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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13
SONG OF THE MYSTIC.

1.-THE following lines were penned by Father Ryan
le author of many choice gems, who is oftel
) ed g The Poet-Priest Soldier" of the South j
walk down the Valley of Silence,
Down the dim, voiceless valley-alsne!
And hear not the fall of footstep
Around me-save Gods and my owni
And the hush of my heart is as holy
As hoYers where Angels have flown.
Long ago was 1 weary of voices
Whose music my heart could not win;
Long ago was ! weary of noises
That fretted my soul with their din;
Long ago was 1 weary of places --
Where met but the Human, and Sin.
walked thro' the world with the worldly; ~
L craved what the world never gave;
And I said: 20 In the world, each Ideal,
That shines ike a star on life's wave,
Is toned on the shores of the Real,
And sleeps like dream in a grave"
And still did pine for the Perfect
And still found the False with the True;
sought mid the Human for Heaven,
But caught mere glimpse OF it's blue;
And wept when the clouds of the Mortal
Vailed even that glimpse from my view.
And toiied on, heart-tired of the Human;
And L moaned mid the mazes Of men;
Till knelt long ago al an altar
And heard Voice call me since then
walked down The Valley of Silence
That lies far beyond mortal ken.
Do you ask what found in the Valley?
IT'S my trysting-plac with the divine;
And fell at the feet of the Holy,
And about me voice said: BE Mine !"
And then rose from the depths of my spirit
An echo: 90 My heart shall be thine"
Do you ask how live IN the Valley?
weep, and dream, and pray;
But my tears sweet as the dew-drops
That fall on the roses in May;
And my prayer, like perfume from censor,
Ascendeth to God, night and day.
In the hush of the Valley of Silence,
1 dream all the songs that sing;
And the music floats down the dim Valley,
Til each finds word for a wing,
That to men, like the doves of the Deluge
The message OF Peace they may bring.
But far on the deep there are pillows
That never shall break on the beach,
And have heard songs in the silence
That never shall float into speech;
And have had dreams in the Valley
Too lofty for language to reach.
And have seen thoughts in the Valley
All, me! how my spirit was stirred ]
And they wear holy walls IN their faces,
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They pass through tn Valley, liks Virgins
Too pure for touch of word.
Do you ask me tic place of the Valley,
Ye hearts that RI narrowed by care.
1t heth afar belS 5e mountains,
And God and lis Angels are there;
And one is the dark mount of Sorrow,
And one the bright mountain of Prayer.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13
Pith and Point.

WHAT barber mustn't do-Lather his
wife.
MERE catch-penny affairs - Hand
organs.
WHICH goes the quicker, full minute
or spare moment?
A GOOD thing for elevation of woman
-Thick-soled boots.
WHAT workman never turns to the
left? A wheelwright.
EAGLES fly alone; sheep generally
flock together so we have herd.
PATER FAMILIAs says the only thing
that continues to fall is the rain
In what case is it absolutely impos-
sible to be slow and sure? In the case
of watch.
OBRENoRITscH is the euphonious name
of a Constantinoplc defaulter to the
tune of 100000.
Do YOU believe, sir, that the dead
ever walk after death ?'' 'sNo doubt of
it, madam I have heard the Dead
March"
A YOUNG man who attended lecture
on the subject, " Are we better than our
fathers % started for home saying, 'I'm
going to get the better of mine some
how, any way.
A TENNESSEE schoolmaster reproved
one of the big girls for splitting on the
stove, and the brother took down his
little shotgun and chased the pedagogue
into North Carolina
A wELL-KNowN jokist of Macon says:
Since the advent of the epizooty, mince-
meat has declined eight cents pound,
and he has the nightmare every night
after eating mince pie"
Ct LIVE in Julia's eyes" said an affect
ed dandy, in Colemans hearing. 81
don't wonder at it." replied George,
since / observed she had stye in
them when [ saw her last
WENDELL PHILLIPS wants the Governor
of Massachusetts, to pardon a man who
killed his wife and then tried to commit
suicide. Phillips pleads that the con-
Wet was goaaed to the crime by an I'M
usually severe dose of mother-in-law.
A NEGRO in Coffee county, Georgia,
who bet two dollars and seventy-fve
cents that ne could ride roam mule with
a pine burr under the saddle lost the
money. He was followed to the tomb
by large and enthusiastic audience.
A PENsIvE man, with basketful of
newhats, was passing the Wooster House,
Friday, when a quarter of a ton of beau
tiful snow slid from the roof into his
basket. Not being a profane man, his
suffering was intense. NeaOs
HERE we have good example of
French wit &c A doctor, like everybody
else at this season, went out for days
sport, and complained of having killed
nothing. That's the consequence of
having neglected your business OBJ
served his wife,"
A sHREwD little fellow was intrusted
to the care of his uncle, who fed the boy
very poorly One day he happened to
see a greyhound, whereupon he asked
the little fellow if he knew wha made
the dog so poor. The reply was, 81 ex-
pect he lives with his uncle"
In an editorial on the horse disease,
the Congregationalist suggested that it
might be well to sit at the feet of horse
and learn humility. "Just so" says the
California Ne,Os Letter, sit down at
the hind feet of mule, and if he don't
humiiate you, pull his tail and tickle
the inside of his legs with stable
fork %
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13

PLANT TREES. The terrible scenes. of
this winter and the long list of deaths on
the prairies are having the effect of sug-
costing some means by which they need
not be repeated another winter. In
Minnesota it is proposed to plant line
of trees along all the roads, which would
not only furnish some shelter, but would
SO distinctly mark the way tina. no one.
however cold and ben1lmbed need lose
it. This would be one of the surest and
cheapest projections that could be given.
and early spring should, everywhere in
The West, see the work begun.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13
LEFT ALONE AT EIGHTY.

what did you say, dear, breakfast
somehow I've slept too late:
You are very kind, dear Effie,
Go, tell them not to wait
III dress as quick as ever can
My old hands tremble sore.
ana Poily, who used to help, dear heart
Lies to'ther side o. the door
Put up the old pipe, deary.
/ couldn't smoke to-day:
I'm sort o. dazed and frightened.
And don't know what to saw
It's lonesome in the house here.
And lonesome out o. door
never knew what lonesome meant
In all my life, before.
The bees go humming, the whole day long
And the first June rose has blown,
And am eighty, dear Lord, to-day.
Too old to be left alone
o, heart of love SO still and cold,
0, precious lips /! 50 white
For the first sad hours in sixty years,
You were out of my reach, last night.
You've cut the flower You're very kind
She rooted it, last May,
1t was only slip 1 pulled the rose,
And threw the stem away;
But she, sweet, thrifty soul, bent down,
And planted it where she stood.
Dear, maybe the flowers are living" she said
Asleep, in this bit of wood"
l can't rest, deary-I cannot rest
Let the old man have his will,
And wander from porch to garden post
The house is so deathly STILL
Wander, and long for sight of the gate
She has left ajar for me
We had got SO used to each other dear,
So used to each other, you see.
Sixty years, and so wise and good,
She made me a better man,
From the moment kissed her fair young face
And our lovers life began.
And seven fine boys she has given me,
And out Of the seven, not one
But the noblest father in all the land
Would be proud to call his son.
o, well, dear Lord, III be patient,
But feel sore broken up;
at eighty years, it's awesome thing
To drain such bitter cup.
know, there's Joseph and John and Hal,
And four good men beside,
But hundred sons couldn't be to me
Like the woman made my bride.
Ny little Polly; so bright and fair!
So winsome and good and sweet
She had roses twined in her sunny hair
White shoes on her dainty feet;
And held her hand Was it yesterday
That we stood up to be we'd?
And No, remember, I'm eighty, to-day,
And my dear wife, Polly, is dead.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13

A BLACKSMITH named Oliver, at Bel
mont, California, made bet of $50 he
could eat nine dozen eggs in an hour.
III half-an-hour he had eaten seven
dozen in three-fourths of an hour he
had finished his eighth dozen, when he
dropped from his chair insensible, and
at last accounts had not come to. He
undertook to eat against time, but did
not expect eternity would come to times
aid in the contest.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, recently had some
awful excitement over some bloody
clothes found on the ice, and several
would-be detectives paved them over,
smelt of them, and cried for vengeance,
until doctor came along who pro-
nounced them the cast-oT clothing of
smallpox patient.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13

THE OLDEST INHABTTANT.-He has
been found at last-the oldest man in
America. The discovery was made by a
Herald correspondent possibly STAN
ley. The old gentlemans name is George
LIE Barre; he lives at Delaware Water
Gap, Pa. was born in the same State in
1853, and is consequently lis years old J;
he has been chewing tobacco and drink
ing whisky for the past 100 years, and is
gradually wasting away under the blight
ing influences of these vices he remem-
bers Gen. Washington well, and shook
hands with him when he (the old many
was 20 years old and he was over so
years old at the breaking out of the war
Of 1872, and consequently too old for en-
istment in that campaign. He expresses
himself freely on the great whisky rebel
lion, but is noncommittal as regards the
Credit Mobiler.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13

THE Buckeye State Furnishes the man
wAo opens his wife's letters.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-02-13

JOHN BRIGHT will visit US soon.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30
NOTICE.

James II. Remy, Ellen C. Remy John W.
Remy and Leticia + Wyck off and Mibery
Roach, plaintiff, against Patrick McNamee,
defendant
THE Defendant Patrick McNamee whose
place of residence Is unknown, will take
notice that the above named, did on the 2nd
day of November, A. ID 1872, file their pc IT,
ton IN the Court of Common Pleas within
and for the County Of Vlnton IN said state
oil OhlD, against the said Patrick McNar1ee,
settIg forth that they, rs heirs ht law OF John
Remy, deceased, are the owners IN fee sim.
pie, and are in possession of tho following
lands, situate in Vlnton county, State Of Ohio,
and described as follows, to wit: The north
cast quarter Of the southeast quarter, and
the s,uth-w est quarter OF the south. east quar-
Ter of section No %, township No. Q, of Range
No. 49, district Of land subject to sale ut Chi.
llcnthe, OHIO.
That the said Milberry Roach. formerly
Mulberry Remy owns dover interest there.
in; and further setting forth that the defends
ant, Patrick McNamee pTetends 10 hold a
deed for thirty acres OF said lalds, to wit:
thirty acres ont Of the north west corner Of
sad tract of land, and claims an estate and in>
terest therein adverse to the est ate and inter
est OF the pllintilf4 and praying that the title
and claim Of defendant may be determined
u be null Pnd void as against the title 81
plaintiffs, and for such other relief as the na.
ture Of the case and equity may require
nttndant is notified to appear and answer
SAID petition by tne third blondny after
Thursday the 18Th day Of February 1873 or
tAid petition will be taken as true.
II. G. IuNEs, Attorney for plaintiff
January 0, 1873
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

WHEN a person wishes to
write a communication for a
paper, and knows that he has
neither wit nor knowledge to
fit himself for the task, he 'af-
fects bad spelling in the hope
of covering his Weakness
Such a communication is that
of Jacob Kreme" in the last
Enquirer, which, instead of the
richer article implied by the
signature, is the stalest kind
of skim milk.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

An advertisement published for a sim
gle day does duty beyond that day,
and it's effect continues in a greater
ratio than most men imagine. In the
end it will make mans name per
manent matter, piece of real proper
ty built up in the minds of men until
it becomes more valuable than any
corner lot in his locality.
IF ycu lose a watch, dog or a child,
or if you desire people not to trust
your wife, You rush to your local pa
per, knowing that every one will re ac
the advertisement. But you will plOd
along in business year after year, with
out calculating how much you ure los,
ing by not advertising it it-Rfporter
If those persons who profess to be.
lieve that newspaper advertisements
are not read by the public wish to be
convinced Of their error, just let them
give publicity to some matter they
would not care to divulge to the world,
even in the most obscure corner of
country paper, and see what notOriety
they would soon attain.-AdUertiSer'S
Gazette.
ADVERTISING is apt to give us that
gentle jog Of conscience which tells us
that we want new suit of clothes for
Sunday, or that we promised our wife
new dress as soon as the hay was in
Perhaps it would be good plan for
Madame to mark this passage and lay
the paper upon her husbands break.
fast plate. Who will say chat adver-
tislng will not yet civilize che worldl-
Er.
Why do people read advertisements
To see who is enterprising and to learn
what is going on. To see if there is
anything new, or anything that they
want. To see if the seasons styles
have come in, and to find out who has
them. To know if any one is selling
off at reduced rates, or to watch the
chance of an auction. For amusement.
To satisfy curiosity. Because they
have read all the stories, marriages,
births, deaths, locals and accidents
Because they want to. Because they
cant help it.-OhiO State Journal
, TIE power of print is well known,
but not well understood. A printed
sentence has a wonderful advantage
over one that is written or spoken
This is one of the many reasons which
gives en- Importance to advertising. But
advertisers, even those of experience,
do not comprehend as well as they
might the capacity to influence, to per~
suade, to convince, which lies in print
ed matter. Spoken words require the
graces of elocution and the force of
eloquence, yet even then fade away in.
to nothingness if not caught in their
fight and printed. But there is some>
thing in the silent language, the quiet
assertion and the sense of permanence
about printed matter which gives it n
marvellous force and influence. Busi~
ness men should never permit them
ielves to loose sight of what may be
accomplished by persevering use of
the printing presses. Learn to adver>
tise, and then the ''how, when and
where" Of it, and you will have a
knowledge worth having.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30
Notice Of Intention to Erect InfrmarJ
Building,
TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE is hereby gwen that the Commits.
INsioners OF Vlnton county, ONO, intend to
erect n building for acounty InirmaTy, on the
lands lately purchased hy sad Commissions
ers OF Isaac UllOn, for lnirmary purposes,
situate IN Elk township, of said county.
The SAID Commissioners have procured TO
Oe made by nm architect, q FULL complete and
accurate plan Of SAID lnhrmaIy huIlding,which
said plan shows all the necessary details OF
the work to be done, and affords all needfll
Information to parties who are expected to
bid thereon, and who are hereby invited 10
make bids and proposals for the furnishing Of
dHthe material and performing aH the work
IN the construct on OF said lnfirmary building
The said plan and specifications are on file in
the Auditors Office in said county, and are
open TO the inspection OF all persons inter-
ested IN the examination OF the same.
The said Commissioners propose to locate
the said lnirmary building immedla ely north
Of the dwelling house on sail lnhrmary farm.
The several bids that mavbe made for the
constructing Of said l;hrmary building will
be opened AT the Auditors Office, IN said
county of Vlnton, on
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

OBADIAH CRAIG has entered
the lists in the Enquirer as a
critic and a blackguard. We
care nothing for the criticisms
of a school teacher who has so
little knowledge that he con-
tended last October that the
New York Tribune was oppos-
ing Greeley's election to the
Presidency. ~ Nor do We care
Tor the blackguarding or back
hitting Of him or other mem,
bers of the ring. We look for
it, just as we look for our sub
Scribers to pay for their papers.
When we are free from the
rings curses We feel uncom.
Portable, and a consciousness
that we are not doing our duty
TO the public.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

JUDGE POTTER, in the last En- :
quirer, draws from his own
mind and feelings such a mess
as he thinks a man is made Of,
heading it with the caption, "ls
this Our Brother" Yes; Judge,
we should say decidedly that
ii is, and not the person you
mention in the body of your ar
tlcle.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

Stephen o'Neil and John O'Neil,
the first two quite dead, and the
latter with life almost extinct.
Upon searching under the GOV.
er he discovered two feet pro:
truding from the snow, and
breaking away the crust he found
Charles O'NeIl, alive, but in a
terrible condition.
The bodies were lugged to his
sled and conveyed to Meagher's,
and thence to Wilmar, John O.
Neil dying before reaching that
place. The details of the suffer.
ings Of Charles 0'Neil are hCrri
flying and almost incredible. 1t
seems that he had laid down I'm
mediately upon. entering the cjv-
er, and had, while in this posi-
ton, been fastened down by the
terrible weight of the snow
which drifted upon him, or rath-
er upon the upper portion of his
body. 1t was so heavy, he said,
as to cause almost unbearable
torture. After he found he was
unable to rise, and that the snow
was covering his head, he feared
suffOcation, and to keep that
member free he constantly raised
and lowered it, and in this man
ner, while he could not prevent
the drift from forming over it, he
formed an air chamber, which
prevented suffocation. In his
endeavor to free his head the
poor fellow actually tore the hair
almost entirely from the scalp.
Here he lay, with his feet
frozen stiff and the crual frost
slowly creeping up his limbs,
and unable to move scarce a
muscle of his body, from Tues
day night until Friday noon.
Can a more horrible situation
be imagined9 The poor tel-
lows right arm is frozen to
the elbow, the right leg to the
knee and the left leg above
the ankle. These members
are thus lar completely dead,
and he has been lying at Will
mar until yesterday, when the
first train succeeded in getting
through. Five of the horses
were frozen to death, and the
others were found FIVE miles
away all right.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

McGILLIvRAY will never buy
another load of coal. The
Commissioners have appointed
Judge Craig County Surveyor.
AS Craig is out in the country
teaching school McGillivray
stays in his office and keeps up
fires for him. It's Craig's fire:
not McGillivray's. Nc would
be foolish to buy coal to keep
up Craig's fire. The ring have
it all fixed, you see, and the
people foot the coal bills as
usual. Everything just as han
dy as a pocket in a shirt. Walk
u2 and pay your tax.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

HE Clrcleville Herald mocks
our color by stating that We
attempted to burlesque the
amendment giving the right Of
suffrage to persons of African
decent, when we pledged cur
services to The editor of the
Herald, to secure an amend
ment giving the same privilege
to gorillas. We assure him
that we had no such thought.
We made the pledge in good
faith, out of pure love tor the
editor of the Herald, anxious
10 see him enjoy all the privi-
ieges we now enjoy.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30
ADVERTISE.

Every merchant, manufacturer
or business man Who has become
prominently rich, has made his
fortune BY judicious advertising.
No exception to this rule can be
cited! Stewart, The Prince of
Merchants, Vhen a poor man, aOas
driven to advertising, as a last
resort, TO get his stock turned into
money so as to meet note. Ar.
guing from this that If IL was
good for him IN adversely, he
could make ii still better IN pros
perity, he became Il persistent ad
vertiser, and thus gained his CO.
losSal fortune.
Some merchants say it is not worth
while TO advertise; for no person reads
advertisements; yet every merchant in
this county will read this ADVERTISE
ment, and if he is wise he will profit
by its suggestion, if he has anything to
offer worth advertising How much
more then will those read them who
are not so largely supplied with read~
ing matter, are at leisure in the even-
ing, and must depend on their paper for
their local news, the most important
item Of which is where they can find
Just what they want when they come to
town to make their purchases. 1fyoul
stock is so old, rusty, dusty and out Of
style that it is worthless, or if it is run
Down SO that you have nothing left that
people would want, it is not worth
while for you to advertise. But if it is
new, fresh and sparkling, up to the
times, and such as the people want,
don't hide them, but publish to the
world that you have them, and want
to sell them at a fair price.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

ISAAC ROBERTS died at Jack
son the 18th. The Standard
says he is the first lawyer who
has died IN Jackson since 1916,
when the county was organ.
lied.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30
Friday, January 3Ist, 1873,

at the hour off o'clock, +. NJ; until which
time said proposals Tor the same will bs re-
ceived at the auditors Office, and the contract
awarded at that time, or Mt q time thereafter
70 which the said Commissioner, may pub.
licly adjourn the consider nation OF the same
The sail Commissioners will also, on the
said 3lst day Of January, A. p. 1873, before
awarding any contract, hear petitions for and
remonS frances against the proposed con
structon Of said lnirmary bu'lding and the
loc alton thereof W. W. BELFuRp,
Auditor.
By order of the Commissioners of vnln,
County, OHIO
January OH, 1873. I'd
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

S5toS0N.er day! Agents wanted! All
V0loV%Vclasses of working people, of
either X Ung or old, make mole money
al work for us in their spare moments, or all
the time, than anything else. Particulars free.
Address G. SrlNSEN h Co, Portland Name.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-30

A BILL has passed the Ohio
Senate to make it lawful for
persons to contract to loan
money at such rate of interest
as may be agreed to between
the parties, the rate remaining
at six Der cent when not con-
tracted otherwise. We hope it
will pass the House and be-
come a law. The law now up
on the statute books IN regard
to loaning money is a dead let
ter. 1t does no good, and We
believe actual hurt to the Dor
rover. Notwithstanding the
present enactment, money is
loaned in Ohio to-day at from
10 to "a per cent. interest. In
States where there is perfect
freedom in regard to loans,
more money is thrown upon
the market because OF the
greater security given to the
lenders, and borrowers enjoy a
consequently lower rate Of in
tereSt. Here We drive all
money out of the market ex-
cept such as is held by men
who are willing to take the re-
sponsibility and risk of yiolat
ing the law.