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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-30
TAKE ANOTHER HAT.
From the GAINESVILLE Courier. I4th.l

FROM the LAneSNllIe COuElers l4tnal
The party lines are pretty closely
drawn in some parts of Muskingum
county. There are some places where
the Democrats can't go Greeley and
the Republicans refuse to desert
Grant. To illustrate the feeling, we
give the following, which was told us
by an eyewitness and q "devoutn
man. Not long since a church or
ganiLatiOn of the county held a series
of meetings, and as is customary on
such occasions, collections for sundry
purposes were ordered. Now it SO
happened that devOut mana dea-
eon-whose behind name begins with
S, has gone over to Greeley, and he
was called upon by the officiating
minister to pass the hat. This was on
Saturday. The congregation was
large and ''fat take" was expected
by the worthy man who occupied the
pulpit. Bro. s. responded 10 the call.
He took up his dolly Warden, f"
spread large bandanna over it and
then started. The first seat was filled
with staunch old farmers, and S. ex-
pected them to shell out literally.
He knew their pocket books were
plethOTic and their hearts full Of good.
Their contributions would sink the
handkerchief to the bottom of the
hat, he felt sure. But alasI Not
a man contributed. Bro. S. drew a
sigh and went on, but with no better
success from the occupants of the Sec
Ond seat The third panned out as
the first two had done, and so did the
fourth. In short, Bro. S. went the
"grand rounds" and returned to the
stand on which he placed the hat as
empty as when he started. A sigh OF
relief escaped him as he took his seat.
The minister, however, was deter
mined not to be out-dOne, and the
next day he asked S. to go the
"roundsn again Slowly the devout
supporter of II. q. arose, going
through the preliminaries the same
as on the day before. He took up
the same hat, spread over it the same
handkerchief and slowly passed it
before the occupants of the first seat.
No contributions. He passed on to
the second. Result, ditto. He ar
rived at the third seat and was slowly
passing the hat under the eyes of the
occupants, when he was arrested by
the voice of the minister calling out :
"Bro. -S.m
Bro. S. turned.
Pass the handkerchief alone, Bro.
S. A.; or go with your open hands, or
take another hat, for there IS nobody
IN this congregation that 1giH drop one
cent ia the thing yOlt are carrying nOtD!'
The effect can be better imagined
than described. Another bat was
substituted for SIS. Greeley plug
and the congregation shelled out an
amount which astonished the whole
congregation. Greeley hat may be a
good thing to cover a soTehead with,
but "shOO fly don't bother me' when
a contribution Is wanted.
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Whole No. 1926
Eumor and Sarcasm.

II Is not everybody who knows
Where 70 joke, or when, or how: and
whoever IS Ignorant of these eOndi-
tlon3 had better not Joke at all. A
gentleman never expects to be humor-
Gus at the expense of people with
whom he is but slightly ACQUAINTED.
In fact it is neither good manners
nor wise policy to joke at anybodvis
expense that is to say, TO make anv-
body uncomfortable merely to raise a
laugh.-Old EsOp, who was doubtless
the subject Of many a gibe on account
OF his bumped back, tells the whole
story in his fable of "The Bows and
the Frogs. What was Jolly for the
youngsters was death to the eroakers.
A jest may cut deeper than c curse
Some men are so constituted that
they can not take even a friendly
joke in good part, and instead of re-
payingit in the same light coin, will
requite it with eOntumely and
insult. Never banter one ofthis class
for he will brood over your bandinage
long after you have forgotten it, and
it is not prudent to incur any ones
enmity for the sake of uttering a
smart double entendre or a tart re-
partee. Ridieule, at best, is a perilOus
weapon Satire, however, when lev
eled at social follies and political evils
j. not only legitimate, but commend
able. 1t has shamed down more
abuses than were ever abolished by
force of logic.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-30
NURDER RECORD.

The New York Herald says that it
NAV well be said that murder is a
common crime IN that city, and adds:
IC comes like an epidemic, bringing a
series of bloody deeds and deaths.
Sometimes the deed is done in open
day, again at night, and at times it is
the climax of a long and intricate
plot that battles all elucidation. In
tracing the causes of this greatest OF
crimes the records show that rum and
women WELD the pistol and knife in
most instances. Very seldom do we
hear of a murder for mere robbery
Drunkenness and jealousy seem to be
the great prOpelling forces to the gal
lows. Yet not ALWAYS to the gallOws,
for the process that leads thereto is
tedious, and the courts are cautious.
But whether the law seizes the erim-
inal rightly or wrongly, the victim is
here still and the murder is done.
We haye had within a year such a
record Of murders that, doubtless, the
public has forgotten most of them
Who knows how many murders are
committed in our midst that the world
never hears of? Would it be rash to
saw that the poor, lifeless corpse that
is kept from rOtting by the dripping
of the water upon it on a slab IN the
MOrgue is always accidentally
drowned" or that it is a case of sui
eide :" There are dark nights on the
wharves, and the noise from the
splash of a drunken man or woman
does not reach where relief comes
from. There are dark nights. too, out
in the river, and neither the cry for
help nor the wall of the victim can
reach the shore. "An unknown mani
often, it is to be feared, means "rhere
is a brother murdered in the river"
With these cases, however, the
MOrgue, and not the Tombs, is con-
eerned. Through the kindness of the
Warden a reporter was recently ena-
bled to ascertain the number of pris-
oners in the Tombs who are now
awaiting their trial for murder. The
total is twenty-five. In some of the
cases there were circumstances sur
rounding them sufficient to make
mems blood run cold.
The principal figure, however,
among this crowd of men charged
with murder is Stokes, who shot Fisk.
BE bears his position much less fret
fully now than he used to bear it.
His great confidence in an aequittal
by jury having been destroyed, he
began to recognize with better sense
the perilOus position in which he was
placed, and he is now become tOlera-
bly, reconciled TO the tOrtures and pri-
vations of prison experience. His
health is not falling, and he, too, is
hopeful. In fact, the reporter was in
formed that there was not a poor
wretch in the TOmbs from whose sin
full breast Heaven has yet taken the
poor consolation of a little hope for
the future.
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GO WEST,

Strange things happen in ten years.
Fortunes are made and lost, while
one goes up, he who was up finds the
level. We are led to these remarks
by tine following "reminiscences Ten
years ago we knew a man who was a
poor utility actor, doing his biz for
only nine dollars a week in one Of
the eastern theatres He worked
hard, but couldn't get ahead, and he
became discouraged about things aud
couldn't eat much, and his friends
got worried about him. One day,
while reading the Tribune, this poor
young man saw one of Horace Gree
ley's articles advising young people
to "go west, where fortunes awaited
them" The poor player rolled this
bit of advice over in his mind, like it
was a delicious morsel, and he pawned
all his clothes and stage jewelry and
scTaped together barely enough to
take him to the rich lands of the west
as a sort of steerage passenger. That
was ten years ago, you Will remember,
during which time we lost track of
that young man, and imagined that
he had committed suicide, or died one
of those unnatural deaths which are
so common out there. Judge of our
surprise when, on last Saturday, the
bronZed features of our long absent
friend greeted US 10 our sanctum, and
the hard hand of the returned one
elasped ours in true western fashion +,
the once poor player sat down and
recounted to us the perils and dangers
he had passed through in his wild
western life, and, in voice, tremu-
lOus with emotion, he concluded his
touching narrative by asking if we
could lend him a quarter! We were
never so taken down in our life be-
fore, and like our returned friend, we
don't have the same faith in the
teeming lands of the west, as we once
had.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-30

{ The last point in the lesson which
our Greeleylte friends may learn from
! tine campaign is perhaps the most
profitable and important one of all
1t is that the American people though
an enthusiastic people, are a business
peOple-that is, in spite of their great
liberation of mere takers, they have
a strong liking and admiration for
dOers, or men who have displayed
capacity in the conduct of important
affairs. The Cincinnati Greeleyites
underrated the weight of this particu-
Iarlty enormously, and are now suf-
fering for it; but when they began of
late to ridicule Grant for not making
speeches, they showed that they had
not then found out what was the
matter with them. The truth is, that
a man who has won battles may re-
main silent till the end of his life
without losing the popular confidence,
General Grant has successfully trans
acted some of the most important
business which falls to the lot of man
business which every one feels in
his heart tasks human powers to their
utmost capacity. To shake the hold
which this gives him on the popular
mind, you have not only to prove his
shortcomings, but to put against him
another man who also has displayed
talent Tor great affairs, or, at all events,
talent of the kind which produces
tangible and striking results. Instead
of this, the Greeleyites put up a man
who had never displayed any capaci
ty for affairs, and never figured in
any great transaction, and who had
won his influence and reputation by
mere preaching without responsible
", and without exposure to any tests
or checks beyond those created by
newspaper "salesn and 'subscrip.
tions." No doubt it is a great thing
to have established the New York
Tribune; but you cannot get people
to believe that it is an exploit indica-
tive of fitness for any other business
in life, or put the man who performs
it on a level with a great commander
or great financier. OF course, too,
whatever absurdity in Mr.. Greeley's
nomination was created by his per-
sonal character and antecedents was
aggravated by the attempt to get up a
singing campaign" in his honor,
No man can be sung into the Presi-
dency who has not some trace of the
hero in his composition. He must in
some way strike the imagination.
The Greeley candidate was nothing if
not ludierous. His best friends smiled
when they spoke of him. His odd
clothes, odd gait, cdd expressions and
bad manners might have stimulated
enthusiasm if they had belonged to
one who had turned the tide of battle
on famous fields, or directed the for
tunes of a great campaign, or shaped
and embodied in legislation great
lines of policy. But in this case there
was nothing behind them in the way
of achievement but mound of slip
shod and abusive editorials" and a
few hasty, crude books on subjects he
had only half mastered. The cam
paign will now pass into history as
the most comical and yet the most
instructive episode in American poll
ties
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Braceville. Oct. .. 1874
FGAI NOTICE


IIn Probate Court Of Trumbull County,
state OF Ohio.
gainesville & Youngstown Rail Road Co.
VS.. Warren Iddings, Henry A. Iddings,
William T. Iddings. Elizabeth Iddings. May
Iddings. Forrest Iddings. Frank Iddings, ct.
al. Henry A. Iddings, who is supposed TO
reside in the State of Nebraska, William T.
Iddings whose residence is unknown, Eliza
beth Iddings, May IddinRs, Forrest Iddings,
and Frank Iddings who reside in Mercer
County. in the State Of PeDna., will take
notice, that the above named Painesville &
youngstown Railroad Company, on the 18th
day OF October, A. d. 1872, filed their petit
tion In the Probate Court Of said county,
praying for the proper proceedings TO con-
denim and appropriate certain lands, of
which Orlando Morgan holds the title and
possession. as Trustee, and in which defen-
dants have an interest-situate in Lot No.
81, in the township of Howland, in said
county, for the purpose of right of way in
the construction of their rail road The
quantity of land sought 10 be appropriated
in this preceding being one aud 3SS-lOOO
acres, and is fully described in said petit
ton.
Said petition will be for hearing on the
5th day Of Dec. 1872. at 10 O'Clock, a. m, at
which time you are notified to appear and
defend in said action or Judgment will be
taken as prayed for in said petition.
TAYLOR & JONES, Atty's
For Painesville q Youngstown r. r. Co.
Oct o. lST2-6t
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ICharles L. Willis. Jr., whose residence
Is Unknown, is hereby notified, that Allen
Waldorf Of the county of Trumbull, and
Stale OF Ohio. did, on the 2lst day OF June,
1872 file his petition in the Court of Com
mon Pleas. for the county and State afore-
said, against the said Charles L. Willis, Jr.,
setting forth that thesaid Willis is indebted
to him upon a'promissory note given by said
Willis to one James Haney. which the said
as surety on said note, and that said Wills
is indebted to him thereon in the sum of
$1,000 and interest from the 9Th day OF april
1872. Plaintiff prays for Judgment against
defendant in said action. and has issued
out ofsaid Court an order of attachment in
said action, on which the interest in certain
been attached. The said Willis is therefore
required TO appear and answer said petit
tion on or before the 10th day of November,
A. d. 1872 TAYLOR & JONRS,
Oct. 10, IS72-6t. Atty's for Waldorf.
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Treat the Cows Kfndly.-There ara
too many who exhibit roughness Ct
treatment toward the COW; and vet
no domestic animals are more sensi-
tive or more quickly feel the unkind-
ness shown them. They can be made
docile and mild in thieT dispositions.
or timid and wild, just in accordance
with the treatment they receive from
their herder and mixer; and it is a
well established fact that a COW will
transmit her disposition to her pro-
geny. A rough, quick tempered per-
son should never be employed as
mixer; and one who will, on anv
pretence whatever kick or strike q
cow, should be kicked in return, from
the barnyard into the street.. and
never be allowed to return. Gentle
ness will increase the quantity of
milk, as has been shown by q change
of cruel and irascible mixer to one
who pTaetieed kind and gentle treat
ment. 1t is an injury to cows to be
driven faster than an easy walk, to
and from their pastures. To be ur-
ged on by thOughtless boys and these
perhaps on horseback, is to produce
a fever and heating of the blood
which is sure to dry up or lessen the
flow of of milk. Cows should always
he made as comfortable as possible,
summer and winter, it pays 10 do it.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-30

STRANGE FREAK OF LIGHTNNG.-
A young lady, while standing in .
window in MOrgantOwn, Butler
county, KY, received slight shock
from a flash Of lightning. On her
recovery, it was found that an allan
thus tree, standing near the window,
had been accurately photographed by
the electric flash upon her breast.
This reminds a friend that in his
youth he was the object of photo
graphy. He had told his father that
he was ga demented old jaekass."
This playful remark enraged the IN
reasonable father, and he interviewed
his son. When the interview was
over the son felt that he had been
struck by lightning, and that photo
graph of mans hand was distinctly
visible-but not where could he see
the picture. Lightning is guilty of
strange freaks sometimes.
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EGAL NOTICE.

G. W. DICKINSON, Sheriff.
SherifFs Office. Warren, o., Oct. l6, ls72-5i
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FRIZ HARD.-BenD Davis is a gOOdIy
soul, sound temperance man, always
setting a good example so far as out
siders can see. But his "timeu came
a short time since. He had employed
a carpenter to make some alterations
in his parlor. In repairing the corner
near the fireplace it was found neces-
sary to remove the Wainscoting, when
10 ! q discovery was made that aston
ished every bOdy-a brace of deeanteTs,
a tumbler and a pitcher were costly
repOsing there, as if they had staid
there from the beginning The
Deacon was summoned, and as he
beheld the bottles, he exclaimed
''Well, l declared that is curious sure
enough. 1t must be that old Bains
left them when he went out of this
'ere house thirty years ago." Per-
haps he did, !" returned the carpenter,
"but, Deacon, the ice in the pitcher
must have been friz mighty hard to
stay all that time"
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THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE.
How John Spends His Sundays.

How John Spends His Sundays.
It's a custom among Chinese house
servants, says the San Francisco BstL-
Letin, to stipulate with their employ
ers for a portion of Sunday, on which
day they visit their cOuntrymen in
the Chinese quarter, talk over news
from home, have their heads shaved,
go through with their genufectiOns
and salaams in Joss houses, smoke
opium, &c, &C., some of them closing
-up the days performances by getting
rid of their weeks wages in Chinese
gambling houses, which are so thickly
located along Dupont street. The
sidewalks swarm with these gregar-
ious beings, whose nature is to hud-
die in flOcks on the surface and bur-
row in bands beneath. Their dens
are hives of industry on week days
and rooms reeking with smoke on
Sundays. A visitor who ventures
inside has to step over the PROSTATE
bodies of opium smokers, and feels
his way through clouds Of smoke,
meantime holding his nose against
sickening stencil of fetld breath, de-
caying fish. in short q eOnglOmeTatiOn
o. a cellar reekfng with the fumes of a
crowd of Chinese. For the sake Of
the deIectable pleasures to be found
i'm such places, John frequently Tefu-
ses to take good situations in the
country like Bridget he must be in
town, where he can at least once a
week see his cousins" The Chinese
have hosts of relatives, uncles and
cousins-especially the lateral
counted by the score. They regard
as cousins those several removes fur
ther off than a white man thinks 1t
worth his while to inquire. These
cousins" are generally friends, all
belonging to the same commercial
company, and when they meet on
Sunday the jabbering is energetic be
yond description. All day, and late
into the night, john keeps up his
rounds of visit among his cousins,
but manages to be on hand Monday
morning, ready for his work, which
he generally performs eheefully and
with fidelity.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-30

A wholesale liquor firm in Paterson,
n. j., were surprised the other morn
ing at the absence of a revenue stamp
lust affixed to a barrel of whisky by
the Assistant Assessor, and as they
could not sell the liquor without the
stamp and the stamp could not be
duplicated. they were in an awkward
fix. Suddenly they remembered that
Dutchman had been seen sitting on
the barrel Immediately after the
stamp was pasted on. and on finding
that gentleman and looking under
the tail of his coat, the mystery was
solved. After some trouble the stamp
was transferred from the innocent
German to the barrel, and the excite
ment subsidized.
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They tell about a man in Doyles-
town, Pa, who heard that well water
could be purified with lime, so he
emptied a bushel and a half into ms
well, and felt blissful and happy, 15
turned out that, because OF the Dry
ness of the season, there was only
feet of water in the well, and ever
since his experiment he has been sell
ling a good article Of whitewash to
his neighbOrs at two buckets for
cent. aud walked a mile and half to
tine creek for drinking water for his
family. He has doubts now about
lime being a good purifier.
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Twenty-Five or thirty years ago
Rev. Charles G.. Finney, now Presi-
dent of Oberlin College, was carrying
on a series OF revival meetings in
eastern city, Boston, we think. One
day a gentleman called TO see him OE
business. Mr.. Finney's daughter,
perhaps five years old, answered his
ring. ''Is your father in2" asked
the stranger. NO" replied the de-
mure maiden, "but walk in, poor dy-
ing sinner! Mother can pray for
yOu.D
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GUARDIANS SALE OF REAL

u AhDIAN . GoAAI1 VI hGAL
" ESThTE.-In pursuance Of an order OF
the Probate Court OF Trumbull county, Ohio,
1 viii offer for sale, at public auction, on
Saturday the 9Th day Of Nov, A. ID. 1872, be-
tween the hours Of one and four O'Clock, p.
m. upon the premises, the following desert
bed real estate. situate in The county OF
Trumbull, state of Ohio, and known as part
of Lot No. s. in the township of Braceville,
bounded by the north and south center road
on the west; by land Of Frederick G. Taft's
heirs and N. o. Humphrey on the south; on
the east by S. p. Ingraham, and by land OF
Aretus Stow and the Cleveland & Maho-
ming Railroad on the north. Containing
about Al acres of land, be the same more or
less.
Terms of Sale.-One-third in hand, one
third in one year; one-thiTd in two years
from the day of sale, with interest; the
payments to be secured by mortgage upon
the premises sold.
GEORGE E. ROPER,
Guardian Of John Croy.
BracevilIe. Oct. 0. Is72-4t
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Goldsmith Maid, the famous trOt-
ting mare, is said to be stolen proper
ty, and a lawsuit for her recovery is
impending. 1t is said that about five
years ago the stables of a great Ken
tueky stock raiser were burned down,
and very promising young mare stO-
len, and the groom who had charge
of her has just seen the eel ebrated
Maid, and is ready to take oath that
she is the stolen animal.
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Extracts from the papers of rejected
school ma'ams in Ohio. "The food is
first masticated, and then passes
through the phalanx :" respiration
is the sweating of the body ;" "the
chest is formed of two bones, the ster-
mum and spinal cord ;" "emphasis is
placing more distress on some words
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-30

Little Boy-'Beyou the drug mani?
Druggist-"Yes, sonny; what can I
do for you?n Little Boy-''Dad has
got 'em againI His boots is full of
iem, and he's a bowling like thunder,
and mother sent me over to get suth-
ia for him quick.p Druggist-''What
does he want 2n Little Boy-"Don't
know, but he's yellin' for anything to
beat Grant,
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The latest Chicago nomination is
"John Jones for county commission
err 1t is believed he is sufficiently
numerous to elect himself. He Will
be inaugurated by companies, ana
discharge the duties of the Office IN
weekly squads.
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A good, convenient and very efiec-
tual remedy for the sting of wasps,
bees, ETC., is simply to hold any
hollow key over the place stung, press
it hard into the flesh a minute or so,
and when taken off the poison will
be on the surface of the flesh and do
no harm. A thimble with a tight
top will do, but not so well.