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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24
TWAS NONE OF HIS FUNERAL.

A western paper tells a story of {
deaf gentleman's mistake. II seems
that in the procession that followed
the good deacon Jones to the grave
last summer the Pew. Mr. Sampler
the new clergyman OF East Town
found himself in the same carriage
with an elderly man he had never
met before They rode in grave
silence for few moments, when the
clergyman endeavored to Improve the
occasion by serious conversation.
This is a solemn duty in which we
are engaged, my friend," said he.
Hey? What did you say, sir?
! the old man returned. Cant Won
speak louder? Pm hard of hearin u
was remarking," shouted the
clergyman, THAT this is a solemn
road we are travelling to-day.n
Sandy road! You don't call this
ERE sandy, do ye? Guess you amt
been down to the south deestrict vet.
That's q stretch of road on the old
pike that beats all ever see for hard
travelin.' Only a week before Deacon
Jones was TUX sick, met him drivin'
his OK team along there, and the sand
was pretty nigh up 70 the hubs of the
wheels. The deacon used to get
dreadfully riled bout that piece Of
road and East Town does go ahead
of all creation for sand.
The young Clergyman looked blank
at the unexpected turn given 10 his
remark, but quickly recovered him
self, and raising his voice to the
highest pitch, he resumed the eOnver-
sation.
"Our friend here has done with all
tfe discomfOrts of earth,n he said
solemnly. " a small spot of ground
will soon cover his senseIess CLAY"
Ibid you say clay, sir?n cried the
old man, eagerly. Tain't nigh so
good to cover sand with as medder
loan. Sez to Mr.. Brewer, last town
meetln' day, if you'd cart on a few
dozen lOads-and there's acres Of il on
the river bank, seq YOU'D better
makeas prettya piece of road as there
is in all Har' ford county. But we
are slow folks in East Town, sir.3
1t was, perhaps, fortunate for the
clergyman at that moment that the
smell of new-made hay from q neigh |
boring field suggested a new train Of |
thought.
0oOh -etAu It, Will kluCeIQl |
wave of his hand, what an emblem |
Of the brevity of human lifel AS the /
grass of the field so man fiOurisheth, |
and tomorrow he is cut dOwn.in
II don't calculate to cut mine till /
next week. said his companion.
u You mustn't cut grass too early:
and then, again, you mustn't cut it
too late"
MY friend" shrieked the clergy
man, in a last desperate attemEt 10
make himself understood, "this is no
place for vain conversation We are
the marrow house for all
me living"
They were entering the graveyard,
but the old man stretched his neck
rom the carriage window in the
direction. " Do you mean
Squire Hubbard's over yonder? '7fs
-ather nGrFer. They build all them
new tangled houses that way now.
To my mind they amt nigh so hand
iome nOrsO handy as the eOId-fashiOned
I9uareO ones with a bF Iad entry runnini
lear through to the back door. Well,
his is the geItin'-Out place, amt ito
Much obleeged TO ye, parsOn, for yer
remarks
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

a PATHETIC PICTURE. = George
William Curtis paints the following
pathetic picture, which every one
could wish were less true TO nature
l think Of many and many a sad
eyed woman have known in solitary
country homes, who seem never 10
have smiled, who struggle with hard
hands through melting heat and
pinehing cold to hold back poverty
and want that hovered like wolves
about an ever-inereasing flock of
children. How it was seonr in the
morning and scrub at night, and
scold all day long! How care blurred
the window like a cloud, hiding
the lovely landscape How anxiety
snarled at her heels, dOggiDg her like
u cur! How little she knew or cared
that Doboliuks, drunk with idIeness,
tumbled and sang in the meadows
below, that the esrth was telling the
time of year with flowers IA the woods
above. As I think of these things,
of this solitary, ineessant drudgeTy.
of the taeitGrR husband coming in
heavy with sleep, too weary to read.
to talk, to think, I do not wonder
that the mad-hOuses are 50 richly
from the farm houses rs the
statistics show"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24
EXECuTOR,s sALE-

LIN ursuance Of an order Erauted by the
Probate Court OF TrumbuE county, Ohio
Will sell at public a1ction, on the 10Th day
of May, A. ID ls72, between the hours Of 10
O'CLOCK a. m.yand O'Clock p m. on the
premises in MesOpotamia, the following
described real estate, known as the Col.
Sheldon Farm, CONTAINING one hundredt tIOO)
acres Of land, Of excellent quality. a good
two story house. large barn. corn houses,
horse barn and other Out buildings. all in
good condition; good fruit Of excellent varie-
t5s two good wells OF water and a never fail
ing stream running through the farm -
said farm is situate about one mile from
the cfnter Of the township and is bounded
as follows: On the north by lands of Fred
erick Sheartr and Willard Lay, and heirs OF
George Arnold; on the east by heirs Of Geo.
Arnold aud A. c. FaUss; on The south by the
public highway. and on the west by Harri-
son Laird nd Benz. Joslin. TO place OF be-
ginning being parts OF Lots SO and 20.
Also Al acres In Lot. 81 bounded as follows:
On the north by the public highway; on the
west by lands Of Harrison Laird, on the
south by land Of Otis Parish and R. R.Glea-
sou. and on the east by land occupied by
Deacon AnseI Clark.
Terms on day of sale and the
balance In two equal ANIMAL pay ment with
annual interest. secured by mortgage.
Bidders may understand that the above
property will be- sold. LINUS TRACY
EXT Of Israel B Sheldon, deed.
April Il, ls72-it.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24
Whole No. $500
RRAM AnInr

what the phrenolOgists call faeul-
ties, and associate with definite and
limited parts Of the brain, is now
oetter explained on the theory of
diHerent modes Of action in which
the whole cerebral system is impli-
Gated. This doctrine is Of practical
Importance, for when there fs injury
by over-exertiOn, it is not nerelv.
some organ that is damaged. but
the whole structure. All agree that
thoughts too long and too intentlv
liked on one object weary the part Of
the brain so employed, and II we did
not get relief by changing our Occu-
patton there is danger that this
WEAKNESS may end in disease. There
IS case of an English student who
determined to commit to memory a
certain number Of Greek primitives
every day. After persisting some
time he found that, though competent
To other study this wearied him.
Being metaphysician, despising
materlalism, ignoring the brain,
and believing in the onnipotenee of
" viii" he resolved not to be thus
mastered, and persevered in spite OF
weariness but in a short time de-
Hrium came on. He took the hint.
laid aside the Greek, and recovered.
In this eIse it was not merely the
organ " of memory for Greek words
that failed by exhaustion from over
action, but there was arrangement
affecting the whole mental eOnstitu-
ton. It was not that memory lost its
grasp of certain lingual signs, but
that all voluntary control of the intel
ieetual operations was suspended, ana
the whole mental fabric overthrown.
:" Scientific Miscellany" IN May
GALAXY.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24
FEEDING LAMBS.


The American Agrieulturist gives
this method of feeding lambs:
zone of the greatest difficulties in
raising early lambs, more especially
with some breeds which are not
naturally good mothers, is the dis
position of the eve to disown or
neglect the lamb When she has
twin lambs this not seldom happens.
Without great attention at yeaning
time a farmer may lose some fine
lambs which might easily be saved.
We have expe fenced this ourselves.
and have saved many early lambs by
feeding with cows milk. 1t has
been said that cows milk is poisonous
TO lamb. We never found it so. but
have had very good success, even
with that very tender breed. the
Leicesters. The critical time with a
lamb, more especially in cold weather,
is the first day of its life. Often the
eve may be as good nurse as possi
ble, but the lamb may be weak and
chilled. A mOuthful of warm milk
will often revive lamb when it is
not able to get up to suck. To feed a
lamb that has been altogether dis
owned by the eve, we use a tin can.
a common kerosene oil can, with a
piece of sponge wound round the end
of the spout and covered with a cotton
bag shaped like a teat, which was
tied on. The milk was made warm
and little sugar dissolved in it. The
teat being put in the lambs mouth II
will Immediately suck eagerly, and
Will soon get taccustomed to the strange
method. When a eve is weak and
has but little milk, few spOonfuls a
day will help the lamb very much.
When a eve will not own her lamb
it is the best to take her and with one |
hand hold up the wool so that the |
lamb can get to the teat. Let the |
sheep be held so that she turn her
head and smell the lamb, and if q /
little salt be sprinkIed on it, she will /
to lick it and her motherlv
be SION removed. Such a
eve should be placed with her lamb
i'm a small stall by herself As soon
as the lamb is strong enough, il will
by dint of perseveTance-when the
sheep cannot eseape-learn to helm
Itself. In two or three DAYS the eve
will have become friendly to it. The
sheep pens should be visited several
times a day, and the last thing at
night and the first thing in the morn
.ng, as soon as lambs begin to appear.
Fhe ewes should be removed day or
.wo previous to this event, into a pen
oy themselves, where more care and
| little extra feed can be given them.
It should be remembered that when
can or bottle is used to feed the
amb, il should be carefully rinsed
With scalding water Immediately
Ifter using, lest any sourness should
'ccur. Sour milk will kill lambs
'ery quickly. In case diarrhoea
hOuld occur from any neglect in this
espect, it may be stopped at once bv
administering the following cordial: J
)ne pint of peppermint water with
ne once of prepared chalk, in doses
+ bali teaspOOnful or more, accord
'g to the age of the lamb, three times
day. 1t is very rarely, however,
hat this will be needed if care is
sed. 1t is also very important that
1arm, dry quarters with clean straw
edding be furnished"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24
Can't be Helyea. .

This is phrase often enough ON
the lips Of feeble folk. As they miss
chances, and spoil undertakings, they
console themselves with this pitiable
formula It serves their purpose. It
suggests a sort of fate outside them
selves, inevitable and irresistible, of
which they are the victims It clears
them of responsibility. or it reconeiles
to blunders. A man is on the wrong
track when he says, 1t can't be
helped" True, there is no remedy
for split milk" when it has been
spilled but there are a good many
precautions against the spilling. 4
strong man takes the precautions:
a weak man spills milk, and then,
with look and tone of eOmmisera-
tiOn, partly Of himself. partly Of the
wreck he says, SIT cant be helped. -
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

LONDON PoOR.-The evils Of "over-
erowding" are beginning to attract
general attention in England. and il
has been found that, in Hanover
Square, London, % houses contain
40 persons, or several times as many
as a moderate regard for health would
allow. In one district of the parish
Of st. Giles, there were SO families,
none Of whom occupied more than a
single room. This was the case
throughout a dozen districts. In one
room, u by Is feet, aud 7 feet 6 inches
high, eight persons were packed; in
another Oaly six and ODe-half feet
high, man, his wife, and five chill
dren were crowded. The worst fea-
lures Of the OvercrOwding in the
occupation Of the same bed by two
sets Of people during the same night.
Certain classes attending the theatre
every night ballet dancers, supes,
and the mob which is attached to
a nantOmime-let their bedsto msrket
people, who are just ready TO get up
aud go to work when the theatrical
folks come home.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24
HASTY WORDS.

The evil that is In the world, tha
rushes down our streets, devastating
homes, running happiness, aud laying
waste the pleasant places, has many
fountains. Sin does its deadly work
in many ways, and sorrow comes eff
from a variety of sources And hasty
words have much TO answer for among
the rest We are apt to think that d
word or two does not matter; that we
need not trouble ourselves to be over
particular as to what we say, BuI
this Is only one cf our many mistakes.
Words live. There is so much vitality
in them that they t'ke root even
upon very unlikely soil. Hasty words
are almost sure TO have little sense
and less kindness in them. They are
not offspring Of meek aud quiet spir-
its, but of hot passionate tempers
"All men are liafsw Who but q man
in a passion would have said that?
The assertion is so sweeping and un-
Just, that, if David had n, prefaced it
by his profession, i said in my haste.
we should not have understood il.
Perhaps the speaker feels himself
We often are in this life
of ours; we cannot have all we wish
from our brothers and sisters, and so
We allow ourselves to grow fretful and
angry. We are unreasonable enough
to suppose that all things should Be
ours, and, when we find only few
things coming to our share then we
become discOntented and peeYlsh and
speak hasty words.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

If anything in the world will make
man feel badly, except pinehing
his fingers in the crack of a door, it is
Inquestionably a quarrel. No man
fails to think less Of himself after it
than before. 1t degrades himself in
the eyes Of others, and, what is worse
blunts his sensibilities on the one
hand, and increases the power or
passionate irritability on the other.
The truth is, the more quietly and
peaeeably we get on, the better for
our neighbOrs. In nine cases out OF
ten the better course is, if a man
cheats you quit dealing with him: il
be is abusive quit his company; and
If he ISLANDERS you, take care 10 live
so that nobody will believe. Who
ever ne Is or how he misuses you, the
wisest way is TO let him alone. for
there Is nothing better than this cool
calm and quiet way of dealing wifi,
the wrongs we meet.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

So, as we can see that not the
weddings, but the erucifixions, are
the mighty things of history; not
the festivals, but the battles; not
the Ovations, but the martyrdOms,-
we find the first grace that can come
from heaven to help bear our thorn
in the flesh, whatever it may be,-a
personal misfortune; inability to be
all that we feel we ought b be; the
possession of a passion we have to
watch with unslumbering care pain
that defies all doctors. darkness Of the
spirit, against which there is no
argument; the sore of bitter old sin;
u home in which there Is no light of
a true love; q great and incurable
disappOintment; or the death Of our
brightest and best-I say these may
be the very conditions of the grace
which IS made S'perfeet in our weak
ness" Joyfulness has its own place;
gladness is the wine of lie; Bat the
tge-btOOd comes OF the struggle
Robert COllysr.
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The shadows of the mind are like

The shadows Of the mind are like
those Of the body. In the morning
Of life they all lie behind US; at noon
we trample them under foot, and in
the evening they stretch long, broad
and deepening before Us. Are not,
then, the sorrOws of childhood as dark
as those of old age? Are not the
morning shadows of life as deep and
broad as those Of evening? Yes, but
morning shadows soon fade away.
while those of evening reach forward
and mingle with the coming dark
ness Man is !begotten in delight and
born in pain; and in these are the
rapture and labor OF his life foreshad-
owed from the beginning. But the
life Of man upon this fair earth is
made up, for the most part, Of little
pains and little pleasures. The great
wonder flowers bloom but once in a
life time.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24
The Religious Awakening in Kansas.

! A large share of our space to-day is
occupied by intelligence from various
parts of the state concerning the great
religious awakening which is now
stirring Kansas IN an almost marvel
Gus manner. Mr.. Hammond inaugu-
rated the work at Leavenworth over
a month ago, and it has since spread
| to a score Of different localities. gain
ing strength every day. Persons out
side of the state can form no real idea
OF the feeling that has been developed
and of the results that are being
accomplished. At Lawrence, the
meetings have been carried on day
and night for weeks, and bid fair to
be continued for weeks to come. At
Topeka, little less interest has been
manifested, and the meetings still go
on. At Ottawa, the same earncstness
and activity prevail; and similar re-
ports come from other points, east,
west, north and south.
The movement is neither a section
al nor a sectarian one. 1t is confined
to no particular point, and is in the
hands of no particular denomination.
The awakening is a general one
throughout the state, and all the
churches join hands in pushing it
forward.
The conversions include people of
all ages aud elasses-yOung and old,
rich and poor, prominent and obscure.
The nervous and exeitable alone have
not yielded. nor women and children
merely; but stroug men and thought
full, men of culture and GOODNESS, as
well. Sometimes, perhaps. revivals
may be measuTably accounted for
through purely physical theories; but
not so in this case. The manifesto
tiOns are of a character that cannot be
explained away by mesmerism and
They go deeper than
such influences extend they mean
more than such influences embrace.
God is certainly at work in Kansas
and He did not commence a day too
soon. Let US hope that what has so
far been done may be but beginning
and that the final results may exceed
the anticipatiOns OF the most sanguine.
- Commonwealth.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

Vino can comprehend his feelings
on whose sight, in mature age, the
heavens should burst with its myri-
ads of celestial lights sparkling in
space, while sudden fiery balls shoot
across his vision like ghOstly heralds
and vanish without leaving a trace to
show that they had ever been. And
yet, with what complaeeney and mar
rowness of thought we witness this
daily majestic mechanism Of creation.
Because the stars have twinkled on
our infancy, lighted our paths in
youth, and beamed on our manhood.
we pass through life without once
contemplating the grandeur, the sub
Unity of the starry heavens, 80
much long communion tends to
make Us what we are"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

AS a simple matter of fact, irrespec-
tive of any theological bearing, the
reply made by Uncle William - to
his ply ysieian, DIR. D., was entire
ly accurate. Uncle William, was q
wicked man. DR.. D. was a good.
Uncle William, being hungry, asked
the Doctor for some bread. The
Doctor approached the bedside of the
sufferer, aud in a very solemn tone
remarked:
my dear friend, man can not live
by bread alone"
No." replied wicked Uncle VIII
liam: " he's obleeged to have fer
vegetables ~
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24
On Strikes In General.

From the New York World, April 81
Still 10 behOOves US not to do inius-
tiee to the institution of the strike.
Strikes are not obsolete yet, nor i'm
mediately likely to be. Arbitration
Is no better tnan strikes, but If arbi-
tration ever comes to be an institution
1t will be because strikes nave preeed-
ed II. No man, at least no class OF
men, respects the right of another
class from pure benevolence and
uprightedness of mind. 1t is always
upon eompulsiOn and after perempto
ry notice that it will be better for
them. Such peTemptOTy notice is a
strike. When labOrers strike they do
not consult the convenience of their
employers. Not being idiots, they do
not choose a time when their labor
can easily be spared, but a time when
the withdrawal of 10 will cause fncon
venience and loss TO the employers.
ThereupOn, of course, goes up howl
against them. But the howl is IRA
tiOnal. The real question is not il
their action injurious to this or that
interest, but are their demands lust?
Ii we have 10 answer yes to this
question, the action by which they
enforce their demands, so long at it
does not cOntravede the law, is Just too
and the responsibility for whatever
injury it may work lies not UDOD
thVse who urge, but upon those who
repel, just claims. Two milliOnaires
get up a corner in a stock or COM
modify and verybOdy pays tribute
their astutenees. It is considered
mans right TO mOnOpol.ze the marker
If he has money enough. But the
labor market is on different footing
When o. Flanagan and Shaughnessy
make a corner in their commodity,
which is labor, the moral sense ofthe
i OUTRAGED. They are
alluded to as eonspiraIOrs, and it j.
darkly hintt d that they wish t. set up
the Ebenezer of Partisan Commune
among us.
But in fact it is equally idle to
blame or praise the labor movement.
IL Is serious and 1t is getting to be a
world wide phenomenon, aud it be-
hOOves US to consider it.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

"Children hunger perpetually fol
new ideas They will learn with
pleasure from the lips OF their parents
what they deem it drudgery to study
in books; and even if they have the
misfortune to be deprived Of many
educational advantages, they will
grow up intelligent If they enjoy in
childhood the privileges of listening
daily TO the conversation of intelli-
gent people. We sometimes see par
ents who are the life of every company
they enter, dull. silent and uninter-
e>ting at home among their own chill
dren. II they have not mental stores
and mental activity sufficient for
both, let them first use what they
have for their own household. A
silent house is q dull place for young
people, place from which they will
escape if they can. How much use
full Information, on the other hand, is
often given in pleasant family con-
versatiOn, and with unconscious but
excellent mental training in lively
social argument. Cultivate to the
utmost the graces Of home eonversa-
tiOnn
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

1.-The sound of bells by night, arr
as the voices of friends in sorrow
rich in their cheerful assurance 6.
human eOmpaniOhship, though all
the world between lies sleeping ia
forgetfulness of us; more brave and
clear and sweet because they sound
their comfort through a dark and
wintry air; most tender and most
dear because with each repeated tone,
they prove the dawn more surely
drawing near"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-04-24

a nice young person was one day
last week detected in the act of aDDr0-
priating PAIR Of silk hose IN Boston
store. When confronted by one of
the proprietors. she shed pearIv tears
and offered to compromise with S2e
Kindly reprOving her. the. drv poods
philanthropist would only axe from
her the price OF the goods she eoveted
and handed her t6e change. Her
artless guile was remeniSersd bV him
Win 4 tender smile. till he found that
the Dill she had passed on him was
counterfeit -
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April Il, Is72-6t.
r EGAL NOTICE

hSotice is hereby given that the County
Coln Inlssioners of TTumoull County, Ohio,
at their regular session in Nav. 1872 or as
soon thereafter as the matter can be heard
Will be petitioned for the vacation OF that
part OF what Is called Second Street, in the
township OF Warren. county and state
aforesaid. which runs due east and west and
lies Immediately south Of the south cOrpOr-
ate limit OF The city Of Warren, commencing
At the road which is the continuation south-
ward OF Main street Of said Warren, and
ending at the Aahoning river.
by GEO. p. HUNTER,
Atty for Petitioners.
Warren, O., april 10, lS72-4t.