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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
Cure for Horses Legs,

Few men who handle horses
give proper attention to the feet
and legs. Especially is this
the case on farms. Much time
is spent in rubbing, brushing,
and smoothing the hair on sides
and hips, but at no time are the
feet examined and properly
cared for. Now be it known
that the feet Of a horse requires
more care than the body; they
need ten times as much, for in
one respect they are almost the
entire horse. All the groom
ing that can be done won't avail
anything if the horse is forced
to stand where his feet will be
filthy. In this case the feet
will become disordered, and
then the leg gets badly out of
fix, and with bad feet and bad
legs there is not much else Of
the horse fit for anything. Sta
Bile prisons generally are ter
ribly severe on the feet and
legs Of horses, and unless these
buildings can afford dry room
where a horse can walk around,
lie down, or roll over, they are
not half so healthy and COM
Portable to the horse as the pas
ture, and should be avoided by
all good hostlers in the con-
trv
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
From the Christian Witness
THE sL0VEN, BAH.

H { 4
L think, that when we cut
a garment, that, sometimes, we
have some very close cross-cut-
tings; and if | am to cut out
a garment to fit sloven, | sup
pose | might just as well get
about it. 1t is no harder than
to spend all my time on old
logs, with this old saw ofmine,
| might just as we'll take up an
old pair of shears, and cut off
some Of the tangled locks, found
on Mr. Sloven's head, or cut
out a garment to fit him, as not
for who under the Sun, can bear
to sit down and see men, who
might be of sublime usefulness;
past ruin themselves, for lack
of decency and taste.
What a pity it is, to see a
preacher, too indifferent about
the nicely of dress, to keep
clean, and fit to be seen in So
cietv What must he the feel
ings of tasteful ladies and gen
tlemen, while listening to a SER
mon from man whose clothes
are nearly off his back and
what are hanging on him, torn
and dirty, when a few stitches
and a little soap and water
would set things in a lit
tie more decent shape. But
says some one this may cut
closely do you triae with my
poverty ? no sir! but | do alb
hor your dirt while water and
soap are so abundant. If a
man has health, he need not be
a sloven. If his clothes are
old, for manners sake, let him
keen the rents seWed up.
Keep clean firstly, and Sec
ondly, keep clean, and thirdly
keep clean, and your head
combed; and if you are a
preacher, don't go so slovenly
that your friends and brethren
are ashamed to own you; nor
so careless about your appear
ance, that the little boys and
girls in town, are led to make
sport of you and bore your
friends about you, when you are
gone. Old Cross-Cut must
shave away, and by-the-by tell
some truth--in an odd manner
that will do some folks good,
if they take the hint; and if
they don't we will have to cut
closer next time, and so that it
will hurt we fear,
Cross Cur.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

+ GREENLEAF 6 co.,
Selected Poetry.
The Beautiful Hills.

Oh! the Beautiful Hills where the blest have
Since the years when the earth was new;
When our father gnZed from the field OF God,
On the vale we are travelling through.
We have seen those hills in thcir brifhtness
rise,
when the world was black below,
And we've felt the thrill ofimmOrtal eyes,
In the night of their darkest woe.
Then sing for the Beautiful Hills,
That rise from the evergreen shore;
Oh sing for the Beautiful Hills,
Where the weary shall toll no more.
The cities Of yorc that was reared in crime,
And renowned by the praise of scers,
Went down in the tramp Of the old King
Time,
To sleep with his gray-eared years.
But the Beautiful Hills rise bright and strong
Thro' the smoke OF old Times red war,
As on that day as the first deep song
Rose up from tho morningBtar.
Then sing for The Beautiful Hills, etc.
We dream Of the rest on the Beautiful Hills,
Where the traveller shall thirst no more,
And we hear the hum Of th0usandrills
That wander the green glen DER.
We feel the souls of the martyred man
Who have braved q cold worlds frOwn;
We can bear the burden which they did then
Norshrink from the thony crown.
Then sing for tho Beautiful Hills, etc.
Our arms are weak, yet W0 would not fling
To your feet this load ofours,
The winds OF spring to the valleys sing,
And the turfrppics with the flowers,
And thus we learn on our wintIy way,
How mighty arm controls,
That the breath Oftlod on our iiVcs shall play
mi tn
Then sing for the Banutiful Hills
That rise from the evergreen shore;
Oh! sing for the Beautiful Hills,
Where the weary toll no more.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
Doing Good Every Way.


Yes, our temperance organiza'
tions not only do good, but they
do good in a variety of ways.
Leaving the question of temper
ance entirely out of view, the
Friends Of Temperance are doing
q great deal in the way of distrib-
uting the word Of Life. Every can
didate initiated into our Order I'll
the Councils do their duty is pre-
sented with copy Of the New Tes-
lament. In this city alone, we
doubt not five hundred copies have
been distributed since the organi-
zation of Oak Council, in 1867.
Who will say that is not a good
work2
The Friends Of Temperance are
Bible and tract distributing agen-
cy, but a charitable institution al
so. Many a loaf of bread, and
many stick ofwood, that has been
furnished to sick and needy cases,
of which the world knew nothing.
Who will say that is not a good
work?
Another most important work in
which the Friends of Temperance
are engaged, is that of harmonizing
the conflicting opinions and ele-
ments Of society, and making a
brotherhood and sisterhood of all
classes, whether rich or poor, and
elevating them all to a high moral
standard; thus preparing the way
for the reign Of that peace which is
of the Gospel.
Who will say that is not a good
work?
Another good work which the
Friends of Temperance are doing,
and will continue to do, is the
bringing Of the young men of the
country into notice and prominence,
and training them, making them to
realize, in their youth, that there is
work for them to do, and that they
are expected to do it,
We regard this as most impor-
tant feature in our economy, and
already we are beginning to see the
good fruits of it, Our young men
are the most jealous, active and eff
icient laborers, and in many cases
the most prudent. Many of them
have held the highest position in
our Order, and their conduct has
more that met the expectations of
those who honored them.
The recent President Of the State
Council of the great State of Vir-
ginia, was young man; but under
no previous administration did the
Order prosper more than under
his. The present President is q
young man, and he is, in every re-
spect, as good an officer as his pred
ecessor. The President and Asso-
ciate Of the State Council of North
Carolina are young men; but not
too young to exert influence and
accomplish good. a
Far from it.
We have had no officers who
accomplished more good in the
same space Of time.
Then, who will say, that our Or
der is not doing good, independ-
entity of its temperance fertgreY
We are doing good in the com
munity-for the community-for
State, and especially for the young
men of the country.
Who would not be a Friend of
TemperanceS-Fyiend, Of Temp er-
dace.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
For The Ladies.

AN article containing as much
goodSense as the following is rich
ly w9aGhy being laid by to mellow.
AdWce TO the ladies' is generally
tinctsed with some sort of fflattery.
but tAR is most honest and true.
Girls should know that men, SUI
periorKo themselves in education
and petition, do not always associ-
ate With them for good. Men
shoald know, that by marrying
| girls Nucated in habits of life
above Ihcir fortunes, they are not
likelyb have good wives. A little
sound Rnse will enable any man to
see thatit is better to have wife
gratful for more than she expected
than eumbling at less. It de-
lightfQl going up the hill of for
tune BIT horrible and aggravating
to cogq6down. No woman will be
likelS dispute withsus when we
assert that marriage is her destiny
A man may possibly I'll some sort
of an existence without loving; but
a womd1 with nothing to love,
cherish, bare for, and minister to, is
an anomaly in the universe, an ex-
istence without an object. 1t is
natural lor woman to have some
one to ldok to for adyice and pro-
lection, Is to breathe, Without it
no woman ever was Or can be hap
py. II ID the want Of her nature,
and nfhing can satisfy her heart
with ouch q void untitled. Now
with t be exception Of some occasi-
onal Irregularities in the relative
proportions Of the seXses, produced
by circumstances, such as the set,
tlemeIt of new countries, there is
no reason why every man should
not hd We wife, and every woman
q husband; and this would easily
be brdght about by the exercise of
more common sense and less ambi-
ton. Each sex is looking up for
something above its own sphere.
The son of an industrious and sue
cessfq mechanic must be q profes-
siona man or q merchant, instead
of fol bwing in his fathers footsteps
and lhis is the first. When he
looks for q wife, the neat, indus
trioui daughter of mechanic, like
his fdther, is not good enough for
him. He must make love to some
fine Idly who is one age in advance;
that Is, her grandfather was me-
cham &, instead of her father-a
very aristocratic distinction. On
the dher hand, the girl who works
for hbr living, earn it by her honest
labos, would not deign to encour-
age the addresses ofa laboring man;
she would set her cap for gentle
man, forsooth. The mechanics
daughter, educated on her fathers
earnings to be a fine lady, cncour.
ages the attention of a set fops and
DANGERS, who drive honest men
away.in disgust, and she becomes
the victim of sorry sharper or shall.
low fool. Now this is all wrong
deplorably, wretchedly, wrong.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

The Mansfield papers an
nounce to the outside world,
with quite a flourish, that Sen
ator Sherman is having q man
sard roof put on his residence,
which is being otherwise i'm
proved, it will be the most ele-
giant in that city. 1t would ap-
pear, then, that Senator Sher-
man has been able to lay some
thing by, out Of the niggardly
Salary as Congressman, injust-
ification of their support Of the
Salary steal, characterize the
old-time salary of Congressman,
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
We have noticed that the

We have noticed that the
spiritual exponents are ever pa
rading the defects of Christians
before the public and that their
lecturers curse the professors OF
Bible religion, yet, who dare
specifically scan the theory Of
this school Of sceptics or spirit
ual necromancers and not dis
cover, that their theory plunges
mankind into the boiling caul-
dron OF domestic anarchy, inf
deity and prostitution; breaks
the marital relation, tears the
heart open, plunges hope into
oblivion, and leaves the para
disc of life, a barren, and pain
full desert of perished peace, joy
and bliss.
The man or woman who tam
pers with this destroying beast,
will only eclipse their own sun,
and darkened a life that may
sparkle with brilliant gems and
undying happiness. Go not
near the deadly upas turn
from the syren; approach not
the mailstrom and evade a wo-
fll Inferno, and the eternal
sting of helpless and hopless
despair.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

The increase of inividual drunk
eness is rapidly making us a nation
of sots. No wonder an alarm is
sounding over hill and dale, and
springing up into full volumed
voice all over the land, demanding
redress. No wonder the indignant
cry for redress, spurning with SUI
preme contempt, the rapid scrib-
blers of the press, and leaping over
the Corrupt decisions Of the sup
sidized judges, is pealing out thun-
der tones in the halls Of legisla-
tion. The blood of slaughtered
thousands is appealing to heaven
for vengence. The wailing cry of
distress from thousands ofhomes,
made hells on earth, by the liquor
traffic, is shifting the ear on every
hand. Thousands of young men,
the hope of the country, are reeling
in besotted drunkenness through the
streets Of our towns and cities, bur
dening the air with loud mouthed
profanity. The complaint is going
up on all hands, and can be heard
every day, that it is the hardest
thing in the world to find compe-
tent, sober young men who can be
trusted, We are fast drifting into
a nation of drunkards. What q
shame it is that religion, and
Christian associations, and Christ
ian churches, and Christian house
holds, do not train up more young
men who are faithful and sober,
and true to all claims Of society
and religion,-SoptRern Organ.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

FIFTEEN hundred singing birds
of different varieties imported
from Germany by a society or
ganized for that purpose, were
turned loose in the suburbs Of
Cincinnati, on the 9th ult., the
object being to domesticate the
birds in this country if possible
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
HOW WARM SNOW is.

Last fall, Mr.. Spencer, who has a
farm near Elk Rapids, Mich, filled
pit in his field with potatoes, Gov
ering them only with boards and
potato-tops! During the night
snow fell, and he was unable to
cover them with earth, and they re-
mained in this condition until last
week, when the covering of snow,
potato-tops and boards was removed
and the potatoes found to be en-
tirely untouched by frost. Perhaps
the most remarkable fact connected
with this is that q coflee-pot half-full
of water which was left standing
on the ground beside the potato pit
and was covered with snow only to
the depth of one foot, was found to
be as free from ice as when placed
there last fall. u.ibT
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
A number of Toledo. G.,

A number of Toledo, Colum-
bus and Lancaster capitalists
have formed a heavy coal COM
pany, to oparate in Hooking
county, Ohio. They have 5000
acres Of the best coal lands, and
intend to clay out" q town.
The project is in the hands Of
some of the best solid men of
the three cities,
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28


The CAUSE OF IT.--The Modoo
war is directly traceable to that
band of thieves employed by the
Government Of the United States in
its intercourse and dealings with the
aborigines. They buy their lands
and agree to pay them in agreed
upon sums. The money
is duly drawn from the Treasury
and the agent for its disbursement
then forms partnership with lot
of swindlers who accompany him
to the stations, and instead of pay
ing the cash, they pay off in cheap
toggery--in beds, feathers and Gin.
cinnati whiskey.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

SOCIAL TIEs.-Christians it
is to be feared, too often uninten-
tionally do great evil by overlook
ing what may be considered by
some improprfety of life. They are
careful, perhaps, in respect to all
the cardinal virtues, but the minor
duties Of the day are almost wholly
neglected, and very many Of those
things which in general society are
of good report, such as becoming
manners, tastes, general deport-
ment, social obsrvances, and the Or
dinary amenities of life, are con-
sidered beneath their notice. But
the truth is, this is one way in
which our Christianity is to devel-
op ITSELF and by which we may eff
fectually approve ourselves before
men. And unless we are essential
ly improved in our varied private
and public relations, In our dis
position, in our conduct, in all our
habits, we give but little evidence
ofthe Transforming and elevating
power of Christian piety.
The pastremarb Of a acultured old
lady, whose thoughts we learned
early TO prize, we have often quoted
and now make bold to print it; "If
religion does not make q gentleman
of one, what is it good for?'
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

Mrs. Cherry, Of Canal Win
chester, has obtained a verdict
in Franklin Common Pleas, for
$4,000, against P, G. 4 st. L.
r, r., for damages sustained
in the death Of her husband,
who was killed while in the
service Of the road as brakes
man This was the second tri-
al. lAai Wv ADV N0.hgioaf1 Ra
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

WHAT do you suppose kept
the President from attending
the funeral obsequies of Chief
Justice Chase, on Saturday.
perhaps 1t was distressing i'll
ness in the family? No. Per-
haps the President was i'll him
self, and unable to get out?
No. Perhaps an overwhelming
pressure of business interven-
ed? No. Perhaps the Presi-
dent tarried at his public du-
ties SO long that he was too
late to catch the train? No.
He was out on the road erer-
cisj'g q pair of @nder three
year old colts! That was what
kept the President from attend
ing Chief Justice CHAsE'S obse-
quies on Saturday. The per-
sonal organ of GRANT in New
York says Of these colts:
"One is a dark bay, and the
other a beautiful dapple bav.
Driven together thay show
superb style, speed and action,
and are, probably, the finest
pair Of horses of their age ever
brought to Washington. They
are colts of the Presidents
own raising, andhe was scarce
ly aware until he saw them on
the farm that such a new pos
session and delight were in
store for him" No wonder he
forgot the funeral Cleveland
PLAIN De0ler.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
From the Christian Witness
The Sad Fate Of a Family.

A few days ago, a family
composed of husband, wife and
four children, passed through
Hainesville, Mo-, on their way
to Kansas. The incessant rains
had swollen the streams very
much and rendered many of
them impossible. The family
undertook to cross a stream
running between our town and
Kearpey and found it very swift
and deep, but succeeded in
reaching the opposite side of
the water, when in endeavoring
to rise out of the creek, up a
steep ascent their wagon came
uncoupled, and the team with
the fore wheels ascended the
bank, and the wagon, with the
family, all save the man and one
child that clung to his father,
rolled back into the deep water.
The father disengaged himself
from his child, overcoat and
boots, as soon as he could and
endeayored TO save the rest. By
this time the wagon-bed had
aoated off from The wheels, up
set, and cast its contents into
the boiling, roaring, rolling an
cry stream. Two Of the children
went down in each others arms
and finally sank to rise no more
alive. 'fhe wife and mother
with one child in her arms
floated down with the rapid
current, while the almost crazed
husband struggled hard to reach
and save them, and finally when
nearing them the mother cast
her child from her and cried /:
" for Gods sake save my child"
and sank to die beneath the
muddy current.
The father carried his child
TO- the shore and raised the
alarm. One feature about this
sad affair was thata young man
who stood upon the bank and
saw it all and did not fly to
their relief for fear Of getting
wet or hurt some way. Shame
on such cowardice.
About all the family possessed
was lost The wife was found
the next day, and at last ac-
counts the children were still
missing.
This should teach travellers
caution and warn them from
venturing into swollen strange
streams. 1t also teaches a les
son that life is uncertain; " we
know not what a day may bring
forth"
Bright were the prospects of
that family as they neared the
fatal stream, in ten short min
utes all were dissipated in the
blackest gloom and midnight,
and on the bank stands o be-
reaved, broken-hearted man,
wife gone, darling ones gone,
money gone, and the roaring
rumble of the muddy water
only replied in angry ripple. So
may your sun go down dear
reader. Are you ready for your
fate /? Are you prepared to die /
Answer, honestly answer.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

This said M. had an invalid
wife, whose life had been one of
suffering and pain, from chronic
causes, for many long years and
to this Pupil of Delusion and
Free-loveism, Che burden of a
helpless wife became intolerable.
The food of the so-called spirits;
evil ghosts--soon fed his mind
with the beautiful, mirthful,
gauzy idea Of free-thought in
love and marriage, and he aban-
doned his wife in her affliction
and prostration, for the more
I" salubrious' life of sinful and
licentious freedom. Disposing
of his effects, he told his wife a
falsehood, and took the train for
other and pleasanter cllmes, as
he supposed, taking with him
as IL asserted-some two or
three of the lovely sisters of
this Satanic faith--modern spir-
itualism. This is the tendency
Of this system, said by it's devo-
ices, to be the advanced and
progressive theory ofintelligent
free thought. This is the effects
of becoming the dupe of Jug
glers, necromancers, and de-
ceiving deluders. The very soul
Of this so-called spiritualism
consists in opposition to
every sacred and holy thing
of God and the Bible, and up
roots the foundations of all good
society. Mr.. M. would have
shuddered att thoughtof
a course, while be was under
the influence Of good old Meth
odist training, or the faith of
the Bible but when he cut his
moorings of truth and struck
outover the dark, hopeless and
.trackless sea Of modern spirit
.ualism; all moral restraint and
nobility Of soul was lost.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28
A cart wheel at Grand Rs

A cart wheel at Grand Rap
ids scalped a boy, as nicely as
Capt. Jack might have done it;
and now the Government pur-
poses to furnish the Indians
with cart wheels instead Of
scalping-knives.
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

THE Akron Beacon Grady
declares that General Tom
Ewingwill be the .lnext Dem
ooratic candidate for Governor
Of, Ohio, and will be elected too,
unless the Republican party
|repudiates corruptionists with
an emphasis that cannot be un-
Iderstood. NJ agab glisaAaeogs
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The total value of the Man

The total value of the Man
ufactures of Cincinnati for the
year 1872 was $143, 100000, a
gain over the preceding year of
$7,5O0,000. The Manufactur-
ers of iron reached $25,750,000
liquors $2l, 100000; food ST.
100000; wood $15,250,OO0;
clothing $13,O0O,O leather s.
100000; tobacco S5,500,O00;
soap candles and oil SS,500,O0O.
All these departments show an
increase over the preceding
year with the exception Of to-
bacco. The heaviest increase
is in iron manufactures, $685.
O0O.H hlntaeN Ntki 0f lfla Mat
The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-05-28

QUINCY, ILL.,, which usually goes
Republican, has, this year, elected
a straight Democratic ticket, May
or and Aldermen, by 500 majority