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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06
How q Hotel Keeper Knows
an Honest Man.

dh AAOncSU Nluus
A New York hotel keeper
has discovered an infallible
rule for determining the hon
esty OF his customers. He
says; 81 have made it a rule
id my house, whenever a man
wants a room and has no bag
gage to demand pay in ad-
vance, as is usual. Ii he man
iIestS no objection and puts
his hand in his pocket for
money, | tell him it is all right;
that he can pay just as well
when he goes away. That Kind
OF a man always pays. But
there Is another sort Of fellows
who, when informed of The
rule, pretend to be very indig-
naDt, insisting that he is a gen.
tleman by, and is not IN
the habit oil having his name
questioned or his honesty
doubted. In such a case | in.
variably insist on the prodrc
tion of the funds, for | know If
don't get them then | never
should get them at all. Men
who talk about their honor,
and assume to be insulled
when requested to pay, can be
depended on for first class
dead beats"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06
lFrcm the Athens Massenger,l
n.hn MI. a. @. Railrnnd


We are Indebted to Mr.. A. .
B Walker for the following IN.
teresllng statement concerning
he M. & q Railroad. Ii will
be seen from Mr.. Walkers fg.
ures that the investment has
been a paying one.
The following exhibits are in
relation to county subscrip-
tions to the capital stock oil the
NJ & @. r II. in 1852:
Athens County subscribed. e. 5000 600
Washington County subscribed200.000
II Oss County subscribed. 100000
ATHENS COUNTY.
Duplicate in lS52.......... so, ,3G7,S5G
loI2..".....~"7,G ,G>6,004
increase IN ~ years,...r S0,0lo, l4S
or 22A3 per cent.
To meet heitr subscriptions
the county issued bonds paya-
BILE In 20 years, which have
been paid, the principal and in
terest amounting to 1852 235.-
049, yearly tax being assess
ed in The years 1853 10 1S72ln-
elusive. In the meantime the
Railroad Company paid taxes
to he county, on their track and
other property, to the amount
Of S49,723 "a 4, and will here
after pay an annual tax of from
$4,000 to $4,000. Length Of
track and sidingS, 80 11,100
miles.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06
ADvERTlsING TEI,Ms,
"DIed With My Face to the
FOeo

Foe"
a writer in The Louisville
Courier.Journal tells the fol.
lowing story of the rebellion:
A single shot followed by d
loud shrek told us that one Of
my best men. Bradley, wns
hurt. lie proclaimed his az.
ony with a loud voice, turned
over on his back and COM
menced TO kick so vigorously
that the surgeon had tnsider.
able difficulty in getting near
him.
"POor fellow!' said the doc.
tor, 81 am afraid it's fatal"
And he commenced opening
his coat.
"Oh, my Godl' said Bradley,
"l'm a dead man."
keep up Your spirits, my
boy; never say die!" said Capt.
Johnson, kneellng kindly over
him.
Doctor" asked the wound
ed soldier, ieebly, "will you
write to my mother and tell
her that l died Gravely doing
my duty with my face to the
foe, and that / thought of her
when d,ine?'
Yes" said the doctor, with
dim eyes and a husky voice, I
will write 10 her and tell her,
to p
"Bui," suddenly springing to
his ieet with an indignant
voice, he said:
"Why, confound lb man,
you're no: hurt Il bit. LIS on
ly your canteen that's shot,.
Get up, will you3'
Bradley raised up slowly,
felt himselfall over with an ex~
ceeding foolish counlenancc,
and crawled back to his posi-.
ton amid the uproarous laugh.
ter of the whole regiment.
For months alter that, on th4
march and in the camp, anil
sometimes in the stiffness cr
The night, !on would hear u
voice in one direction demand
ing:
"What shall | tell your
mother" And perhaps half n
dozen responses would bo
heard:
'Teil her | died with my
face to the foe ,'and then Brad.
ley would come out and hunt
for the man who said it.
lie seldom found HIM, hut
when he did there was sure 10
be a fight.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06
WASHINGTON CoUNTY.

Duplicate in 1852. ........S 4 1862 SIG
1S72...... -. 3,46l,64f
Increase in 90 years. IS S.90027C
OF 20lt per cent on first valuation.
The bonds first issued have
been paid or renewed, with but
7 6 500 outstanding, all owned
within the county.
The Railroad Company has
paid taxes to The county on its
road.bed and other property to
the amount of 100000, and
will hereafter pay an annual
Tax of at least $4,000 lis
main line Of track and sidlngs
in Washington county is a frac-
ton less than 81 miles.
Ross County.
Duplicate in 1952,...........S11 StN, 81
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06
The Climate of Nebraska.

When Certain wits We're abus-
ing The English climate Charles
the Second declared there
was none better in Europe,
because nowhere could one
comfortably be outdoors more
hours In the day and more days
in the year. The Nebraska
climate is not inferior to the
English. 1t has colder days
and hotter days, but of those
days which John Bull calls
"nasty" it has not one-iourth
as many as John grumbles at
all his life long, unless they
drive him to suicide or emigra-
tion.
The mean annual tempera-
ture at Fort Kearney Is 47o 2
as appears by the government
observations. That of Chicago
is one degree colder-46o Y.
But Fort Kearney Is more
than 1000 feet above the sea.
level and must be much colder
than the southeastern por-
tions. In these The mean tenn.
perature is $40. A weather re.
cord made last winter at Ply
mouth, a colony on the Bur.
lington & Missouri River Rail
road shows the maximum Of
cold TO have been 16o below,
and that only once, January
2SLh; the mercury fell below
zero on only+ twelve days, and
on only two days stood below
zero at noon.
The April storm was fatal 10
men and beasts, but only TO
those men that were caught far
from shelter, and to those cat.
tie which had long been only
half led or worn out by hard
driving. Cattle that were in
good heart wealhered it,
though not under cover. The
cold was not great, nor did
snow cover the ground. Men
digging through drifts in rail
road cuts saw farmers plowing
at the SAME time. A dozen
movers turned eastward. These
were an eddy, but the stream
still held on its course west.
ward. The Ierryman's book at
Nebraska City shows the names
OF 1SS men who crossed there
within II days after the fifth of
May, each in his wagon and
seeking a Nebraska home
Prof. J d. Butler.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06
A LITTLE GIRLS CURIOS-
ITY.

My mas been working very hard,
And also very Sly.
And keeps her sewing out OF sight
Wheneverl am night.
asked her once What made her stop
Her work when | came in;
She said she only stopped to get
A needle, thread or pin.
The bureau drawer next to mine
Is locked both night and day,
And when ma wants to open it
She sends me off to play,
] stole Il peep one afternoon,
Although it was not right.
But D. the little things saw
Were such pretty sight!
The cuttst. incest little clothes,
just big enough for doll,
But then | know they're not for her,
She needs them not at all.
l know they're not fou4ma. pa,
Nor me. nor brothereHor."
For we can't wear such little clothes ;
wonder who they'reior?
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06

"How does that look, eL?'
said big listed Wall street
man 10 friend, holding up
one of his brawney hands,
That" said the friend, "looks
as though you'd gone short ON
your soap"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06

ACCORDING to a California
paper a young lady of that
city in telling a gentleman
about her Yosemite trip said
the scenery was gorgeous
perfectly ravishing-but she
Didn't like their style Of loco
motion down there. "How's
lhal?' said her friend, show
did you Iocomote" "Why,
don't you think" she replied,
81 had to ride a la clothes, pin
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06


Increase in 90 vrnrs,..... 50, l07,0 ,0j2
or Is per cent on first valuation.
OF the original bonds issued
there remained unpaid at ma
tnrity $3.50 900, and to take The
place of the old, new bonds
for the same amount were is.
sued Jnlv i, 1871, and a Sink
ING Fund created bv means Of
which $4,000 will he paid ev.
erv six months. completing The
full payment about the year
1890.
The Railroad company has
paid taxes IN the county since
1852, S55 OO7O5. and will here,
after paw an annual tax ol
S. 200 to $4,000.
V:nton COUNTY declined max
ing a subscription to the capI-
tai stock Of the Marietta & Gin.
cinnatI r. RI Twentv-e,ght
miles and % 100 of the road
nov traverses the county, adj
vantageouslv, for the rapid and
successful development Of its
rich mineral deposits, already
placing her among the mos
prosnprous counties in South
ern Ohio.
Duplicate in 1852, was......sl .06N. $40
" 1872. was...... 1876. .023
Increase in 90 years. ,....S2, ,Sl5, ,653
or 265 per cent. on the first valuation.
The railroad company has al
ready paid taxes to Vinton
county amounting to S37 944 6S
and will continue to paw an an
nual tax of S5 900 10 $40 600.
~o>---
SANTA ANNA is reported to be
living in Mexicv in condition of
poverty.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06

DURING The past year 800 600
people emigrated from Eng
land, a majority of whom came
to the United States.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-11-06

THE q S Treasury will soon
pay silver lor fractional cur
rency. "Hurah for Jackson
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
Ringing Down tho Grooves.

Put your foot in the stirrup and
swing yourself aboard. The engia
cer's little cabin is a regular how
dah for an elephant. It is a prince
ly way of making royal progress.
The engineer bids you take that
cushioned seat by the right hand
window. You hear the gurglc of
the engines feverish pulse, and the
his of a whole community of tea-ket-
ties. There is his steam-clock with
its finger on the figure. There is
his time clock, says sixty pounds of
steam. The other, forty miles an
hour. A little bell on the wall be-
fore him strikes. That was the con-
ductor. He said "pull out" and he
pulls out. The brazen bell, like a
goblet wrong side up, spills out a
great clangor. The whistle gives
ont two quick, sharp notes. The.
driver swings back the lever The
engines slender arms begin to feel
slowly in her cylinder pockets for
something they never find, and new
err tire ofteeling for. Great unwash-
ed flecces are counted slowly ont of
the smoke stack. The furnace door
opens faster aud faster. The faces
Of the clock dials shine in the burst
of light like newly washed school
children's, that are polished with a
crash towel. The lever is swung a
little farther down. The search for
things gets lively. Fleeces are get
ting plcntier. The coal goes into
the furnace and out at the chimney
like the great beat ola great black
artery. There Is brisk breeze that
makes your hair stream like COM
cts. The locomotive is alive with
reserved power. 1t has sentiment
tremor as it hugs the track, and
hurls itself along sixty feet for cv-
cry tick of the clock-as if you
should walk twenty PAGES while your
heart beats once! First you get the
idea, and then the exhileration of
power in motion.-Benj. +. Tay-
Tor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
How to Become a Distinguished Man

In a great many instances young
men spend half their lives in chang
ing from one thing to another be-
fore they learn what they are COM
petent 10 perform A correspon-
dent writes thus: AS a general
rule, the best place for young man
to begin life is right where he is
He need not 60 hundred, or two
hundred, or thousand milesI away,
from home to try the world; that
particular spot where he lives is q
part of the world, and just as good
Il place to try as some other par
ticular spot three hundred miles
off. In the Eastern States, where
society is settled, and things change
but little, where business is held in
fixed channels, and certain families
are supposed to have a prescriptive
right to do everything that is done,
there is not much inducement for
young man to remain at home, un-
less he possesses the genius and en-
enterprise to break through the tra-
ditions and regulations that hamper
him, but no such condition of things
exists out West; here everything is
new, fresh and plastic; and young
man may do his part in molding
things to his purposes. 1t is very
common mistake for youngsters
who haye not yet butted their ten
der heads against the hard angles
Of the world, to imagine they pos
sess superior talent, if they only had
an opportunity to exhibit it. Ifthey
live on farm, there is no chance
there to show their genius. If they
live in a country town, it is entirely
ly too small to spread their wings
in. They yearn for a great city
where talents arc Appreciated, and
imagine that there is the field for
them to rise to eminence and wealth,
and yet they had better stay right
where they are, and make their be-
ginning in the locality where they
were raised. If they really possess
genius or special aptitudes they may
first develope them and test the
metal they are made OF in the limit
ed sphere of their native place, and
If the experiment proves satistac-
tory, afterwards transfer them to a
wider sphere of action. Thousands
of young men who 90 to great cities
to try the world, find the world in
such cities too much Tor them, and
they learn too late that it would have
been better for them to make their
trial in a humber and safer sphere.
Neu York Herald
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24

thermore, as years accumulate be-
hind one, so does work. You have
done such q deal. 1t mounts up in
to something awful to think OF.
And this though very much Of the
work done leaves no permanent
trace, but just suf1ices to do what
is required by the day, and to keep
the machinery going. You have
written fourteen letters this morn
ing; you have visited. eighteen sick
folks this afternoon. 1t had all to
be done. Had you not done it, you
would have been miserable in the
sense of duty neglected. But there
is nothing to show for it. 1t is not
like the abiding pages OF incstima.
bic theology or mild morality,
which, being written, you lay up in
a box-the abiding memorial of pas,
labor. 1t frightened one, in the old
days, to hear a man in advanced
life speak of the work he had done
remember the sense of awe with
which / heard a clergyman of abou,
sixty years mention with no air ol
recording an exploiD that he had Al
one period Of his life, written one
hundred and fifty lectures on Saint
Paul's Gospel. | gazed upon him
with the feeling, And are you there
living to tell it?"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
The j Jimmyjohns.

Mrs. Diaz tells in Our Young
Folks comical story of two twins,
who looked SO much alike that the
neighbors conld not tell which was
Jimmy and which was Johnny, and
so called them "the Jimmyjohns." "
And so this is the account of one of
their funny "ways." When the
Jimmies were little toddling things
just beginning to walk, they were
constantly falling down, tipping
over in their CRADLE or humping
their heads together; and Mrs plum.
mer found that the best way to stop
the crying at such times, was to turn
it into kissing. The reason of this
is very plain. In crying, the mouth
flies open; in kissing, it shuts. Mrs.
Plummer is wonderful woman.
She found out that shutting the
mouth would stop its crying, and to
shut the mouth she contrived that
pretty kissing plan, and at the first
sound of bump would catch up
the little toddlcrs, put their arms
around each others necks, and say;
"Kiss Johnny Jimmy! Kiss Jim.
my, johnny" 1t was enough to
make anybody laugh to see them in
the midst of a crying spell, run to-
ward each other, their checks still
wet with tears, and to see their poor
little, twisted, crying mouths try
ing to shut up into a kiss!
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
Tough Story.

Benjamin d. Lay, NJ. d., of At
lanta, Ga, who was one of the sec.
onds in recent duel in the South,
narrates a singular personal expe'
rience, apropos of his denunciation
as rule Of the duello, that it is the
duty Of second to prevent a resort
to arms if possible. His story is as
follows:
81 recollect in one of the first du-
els / ever fought l came very near
losing my life by having fool for
a second. He allowed me to fight
the best swordsman in Europe with
rapier. l, at that time, was not
so proficient as | AIN now in the use
of that weapon, and l considered
my life as good as lost, but met my
antagonist, and, after parrying a
few OF his thrusts, was compelled
to allow him to pass his sword en-
tirely through my stomach, the
point coming out at my backbone.
AS / stood thus transtixed, it occur
red to my mind to do an act that
have never heard of being equaled
before or since. 1, with my lef,
hand, with remarkable presence OF
mind, GOODNESS and firmness, seized
my adversary's blade, holding it SC
firmly that he could neither turn i,
in me nor pull it out, and in that po
sition plunged my sword entirely
through my adversary's left breast
up to the hilt, just one inch and {
half above the heart; and what i.
remarkable is that we both recov
cred"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
Fashion in Her New Attire.

suppose ladies thought they
looked marvellously stylish when
they first wore hoops, and used to
build cotton skirts with a tuck at
the knees, into which was run a
rattan that set out around them as
big as hogshead. And now they
gaze delightedly at the new fashion,
which demands perfect plainness in
the front breadths and an appear
ance Of being in the grip of some
monster hand, which inexorably
hangs on to their gown tails.
Dresses this fall have gored
front width, two narrow, straight
side widths, which half yard from
the waist run out in a big triangu-
lar shaped scallop towards the back;
two straight breadths and two side
cores form the remainder. Carry
ing the back out around the pointed
side-widths makes the skirt the re-
quisite length behind, then two
strings on these points, tied tightly
back underneath, gives this straight
ness in front demanded by fashion.
One ceep tlouncc all round, with
many dress makers, forms all the
trimming. Pockets, cuffs and revers
of velvet finish the waist, which in
most cases is open coat shape.
With the fall come importations of
grapes for bonnets. For elderly Ia
dies they seem very appropriate,
but feathers are far nicer. The
huge clusters of brown glass grapes
are stiff looking, and when accident
happens to those fruit trimmed hats
the carnage and destruction are aw-
full. A Paris milliner was trying
in July to make me believe l had
been created especially to crown my
brow, like she-Bacchus, with the
"vintage of Champagne" She piled
a chapeau heavily trimmed with all
species Of the grape family upon
my noble head, and when repudi-
ated the bacchanallan chaplet she
substituted another, and hung the
dcposed grapevine on a wire tree.
Its weight toppled 1t over, and with
crash of splintering glass the fra
gile fruit went to peices. Such an
other wreck a hat never made.
Countless bits of broken painted
glass, crooked wire and little dabs
of cotton were all that was left of
the beautiful. That act settled the
grapevine question for me. 1 de-
sire TO look like a crushed rose
when / meet a railroad disaster,
and wearing that hat during a col
lision l should resemble grape
vine that had been in a cat fight.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24
That Paint Wouldn't Drv.

An old lady who lives little dis.
tance from the small village of
Quesh, VT, near Danbury, writes
friend went to the store in that
place for pot of paint, with which
she desired ornamenting her kitch-
en- floor. She told the clerk, who
went down stairs to prepare the de-
coction, to put in plenty of drying
material, and he honestly intend.
ed to do so, but missing some po.
matum from one side Of his mus
tache, the loss so annoyed him that
he omitted paying that attention to
the order which it required, and in
stead of turpentine poured in gen-
crous quantity of syrup. That eve-
ming the old lady painted her floor,
and the next morning made All ex-
animation of it, to test it's condition.
When she opened the door, her cat,
which was following her, playfally
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-10-24

jumped into tho room and then
stopped. The old lady Immediate
ly showed it, but it didn't shew.
1t pulled away and tore one foot
from the floor, and set it down to
pull up another, which neccssitated
pulling up the first one again. Then
it tried the experiment over again,
but with the same result. Finally
it lifted one foot and kept it up un-
til the other was lifted. This gave
the animal the appearance of trying
to stand on it's head, but its plain
tive cries indicated that such was
not its purpose. While thus raised
it attempted to lift the third foot;
bu: in SO doing fell over, and came
down on its side in the paint, and
there it stuck, Chewing the air with
its paws, and splitting forth the
most venomous sounds. The old
lady got a board, and laying it to
the cat succeeded with some diff
Guilty in rescuing it. But she could
not understand why that paint
shoald be so moist. In the after
noon she tested the floor again with
her finger, but the paint was still
sticky The next morning it was
the same, and also in the afternoon.
She was astonishcd. When she
touched her finger to the floor this
time she transferred the finger to
her tongue, and then opened her
eyes a little wider and tasted again.
After that she put on her things,
harnessed her horse, and started
for that store. And that evening
that clerk shaved off his mustache,
and buried his pomatum in the soli-
tude of the forest.