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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

merciless tyrant, Grant, in 1869, and one
NV his minions appointed in his place.
He had sed at times, that he wood accept
the post offs, eff it wuZ rendered him, and
ez some site acknowledgment Nv his SER
vices in controllice the Liberal Republican
vote he shood expect it. ''In case the
good Greeley is elected, kin 1 hev it?''
We drank, and, forgettin all about Per-
kins, replied promptly that, NV course,
no positive promises Good be made at so
early date, but Good say frankly, that
there coodent be any doubt about it. And
Mr. Matchitt took his leave thankin me
profoosely, and promisin that the Liberal
Republican vote, wich he controld shood
be out.
I then took several drinks ! by myself
How I got to the train that mite or wat
transpired know not. / hev an indis-
tinct idee NV hevin mob of men in my
room, and Nv much drinkin. Suffice it to
say awOke on the cars, and found myself
some hours after in New York, and then
back to my quarters at Chappaqua.
Ten days after / received four letters.
Three NV EN- was from Messrs. Slodgers,
Perkins and Matchett, each reproachin
me with dooplicity in promisin the Post
Office to the two others, and each ashoor-
i'll me that he alone controlled the Liberal
Republican vote Nv the county. The
other wuz from the landlord, enclosin bill
for busted furnitoor, and Stain likewise
that had made an ass Nv myself, ez the
only Libral Republicans there wuZ in the
county wuz Slodgers, Matchitt and Per
kins, and that they wuz NV that pekool
yer stripe that the Republicans rejoist
more fervently when they left the party
than they did over the success in North
Carolina. 1 must quit either likker or
politics. They don't work well together.
PETRoLEJM " Massey
(Wich wuz Postmaster, and hopes to be agin.) }
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
NO. A.
Youths Department.
THE FOOLISH HAREBELL.

By GEORGE NAcDoSoLD.
A harebell hung its willful head:
II am so tired so tired wish was dead
She hung her head in the mossy dell:
IF all were over, then all were WELL
The wind he heard and was pitiful;
He waved her about to make her COOL
.wind. you are rough" said the dainty bell;
Leave me alone-I am not well"
And the wind. at the voice of the dropping dame,
Sank in his heart, and ceased for shame.
81 am hot. so hoti' she sighed and said;
II am whitening up; wish was dead"
Then the sun he pitied her pitiful case,
And drew a thick veil over his face.
CLOUD, go away, and don't be rude;
am not-l don't see why you should"
The cloud withdrew; and the hairbell cried
II am SO faint, SO faint! and no water besideF'
And the dew came down in its milIion-fold path
Bat she murmured, i lid not want a bath"
A boy came by in the morning gray;
He pluckcd the harebell, and threw it away.
The harebell shivered and cried, "oh, OH
1 am so faint, so faintl Come, dear wind, blow
The wind blew softly, and did not speak;
She thanked him kindly, but grew more weak.
s'Sun, dear sun, am cold" she said
He rose; but lower she dropped her head
| 80 rain, am whitening; all the blue
| Is fading out of me-come, please, do"
The rain came down as fast as it could,
But for all its will it did her no good.
She shuddered and shriveled and moaning, said:
| THANK you all kindly" and then she was dead
Let hope, let us hope, when she comes mex
| year,
| She'll be simple and sweet. But 1 fear, fear.
Good Words for The Young
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
Remedial Mud.

"GRAcE GREENWOOD has been aston
ishing the people "down East" by the
accounts of the mud-baths which she has
seen or heard of during her late travels on
the Pacific Coast. baths are said to
be a popular remedy with certain unciv-
ilized copper-colored savages. The bar
barous beings, when sick, are said to bur-
row in the mud, very much as certain name
less scavenger quadrupeds do in civilized
countries, of ahot day, whenever they can
find a puddle large enough. Some OF
our contemporaries seem to think that a
prescription that is good for pigs is for
that very reason very bad for humans.
But we beg leave to differ. A cleansing,
or cooling, or other remedial process may
be equally applicable whether the patient
be hog or the "higher animal"
At first thought there may be some
thing vividly suggestive of dirtiness in
the idea of mud-bathing. But we are
prepared to show that mudopathy is just
the cleanest treatment in existence. The
reader is respectfully requested not to
confound the idea of naturalization
with mud-spattering. No one would like
to have mud thrown into his face nor on
his clothes and he would resent SINH
lar application of water. Yet, intrinsi-
cally, nothing is cleaner than earth, moth
ing purer than water and the admixture
of the two constitutes mud.-Science Of
Health.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

matter" asked the donor; 'isn'tthis good
bread?" eyes, the breads good enough"
said the beggar. We'll, isn't the butter
good, toog" Eyes, I've no fault to find
with the butter" "Well, then, what is
the mattery" 81 don't like the way it's
spread on" growled the fastidious mendi-
cant.
In the course of recent trial in San
Francisco, growing out of a gambling
transaction, the judge asked eff there was
any one in the room who could show how
a cold deck was 'rung in in game of
poker" Extraordinary to relate, two
thirds of the spectators rushed for the wit
ness stand. Such crowd of witnesses
was embarrassing, and the court conclud
ed not to take testimony upon the points.
81 WILL kill you when get you in New
York" said Western desperate to an
acquaintance who he thought had a large
amount of money with him, because he
would not "rum up" "Why not kill me
here in Colorados" said the moneyed man.
Because they would hang me here, dead
sure but in New York they would de-
eide that y0u killed me, or that was in
sane"
THE noble manner in which some men
conduct themselves in the hour of danger
was illustrated recently, in a panic which
occurred on an East River steamer, caused
by an accident to the machinery. One
man snatched life-preserver from the
hands of woman, and encased his own
manly chest in it, while another provided
himself with six life epreservers, and was
in the act of putting them all on, one
over another, when he was forced to de-
liver five of them to women.
The following story of an abnormal
appetite is vouched for by Paris CORE
spondent. NJ. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, the
well-known director of the Jardin dAc-
climation, noticed that the small birds
were rapidly and mysteriously disappear.
ing. After some days watch, it was
found that little negro who took care OF
the camels was the culprit. He was caught
in the act of eating a fine rose-colored
crane. 1t was alive and uttering hideous
cries, which apparently only increased
the zest with which the young monster
bit into his raw and bleeding back. He
confessed to having stolen, and devoureG
alive, ether missing birds. A sound whip
ping did not seem to do him much good
| for he was found three hours afterwarC
engaged in a furious battle with the seal
which he probably intended to kill anG
eat. He was at once put in close confine
ment.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
Golden Words from a Merchant.

We all want to know how good and
strong men have made their ways in the
world. They were once boys like you-
What steps did they take to become true
men? An eminent merchant in New
York, Mr.. Jonathan Sturgis, tells us
little of his experience, which / am sure
every boy will be glad to hear about.
Zone of my first lessons" said Mr..
Sturgis, twas in 1913, when 1 was
eleven years old. My grandfather had
fine flock of sheep, which were carefully
tended during the war of that day. /
was the shepherd boy, and my business
was to watch the sheep in the fields. A
boy who was more fond of his book than
the sheep was sent with me, but left the
work to me, while he lay under the trees
and read. did not like that, and finally
went to my grandfather and complained
of it. l shall never forget the kind smile
of the old gentleman she said
"'Never mind, Jonathan, my boy; if
you watch the sheep, you will have the
sheep"
"What does grandfather mean by that?
/ said to myself don't expect to have
sheep. My desires were moderate, and a
fine buck was worth thousand dollars.
could not exactly make out in my mind
what it was, but l had great confidence
in him, for he was a judge, and had been
to Congress in Wzshington's time; so L
concluded it was all right, and 1 went
back contentedly to the sheep. After l
got into the field, I could not keep his
words out of my head. Then 1 thought
of Sundays lesson-'Thou hast been
faithful over few things. 1 will make
thee ruler over many things / began to
see through it. Never you mind who
neglects his duty; be you faithful, and
you will have your reward
81 received second lesson soon after.
l came to this city as clerk to the late
Lyman Reed. A merchant from Ohio,
who knew me, came to buy goods, and
said: Make yourself so useful that they
cannot do without you.' / took his mean
ing quicker than did that of my grand
father.
swell, / worked upon these two ideas
until Mr.. Reed offered me a partnership
in the business The first morning after
the partnership was made known, Mr..
James Geery, the old tea-merchant, called
to congratulate me, and he said: You
are all right now. 1 have only one word
of advice to give you-be careful who
you walk the streets with That was
lesson number three"
And what valuable lessons they are!
Fidelity in little things; do your best
for your employer; carefulness about
your associates" Let every boy take
these lessons home, and study them well
They are the foundation stones of char
acter and of honorable success.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

diving. Have patience, Young Folks. in
experimenting with the tail and the fas-
tening of the string to the kite at s,
which it often takes little skill to ad-
just.
There have been some famous kites.
You all remember how Benjamin Frank
lin was once drawn across pond by one,
while boy carried his clothes around ts
the other side, where he came out OF the
water after delightful trip; and how by
means of another he afterward drew
down lightning from the clouds. A kite
has been invented for communicating
with stranded ship snd a lee shore. And
it is by means of kite that suspension
bridges over impossible chasms have
been begun-like one of those across the
Niagara the kite taking over the string,
which is followed by a cord, which draws
after it the rope, which leads the way fol-
the wire cable and the whole marvellous
fabric.-Our Young Folks.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
Niagara Falls.

ANOTHER element in the problem of
Niagara's age is the flow of water. To
construct a scale from tine present and
apply it to the past, we should know that
the amount of water in past ages has been
essentially the same as now.
About $500 cubic miles of water
nearly all the fresh water on the globe
are in the upper lakes. and is, 900, 900 GU
bic feet of this plunge over Niagara falls
every minute, all the waters of the lakes
making the circuit of the falls, the st.
Lawrence, the ocean, vapor, rain and
lakes again in 1876 years. Through the
Illinois Canal about 5000 cubic feet of
water are taken every minute from Lake
Michigan to the Illinois River through
the Welland Canal IA, 900 cubic feet flow
every minute from Lake Erie into Lake
Ontario, and through the Erie Canal 30,-
600 cubic feet pass every minute from the
same lake into the Hudson. Thus 81, 600
cubic feet of water, which Nature would
give to Niagara, are diverted every min
ute by artificial channels, some into the
Mexican Gulf and some into the Bay of
New York. Add this to Is, 10000 it is
as a drop in the bucket, and would make
no appreciable difference in the character
of the falls or their rate of recession.
By all this we see that the Niagara it
Sell udS ulduc Iu0 IdpluS, anu llltI, dS IL
cuts its way downward, its forsaken
banks have assumed the character of ter
races. And we see by the low banks and
the absence of old banks above the rapids
that even the highest of these ancient
banks did not contain greater river than
this which flows through the narrow
gorge to-day. We assume, then, from all
the monuments the river has left of its
own history, that the present rate of re-
cession would be fair measure of the
past, except at the Whirlpool and Ferry
Landing. Six inches year measured On
the channel, would place the falls at Lew
iston 1000 years ago. We have no
means of knowing how long the quartz
ose sandstone, which forms the lowest
part of the bank at the Whirlpool, would
have arrested the cataract. This stratum
is 25 feet thick, and, as its southwark dip
is 20 feet mile and the slope of the river
channel 15 feet mile, the falls would
have to cut back through this rock more
than half a mile The halt may have
been many thousand years. Add another
period for the halt at the landing, and the
age of the channel, from Lewiston to the
Horseshoe, may not fall below 200, ,00C
years. PROFESSIONALLY the channel has
been excavated since the close of the gla-
cial epoch, which science has well-nigh
demonstrated occurred about 200, ,00C
years ago.-Professor Cunning, in the Pop.
atldr Science Monthly.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

wound about them. The cane is to form
the bow (E B F., which, after being care
fully bent, is held in its place by the cords
E F, E G, and F G.. The frame may be
still further strengthened by fastening the
cords p, O, etc. dotted linesl firmly to
the ends of the bow and to the up
right.
The frame complete, pains having been
taken to make it perfectly symmetrical, it
remains to be covered. Newspapers will
answer for this purpose, though cloth may
be preferable, especially for large kite.
Newspapers can be pieced by pasting the
edges together. Trim them to a shape a
little larger than the kite, leaving just
margin enough to be turned over the bow
and side strings and pasted neatly down.
The ends of the cord G ID are to be passed
through holes made in the cover and in
the upright, and made fast by knots at
the back of the kite. To this cord the
kite-string is to be attached. At the sides
E and F long paper tassels are hung and
now for the tail.
Upon this will depend the flying quail
ties of the kite. Be sure and give it suf-
fcient length-say twelve times that OF
the kite-and have it well provided with
"bobs." Boys seldom give their first
kites more than half enough tail, and so
they are subject to constant dipping and
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
The Duk.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

THE Duk il a kind ov short legged hen.
When cooked they are very good means
ov nourishment, in fakt, it will do to call
rosie duk and apple sass eazy tew con-
tend with.
The duk has big foot for the size ov
their boldly, but their foot il not the
right kind ov foot for digging in the
garden.
Their foot iz like small SPIDERS web,
only more substanshul bilt.
They are amphibicuss, and kan sale on
the water az natral and eazy az a grease
spot.
They can dive in the water az handy az
bull frog, and never get water soaked.
Water won't stay quiet on duk's back
no longer than quicksilver will WHARF it
liz down hill.
Duks have broad bill which enables
them tew eat their food without emmy
spoon.
They are more profitable tew keep than
hen, bekause they can eat so mutch
faster.
The duk IL good hand tew raZe feath,
ers, which groze all over their person
simultaneously without emmy order.
Men often call their wifes their 'tdear
dltks;" this il on akount ov their big bills.
The duk don't kro like a rooster, but
quaks like a duk.
They do good deal of quacking tina.
don't amount tew mutch.
Sumtimes doktors are called quacks,
but never have bin told whi
Duks are fust rate feeders, and alwus
have leetle more appetight left.
Their leggs are lokated on their boldly
like a pair ov hind leggs, and have seer
them eat till they tipt over forwards.
Duks ought to hav pair ov before
leggs, and then they couldn't eat them
selfs oph from their feet.
Duks la eggs, but don't la them around
loose.
Hunting duks' eggs il a mitey clus:
transackshun.
A man couldn't earn 80 cents day anG
board himself, hunting duks' eggs.
The wild duck IL a game bird, and art
| shot on the wing.
They kan fiji next faster tew wilC
pigeon, and if yu aim right at them OF
the wing, yure shot will hit WHARF tn,
wild duk just waz.
hav seen akres ov them git up opl
from the water at once; they made al
mulch noize az the breaking up ov kamI
meeting.
1 hav often fired into them with ,
dubble-barrelled gun, when they waz riz
ing, with both mi eyes shut, and never in
Jured emmy duk, az kno ov.
| always waz fust rate at missing wil(
duks on the move
Sumtimes duk gifts lame, and whel
they do, they lay rite down and Civ it up
Thare amt no two-legged thing on tn,
face ov this earth kan outlimp lame duk
Yu often hear the term "ldme duk" ap
piled tew sum men, and perhaps neve
/ knu what it ment.
Study natur, and yu will find ou
WHARF all the truth Gums from-Neao YOri
! Weekly,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
The point of the following story de.

The point of the following story de-
pends upon rule of criminal law, not,
perhaps, known to all the readers of this
paper-namely, that a sentence, when
once pronounced by judge, cannot be
legally altered or added to by the Judge.
The late Chief Baron O'Grady, many
years ago, was sentencing a pickpocket,
in Cork, to be whipped-a common pun
ishment in those days. "You must" the
Chief Baron said, ''be whipped from
to you, you old blackguard," said the pris-
oner, syou done your worst" "And
back again." said the Chief Baron, as if
he had been interrupted by the prisoner
in the delivery of the sentence.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

But the way to make
the more graceful sort,
such as we see so often
in pictures, is not so
well understood. For
one of these, choose
first for the center
piece or upright of
your frame a fiat, lath-
shaped stick "a good
lath itself may dO) of
the required length,
say six feet. B G, in
the figure). Point the
top, and fit into a
crease cut below it a
strip of light cane,
which must be firmly
bound to the upright
(notched for the pur-
pose) by stout thread
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

ATUBE is clasped to sewing machine
table Panhandle is made fast by a
screw, and the fan draws toward the
operator by an elastic band, through the
agency of cord the treadle in its down
ward movement draws up the fan, and
when it rises again the elastic band low
ers it. And so the seamstress is vigor-
ously famed, as she sings the "Song of a
Shirt"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
EPIT4PHS.

ALL reverence unto Epitaphs,
For HI gh or for the lowly,
Whenever they on graves are writ
By Truth, and so made holy.
Such make, in their deep earnestness,
The living grander-hearted,
And keep the souls, though freed from time,
Still from our souls impaired.
And many are the Epitaphs
In prose or in verse flowing,
And silent sacred music there
On board or marble glowing
Oh, heavenly the influence,
Angels unseen around us,
While often white robes like their own,
Seem to have softly wound us.
Some Epitaphs shrine in their hearts
Beauty divinely tender.
And some throne the sublime in all
Eternity's own splendor;
But one there is that marries both
Sublimity and Beauty;
Within one little line it lives
He tried to do his duty.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

"A young clergyman having buried
three wives, lady asked him how he
happened to be so lucky. Madam" :"
replied he, l knew they could not live
without contradiction, so / let them all
have their own way"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

Grape Jelly.-Bruise and boil the
fruit, then strain; add half a pound of
sugar to each pint of juice, then boil from
ten to twenty minutes.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

THE English are taught at an early age
to support the monarchy. Most every
school-boy has had the prints of wales
upon his back.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12

THE drum of column from the Tenn
pie of Ephesus has been received at the
British Museum. Ten horses were re-
Quired to draw it.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
Poetry.
SLAM THE DOOR GEyTL Y.

BIZ SLAM BANG.
SLAM the door gently!
Most people can hear,
By listening intently,
When thunder rolls near.
And some folks, if earthquakes
Should travel their way,
Would be stirred by the great snakes
To ask, whats to payy'
And gratuitous thunder,
From closing doors crashed,
Inspires one to wonder
What's suddenly smashed.
An earthquakes commotion
Fer moving things serves;
But it's hardly the lotion
For hinges and nerves.
Let us, consequently,
(S1nce mercy's q treasure)
just slam the door gently,
When we have the leisure.
Lady Ezgin.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-09-12
NASBY.
from the Toledo Blade.1

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MR.. GREELEY's
TOUR, MIR. NAsBY GOES TO AN INTERIOR
VILLAGE TO ORGANIZE IT-AN AWKWARD
MIX.
The Shasta courier., 1872-08-24

If there is any other region of country
which so thoroughly epitomizes the char
acteristics, capacities and resourcet of the
known world. as does the State of Califor
MIA, it has yet to be discovered. 1t tseems as
if there all The vitalities of Orient and Oc-
cident, of North and South, of animal,
mineral and vegetable existence met and
mir gled in one embrace. The two latest
marvels that have been broue hit to light are
the existence of vast accounts of iron sand
on the coast, in quantity and quality sufi
cient to warrant the establishment of iron
manufactures in their vicnity-apd the
discovery of an immense mouutain Of solid
iron ere, on the line of the projected thr-
ty-fIth parallel railway, the quality Of
which is said to fully equal that of the IA
nous iron mountain in Missouri. 1t is
very probable that deposits of coal exist in
the same State, and it is quite certain that
the di coveries in question will beget a
sharp search for them. Twenty five years
hence the Golden State may be black with
the smoke cf forges and foundrics.-Amer.
lean Manufacturer.
The Shasta courier., 1872-08-24

A TOUCHING lNcIDENT.-In describing
the food which was so disastrous to many
sections of Virginia, the Lynchburg papers
record the following very sad and touching
incident: GA mother and several little
children were making their escape from a
narrow neck of land which lies between
the river and the canal, when they were
amazed to find that the bridge was already
gone, and their only hope was to cliug to
the abutment of the brid ge until the angry
waves should subside. But, as they stood
there clinging to the abutmeDt, the waters
continued to rise higher and higher, while
10 the deep darkness they could hear the
crashing Of trees amid the thunders of
bridge timbers that were wildly dashing
all around them. They had been in this
desperate condition for some time. when
the little girl felt that her strength was
gone, and, with wild shrek of terror, she
exclaimed: kiss me, mother, for can t
hold any longer !" Ard with the warm
pressure of that mothers lips upon her
cheeks, she was swept away, and was seen
no more"