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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12
An Aim.

Give me a man with an aim,
Whatever that aim may be,
Whether its wealth, or whether it's fame,
IL matters not to me.
Lei him walk in the path of right
And keep his aim in sight,
Aud work and pray in faith away
And his eye ON the glittering height.
Give me a man who says,
Twill do something well,
And make the flcetng days
A story OF labor tell"
Though the aim lie has be small,
1t is better than none at all;
With something 10 do the whole year
through,
He will not stumble or fall.
But Satan weaves a snare
For the feet of those who stray,
Win never thought or a care
Where the path may lead away.
The man who has no aim,
Not only leaves no name
When this lille is done, but ten TO one,
He leaves record Of shame.
Give me a man whose heart
Is filled with ambitions fire;
Who sets his mark in the start,
And keeps moving il higher and higher.
Better TO die in the strife,
The hands with labor rife,
Than to glide with the stream in an idle
dream,
And live pnrposeless life.
Better TO strive and climb
And never reach the goal,
Than to drifl along with time
An aimless, worthless soul.
Ay, DC ter 10 climb aud fall,
Or SOW, though the yield be small,
Than 10 throw away day after day,
And never strive at ALL
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

An Arkansas local soliloquizes thus
Some Of our exchanges are publishing as
a curious item statement TO the effect
that horse in Iowa pulled the plug out
OF the bunghole of barrel for the pur-
pose OF shaking his thirst. We do not
see anything extraordinary in the occur
renee. Now, if the horse had pulled the
barrel ont of the bunghole and slaked its
thirst with the plug, or if the barrel had
pulled the bunghole of the plug and
slaked its thirst with the horse, or if the
plug had pulled the horse out of the bar
rel and slaked its thirst with the bung-
hole, or if the bunghole had pulled the
thirst out of the horse and slaked the
plug with the barrel, or if the barrel had
pulled the horse out Of the bunghole and
plugged its thirst with slake, if might
be worth while 10 make some fuss over
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12
WHOLE NUMBER 1883

The other day, steamboat on the
East River, n. Y, met with an accident
to her machinery which caused a good
deal of alarm. 1t is pleasing TO read in
the Times Of the noble manner in which
several Of the male passengers conduct
ed themselves. a number of them tried
to jump overheard but were held by
more reasonable people. One man
snatched a life-preserver from a woman,
and encased his own manly chest with
it. Another provided himself with six
hiepreservers, aud was in the act of put
ting them all on, one after the other,
when he WAS forced TO deliver five OF
them to women. Altogether the num-
Der of men who demonstrated their man
hood by acts such as these were sufficient
to impress disinlerested person with a
high opinion Of the average travelling
American. The man who snatched a
life-preserver from woman, and the
man who monopolized six of those arti-
cles deserve to he rewarded. The pub.
lie presentation Of neat leather medals
would doubtless meet their We've.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

The Worcester Spy tells this story:
GA lady at the Junction depot yesterday
missed her footing while endeavoring to
get aboard a train, and fell upon the
track just as the train started. With
admirable presence of mind she rolled
herself close to the platform. 81 am not
hurt a mite" she said to gentleman who
rushed to her assistance; and when the
train was stopped, and she was released
from her uncomfortable position, she said
smilingly to the bystanders clustered
around her: 81 believe Ihave introduced
myself. Where's my satchel?"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

THE MosQUITo.-Nearly a hundred
years ago, James Barton, writing enthu-
Siastically OF the perfect construction OF
the mosquito, says: at is impossible to
behold and not admire the amazing
structure of its sting. One undelg goes
with pleasure a picture that enables us
to observe how this piece Of mechanism
acts" OF course, the world contains
few who feel the pleasurable emotions Of
the naturalist, when the poisonous sting
follows the irritating hum of the hated
and dreaded mosquito still there are
many who will find very interesting a
lengthy article about it and its habits in
a late number of the Scientific An1ers-
can. The male mosquito lives short,
idle life, doing little harm, and su6siSling
upon the sweets gathered from flowers,
having a dainty preference for lilies, in
whose creamy petalled bells he pensively
swings. The female is the noisy, ag-
gressive sex, aud makes life burden 10
those unfortunate mortals encountering
her. She stings them and then "brags"
about it, and, not content With her own
evil career, every month deposits one
hundred eggs in cool, damp place, thus
multiplying and perpetuating her kind.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12
OHIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER p, 1872.
Mothers,

Each mother is a hist orinn. She writes
no the history of Empires or Nations,
but she writes her own history on the
iniperishable mind Of her child. The
tablet of that history shall remain indell-
BILE when time shall be no more. That
history she shall meet again, and read
again, with eternal Joy or unut;erable
grief, in the coming ages OF Eternity.
This thought should weigh upon the
mind of every mother, and render her
deeply circumspect and prayeriul, and
faithful III her solemn work of training
up her children for heaven and immortal
ity. The minds of children are very sus-
ceptiele AID easily impressed. a word,
a look, irown may engrave an impress
sion on the mild Of child which no
lapse Of time can efiace or wash out.
You walk along the seashore when the
tide is out, and you form characters, or
names III the smooth sand, which is
spread oUt so clear and beautiful at your
feet, according as your fancy dictates !;
but the returning tide shall, in a few
short hours, wash out and efilce all you
have written. Not so with the lines and
characters OF truth or error which your
conduct inprints on the mind of your
child. There you write impressions of
the everlasting good or evil OF your
child, which neither floods nor the storms
of earth can wash out, nor Deaths cold
finger erase, nor the slow moving ages
Of Eternity obiiterate. How careful,
then, should each mother be'in the treat.
ment of her child! How prayerlul and
serious, and how earnest to write the eter.
nal truth of God Oh the mind, truths
which shall be guide and teacher when
he: voice shall he silent ia DEATH
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the end. 20 sorrowfuly all the day long."-Psalms,
III, V. q.
Weary of life and weary of sin,
The ccaseless strife and worldly din,
Struggling eyer to act II part,
Yelling my soul and shrouding my heart,
Hating the world, and longing to be
Alone, at rest, untrammeled and free
Struggling ever in endless strife
Father in Heaven, I'm weary of life.
Weary of life that once was fair,
That precious gem, that jewel rare;
Life, with its changing, sunny hours,
Its golden smiles and wealth of flowers
Life OF an infant, childish years,
With It's ripping smil,s and sparkling tears;
Years that knew naught of anger or strife
Father in Heaven, I'm weary of life.
Weary of life that once was so bright,
With its rainbow hurs of dazzling light,
The light OF my girlhood's early days,
With the gorgeous glare of its MONDAY blaze,
All deeming my life but one endless day,
Nor counting the hour that passed away;
Hours with j,y and pleasure once rife
Yet Father in Heaven, I'm weary of life.
Weary of life, its sin and crime
It's poisoned breath and its nosome slime,
Dh sin ! oh crime how bitter TO taste
Tne tempting fruit of the desert waste
That fruit so fair and bright to the eye
On the lips will fade, and in ashes die,
Filling the heart with woe and strife,
fill, father in Heaven, we weary of life.
Weary of life that has grown so dark,
Pining away in this prsoned ark,
Weary, dear Lord, us the captive dove,
Longing to soar to the light above;
Seeking some spot where my foot may rest
From the deuge Of sin in the human breast.
Battling ever In care and strife
rut n IN pI
Weary of life, shall one so lost,
80 tcmpest-driVen, so wildly tossed,
bare To weep US Ma gdalcn wept,
When in lnwly sorrow, a sinner she crept,
And knelt at Thy feet in tears and signs,
And sought but glance from Thy sacred
cycsl
The glance that dispeled all sin and strife,
When her heart was weary and sick OF life.
Weary OF lie, but ah! in Thy love
| look Tor irucr life above,
That life that fades not nor passes away,
rhc dawning sun of eternal day,
The morning that breaks Der the tempes,
wave,
And shines through the gloom of the yawning
grave;
Cheering us ON through woe and strife,
With the lasting joys of II brighter life.
Weary of life, and weary of sin,
This worldly strife and worldly din;
Looking in hope for the promised land,
Watching the veil on its golden strand
Watching that veil SO misty aud bright,
Shrouding ills shores from my yearnlng sight
Watching the Hand that shall send il away,
Giving me life and endless day.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

DESPERATE FIGuT WITH A HOG. "A
few days ago, Thomas J. CraycroIt, OF
Taylor Township, Harrison county, went
into the forest near his residence, to teed
a large SOW, whose pigs were not yet
old enough to leave the bed. His wife
and little prattling girl, wishing to see
the pigs, accompanied him. The father
threw the SOW some corn, and after eat
ing few monthtuls, she started toward
the child, with her huge jaws widely ex-
tended. Mr.. Craycrott seeing the peril
of his child, sprang between it and the
terocious brute, at the same time calling
to his wife TO take the child away. Then
commenced. a struggle for life between
Mr.. Craycrott and the maddened brute.
Being Il large and powerful animal, she
stood on her hind feet and threw hcI
fore feet against the breast of her victim
with such tremendous force as came neal
knocking him down several times, mean
time making repeated efforts TO bite ol
cut him about the face and throat with
her tusks. Mr.. Craycrott'U only weapons
of defense were his feet and hands /; and
in attempting to push the inturiated
beast from his face he got his right hand
several times in her mouth, by which il
was frightiully mangled. The mother
after running few yards, looked back
and seeing her husbands life in peril, sci
her child down aud armed with a club,
started to his rescue; but before she got
in reach the husband had disengagcd
himself enough to get hold of club,
with which he dealt his antagonist sew
eral heavy blows before she would de-
sist and even then she made an effort
to renew the conflict. The spectacle
presented by the victor as he walked
painting from the field, was truly fright
lul. His clothing was cut into shreds,
aud he was bespattered from head to
foot with blood, mingled with foam and
troth from the mouth of the enraged
monster. Besides the mangling of the
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

A clever old lady, just arrived from
the country, entered the refreshment
room at a railroad station the other day,
and said she had left her parasol on the
settee. Ageneral search commenced and
lasted for some time. Finally one of the
walters asked the old dame when she
lett it, to which she answered, on count
ing up on her fingers, Well, it was just
three years ago last Fourth of July"
There was a general roar, much to the
astonishment OF the old lady, who went
away with very puzzled look upon her
cOuutenance.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

THE STEREoTYPED SuLE.-BewaTe of
a man or woman with a fixed smile.
Trust the most hideous scowler before
the being who goes about with an an
gelc grin, carefully exhibited to all eyes
under any and every circumstance. 1t
is not natural TO smile perpetually, and
no one ever assumes a mask without be-
ing conscious of necessity Tor conceal
ment. Don't misunderstood me. There
are young women, and few old men,
who break ont into a smile whenever
they speak. These are not the people
mean. The smile of which 4 warn you
is motionless, hypocritical, fixed ex-
presslon, which have seen worn during
silent three hours journey by rail,
without the slightest alteralion-that
sort of smile which most misguided lady
artists present upon their canvass when
they delineate martyrs, saints and an
gels. The portrait of lady has a DIFF
fercnt smie-the fashion-plate simper-
which, though semiidiotic, Is not dan
cerous. Persons of no penetration al
ludp to the chronic smile as $50 sweet !"
and any one capable Of holding the
muscles of the face nm Ter control, is gen.
erallv able TO smile sWcetly, TO move
quietly and to use choice language with
measured tones, in moments of the
greatest excitement, and so can always
place better man or woman at n great
disadvantage, and appear injured aud
innocent when actually most guilty.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

GREELEY hopes the day may come
when the names of Stoncwal jackson
aud Lee shall be revered as is that Of
Sherman and Sheridan and Grant. Go
down among these southern people and
YOU will find the walls of their parlors
decorated with pictures Of jackson aud
Lee, but with that of no northern Gen
eral who fought for the Union, which
we all pretend to love. When these
same parlors are also decorated with tie
likenesses OF Sheridan, Sherman and
Grant. then it will be time enough for as
to revere the names Of southern generals.
When a northern citizen can utter open
and free sentiments in these southern
states, as can southern man in the
northern states, then their reconciliation
10 us will have made rapid strides, and
not until then. When negroes can live
unmolested in Alabama as they can in
Ohio, then reconciliation is made perfect.
All these things should be brought about
even without kn-klux law to compel
obedience, as is now the case. You
should not ask that reconciliation should
all come from one side.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

THE JEsUITs. In relation to the Jesu-
its and the Church at Rome, the contest
still continues; and as Germany has
determined to banish all foreign Jesuts
from its territory, the rulers of the sur
rounding nations have been led TO ask
themselves the question whether these
Jcsuts shall be admitted within their
own borders. But three or four months
have elapsed since the enactment of the
law by the German Government against
the Jesuits, and though it was not to take
effect until six months after its passage,
yet they are leaving the country in large
numbers. The native Jesuits, who, nm
der the provisions of this act, are forbid
den to hold public service, are preparing
for a legislative conflict, through the
irstrumeniality of the Church and vari-
GUS Unions, when the Diet shall assem-
bic, and intend to inundate it with a
food of petitions relative to the position
of the Church. The Government is like
wise exertinG itself in every possible
manner for the collection of evidence to
establish the aggressive agency of the
Catholic Bishops in Prussia, which is
plainly read in the emphatic assertions of
/ he Ultramontane journals and others
hostile to the Government.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

"A grave digger. walking in the
streets OF Windsor, Vermont, the other
day, chanced to turn, and noticed two
doctors walking behind him. He
stopped till they passed, and then fol-
lowed on behind them. sand why this?'n
they inquired. 1 know my place in
this procession" he replied,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

Two Irishmen We're working in quar-
ry, when one OF them fell into a deep
quarry hole. The other, alarmed, came
to the margin Of the hole and called out,
Sarah, Pat, are ye kilt entirelyp If
YOU'RE dead spake." Pat reassured him
from the bottom by saying, in answer /:
"No, Tim, Pm not dead, but I'm spach,
less"
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How to learn the piano keys:

HOW 10 Iearh Ihe piano Keys:
All the q and A keys
Are between the black threes
And tween the twos are all the DIS.
Then on the right side OF the threes
Will be found the BIS and Cs;
But ON the left side of the threes
Are all the rs aud all the Es.
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right hand, he received severe cuis about
his left hand and arm, and a frightlul
cash above his left knee.
Ne,c ADdhy (Iad) Ledgcr
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When we are alone, we have our
thoughts to watch in our families, our
temper in society, our tongues
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LYONS KATHARION,


wcll-preserved Head Of Hair in person OF middle
age bcspcaks refinement elegance, health and
beauty il may be truly called Womlns Crownng Glo-
ry. while insensble 10 it's advantages and
charms. Few things more disgusting than thin,
rrzzly, harsh untamed Hair with mead and
with dandruff. Visit barber and you feel and look
ike man. This is what Lyons Kath ,rion will
10 ell the time. The charm which lies in well placed
Hair Glossy Curls Luxuriant Tresses, and a Clean
Head Is noticeable and irresistible.
Sold by all Druggists and Country Stores
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Plantation Bitters.
S. T.---l860---X.

i HIS wonderful vegetable restorative
h the sheetanchor Of the eeb be and debilitated As
tonic and cordial for the aged and languid II has no
equal among stOmachics. Asa remedy for the nervous
weakness to which women especially subject. II IL
superspdEg every other stimuant. In ali climates,
tropical temperate frgd. II nctr specific In
ry species of disorder which undermnes the bodily
strength and breaks down the animal spirits. 1149
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SELECT POETRY.
Weary of Life.

II am become miserable, and am bowed down {
the end. 70 sorrowfully all the day lOng"-Psalm'
a., V. q.
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HARDWARE, &c.

CROSBY & X, dealers in Stoves,
Tin-Ware, HoowWare, Shelf Hardware, Glass
Ware. Lamps and Lamp p-TTimmings, Petroleum, &c. q,
opposite the Fisk House, Ashtabula. 99i
Also, a full stock of Paints, oils, Varnlshes,
Brush es. &c. III
GEORGE @. HUBBAIkD, Dealer in Hardware,
Iron. steel and Nails Stoves Tin Plate 81 Iron,
Copper aud Zinc, and manufacturer of lin Sheet
Iron and Copper Ware, Fisk's Block Ashtab1a,
Ohio. 10j5
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PHOTOGRAPHERS.

FRED. w. BLAKESLEE, Photographers
dealer in Pictures. EngravnCs Chromos, &C. having
large supply of Mouldings of various descriptions is
prepared TO frame any thing in the picture line at
short notice and In the hest style. Second floor of the
Hall store, end door South of Bank Mann street 1894
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MISCELLANEOUS.

EDGAR HALL. Fire and life Insurance and Real
Estate Agent. Also Notary Public and Conyeyancer.
Ohice over Sherman and Halls Law Office, Ashabu-
la Ohio, 11lg
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EDWAEs ID d. PIERCE Dealers in Clothing Hate
caps. ana Gens' Furnishing Goods, Ashtabua,o e3l
" AITE 81 SILL, Wholesale and Rctai
Dealers i'll Ready Made Clothing, Furnishing Go ,hs
Hats, Caps &c, Ashtabula 900
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-14

STATE LOUISIANA,
Parish of Orleans, City Of New Orleans
Sworn to and subscribed before this third day OF
June, 1871
JOSEPH CUvIILIER; Notary Public.
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voa LEST AND OLDEST FAMILY MED1cINE-sAN.
I'D LIVER HviGoRAToR.-A purely Vegetable Ca
snHrfic and Tonicfor dyspepsia constipation debitr
bilious attacks, and oil derangemonts az
p p, ssomach and bowels AJAX Druggist for it
Do"~0 VI initatons- ta7 q eowIv
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Again Einor moves to the door. He let's her
pass with the words, ave are friends now, are
we not ~
Friends, oh! certainly" she says, but her
tone does not seem delighted at this change
i'll their relations as he thinks it should be.
The trnth is, Elinor has thought much over
MIR. Scbuyler's little Irritation with her cousin
and he has not come out from that inspection
OF his conduct with any great credit, in her
way OF looking at it. She thinks that although
he may pass unscathed by such indulgence, it
Is not honorable in him to tempt one younger
and weaker than himself into such practices.
She thinks if Lizzie could find no one like him
to entce her into this folly, she must perforce
amuse herself in some other way. 1t seems TO
her that his motives were bad. And she sus.
poets that if she would have lent herself to
this sort of thing, he wonld have been just
ready to conduct an affair of the kind with
herself Her native good sense shows her this
and she is thank nj for the different example
and teaching which has hedged her in from
ever giving chance for such thing. The
amount of all this is, that the little INCLINATION
to like MIR. Fred Schuyler which she had once
is now gone; she had no trust in him aud
without trust there can be no abiding love.
Therefore, when some days after, that gentle
man overcomes his dislike of her relis ion SO
Jar ~ TO absolutely offer his heart. hand, and
fortune To her, this disdainful Catholic aston
isles him with these words:
II think Mr.. Schuyler, that the sc protcsta-
tons are more due to my cousin Lizzie than to
me. Ii you speak truth to mo, you have spoken
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NEW ORLEANS MUTUAL INSURANCE COM
PANY.
ONCE corner of Camp and Canal streets
Capital. 100000.
Assets, December 81, 1871. 1904 $40 80
Insures Fire, Marine and River Risks dividing the
profits each department stety the insured.
For tho accommodation of itS customers, tho Com
pany win make Marine Lossee payable IN London
d. TUNES, President.
]. W. HINCKs, Secretary. fell 79ly
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false to her. If it is truth to her. what am I
20. 20 1eneveI Mr.; Schuyler, Il must trust all in