman shell hold
up his hands.
The repeaters shel languish, for the
law shel be strong, and the Ku-Klux
shell hunt their holes.
Life is dream-hope deloosion,
and Greeley snare. Let us die and
be at peace.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

Certain diamond jewelers., in a com
munication to the London Times,
confidently assert that the alleged
discovery of precious stones in Arizo-
ma is myth. They aver that the
diamonds exhibited by the parties
who claim to have discovered the
great American Golconda, were in
reality purchased of them and taken
to America for the purpose of Great
ing diamond fever, and in this way
largely increasing the tide of emigra.
ton to the Territory.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28
Youths Department.

H-Original Enigmas, Charades, Problems, etc.,
respectfully solicited. The answers must always
accompany them, with the real name of the writer.
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I shel 60 home tomorrow. Home
did I say? Alas! I hev no home
VIII Deeken Pogram receive me-
VIII Bascom entertain me? VIII moi
the despair that will pervade the Cor.
ners steel their hearts agin me!
Heaven grant that they may not hea1
the news till I git back, and git SO
settled that they can't dislodge me.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
(Wich wuz Postmaster, but never
will be again.)
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-11-28

Ans to Puzzle in the News of Nov. 81: The word
Level.
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The trembling dew drops fall
Upon the shutting flowers, like souls at rest,
The stars shine gloriously, and ali,
Save me, is blest.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-12

DIR. DARWIN, TINE aEA1EiR.-T This celc.
.brated physician offers q reward Of
$4,000 one thousand dollars for case Of
CATARRH, or any other disease, of the
Nasal Organs or Throat that he cannot
cure; or in fact, any odser disease that
the human family is liable to have; pro.
vided, thatit is not of too long standing.
His remedies, in connection with Mag
netic treatment, work miracles. Office,
No. so Monroe street, Wheeling, until
further notice. ~ , ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-12

CHRIS. HESS, merchant tailor, corner
Main and Quincy streets, solicits the at.
'tention of gentlemen to his fall and winter
stock Of ready made clothing, consisting
Of cloths, cassimeres. yesdngs, ali new,
and comprising every style popular at the
East With a superior stock, a fiFstclass
cutter, and the hest w6fkmen obtainable,
| can guarantee my work, and that my
prices will be satisfactory. osHEss.
Corner Main and Quincy streets. e
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-12

GUARDIAN APPorNTED.-on the 9Th
inst. John H. Hobbs was appointed guar.
dian Of Richard W., Julia E., AdelaideM.
and Maude A, children of the late Rich.
ard yeazey-b bond $500. ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-12

PoLrcE COURT The DRINKS monopo-
lized the business before the Police Court,
Saturday morning. John Stein. and Rich.
ard'Kemp were arralgned on the charge
mentioned, and were fined ono dollar each
and costs. 1,, .'i Z, = . 8 y y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-12

WILL PRoBATED.-TAe last will and
testament of Louisa schwenckbeck was
probated before Recorder Woods, on the
Sd inst. William Was, named therein as
executor, filed his bond penalty, 5000.