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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
s.etfer from - Late Highland
County Teacher, now in Mis-
souri,.

s.eiter from ~ Late 1A1gnIAn0
County Teacher, now in Mis-
snuri.
NoRrHv1Ew, Webster Co. Mo-, !
Nov. s, 1873.
ron the top of the Ozark Mts., 224
miles S. W. of st. Louis.
Let me give my Teacher friends of
Highland Co. a picture of my pres
ent situation. A little frame school
house ON the side of the mountain;
the walls newly ceiled with pine; a
stove near the center, the pipe pass
ed through the roof without chimney
or 1iue; o small blackboard on the
wal; not chair or desk in the room;
plain oaken benches instead, and a
long table at one end of the room for
the pupils to write upon. Such is
my Missouri school-room
The children are intelligent, and
many of them'seem quite eager to
| learn.
The cause of popular education in
S. w. Mo. has had to struggle with
great disadvantages. Not only those
incident to the settlement of a new
county, but the school fund was lost
during the war. There are about
sixty schools in this county. They
can support but four months of pub
lic school in the year. For the rest
of the time, the towns have to depend
upon private schools, while most of
the country districts do without.
Marshfeld, our Co. Seat, with a pop
ulation of about a thousand, has a
fine new school building, erected at a
Cost of $4,000. 1t is finished with
in and without in the best style, but
has unfortunately left the town deep
ly in debt. l attended an Institute
there in October. 1t continued three
days. There were about 40 teachers
in attendance, and great deal of in
terest was excited. The schools have
to close during Institute, the teach
ers receiving their usual wages, how
ever, while attending it.
Wages in the country districts, SO
far us 1 can learn, are comparatively
low-$35 and $40, perhaps in some
cases $45.
The Teachers Examinations are
conducted by the County Superin-
tendent.
This county is fortunate in possess
ing an efficient Superintendent and
few earnest, intelligent and progress
i've teachers.
/ think an increased interest is be-
ing awakened in educational matters,
and with the faithful labors of the
CON mon schools, the coming popu-
latiun" of S. W. Mo. will occupy a
higher plane in the social scale.
Nh. ZINK.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
Governors Thanksgiving
Proclamation.

The following is the proclamation
issued by Governor Noyes on Mon
day last:
Remembering with gratitude that
heath and general prosperity have
been vouchsafed to the people of Ohio
during the past year; recognizing the
guiding hand and protecting care Of
Almighty God in all that affects our
lives and fortunes; desiring above all
things a continuance of the Divine
favor, I, Edward F. Noyes, Governor
of Ohio, do hereby designate and ap-
point Thursday, the 9th day of No
vember, the present month, to be OBJ
served as a day of public thanksgiv-
ing and prayer.
I earnestly recommend that the
people of the State do upon that day
abstain from ordinary labor, and unite
together in worship and suppication.
I especially request that those who
have been blessed with health and
abundance remember and provide for
the sick and the poor, now that finan-
cial troubles assail our prosperity,
and as the cold winter approaches.
"He that hath pity upon the poor
lendeth to the Lord, and that which
he hath given will He pay him again.
[Signed] EDWARD F. MOVES,
A. T. WIKoFF, Governor.
Secretary of State.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
FulI OF M canning.

1t the Bill-Allen-Demoeratic jollif-
cation at Lancaster, on Saturday
night, among the transparencies car
ried in the procession was carica-
ture of a one-legged soldier-intend-
ed to represent General Noyes. The
men who fought our nations battles
can now appreciate how deeply grate-
full the old Bourbons are for their
patriotic sacrifices and services dur =
ing the war The campaign opened
with eulogy by Senator Putnam,
showing how much be loved the
soldiers, and how much he contribu-
ted to the cause of the country dur
ing the war. The campaign closes
with caricature of one legged sol
diers, who were manned while
defending the fag.-[Chil Gazette
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
Republican Reform.

The Steubenville Herald, at the
close of an article on the late elections,
says:
One thing is apparent, however,
after making all proper allowances
for the "of year" apathy, &c, that
the course of the Republican leaders
in Congress this winter will be watch
ed by the people closer than ever
before. If they prove true to the
principles and the professions upon
which they were elected, the stay-at-
homes this fail will be out in force
next year, ready to cast their ballots
on the Republican side. Very few
indeed, comparatively, desire the
restoration of the old Democratic
party, with it's Bourbon principles, to
power, and only the most glaring
faults and blunders on the part of
those opposed to it could effect this
result The Republican party, of all
the political organizations of the
country, is the only one so far that
has shown itself capable of grasping
and carrying into effect the great
questions and demands of the day,
md the rank and file will hold their
representatives responsible if they be-
tray the trust that has been reposed
in them. Let them see to it, then,
that there be no faltering OF hesitation
this winter in the reforms which are
demanded, and the principal IF which
have been explicitly pointed out.
This done, and there can be but one
result to the elections next fall
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
Think No Evil.

The counsel of the world to the young
man is, ''My son, believe that everybody is
selfish, and wishes to get the better of you. "
Now man could as reasonably live upon a
diet of choke-cherries, and expect to be
well, as live in such faith, and expect to
be morally fresh and sound. Men are very
much what you make them-that is to say,
what you expect them to be. If you ex-
pect man to be mean, he will probably
seem to you to be so; for, however gener-
Gus he may really be, through your mask
of mean. expectation you cannot discover
it. Believe me, there is something very
much worse than being cheated; and that
is, the feeling that everybody wants to cheat
you. And, if you observe closely, you will
find that the happiest people of your ac-
quaintance are not those who always make
the sharpest bargains, and who always ex-
pect to be taken in if they are not on the
alert, but those who deal unsuspiciously,
and who care more for their self-respect,
than for the kind of responsibility riches
buy Curtis.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
BOId Attempt at Bank Rob.
berry.

WILMINGTON, DEL, November s.
Great excitement was created last
evening by an alarm proceeding from
the residence of the Cashier of the
Bank of Delaware, of this city, caused
by an attempt of five masked men to
gag and bind the family of the Cash
ier, with a view of robbing the bank.
The men gained admittance to the
house through stratagem, seized the
Cashier, handcuffed and threw him
on the floor They then proceeded
to the dining room, where the ladies
we're at tea, and, with drawn pistols,
enforced silence One of the ladies
escaping, gave the alarm, two of the
police arriving in time to see the
burglars escaping. Chase was given,
and one of the police gained upon
the retreating gang. Shots were ex
changed without effect, when one Of
the robbers suddenly stopped and al
lowed the officer to get near him.
He then dealt him q murderous blow,
and the officer fell senseless, serious
ly wounded in the head. The rob
bers so far have evaded arrest.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
Isborouh hIn Com, Thursday No.
Barnum's Balloon.

1t has always been Mr.. P. T. Bar
NUNS ambition to succeed in that
wherein other men have failed, and
with that intent the great Snowman
has come out with the following let
ter, which explains itself:
':In reply to host of letters from
all parts of the country, I wish to
say that if balloon does not cross
the Atlantic the present autumn, I
will expend S50,000, if necessary, in
having the feat attempted, and, if
possible, accomplished as early next
year as may be, provided one or more
aeronauts can be found in America
or Europe who have faith in its sue
cess and will heartily attempt it's ac-
complishment. Mr. Queen, the En-
glish balloonist, who has made up
wards of 600 ascensions, told me in
London % years ago that he had no
doubt the Atlantic could be safely
crossed in a balloon in from two to
three days, and offered to attempt it
if I would provide the funds. I am
already in correspondence with sev-
eral aeronauts in France and Eng
land, and although I shall prefer to
have the honor given to an Ameri-
can, I have no doubt that the great
feat will be accomplished within G
twelvemonth. shall have the silk
manufactured in China, put together
and prepared under the direction of
scientific men in London, an expert
mental ascension made from the
Sydenham Crystal Palace ground,
ther bring the balloon to America,
and make the trip from New York.
1 trust the public will believe that if
I put my hand to the plough I will
not look back.
... @ .. s.P T. BARNUM."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
Vol. 37-NO. SO. !
Select Miscellany.
UNspOK EN- WORDS.

The kindly words that rise within the heart,
And thrill it with their sympathetic tone,
But die ere spoken, fail to play their part,
And claim merit that is not their own.
The kindly word, unspoken, is a sin
sin that wraps itself in purest guise,
And tells the heart that doubtng, looks within,
That not in speech, but thought, the virtue lies.
But tits not so /: another heart may thirst
For that kind word, as Hagar in the wild
Poor bani=hed Hagar-prayed well might burst
From out the sand to save her parching child.
And loving eyes that cannot see the mind
VIII watch tn expected movement of the lip:
Ali can We let its cutting silence wind
Around that heart, and seattle it like whip?
Unspoken words, like treasures in the mine,
Are valueless until we give them birth:
Like unbound gold their hidden beauties shine,
Which God has made TO bless and gild the earth.
How sad 'twould be TO see a masters hand
Strike glorious notes upon a voiceless late
But oh what pain when, at Gods own command,
heart-string thrills with kindness-but is mute
Then hide it not, the music OF the soul,
Dear sympathy, expressed with kindly voice,
But let it like a shining river roll
To deserts dry-to hearts that would rejoice.
Oh let the symphony of kindly words
Sound for the poor, the friendless, and the weak,
And He will bless you. He who struck these chords
viii strike another when in turn you seek.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
Value of Latin TO Teachers.

A correspondent of the Wilmington Re
pub lean says: (and we commend his views
to tle teachers of our own county:)
''There is class of teachers, we are sor-
~ to admit, who practically ignore all learn
ing beyond the merest smattering Of the
common English branches. A teacher
ought to possess a knowledge of the gram
mar of some other language besides his own,
especially of the Latin. No teacher can
keep up with the times who does not make
use of all the means within his reach to
bro.den his views and elevate his aims.
The ambition that is content to trudge
along year after year with no knowledge of
our ,otheI nj tongueyond a mere smat-
teriag of the elementary treatsies found in
our country schools; is truly pitable.'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
Teachers Department.
Should Teachers Play Cheek
eFs with their Scholars at
Noon aud Recess?

Not long since we were asked what we
thought of teacher playing checkers with
his scholars. Now we do not propose to
discuss the right or wrong of this question
from moral standpoint, for the game of
checkers has its friends, and not without
some show of reason. We MIGHT saw it is
not game of chance, but of skill on the
other side it is contended that its tendencies
are toward evil practices. We think we can
safely say, that though it may be lawful, vet
1t IS not expedient for the teacher to engage
IN any game with his scholars that can di-
rectly or indirectly lead to those that are
undoubtedly wrong. In late magazine we
find the following:
MANY questions upon which the world
will never agree, while they are discussed
upon the ground of abstract right or wrong,
might be satisfactorily settled upon the
simple ground of erpedieney-a standardto
which st. Paul was not ashamed to con-
form, and which requires a larger measure
of the charity that never faileth, than
where the right and wrong are inherent and
clearly discerned."
But aside from any moral wrong that
might grow out of such practice, the hour
at noon and the recesses are intended for
active, bodily exercise, and should not be
used for continued strain on the mental
powers, and any one acquainted with the
game of checkers knows that it affords no
rest or relaxation for the mind, but re-
quires close and constant thought, to be
successful, and who wants to be beaten at
any hing in which he engages? Rather
let the teacher go out and lead off in the
play, be with his scholars, watch over them,
direct their plays, and by his presence
avoid much of the trouble that is often
brought on during play hours. Some may
say we are boyish and compromise our
dignity, but if we can better accomplish
the great work of preparing our pupils for
the battle of life, let Us pursue the better
way, feeling assured the result will be right.
Should the weather not admit of outdoor
exercise, singing or even laughing and
talking will leave the mind better prepared
for took-work, than any game of chance or
skill.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20

Why is this continent like milk? Because it's
ours.
Why is big advertiser like sore finger? De-
cause he is always "on hand"
Why is girl who takes out foundlings to ride in
a baby-carriage like q traveller? Because she is
waif-airer.
When are skipping lambs like literary volumes?
When they are boundin' sheep.
If man has two wives it is bigamy. Suppose he
has more? Then it becomes Brighamy.
Why is the owl called the bird of wisdom? Be
caase he's such solemn-'un. (Solomon.)
"Fred," said young man, the other day, aftei
listening to his wonderful stories, "do you know
why you are like harp struck by hghtOing?'
.sNo," says Fred; 81 give it up" because harI
struck by lightning is blasted Tyre"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
"P. T. BARNUM. "

If Memphis teaches the lesson Of
cleanliness by its suferings, Charles
ton teaches it by the immunity it has
enjoyed of late years from everything
like pestilence. Its climate is greatly
warmer than that of Memphis, and
it is surrounded by swamps on every
hand. About fifty years ago, how
ever, Charleston constructed, at great
cost, an admirable system of sewers,
which are washed out twice daily by
the tide, and from that day to this
the city has escaped yellow fever al
most entirely, though the disease was
common enough there before.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
EN- ma.

Ny first is in run, but not in walk,
Ny second is in cane, but not in stalk,
Ny third is in rill, also in lake,
My fourth is in candy, also in cake,
My fifth is in heaven, but not in earth,
My sixth is in laugh, but not in mirth,
My seventh is in rue, but not in sigh,
My eighth is in moan, but not in cry,
My ninth is in maple, but not in beech,
My tenth is in pine, but not in peach,
My eleventh is in earth, also in heaven,
Ny twelfth is in seven, also in eleven,
My thirteenth is in shine, but not in show,
My fourteenth is in come, but not in go,
My fifteenth is in hat, but not in cap,
Ny sixteenth is in lad, also in chap,
My seventeenth is in peach, also in pear,
My eighteenth is in mend, but not in tear,
Ny nineteenth is in early, also in late,
My twentieth is in pencil, but not in slate,
Ny twenty-frst is in ale, but not in beer,
My twenty-second is in bold, but not in fear,
My twenty-third is in saw, but not in ak,
My twenty-fourth is in hemp, but not in flax,
My twenty-fifth is in tart, but not in pie,
My twenty-sixth is in low, but not in high,
My twenty-seventh Is in pint, but not in gill,
My twenty-eighth is in empty, but not in ill.
My whole is the names of three young ladies tbs
,rept in the window of a country school-house.
Hillsboro, Nov. II, 1873. "BlDD1."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20

Junius Henri Browne writes of
Gustave Dore in Harper's Monthly.
He is forty-three, an Alsatian, par
agon of good nature, and a delight
full companion withal when he is fair
ly out of harness. His illustrations
are so far superior to his paintings be
is seldom thought of as a painter.
He has illustrated Rabelais, Sue, Bal
zac, Montaigne, Dante, Cervantes,
Taine, and many others, and bids fair,
should he live forty years longer, to
illustrate all the famous authors of
the past and present. His reputa-
ton is world wide, and he. has ten
times as many orders as he can fill.
He is said to earn from 100000 to
250,000 francs per annum, and he
might augment his income fifty fold il
he only had as many hands as Briar-
| euS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20

It is very gratifying to observe the
progress which is being made in the
simplifcation of the Welsh language,
The Observation-Disclosures, an Els
tedfodd, to be held at Coedpothewy-
rthdyr next year, under the designa-
ton of Eistedfodd Cadcorywhyrioddr
Observation-Disclosures Maewhyd-
lor, has been proclaimed with all the
ancient ceremonies, a Welsh rabbit
being slaughtered by Clwywhywydd
wdwdfwyardd, the principal bard,
wko was assisted by Iololululo Ire
whyfddewilwhu and others. This,
now, is intelligible-to Welshmen.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20

Thare IL nothing more wuss, tew young
man, just commencing tew slide down the
hill of life, than too much inkredulity.
1t is better tew larn wisdum bi experience
than bi precept, and inkredulity is the child
ov precept; thare is CRATE risk in being
wize before our time.
When see a yung man who IL suspicious
ov every thing he sees, think he wants
more watching than one who amt afraid
oy nothing.
Suspicion amt appt tew make mali
wise. but it haz made sum dredful Running
kr;tters.
Running and innosense don't gro on the
same bush very plenty, but if they do, one
ov them is the thorns, and the other the
flowers. Josh Billings.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
The Mon, y in Advertising.

1t is time, says the Newspaper Re
porter, all business men should un-
derstand that, with here and there a
special exception, the newspaper is
par excellence the only medium for
advertising that is worth their seri-
Gus attention. The Newspaper is a
thing of life, a visible fact, sure of its
circulation, certain to be read. 1t
constantly renews its youth; daily or
weekly it appears -afresh, containing
many old faces, making themselves
constantly more and more familiar,
but holding also fresh facts, the
latest news, the last wonder; even in
its gossip, it gives the matter of its
time and tells what is alive and NOV
ing, up to the very date it bears,
while its advertising columns show
what is being done in commercial cir
cles and lay before its reader con-
else summary of those new ideas
through which money is made by
their fellows. As compared with all
other advertising methods its charges
are reasonable, and it's promises
modest, and while the business man
is supporting it, he is moreover,
gaining from it in more ways than
he may see at first sight.
How is it on the other hand with
the "Hotel Albums" strangers
Guides" and such like volumes
introduced to the merchant by the
supple young solicitor, as "the great
est mejum of the age" or "the
grandest advertising scheme ever
projected?" 1t is true that the mer-
chant is promised a circulation of
from five to ten thousand and
copy gratis to every hotel" But is
the promise kept?- five hundred
one hundred? The advertiser has no
means Of knowing. 1t is too often the
case that such schemes are advertising
traps, which the merchant blindly
enters In the newspaper every
facility is offered him in ascertaining
the strength and probable value Of
his investment, while, at the time, the
newspaper must send its issue to its
various subscribers who pay for it and
are bound to read it. But supposing
the volumes referred to are to be
found in all the hotels; who reads
them? You see hundreds of people
in hotel parlors with their newspaper,
but how many look over the old,
dilapidated, margin-scribbled "Guide
to Strangers?" The moment such a
work is published it becomes old.
The matter and the pictures are
already obsolete before the last ad-
vertiser pays in. Have these the
influence of the family newspaper,
chiefest of the household gods? Prob
ably not. The '.Hotel Album" if its
publishers promises are kept, is sent
to divers hotels. Suppose for mo-
ment that the strangers read them,
of what advantage is it as compared
with the raper, which strikes the very
heart-centre of those from whom the
merchant expects his trade? And,
last of all, the "Album" gives him but
one insertion. One insertion for
perhaps @ hundred dollars. The
same amount would make the mer-
chants name household word in
the community from which he draws
his best custom-custom he can look
after among people he knows some
thing about.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20

A New York dispatch says that
Stokes was much disappointed at the
result of the late trial. This little
conversation is reported as having
taken place between him and one of
the keepers: "Why, this morning
when I congratulated him upon the
result, and said 1 supposed he was
very much pleased, he replied: pleas
ell! What should 1 be pleased at?
Getting four years for an act for
which I should have been commend
ed, for which I should have received
testimonial
The young man goes to Sing Sing
with notions regarding the-duties OF
citizens that are not healthy.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-11-20
Youths Department.
To Our Young Readers.

The long evenings have come again, and the boys
and girls have more time for reading and writ
ing. We want them all to try to contribute some
thirg TO the "Youth's Department" of the NEWS,
which is intended for their special benefit. Let us
have original Enigmas, Charades, Puzzles, Prob
lens, Refuses, Anagrams, Conundrums, &c. &c.
Be careful to make mistakes in spelliHg and al
ways send the correct answers, together with your
real name, which will not be published, unless You
des it, but the editor wants TO know DhO the
tributors are.
We know there is talent enough among the bright,
wids-awalle young people who read the News, to
make this Department interesting, and keep it sup
Pile with original matter. Let all of them put on
their thinking caps" at once, and send US their
projuctions-TEd, Y. d.