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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-08-16
Notice to! Creditors.

ESTATE OF JOHN H. LYNCH, DECEASED.
II Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
Administrative Of the estate Of John H. Lynch,
deceased, to the creditors Of. and all persons
having claims against the estate of said de.
ceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within ten months after the first pub
licati on Of this notice, to the said Administra-
trix, or to John L. Donohue, at Phoebe, Lincoln
county, Nevada. MARGARET LYNCH,
Administrative Of the Estate of
John H. Lynch, deceased.
Dated August 1, 1873. au5-4w
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27


"Squelching" newspaper is, we sup
pose, rather exhilerating pastime. But
il has its risks.
Not many years ago, newspaper
made itself very disagreeable to the
them most powerful man in New York.
1t called out "Watchp' and "Stop
theft" and the like. II dealt in the
plainest and most brutal Saxon. 1t took
a drugged and snoring community by
the shoulders and shook and pummeled
1t into wakefulness.
The most powerful man in New York
resented this conduct very highly-as
was natural. 1t was given out that the
offending newspaper would be "squeIch-
ed" lie had complete control of the
city government. He owned he Mayor.
the Common Council, the army Of minor
officials, even Judge or two. He was
the acknowledged head and autocrat of
a great political organization. All the
depraved and dangerous elements in So
ciety recognized in him their natural
leader. He had immense power. inn
mense wealth, and immense personal fol-
lowing. Even among the respectable
classes, even among the bankers and i'm
porters and merchant princes, there
were found not few to discredit the
newspapers charge; not few to CEN
sure it as going too far, and indulging
In unnecessary violence of language: |:
not few to charitably insist that, after
all the powerful man had done a good
deal for the city; not few to argue that
ne was great deal too powerful to be
unseated, and that it was very useless
and ill-adyised in newspaper to make
such fuss. A drugged city, lethar-
gic public sentiment, ,peevishly mumbled
a desire to be let alone. The prospect
for successful issue to the "squelch
ing" experiment seemed excellent. Most
of the other newspapers of the city
stood afar off, gleefully rubbing their
hands in anticipation of what was COM
ing. Some of them was in the powerful
mans pay; others had not even that
shameful excuse, but were governed
simply by mean and petty hatred of
business rival. sls
Notwithstanding all which, the New
York Times is still published regularly
at the old stand, and to all appearance.
is enjoying very fair newspaper health;
while the address of the powerful man,
at latest accounts, was "Penitentiary,
Blackwelrs Island" The verb ''to
squelch," you see, has a passive voice
a little circumstance which amateur con-
jugators are apt to forget, but which it
is rather important to remember.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
OF GrowinSO OLD.

| When are we growing old? A sound
judgment and strict honesty are neces.
sary to answer the question fairly tc
ones self. Here is what the "Countrs
ParsOn" says of it:
"By growing old / understand reach
ing point midway between 40 and so,
not without a tendency to get nearer the
latter age, once hardly imaginable as a
personal reality And when one has in
this grave sense grown old, is there any
fact which Is more pressed upon one
than this; that there is such long look
back now? The prospect stretches far.
Memory is still keen and retentive; the
distant prospect has not faded into mist
ness; and as you go on, and now
and then turn to look back, there
is just so much added to your view.--
Once it was wonderful to hear a man
talk of what he had done twenty years
ago; still more, what had happened
thirty years ago; it seems a vast stretch
of time, possible indeed in the expert.
ence of Others, but ineonceivable to ones
own, For every human being is like
i Sidney's shepherdboy in this, that he
! fails to take in that be will ever grow
old. 1t seems yesterday since the wri-
ter reading of the bar (how much Eng
lish law lost in him! diligently frequen-
ted Westminister Hall and the Guild
hall and seeing vigorous harristers roar
ing away to eommon juries, or going
with cross-examination in which ey-
cry question began with the sharp and
minacious Now, sir! listen with wonder
to the assurance that the vigorous bar
rister has worna wig and gown for five
! and twenty years OR five and thirty
years. Surely he ought to be dead long
| ago. That was the reflection then. Ii
is different now; 1t has been discover
ed that time passes away to the amount
of twenty years or more; but that is
really very short while; and it leaves
the human being not so much changed;
and with the old likings, hopes, and
wishes; still with the old weaknesses
and faults; still the same man. Fur
thermore, as years accumulate behind
one, so does work You have doue such
deal. 1t mounts up to something aw-
full to think of. And this though very
much of the work done leaves no per
manent trace, but just suffices to do
what is required by the day, and to keep
the machinery going. You have writ
ten fourteen letters this morning; you
have visited fourteen 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 neglect
ed. But there is nothing to show for
il. 1t is not the abiding pages of ines
timable theology or mild morality,
which, being written, you lay up in a
box-the abiding memorial of past la
Dor. 1t frightened one, in the old
days, to hear men in advanced life speak
of the work they had done. / remem-
ber the sense of awe with. which heard
a clergyman of about 90 years mention
with no air of recording an exploit
that he had at one period of his life,
written one hundred and fifty lectures
on st. Luke's Gospel Igazed upon him
with the feeling "And are you there liv-
ing to tell it?" t8asr MAJ
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
EVIL spirits.

Whisky, devastates houses. scatters
families, wastes lives, makes paupers.
nils prisons, work-houses, insane asyiums
and hospitals. Yet the majority of the
people scof at total abstinence as 81 ON
of weakness.
An evil spirit whispers to men that.
they are towards, if they dare not drink
moderately, for fear of taking too much
and become intoxicated.
How often have men unconsciously
become slaves to an appetite. More
courage is required to abstain from tast-
ting liquors at all, than many overcon-
hdent people suppose. W s. u-z.
/ Very frequently the scOffer is himself
conscious that he has not the pluck to
refuse.
First, because an Unsuitable craving
masters all better sense, and again be-
cause he could not be laughed at for be-
coming ''pious." This consciousness of
his own weakness makes him the more
bitterly denounce all attempts in others
to reform.
A man who is worth minding will
never be stumbling block in the way
OF others good resolutions.
Total abstinence is the only safeguard
In these days when groghops are as
thick as churches all over the land, and
men stand convicted of want of man.
hood for refusing to drink.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
A Great Flower Garden.

You have heard of old bachelors
whims, There are lots of them on rec.
ord, but Henry Shaw, of St. Louis, has
given practical execution to the most
remarkable bachelors crotchet of the
age. He is Scotchman, a millionaire,
and some seventy-fve years old. He
has constructed the finest flower garden
in the world. 1t has three hundred and
fifty acres in it, and is a gorgeous mar
vel of garden. 1t has all the flower,
in it, obtainable in the world, that will
live in st. Louis climate. 1t is bewil.
dering paradise of floral beauty. The
flowers number by the millions. Its
cost no one, can tell. Shaw himself
don't know. 1t is threaded by walks,
and adorned with Conservatives and
lighthouses full of the rarest exotics. A
force of one hundred gardeners is need
ed to keep the place in order. Shaw, il
is said, spends his entire income from
his millions, in keeping it up. He be-
gan the thing after the war, and fol
several years he has opened it to the
public. Hundreds of thousands of Wis.
itors resort to it. 1t is the chief attrac.
tion and curiosity Tor the stranger in st.
Louis to visit. And strange to say,
no police guard il, and no flowers are
pilfered. This is the public's reverence
for the mans generous enterprise. ~
We visited the elegant house at the
head of the garden, where an elegant
picture of Shaw represents him standing
among his flowers, and two elegant por-
traits of beautiful ladies in the garb of
a past day, representing some of his fe-
male progenitors, A huge book is kept
there for visitors to record their names
in. A curious feature of the garden is
beds devoted to one flower. For in
stance, there is a large bed with every
variety of cactus; another with hun
dreds of yerbepas, and SO on. It is a
curious notion this, that prompts rich
man to devote a great Income in one
pet caprice, and that principally for the
benefit of others. But in this caprice,
so unusual and so expensive, is wrapped
up in hiseown personal aspiration. He
thus makes his celebrity. logm aoG
Shaw is near his grave. He has, in
pursuance of his ambition, willed his
gardens to the city, on condition that
the city binds itself to keep them up.
The city has eagerly accepted the be.
quest, and thus, through private liberal
ity, gets without cost a public, garden
not surpassed in the world for magnif-
cenee and beauty The garden will for
ever be dubbed, "Shaw's Garden" and
thus travels on to Immortality on the
successful realization of his stnpendous
and most beautiful crotohet. r.S \.
INV hat is Your name, little girl2''
fMinnie." sAiinnie what?' 'fMinnis
Don't, mamma calls me-, nsos a.a,a
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
Our Tempers.

/ We must keep watch over our TEN.
pers. Self-command is enjoined by mo-
|rality, sanctioned by all the authority OF
christianity, and indispensably necessa
ry to the happiness of life. 1t isa quail.
ty Of universal application, At enables
us to exercise all our faculties and pow.
ers, both of body and mind, in a manner
calculated to accomplish the best ends
of life.
/ The province of self-command compre-
hends manners as well as morals; for, if
we do not lay proper restraint upon
our own will, hut give the ,reins to ,oul
darling pfopensities, how can we pay to
others the civility which politeness in
forms us is their due? The violent temper
of fretful and irascible man gives his
friends much concern. His conduct
when nhderAits infinence,0 rendersA him
very unamiable, and, of course, greatly
diminishes their regard for him. And
this is not all. If he has any real SEN
sibility, the emotions he feels are as
painful ,askthnse hacauses, in the breasts
of others. When the calm of retire
ment succeeds to the hustle of company,
lis SolltdIy ulOueHJS are eInDlUCefeu Dy
very modifying reflections; for it has
been well remarked, shat anger begins
with folly and ends with repentance -
The following ineiilents SRili prov e.the
evil effects of anger
Two gentlemen who had been friends
for yeaIs. were hurried by the heat of
argument into contradition, The one
uttered an unguarded and irritating ex-
pressiops, which the, Other instantlY re-
sented, A duel took place. One fell a
victim to this Gothic custom. Society
was deprived of valuable member and
. widow and her helpless children were
left to, weep, the fatal consequences of
one rash word eI'sko yoihg tiadies had
been for years inseparable companions.
A little alteration took place, which
tempted one of them, girl of an affec-
tionate but hasty temper, to call her
friend bySopprobiousNn sNnaihes!s IA qGairel
was the consequences. BY the interposi-
tion of friends seeming reconciliation
was effetecd, The one who had been
insulted. shook hands with the ,culprit,
and forgaye her as far as profession
went. But memory, too faithful to its
trust viii IpsSsr allow Asri 3 fTgskes
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
de1D ASHTABULA OHIO SATURDAY DECEMBER o. 1873

language she heard. The other had
spoken such daggers as fixed an incura.
BILE wound in the bosom Of her alienated
associate. The one was rash, the other
unrelenting; and friendship laments the
extinction of its flame in bosoms which
once glowed with its purest and most
ardent heat. From these anecdotes. we
learn to estimate the Importance of self.
command, with respect to conversation.
by remarking the fatal effects that NAV
attend its absence.
But if impetuosity is inexcusable in
the presence of equals, how much more
necessary is moderation of anger when
we are disposed to direct it against SER
wants, and particularly without Just
cause! A lady had costly and beauti-
full set of china, which she valued very
highly. They were perhaps, the envy
of some; they were, certainly, the adj
miration OF all her friends. They were
never used in the family except upon
festive occasions. One fatal evening. a
servant was-carrying them from the tea
room, when her foot slipped; the beau
tiful equipage fell from her hands; the
stone pavement of the hall was covered
with the beautiful fragments; not sin
gle cup or saucer remained unbroken.
This unfortunate servant had lived with
the lady for many years, and was es-
teemed, among her other qualities, for
her great carefulness. A friend who was
present, instantly anticipating what the
lady's feelings of concern must be, ut
tered some expressions of surprise at
the accident, but not single word of
anger escaped the lips of the servants
mistress. She bore her loss like phi
losopher, and one must be as great an
admirer of old china as she was, to be a
Judge of the sacrifice she made of her
feelings to those of her domestic. We
here see distinguished instance of self
command; and it would be as well if
masters and mistresses always discrimi-
mated between accident and design in
the conduct of servants.
Self-command exercises its noblest of
flee when it enables us to maintain the
dignity of our nature as intelligent be-
ings, by establishing the empire of rea-
son over the passions. 1t renders per-
son the master of himself under all the
various circumstances of life. In pros
perity, cheerful, without insolence; and
intadversity, resigned and calm, without
'dejection. 1t gives an effectual check
to all the vicious propensities of envy,
malice, anger; and, in the same proper
tion as it restrains them, it encourages
growth of the virtues, prevents them
from running into extremes, and fixes
their due bounds. If you consider this
self-command as the proper regulator
of all the movements of your thoughts,
words and actions, you will be able to
estimate It's value, and ascertain its eff
fects upon the happiness of your life.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
A Slight Mistake.

The Cincinnati correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader tells the story about
the adventure of stranger inthe Con.
stitutional Convention of Ohio: t'
A spruce, trim fellow came into the
Convention on Tuesday, before it began
business. He seemed kind of restless,
like a cat in strange garret, and hung
around the Clerks desk in timid man
ner, waiting for some one to ask, him
what he wanted, but no one asked him,
and he finally mustered up courage to
inquire of one of the Secretaries for the
Chief Clerk, and Rhodes was pointed
out to him, and the shadows of suspense
left his anxious face as he approached
the solemn Secretary and said:
81 believe you are the Clerk; well,
want to join this Convention" ASA -
Dud looked at him inquiringly, and
said: -b1y eiaio =. li.lf, '51ll : q
"Want to do what?n isal9 aaiLe
81 want to Join this Convention. .',o D.
A look of pity and comn1isseration
came over Dud's thoughtful face, az
doubts of the fellows sanity began to
dawn upon him, and he said; -,iEs
"Why my dear sir, don't understand
YOU" II .4yaro
s"Why, l am from Indianapolis land
he grew four inches taller]; l am ac-
quainted with Gen. Sol. Mederith and
Gov. Hendricks [he Strengthened about
four inches morel and / want to Join
this Convention! This is the short horn.
ed convention, amt it?''
A short Horned Cattle Convention
met at Mozart Hall the same day, and
the delegate from indianapolis had got
things mixed. ',''- -
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
Pride and Frankne.s

Pride makes men endeavor to seem
better than they really are, by assuming
an appearance of those virtues which
they want, and endeayoring to disguise
those vices which they cherish; Ens.
'Selfshness makes them wish to en-
gross larger share of esteem and re-
gard than is bestowed on others. But
wboi is continually protesting sentiments
which he does not feel, viii, hardly be
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
W HOLE NUMBER 1851.
our ChiIdren.

AS the fragrance Of the roses. baH ie
AS II 1oats upon the breeze. 70 ir 4H
As the vcice Of feathered songster
AS u warbes from the trees !;
As The singing of the brooklet.
ASH murmurs through the vale /;
As The songs Of birds at even.
with soft and pensive wall
as the glory Of the morning.
When he sun dispeis the gloom ff ID
AS TIE beauty Of the landscape. 5fia I'D
When it's clad in early bloom;
AS The beauty Of the diamond.
When itsparkles in the light
Are the voices Of our children. ~. f.t
AS they sweetiy say, Good. nigbtro
J. r. CvApR
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
WORK AND WAIT.


While delving in the field Of life,
Where daily trials rise,
Though elements may seem at strife
To bur deiuded eyes;
Hepe whispers, when the soul is cast
On relentless fate,
An honf Of triumph comes at last
To those who work and wait
Though many dread distractions rise
To stay our eager hands, ~
'Tis thus the noble and the wise
Must moYe liie's changing sands,
And dig deep down, though shades ar,
cast,
To rocks of truth, though late,
An hour Of triumph comes at last,
To those who work and wait.
The fllmsy honors of the world, qilt
That rise up in a day,
Though in dazzling glow unfurled,
As quickly fade away.
But honest worth, though coldly passed,
Survives each devious fate;
An hour of triumph comes at last,
bOFp those who work and wait. glst
'Tis ever thus the struggling mind
Must gather in its store,
'Tis ever thus the noble fad
Their precious gems OF lore.
For through experience must be cast
The light divipely greats -
: AN hour of triumph comes atlIast, fiN
To those who work and wait
THUS, Father, God, to Thee / bend
And breathe silent prayer,
While thy majestic emblems blend,
Around me everywhere.
Though l am often coldly passed
BY those who dwell In state,
An hour of triumph comes at last, :,
To those who work and wa;t
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27
A HIT OF A SERMON

Whaisoe'r you find 10 do,
Do ii boys with alfyour might
Never be II little true,
Or little in the right
Trifles even
Lead to Heayen,
Trfies make the life Of man
S,e in all, things,
Great or small things,
Be as thorough as you can.
Let no speck their surface dim,
Spotltss truth and honor bright;
I'd not give f. for him
Whu says any lie in white
de who falters 'l5 if'j.f y
Twists or alters
Little atoms when we speak,
May dt ceive me,
But, believe me,
To himself he Is sneak
Hslp'the weak, ifyou are strong;
y Love theiold, ifyou are young
Own fault, if you are wrong
If you are angry, hold your tongue;
In each duty
Lies a be uty,
Ii your eyes you do not shut,
just as surely
And securely
As a .'kky9p3SllPqJAa 'kyf9ppe3hS lPqJA nuto &92Yo $50
Love with all your heart and soul
Love with eyes and ears and touch
That's The moral of the whole
You can never love too much
IT'S the glory
Ofthe,story %O .yaetr NA,A
In our boyhood begun
Our hearts wilhouti 1t
Never doubt III
Are as worlds without sun.
Ifyou think q word would please,
Say,iti6itfs, ,butSuue', ,o6A2. 'ElG
Words may give delight, with ease,
When no act Ii asked of you.
Words may often
Sooth and soften,
Gild joy or heal pain
There are treasures,
Yielding pleasures
1t is wicked TO Ietain.
WhNsQ find td.do, - .ge.S aiE
Do il, then, with all your might,
Let your prayers be strong and true;
Prayers, my lads, will keep you right.
Pray In all things,
Great and small things,
Like Christian gentleman
And iorever,., -
-sSE6N stlleeyer, &%Ea fEE--aH -
Be as thorough as yon can.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-27

NoAH's REAL NAME,-It is said that
the Chinese declare that Noah's
real name was All Boo, and that he re-
slded in Pekin. Unfortunately Noah's
family Bible was lost in the flood, and
we cannot ascertain from il exactly
what his name was. His'door plate al.
so seems to be missing, and he had a
very careless way of neglecting to mark
his SHIRTS; so we are baffied in that di-
rection. We have inquired at the Ii
braries for copy of the Pekin directo-
ry of that date, to see if Noah really
figured in its pages; the only copy any
of them had was out. For our part, we
do not believe that his name was All
Boo, Grthat he resided in Pekin. These
Chinamen really claim everything that
is going on from gunpowder up to news
papers. If we give them any ground
on the Noah business, the first thing
we know they will be out with the as
sertion that the ark was insured in the
Pekin Mutual Company, and that Noah
used to give the Pekin newspaper peo,
pie free tieketsi 10 god in and see the an,
imals perform, The interests of Chris
tianity require that we shouldbelieye the
Bible, sEsr5
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HumOr.

-.s.s. Li h4umof. u
A cynical lady, rather inclined to firt,
says most men are like cold, very cas-.
lily caught, but are very hard to get. rid
| The little boy, at his first concert,
innocently asked, when the soprano
was called back. '.What is the matter.
mother? Eidn't she do it right?" !.
Hit wasen't for the lO-cent stamp oc-
casionally found in paper of tobacco,
a considerable portion of the citizens of
Duluth would starve y" --t -
Out West, where women are running
for office, the newspapers whose candi-
dates have been elected no longer place
defiant roosters at the head of their col
urns. A modest hen broods over the
glad tidings of election. q
The evidence shows that he sot up
with her night after night, and they
squoze hands and talked soft, and I
think she ought to have about $23 dam
images, was the charge of Kansas
Judge to jury in a.breach of promise
case. fro 81 airIu8 ~ Il. arc
He said it was too cold to get up, and
she said it wasen't her place to kindie
fires, and she wouldn't and they both
lay abed thirty-odd hours in Portland
Ne. She, pretty hungry atthat time,
thought better OF it. Ialli
We cannot be too careful how we
play with the English language One
day, recently, married lady of Gene
see, while admiring the falls from the
Erie Raiload bridge, remarked: '1sn't o
that dam nice?" rHub ilis
A fair young creature, with PEN
chant for cards, thus addresses an
epistle to her masculine friend: "Come
and play youcur with me this eve
ming"
The Baltimore A0aerican remarks y
that sthe musician who imagines. that
to succeed as a director, he must per- \
foroe WELD his baton over his orchestra d
like the birch of an irate- pedagogue (
over set of unrnly urcl1ns; that he !
must be irritable,s peevish and nnreason-
able; that he must swayjhis arms in the
air like the wings of alwind mill in a =
storm; that he must Pelt the unfortn- }
nate kettle-drummer ia the back row
with imaginary brickbatss when o forte |,
is invoked, or hiss like the historical
bird of Romeo when a pi0n0 passage is
desirable, only makes those under him
unsteady and errati,c distracts the att !
ltention of his auditors, and must retard
the progress of his orchestra, 50 long as
he fails 70 goyern himaelf. 4, ,,.I.,,s .s,e.'
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An Irish editor says that, sin the alb
sence of both editors, the publishers
have succeeded in securing the services
Of a agentgep,qn 70 edit the paper this
week" " .iss,lpsai iai.o s5iisq tlti-aqe