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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22
Snaiks and Babies.
FROM JOSH BILLINGS spIcE.Bo
STRIPED SNAIK.

The striped snak is one of the slip.
peryest jobs that natur ever turned loose.
They travel on the lore side NV them.
selis, and can slip out sight like blowing
out candle. They wer made for sum
good purpose, but l never have been in.
formed tor what, unless it waz tew hey
their heds smashed.
They are sed TO he innocent, but they
hav got bad reputashun, and all the
innocence in the world wont cure bad
reputashun.
They live in the grass, and seldom git
slept on, because they don't stay long
enuff in the rite place.
When / waz little boy, and wore
naked feet, and. was loating around loose
for strawberrys, l was often times Just a
going to step on striped snaik, but ii
always cured me of strawberrys.
If striped snaik got intu ten acre
lot before / did, alwus konsidered that
all the strawberrys in that lot belonged
tew the snaik.
"Fust come, fust sarve," waE my motto.
] am just az afraid of snaiks now az !
waz 40 years ago, and if should live 10
be az old az Nebudkennezer waz, and 60
to grass as he did, one striped snaik wood
spoil fifty acres of gud pasture for me.
Wimmin don't luv snaiks enny more
than du, and respekt her for this.
How on earth Eve was seduce, bi a
snaik is frst.class mistery tew me, and
if | hadn't red it in the Bible / would
bet against it.
! believe everythingt here IL In the Bi.
BILE, the things kant understand ,Ibe-
lieve the most.
/ Iwoodnt swop oph the faith I've got
for any living mans knowledge.
Snaiks are ov all sorts and sizes, and
the smaller they are the more am afraid
of them,
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ASHTABULA OHIO, SATURDAY, JUNE %. 1872,

It was bewilderiug dream; yet the re-
tributive fact stood prominent.
The descendants OF Calhoun. Rhett,
MQueen, llayne and Brooks no longer
ruled like their fathers. New influences
and new ideas prevailed. Mr.. Purvis
stood among his kindred like another
Rip Van Wrinkle, with the difference
that he was not forgotten; and as bo
walked the streets of Columbia and re.
ceiyed the ovation of his friends in
Charleston he saw and felt that, although
slavery was dead and the old slave-lords
deposed, the sun shonc, the grass grew,
and the flowers bloomed, the birds car.
oiled, and the waters run, as when the
magnates lived OH the labor of Others ~
good as themselves, and often died con-
Tossing that their bad work must come
10 Il bitter end.
Robert Purvis is one of tie best
proofs OF the influences of education.
travel, good associations, and natural
selCrespeot. Few would distinguish him
TO be what he often proudly calls him.
self, "a negro" His complexion is not
darker than that of Soule or Manning.
His manners are quiet and courtly. His
general knowledge is large and his con.
versation easy and intellectual. Educat-
ed at some of the best of our philadel.
pliI schools before there was any preiu-
dice against the reputable man or wo-
man OF color, aud when colorcd votes
were thrown at all the elections, he has
reached sixty, universally esteemed. His
family is among the most refined in the
aristocratic neighborhood where be lives,
and he commands the respect of others
by the courage with which he and his
children respect themselves. Yet while
he walks erect in all circles, and yields 10
none in the graces OF manhood, and in
the observances Of what we call society,
he ia the ardent friend of his people, de-
terminod that they shall eventually Sc.
cure all their civil, as they have now
their political rights. No more useful
or influential man sat among the dele.
gates to the Philadelphia National Con-
vention, Wednesday, the 5th of June,
1872.
Az these colored colleagues of Robert
Purvis from the South gather around
their friend and teacher, how many n
story they could relate of their indiyid.
ual lives ! Each has had his romance Of
hard reality. Their struggles as slaves
--ther experience as treedmen--lheir
"hair breadth Escapes by food and field, :"
their restoration to family and friends
the fate of their old masters-what
materials for the poet, the novelist, the
historian and the philanthrcpist
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Anecdotes of Public Men.
pI COL. J. W. FORNEY.

More than fifty coIored delegates in
the Republican National Convention al
Philadelphia, June 5lh, lS72!. Shades
of John &. Calhoun, Barnweli Rhe;t,
Dixon ii. Lewis, John Slidell and w. H.
Yancey, is this to be permitted ? Little
did the lords of slavery twenty years
ago think that such an otfense would e,-
er be dared When recall Dawson, of
Louisiana, with his curls aud Jewels, and
gold-headed cane; Ashe OF North Caro-
lima, with his jolly yet. imperious style;
John S. Barbour OF Virginia, with his
plantation manners Governor Manning,
of South Carolina, AS handsome as Mrs.
Stoves best picture of the old Southern
school in "Uncie TOMS Cabin !" Pierre
Soule, with his handsome, naughty face,
true, types and apostles of the peculiar
institution, | wonder how they would
feel ,a see the South represented in Il
National Convention by their former
slaves. A little more Than ten years
have sufficed to disp,ov all the predic-
tions against the coored race, but in
nothing SO much as in the intelligence
of their representative leaders, and in
their own general improvement. If you
We're to compare the chiefs of the freed.
men with the cheif Shareholders, know.
ing them as l knew them, you would
soon realize that John M. Langston, pr,
iessor of the Law Department of the
Howard University, is az thorough
lawyer as Pierre Soule in his best days :;
that Robert Brown Elliott is better
scholar and speaker than Laurence M.
Keitt, who having helped create the re-
bellion, died in fighting for it; and that
Benjamin Sterling Turner, OF Selma, AL
ALBANIA, a self educated slave, and now
freedman in Congress, is as practical
business man as John Forsyth or George
S. Houston y q "a A- e' W
Frederick Douglass was famous as an
orator before the war. With the fall Of
slavery, he rose to the highest position.
His el0quence is formed on the best mod
els. Captivating, persuasive, and often
profound, he wields an increasing infu-
euce in both races. - &c
But among the colored delegates in
the Republican National Convention
none will attract more attention than
Robert Puryis of Philadelphia. hope
some day to relate the romance of his
llife. Born in Columbia, South Carolina,
he left it tifty-three years ago, when he
was about seven years old. A few weeks
since he returned to his native city; and
was eagerly welcomed by his own peo-
pie, and by many of the old citizens,
who favorably remembered his father
and mother, and had watched his own
career with friendly eyes. The changes
wrought ia this more than half centu-
ry were more than revolutionary. The
stone rejected by the builders had be-
come the bead of The column. The mag
Mates had disappeared, and those who
had made them so bad taken their places.
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a Valuable pabla.

Or. Mag0on, in lecture on "Mind
Your Own Business" tells the follow
lug good one: y young man went
from New IoI4S city to the west, where
he commenced business on his own ac-
count, and married. His friends in the
city where interested in his welfare, and
when merchant was about 10 Journey
to the place where the young man had
located, he was requested 10 visit the
en- grant and see how he lived, and what
sort of lie he hal chosen, etc. Ac-
cordingly the New Yorker ascertaineti
the residence OF his young friend, and
called upon him quite early in the morn
ing. He found him in q small, neat
cottage, and just taking his breakfast.
The Introduction OF the New Yorker 10
his wife was uucermon:ous, aud he was
requested TO be seated and partake Of
the morning meal. The young wifi. had
prepared the steak, biscuit and cofl. E.,
with her own hands, and tor table had
used her kneading board, eoYer which a
napkin was spread, and the boaHl -
placed on her lap. The New Yorker
declined seat ut The table aud took his
leave. On making his report TO his
New York friends as 10 how he found
his young friend living, he described the
style rs & magnificent ."--aud for expla-
nation OF the sup Ilativ1, lie said that
were he The owner Of that young mars
furniture, he would not take ten thou saud i
dollars for The legs Of his table.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22
SELECT POETRY.
Smile Whene'er You Can,

When things don't 70 to suit you.
And the world goes upside down,
Don't waste your imr in frettlng.
But drive away that lrown.
Since life is Oft perplexing,
'Iis much the wiscst plan
To benr all trials brnvely,
And smile whrnc'cr you can,
Why should you dread tomorrow,
And thus d. spoil to-day?
For, when you borrow trouble,
You always have 10 pay.
II isa good old maxim.
Which often should be preat he'd
Don't cross the bridge before you
Until the bridge be reached.
You might be spared mnch signing
II you would keep in mind
The thought that good and evil
; Arc always here combined.
There must be something wanting;
And though you roll in wealth,
You may miss from yo casket
That precious Jewel, health.
And, though you're strong and sturdy,
You may have an empty purse,
And earth has many trials
Which | consider worse
But, whether joy or sorrow
Fill up your mortal span,
Twill make your pathway brighter
To smile wEene'rr you ctn.
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A.Gook Of the Period.
BIZ cArr nnrnY.

The looks Of yer, maam, rather suits me-.
Tie wages yc offer I'll do
But thin can't inter yer survis tar
Without condition or two. 4.
And now, 10 begin, is the kitchen .
Commod.eous, with plenty of light,
And NJ, yc know iur ntcrtainin'
Such irinds as Tm like to invite2 %
And next, are yous reglar at mnle-ti
bckast, faint cOnvayncnt, we see, - !
To wait, and if behaves punkshul
It's 10 more tlan yous ought 10 be
Aud thin Is your gurruls goOd-naIuredf
.ae royson iii my last place,
Tie French nuss was such high lady,
sint di sl.cloth at her face. s.,
And have yer tie lasle oi.jic,lon
To lnin droppin' in whiu they chnose1
I've got some Cnlyenin' fHst cousins
TAa, ir1yqniiy brings me the nOos;
J must haYc thini triyted powliely-
| give yOu iair warnin', ma'am, now,
II airy gate be closed agin thin,
IoaIi iEI me c0lmincin' row,
These mat,hcrs agrayed on between US,
III try yer q wake, 20 | wud. -..
lsA. looks Ike tic kind / can manage
a thin thing without any blud y
But mind, If come for wake ma'am.
l come for that time, and liss :
And so, then, pruYidin' yg'd ant me,
Jdshi give me yer name and addriss -
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OURsELVEs.-To acquire a thorough
knowledge OF our own hearts and char
acters, to restrain every irregular incli-
nation, to subdue every rebellious pas
sion, TO purify the motives of our con-
duct, to form ourselves to that temper
ance which no pleasure can seduce, TO
that patience which no affiiclion can
overwhelm, and that integrity which no
interest can shake; this is the task
which is assigned TO us-a task which
cannot be performed without the utmost
diligence aud care, l.s
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

A fiendish attempt was madaon Satur-
day last, while the Chappaqua wood
chopper was Oh his way into The country,
to betray him into an oath. The train
boy was the humble instrument of the
plottcrs. The lad commenced by ding,
ing an innocent prize package into tie
philosophers lap. lie didn't notice it.
Then the imp commenced with piclorials,
and, one after another placed before tie
philosopher abominabIe caritatugcs of
Of his philosophic person. He gazed at
them all patiently aud placidly, and laid
them aside after IA few minutes coutem-
plation. Last of all came n "Comic Life
of Horace Greeley" with pictures repre-
setting the sage in scandaiouS proximity
to the fair Victoria Woodhull. The
passengers clung TO their seats, expect
ing the air to become phOsphoric with
blasphemous anger. But Horace .ex-
amined the pictures with a hall-sad look
--mOre in sorrow than in anger-and
said never n word. Whereupon the
opinion was generally expressed through
the car that he wasn't much of a swearer
after all.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

Maj. Powel's exploring party have
found new evidences among the canons
If Colorado of the existence. of pre-.
hist oric people. High up on some of the
cliffs, oyerhangiDg deep chasms, and
down among the desolate valleys, some
OF these traces have been found, indicat.
ing great antiquity. Human bones and
pieces Of pottery, portions OF what
must have been houses, and other traces
Of early inhabitants, are among the dis,
cuYglies.
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] woodnt buy farm at hall price that
had a striped sbaik upon il.
Ded snaiks are weakness with me !;
| always respekt them, and whenever
see ded one on the road, don't drop
o tear on hin, but | drop a stone on him
for fear he might alter his mind aud
come tew life again, for a snaik hates tu
die just az mnich az kat duz.
/ never Good account for snaik or
kat hating tn die 80 bad, unless it waz
because they waz so poorly prepared Tor
deth.
pABYs,
Babys / luv with all mi hart: they
are ml sweatmeats; they warm up mi
blood like gin sling; they krawl into
me and nestle by the side Nv Uni soul like
kitten under cook stove.
| hav raised babies miself, and kno
what ] am talking about.
l hav got grandchildren, and they are
wuss than the first crop " riot among
the feelings
II | Good hav nj way, i would change
all the human beings now on the face NV
the earth back into babys at once, aud
keep them tbare, and make this footstool
one grand nussery; but what ! should
do tor wet muses. dout knO, nor don't
care.
would like tn hav Is babies now on
mi lap, and mi lap ain'i the handyest
lap in the world tor babys, neither.
Mi lap is long euuH, but not the wild
est kind NV lap,
l am good deal NV man, but kon,
sist NV length principally, and when !
make lap of mlself, IL is not a mattrass,
but more like a couple Of rails with a
jint in them,
can hold more babys in mi lap at
once than any man in America, without
spiling one, but it hurts the babys.
never saw baby in mi lite that
didn't want to bliss i AM wuss than an
old maid in this respekt
hay seen babys that ] hav refused 10
kiss until they had been wasn't but the
baby want lew blame for this neither
wazi.
Tharc are folks in this world who say
that they don't luv babys, but you kan
depend upon it, VIXEN they waE Labys
sumbody loved :hcm,
Daoys luN me, 100, kan take them
ont nv their mothers arms just AZ easy
as kan a unfedged bird out Nv his nest.
They luv me because luv them.
And here let me say, for the cumfort
and consolation NV mothers, that when
ever they see me on the cars or on the
steambote, out Av a job, they needn't
hesitate mint tew drop clean, fat ba
by intu mi lap; will hold it and kiss it,
and be thankful besides.
Perhaps thare iz people who don't en-
Wy me all this, but it il one Nv the sharp
cut, weil-defned joys NV mi life, mi luv
for babys and their luv for me.
Perhaps thare il people who will call
it weakness. don't care what they
kali it, bring on the babys. Uncle Josh
haz always kind word aud kiss for
the babys,
luv babys for the truth tharc il in
them; amt afrade their kiss will be-
tray me, thare iz no frauds, ded beats,
nor counterfeits among them.
wish | waz y baby, not only once
mole, but forevermore.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

BEEcuER ON THE DAngINIAN THEo-
RY.-Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in the
course of one of his sermons, thus eX.
pressed himself in regard to the Darwin
ian theory;
sit is of little consequence to me
where l came from it is of great deal
of consequence TO me To know where !
am going. There are great many men
at the present day investigating The road
which has brought man up TO the pres.
ent state, and confess To curiosity in
the matter, and | do not say that these
researches may not be of benefit. re-
gard the labors of Mr.. Darwin with pro-
found Interest, believing that the world
will in time accord him gIrat deal Of
credit. Although do not acccp, all his
spcculations, | thank him for all his de-
ductious of fact. do not participate a
particle with those that dread the idea Of
man having sprung from some lower
form of existence, all that ask is that
you may show me how got clear from
monkeys, and then am quite satisfied
to have had one Tor my ancestor fifty
centuries ago. Only make the difference
great enough and am content. l had
just as lieve spring from monkey as
from some men | know around here. !
look upon the Patagonians or the miser-
able crawling Esquimaux, and ] don't
see much to choose between them and
any latent anlmalhood. l don't care SO
much about that thing, for have never
been there. had no early associations
great while ago. have not the least
recollection of what happened a million
years ago. All my life is looking for
ward. | want to know where am 60
ing. don't care where came from"
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La met sighed Mrs. Partington,
here | have been suffering the bigamies
Of death for.three mortal weeks First
was seized with bleeding prhenology
IN the left hampshire Of the brain, which
was exceeded by a>stoppage of the left
ventila;or Of the heart. This gave me
9n inflammation in the borax, aud now
am sick with the chloroform morbus,
There's no blessing ike that of health,
particularly when you'Ie ILL.,"
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l. IS one Of the severest tests Of friend,
ship to tell your friend of his faults. If
you are angry with man, or hate him.
1t Is not hard to go to him and stab him
with words; bat to SO love man that
you cannot bear to see the stain of sin
upon him, and to speak painful truth
through loving words-that is friend.
ship. But few have such friends, our
enemies usually teach us that we are at
the point Of the sword. "Faithtul are
the wounds of friend, but the kisses of
an enemy are deceitful."
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I" You have lost your baby, I hear"
said one gentleman to another. yes,
poor little thing! 1t was only five
months old. We did all we could for it.
We had four doctors, blis,ered its head
and feet, and put mustard poultices all
over it. gave it nine calomel powders,
leached its temples, had it bled, gave all
kinds of medicines, and yet, after q
weeks illness, il died.n u
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

Southerners are circulating facsimile q
Of the bail bend of jeff Davis, 'late .
President Of the Confederate States, " =
with all the signatures, incluling Horace 3
Gicelcy'e and doubtless this will prove
q successful campaign document amoung
Liberals Of the real old stripe. But
the thing might be made even more i'm.
prcsslvc by having printed on the back,
an Illustration OF the Cincinnati can
didate calmly bidding the erring sisters
.'go!" q.
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LYONS KATHARION,
For Preserving and BenutIrying the Hu.
man Hair. TO Prevent Its Failing
Ont and Turnlug Gray.

welprcserved Head OF Hair, in person Of middle
age at once bespcaks refinement, elegance, health and
beauty 1t may be truly called Womans Crowning Clio
ry while men not insensible to its advantages ai
charms. Few things are more disgusting than thin,
rizzy harsh untamed Hair, with mead and coat
with dandruf. Visit barber and you feel and lock
Ike new man. This. is what Lyons Kath.rion will
do Gil the time. The charm which lies in we'll placed
Hair, Glossy Curls Luxuriant Tresses, and Clean
Head, is noticeable and irresistible,
Sold by all Druggists and Country Stores
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To polish oak, slightly oil the work
with liuseed oil. and then rub off; then
make il paste of whiting and paraffine
oil, covered with yellow ochre, or some,
thing darker, if necessary, for the color
Of the wood. After the wood is well
filed in with this paste, it must be well
rubbed off clean, and let stand two or
three hours before the polish is applied.
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Endeayor to take your work quietly.
Anxiety and overaction are always the
cause OF sickness and restlessness. We
must use oar judgment to control our
excitement OF onr bodily strength will
break down. We must remember that
our ba,tle is to be won by a strength
MT our own. IL is battle that does
no. depend upon the swift nor strong.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

A Yankee doctor has cOntriyed to ex.
tract from sausages a powerful tome,
which he says contains the whole
strength Of the original bark, lie calls
it the Sulphate of Canine.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

To decoy pig, instead of driving
him, some ingenius chap recommends
tying the end of a strong cord to an ear
Of c,rrI, drop it in front of the pig, i've
or six inches from his nose, and com.
mencc walking away with il slowly in
the way you wish the pig to 60. II be
gets diahearteaed at the prospect of get
ting hold OF i; allow him a slight nbble,
and then proceed.-RWuL Ne,o Yorker.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

A music dealer has in his window a
sentimental song, thus marked; "Thou
hast Loved me and Left me, for twenty,
five cents." That is certainly the
cheapest kind of divorce, and leaves no
neeessilY tor going to G licae D.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

The American Medical Association at
Philadelphia has resolved that its menu
bers should discourage the use Of alco-
hol as a stimulus in their remedies,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

1t has jdst been discovered that a
solution OF sulphate of iron sprinkled
upon fruits and plants has a wonderful
effect. Beans gain sixty per. cent, in
size and in quality, and pear-trees were
wonderfully benefited by the new ferti,
liZur.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-22

Hon. T. Washburn, warden of the Iilis
nois Pententiary, has now 1908 prison.
ers in charge, larger number than any
other warden in the United States;
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Early rising was once an indication OF
thrift, but DOW it indicstes that man 70
thirsty.
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L HIS wonderful vegetable restorative
IL the sheetanchor OF the fec ple and debnted As
tonic and cordial for tho aged and angud it has no
equal among stomachcs Asa remedy for the nervous
weakness to which women arc especially subject IL Il
eupersedng every other stmulant In an climates
tropical temperate frigid 1t acts specific in
ry species Of disorder which undeImlses the bodily
strength and breaks down the animal spirits. 1l4g
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The Palisades of the Hudson are 70 ~
blasted for. building purposes ., ;ar Nv
s.ss ~ q
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HARNESS MAKER.

w. IL. WILLIAMSON, Saddlcr and Harness Ma
ker. opposite Flax Block, Main street. Ashtabula, Ohio
has on hand, and makes to order In the best manner
everything In hia line 1Og5
p, O, FORD, Manufacturers and Dealers in Sad
dies, HARNESS, Brides. Collars, Trunks, Whips
&C., oppotite Fisk House, Ashtabula. Ohio. 1Ol5