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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
The President on Civil Rights.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The Louis
lana delegation to the National
Civil Rights Convention, accompani-
ed by Senator West, called to-day on
the President, who, in response to an
address thanking him for the care
and attention he had given to the
colored people of Louisiana, said he
would always endeavor to secure for
the colored man all the rights which
should accompany his enfranchise-
ment. Certain rights were still with
held, but he hoped ere long they
would find themselves in full posses
sion of all legal privileges which be-
long to free men. He did not know
what Congress would do in the mat
ter, but he thought it likely that
body would, at its present session,
pass some civil rights bill; and that il
such a bill is defeated it will probably
be because some extreme measure
will be urged by person claiming to
be friend of the colored man
After a general hand-shaking the
delegation took their leave.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
Enigmas.

Seven letters in word,
Oft about house is heard,
Most in Spring we hear the name,
Forward and backward it is the same,
Take out my 81, though it may seem strange.
The remainder is of most use to the Grange!
Now drop my and I, and backward spell,
And you will have something we all love well.
My4, 8, and as you'll agree,
Is an animal given to mimicry.
The answer, as you will discover,
Is overseen by our kind mother.
Dec. 1873. MAT WILLIAMS.
Ny first is in deer, but not in fawn,
NV second is in field, but not in lawn,
Ny third is in long, but not in short,
My fourth is in play, but not in sport,
NY fifth is in come, but not in go,
My sixth is in high, but not in low,
My seventh is in Andrew, but not in Pete,
My eighth is in turnip, but not in beet,
My ninth is in money, but not in dollar,
My tenth is in lace, but not in collar,
My eleventh is in young, but not in old,
My twelfth is in brave, but not in bold,
Ny thirteenth is in ask, but not in beseech,
My fourteenth IS IN ounce, anu also III peach,
Ny fifteenth is in heaven, and also in earth,
NY sixteenth is in merry, but not in mirth,
Ny seventeenth is in lady, but not in gent,
Ny eighteenth is in borrowed, but not in lent,
NY nineteenth is in eel, but not in fish,
My twentieth is in plate, but not in dish,
Nv twenty-frst Is in link, but not in chain,
Ny twenty-second is in hail, and also in rain,
NV tyventv-third Is in Scotland and also in SpaiI
Ny whole forms the names of young gentlema
and lady. LITTLE BOB.
Turkey Bluff, o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

A cowardly fellow having kicked
a newsboy for pestering him to buy
an evening newspaper, the lad wait
ed until another boy accosted the
gentleman" and then shouted in
the hearing of all bystanders, 'It's no
use to try him, Jim; he can't read"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
Select Miscellany.
CHRISTMAS CAROL,


I care not for Spring: on his tickle wing
Let the blossoms and buds be borne;
He woos them amain with his trescherous rain,
And nc scatters them ere the morn.
An Inconstant elf, he knows not himself,
Nor his own changing mind an hour,
He'll smile in your face, and, with wry grimace,
He'll wither your youngest flower.
Let the Summer sun to his bright home run,
He shall never be sought by me;
When he's dimmed by cloud can laugh aloud,
And care not how sulky he be!
For his darling child is the madness wild
That sports in fierce fever's train;
And when love is too strong it don't last long,
As many have found TO their pain.
A mild harvest night, by the tranquil light
Of the modest and gentle moon,
Has far sweeter sheen, for me, ] ween,
Than the broad and unblnshing noon.
But every leaf awakens my grief,
As it lieth beneath the tree;
So let Autumn air be never SO fair,
1t by no means agrees with me.
But my song 1 troll out, for CHRISTMAS stout,
The hearty the true, and the bold
A bumper drain, and with might and main
Give three cheers for this Christmas old
Wen usher him In with merry din
That shall gladden. his joyous heart,
And wen keep him up while there's bite or sup,
And IA fellowship good wen part.
In his fine honest pride, he scorns to hide
One jnt of his hard weather scars;
They disgrace, for there's much the same trace
On the cheeks of our bravest tars.
Then again III sing till the roof doth ring,
And II echoes from wall to wall
To the stout old wight, fair welcome tonight,
As the King of the Seasons all!
ICharles Dickens.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

A Virginia City (Nevada) man is
said to have invented an ingenious
plan of keeping his house clear of
insurance agents and similar nuisan-
ces. On one side Of the path leading
to his door, he has fixed several sec
tions Of water pipes, filed with small
holes; and on the approach of a sus-
picious character tap isturned, and
instantly numerous jets of water en-
filade the path in all directions, and
efectually keep the invader at safe
distance.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

ance Of the jug, and she wreathed it
with strings of glittering glass balls ;
and the shoulder of bacon she stuck
fnllzof red berries and holly leaves.
Harry contributed a bright red hand
kerchief for Aunt Matilda's head, and
Kate gave shawl which was yellower
than sunfiower, if such a thing
could be. And Harry bore the gen
efal' expenses of the "extras," which
were not trifing.
When Christmas eve arrived every
body came to see Aunt Matilda's
Christmas tree. Kate and Harry
were inside, experimenting the final
arrangements, and about fifty or sixty
Epersons, colored and white, were
gathered around the closed door of
the old cabin. When all was ready
Aunt Matilda made her appearance,
supported on either side by Dick
Ford and John Walker, while Uncle
Braddock, in his many -colored dress
ingg gown, followed close behind
Then the door was opened, and Aunt
Matilda entered, followed by as many
of the crowd as could get in. 1t was
certainly scene of splendor. A
wood fire blazed in the fireplace at
one end of the cabin, while dozens of
tallow candles lighted up the tree
The gold and silver stars glistened,
the many-colored glass balls shone
among the green pine boughs; the
shoulder of bacon glowed like bed
of flowers, while the Jug of molasses
hung calm and serene, surrounded by
its gittering beads. A universal
buzz of appreciation and delight
arose. No one had ever seen such q
Christmas tree before. Every bough |
and every branch bore something
useful as well as ornamental.
AS for Aunt Matilda, for several
moments she remained speechless
with delight. At last she exclaimed:
"Laws-a-massey! It's wuth while
being good for ninety-fve years to
git such tree at las. - st. Nicholas.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

The panic has reached Greenwood
Cemetery, and the work of interments
has in great measure been suspended.
Mr.. Goshorn is working on less than
half time, and reports that orders
have fallen off to the number of 16
as compared with this time last year,
and no prospect Of improvement.
Naturally Mr.. Goshorn forecasts q
gloomy winter, and he is very much
discouraged in consequence.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

Pining, sickly women should go to
Colorado if they want health and
strength. Mrs. Prather was not able
to sweep her room when she lived in
Ohio, but the other day, after living
in Colorado one short year, she
chased her husband half a mile with
a pitchfork.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
Hsborough Highland County, Ohio, Thursday


slowly. .GoH - 991qs ~t saE
aatMrs. Lawrence, I don't know what
to Think gtoaned Allen "Efie is
not here-she is igoneI Where is
she p ~ a..i 81 -9- sfT a41 ,
i 'Not with him, Tom, I am sure of
that--not with hinll" cried the lady,
eagerly: t'She has stopped at some
neighbours; or returned to the Greys'.
No, no, Tom, it cannot be that she
would leave me sol" 80, i#E
! Then, in q moment, she said, al
most wildly: ~ T 2 grfs -- -
"You must find her, Tom. She
cared for you; she did not like him.
There is some strange mystery; but,
oh! my darling girl would not desert
us so cruelty al r-- ,o- as.,,
Allen was half convinced by her
energy.
Il will do my best to find out
about it, at once" he said. eff she
is still in this neighborhood, I will
discover her; if she has really gone
with him, some one must know it.
There followed brief and earnest
consultation, Mrs. Lawrence suggest
ing such places as Efie might posi-
bly, have gone to, and then once more
Tom went on his way, this time arm
ed with lantern.
Out into the night again, the red
glow of the lamp casting strange
CLEANS across the snow, and lighting
up the fakes for moment, as they
passed across it's radiance.
He had plunged on with fiery ca
gerness, for some half mile, when a
faint sound caught his ear, like the
distant echo of his own name.
"Tom! Toni"
He paused moment. Was it a
fancy? No; it came again, mufied,
but louder.
"Tom! Tom! Tom! Help me! help
me, Toni"
He knew the voice now, and cried
out, his heart bounding with eager
delight:
"Where are you, Effe? Efie, my
darlingl"
"Here, Tom, under the snow"
He was by her side, presently,
bending down over the drift thatcon-
tanned the little form he loved so
dearly.
She was all covered with snow, SO
completely that he never would have
seen her, even in the day time.
"Oh, Toni Thank God you have
come! 1 saw you after you had gone
by, but could not make you hear.
have been watching for you ever
since"
"My dear little grill"
eyes, Tom, and her arms were
round his neck now, Il love you so
much, and you will forgive me for
flirting with anybody else?"
"Of course, I will dear! But how
came you here?"
''He insulted me. I drove him
away, and tried to come alone; but l
fell and sprained my ankle. I can't
walk, and-Tom, I'm afraid you will
have to carry me"
:.'Carry you? To be sure I will, you
dear child!''
And SO, presently, they set of,
Tom bearing his recovered pet in his
arms, Efie carrying the lantern.
1t was slow work, travelling thus,
through the snow; but they reached
the cottage at last; and then what re-
joicir gs there were, and what a mer-
ry Christmas was next day, when ali
met at the Greys, and Effie and Tom
announced their engagement, as Sc
quel to the story of how she was lost
in the snow!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
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
thing 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 no mistakes In spelling, and al
ways send the correct answers, together with your
real name, which will not be published, unless you
desire it, but the editor wants to know Cho the con-
tributOrs are.
We know there is talent enough among the bright,
wide-awake young people who read the News, TO
make this Department interesting, and keep it sup
piled with original matter Let all of them put ON
their "thinking caps" at once, and send us their
nroductiOns-rEd Y ID.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

A young lady had coquetted until
the victim was completely exhausted.
He rose to go away. She whispered,
as she accompanied him to the door,
"I shall be at home next Sunday eve
ming" $50 shall ]" he replied.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

Fukai Taichn, native of Yeddo,
Japan, is at Bennington, Vt, learn
ing to run q knitting machine. Mr..
Taichn is one of the number who
were sent to this country, about nine
months ago, to get acquainted with
machinery.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

This has deeper meaning than
appears on the surface. The other
day little boy, who went into
book store with his mother, crept up
to the juvenile of the establishment
with the sly query, 'Say, have you
got any booksfOr boys that amt got
religion in emf"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

Two little girls were comparing
progress in catechism study. 'Tve
got to original sin, )" said one. "How
far have you got?" 'Me? Oh, I'm
way beyond redemption" said the
other.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

When is q nose not nose7 When it's a little
red lish. [radish)
Why do young ladies use powder? Perhaps be-
cause they think it will make them go off.
WI is that which makes every person sick but
those who swallow it7 Flattery.
Why it person who never lays a wager as bad as
regular gambler Because he is no better.
What is the champion conundrum7 Life, be-
cause everybody has to give it up.
Why are our fashionable ladies' like certain
class of the city employees? Because they may be
seen by scores on fair day sweeping the streets.
What is the difference between Jew and law
ye1-7 The one gets his law from the prophets, the
Otler his profits from the law.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

Passengers from the West report
snow very deep on portions of the
Central Pacific railroad, requiring in
the Sierra Nevada sections, five en-
gines to haul a single train. Winter
has commenced there in terrible earn
est; there is six feet of snow in the
Wasatch mining canons.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

Allen will be inaugurated on the
18th of January. As twenty years
have elapsed since Democratic
Governor has exercised the constitu-
tional right of signing Notary Public
commissions, the occasion is to be
made memorable by the attendance
of he "wheal hosses" from every
cou lty in the State. --..
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
CHRISTMAS.
RY ROSE TERRY.

Here comes old Father Christmas,
With sound of fife and drums;
With mistletoe about his brows,
So merrily he comesl
His arms are fun of all good cheer,
His face with laughter glewsi e.
He shines like any household fire
Amid the cruel SHOWS. 1o-' I'll a..
He is the old folks Christmas;
He warns their hearts like wine,
He thaws their winter into spring, A
And makes their faces shine.
Hurrah for Father Christmas!
Ring all the merry bells i --- '--.
And bring the grandsires all around p.
To hear the tale he tells.
Here comes the Christmas angel,
So gentle and so calm, 20
As softly as the falling flakes
He comes with flute and psalm.
All in cloud of glory,
? As once upon the plain f-
The shepherd boys in Jewry,
He brings good news again.
He is the young folks Christmss;
He makes their eyes grow bright
With words of hope and tender thought,
And visions of delight
Hail to the Christmas angel!
All peace on earth he brings;
He gathers all the youths and maids
Beneath his shining wings.
Here comes the little Christ-child,
All innocence and joy,
And bearing gifts in either hand
For every girl and boy.
He tells the tender story
About the Holy Maid,
And Jesus in the manger
Before the oxen laid.
Like any little winter bird
He sings this sweetest song,
Till all the cherIbs in the sky
To hear his carol throng.
He is the children's Christmas;
They come without call
To gather round the gracious child,
Who bringeth joy to all.
But who shall bring their Christmas,
Who wrestle still with life?
Not grandsires, youths, nor little folks,
But they who wage the strife;
The fathers and the mothers,
Who fight for homes and bread,
Who watch and ward the living,
And bury all the dead?
All! by their side at Christmas-tide
The Lord of Christmas stands;
He smooths the burrows from their brnws
With strong and tender hands:
81 take my Christmas gift" he saith,
"From thee, tired soul, and thee;
Who giveth to my little ones,
Gives also unto me-"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

1t is maxim worthy of being
written in letters of gold, that there
is no method so certain of defeating
the plots of wicked men against us
as by acting uprightly.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

"Oh, Mary, my heart is breakingl"
said an Aberdeen lover to his High
land Mary. "Isit, indeed! So much
the better for you," was her quiet re
ply. "Why, my idol?" Because,
Mr.. MacSmith, when it is broken out
and out, you can sell the pieces for
gun-fints."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

Josh Billings says: 81 will state
for the information of those who
haven't had chance to lay in secret
wis lom az freely az I hav, that one
SIM lie hornet who feels wellcan brake
up whole camp meeting"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
Puzzle.

cur dis and p
A sed lend rought cath ease ain;
bles fir b br and az
Place the letters so as TO form couplet. How is
it done?
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
DAILY MEAT MARKET
Two Shops, on High and Main SIS.
Vessel A. Jenkins,

At their two Shops, on High Street, north of the
Court House, the other on Main Street, doors west
OF West Street, viii have a daily supply of
Fresh Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Veali
all Of the best quality, and at prices as low as any
other shop.
Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore re-
ceiVec they solicit continuance of the same.
HlnsDoro. Jan. . lS5a an6toc3e
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25
Charads.
COnundrumS.

Ny first is kind of butter; my second is kind
of liquor; my whole is part of gun.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-25

Answer to Enigmss in last weeks News.
Carrie Marconnet. .. Julia Maria Templin.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-09-18

learn anything new without changing our
whole Intellectual composition, as mechanl-
cal compound is changed by another in
gredient that the mere addition of knowl-
edge may be good for us or bad for us; and
that whether it will be good or bad is usual
ly more obscure problem than the en-
thbsiasm of educators will allow. That de-
pends entirely on the work we have to do.
Men are qualified for their work by knowl-
edge, but they are also negatively qualified
for it by their ignorance. Nature herself
appears to take care that the workmen
shall not kAbw too much; she keeps him
steadily 10 his task fixes him in one place
mentally, if not corporeally, and conquers
his restleasness by fatigue. As we are
bound to \ little planet, and hindered by
inpassabio gulfs of spaces from wandering
in stars where we have no business, SO we
are kept by the force of circumstances to
the limited studies that belongs to us. II
We have any kind of efficiency, very much
of it is owing to our narrowness, which Is
favorable to powerful individuality
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-09-18

General BREcKINRIDGE CALLS UPoN THE
PRESIDENT .-General John c. Brecklnrldgc
spent few days here during the present
wcck. and attended the races. He called as
4 matter Of personal courtesy on President
Grant. whom he had not seen since the
Mexican war, where they were fellow-oficers,
and very intimate Although General
Breckinrdge has been frequently in Wash
ineton since the close Of the war, he did not
think Il would he delicate for him to visit
the President in the Executive mansion.
lie was accompanied To the Presidents cot
,qse by Mr. John IIoey, aud spent portion
orlhe evening in very agreeable conrcr'a-
tiou. Senator l'rclnishuySen was present,
o,l athcrs dropped IN during the evening
{, pay their rcpects- No allusion Whatever
WIS made t.. Tie late war, and the part taken
b. either the two gentlemen. The Prcssl
dent greeted Mr. BrecLiuridgc very kindly
and referred to lhc last tinc they met. which
was. [ believe when Grant was slightly
wounded in one ci the Mexican engagements
Tkey called up old memories and old friends,
and traced the latter into after life. There
is bu; Itar's difference in The agos If the two
Gentlemen. General Grant being iily-two
.nl General Brcckinridgo fifty one. The
ltcrtook his leave in about an hour, receiv-
ji.-an invitation call again-Lo9 Branch
D,yo.poa3,rcl N.,r lorh 7r'Gunc,
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-09-18

TerE WlspoM.-General Malone. the
great railroad man, being asked how the
South would feel ifthe President were to be-
come the mordern Cesar, remarks very tru-
" that she should have nothing to do ut pres
ent with national politics She is now in such
bud odor with Northern men ofall parties,
si,s.. ~. --sh-%i.a - duy can 'i3a:c or any
party is enough to seal their political fate.
"ihefc is where VIC made the mistake IN
the last Presidential campaign. and that Is
why Greeley was defeated There was big
split then in. the Republican party of the
North. which, lit had been taken advantage
Of iudiciously. might have defeated Grant
and elected Greeley but as soon as the
Southern States held conventions and endors-
el Grccley. then the people Of the North
looked upon him as our candidate, and his
doom was sealed. Had We Of the South said
nothing. but stayed at home and attended to
our business, aud then gone to the polls and
voted. Greeley would have been elected. We
OUGHT to have nothing to say in regard to
national noltics. What We want to estab-
li.h IS our pecuniary and material Indepen-
dence. control our stat. governments, man
noe our domestic affairs as far as they will al
low Ms. live pcaceably and orderly as good
citizens Under the Goternmcnt, rendering
unto Caesar the things which Caesar cAacta
rs his. and quietly await the development Of
events