Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-04-12
SeNersoh-April 10. 1873.

"'To be or not To be-" is becoming question
of serious Importance to u7i Tor after so long
a time, of incessent rain, driZZle and slop,
nearly to the extent of another food, we see
no show of "le. up" and the drearness hangs
like heavy pail over our objected brows,
filing the soul with dark, dull forbodirgs.
The bow of promise we have well nigh
lost faith in and we apprchend it will not be
long before we shall be making another Ark,
| and then what will become Of Josh? how
shall he be able to enter in having no mate to
go in with him must he not he among those
that shall perish ITO die; To sleep; To-
sleep! perchance to dream" Alas!
This and many other dull visions hang heav-
lily over our mind giving all nature Dight
ish caot, so much so that we fear that our poor
pen will do no subject any idsice under such
circumstances. But for venture we will
make two or three passes, and see what the re-
suit may be-
We think we have not spoken ofour enNf-
tainmenis, by way of Lectures, of late, and
these things above all things else with us. ere
to receive precedent like Boston we pride our
selyes on our Debating Club, Intellect, &C., and
so lectures and lecture seasons are with Us as
dog days at Saratoga Our hectures opened
in Union Hall by the celebrated Woman's
Rights man, Leo. Miller, from New York who
spoke week ago Tuesday on "woman and
her Relation to the cause of Temperance
wherein he took the ground, that woman
should be allowed the privilege Of uffragt
from the assumed fact that her moral rdtun
; is superior to mans and therefore she would
exercise the power of voting in more iunes
and judicious manner than man and there
: f0re-applying II to the text-she would pu
, down the monster inlemperance. The sec
9 ond lecture, "Woman's Era, or the Divine
Republic perhaps We should not express oul
opinion upon for the lecturer took womal
and scared alolt so high, and btcame so ethe
>. rial and thin, making women but little high
|. er than the angels by nature. that W
lost sight of the Orator, and Ills Diving Re
:, public in the misty lights in Which they be
: = came enyeloped, nor could VIE again, with ,h
most powerful glass, recall the glorious pa
lgeant.
Rev. Mr.. Brown Of the NJ E. Church, gay
lecture on Sunday evening last, shown
rs with forcible and striking illustrations th
y extravaganza ul the practice of Intemperanc'
l. He only spoke on this branch Ut the Temper
r. ance question. but as we thought made II cleu
j thnt in u ptcuniary sense, no person, Tow,
y Stale or County could indulge in the indul
ct gence.
n Our election passed off as all elections dc
unless 1t were little excitement raised l.
the attempt TO elect Town Council vii
N would be in favor of repeating our Tempe
Il. ance Ordinance aud Ordinance for restra!nir
re Billiard Rooms but as they tailed To conneC
,p We shall have TO go dry another year, and III
% in the extreme dullness which such IA state
IN affairs engendersi unendurabIe AS il may
arc Way don't you think, we have not had
,ir drunken row IN our STREETS since the passa
o,, of said ordinance nor single man Id our Toe
=, up. Oh {? it's at6fat dull II we don't have
thing for our Marshal TO do he Is a usele
being with us and we have thought of shippil
ng lim--to Asbiabua, perhaps. He makes
ne capital goUd Marshal or at least hes since 4
ne passage of the ordinance. Should lie go-as
ns think he will-his efficient Deputy, especial
We In such times OF peace, can do the necessa
q chores here, and as for as. Joshua, we a
nu boun 10 get out OF this dali pdcs at all hazarC
Iui we are ready To sell; or give away, all our re
lso estate, which consists OF a beautiful tract
land by 0 feet, situated inH--come and Sc
he we don't want II at all events nor never d
yai for itstoo dull for our business. Court bro
90 out again On Tuesday last, but without mu
lch matter OF importance, adjourned on Wedn
ter day sine dts.
I'M Judge Canheld seetied much improved
stc. health, and he scenes to think that lie Is M
iis- going to be permanently bettet. We und
AL stand by Sheriff Stiles that Sylvester Brown
improving in health somewhat, and the pr