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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

Our town is all agog this morning
over the wedding that is to be cele-
brated in day or two between Aunt
Vina johnson, an old colored lady OF
our place, and former husband,
from whom she has been separated
for forty years. Forty three years
ago Aunt Vina was the slave of a Mr..
Johnson, in Fleming County, KY,
and was the wife of Geo. Perry, also
a slave, whose master lived in Mason
County. He ran ofand went to Can
ada, but returned and got his wife
and child, and succeeded in reaching
Chillicothe with them, where they
were overtaken by Johnson, and the
wife and child taken back. She re-
manned slave until 1854. Not hear
ing from her husband, and supposing
him dead, she married man by the
name of Jerry Johnson, some four or
five years after being taken. back, but
she was left a widow in a few years.
She moved to Ripley soon after being
set free. Perry, who had been living
in Canada until after the war, and
since that time has been engaged in
teaching school in Louisiana, wrote a
letter to the son of Aunt Vina's mas
ter in Kentucky last March, inquiring
whether she was alive or dead. John
son wrote to Harry Armstrong of our
place, Aunt Vina's son-in-law, and he
answered that she was living here.
Perry was at once advised, and he
commenced correspondence. Eve
rything was satisfactory, and he wrote
that he would be here on Monday
night last. That Aunt Vina was all
anxiety and in fever of excitement
no one need be told. True to his
promise, Perry arrived on Monday
evening, and the meeting was Joy
GUS one. They have determined to
be remarked, and are making every
preparation for that event Ripley
(O.) Bee.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14
A Layman's Grace.

A young married friend tells this
joke on himself, perpetrated by a lit
tie three year old pride of the fami-
ly." She is the only pledge of love
that has twined itself around the
heart and affections of himself and
wife.
A few evenings since q minister
visited the family and remained until
after tea. At the table the reverend
visitor asked the blessing, and the
little one neopenedher eyes to the fullest
capacity in startled wonderment
She could not understand what had
been done, and it was with great per
suasion that her mother could keep
her quiet during the time they were
at the table. When they had left it,
she walked up to the minister, fol
whom she had formed a great friend
ship, and said:
"What did you say at the table be
fore We commenced eating?"
"My little darling, I thanked God
for his goodness in giving us some
thing to eat, SO that we might grow
and be strong"
'Papa don't say that.
"What does your papa say?"
':Papa says, 'Godlemighty, what a
supper!' = Lowell Courier.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

California produces a rival to Wise
and man, too, who is seemingly
more of balloonatic. Professor j.
G. X. Fairview, of San Francisco, is
constructing an aerial ship with which
he proposes to navigate the air at
pleasure. The machine, which he
calls an aviator" is constructed with
wings and tail like bird, and the
Professor AYERS that he can sail with
this contrivance against the wind as
well as withit Heintends to start on a
trial trip from San Francisco to New
York the 1st of September, and he
will be due in Chicago September 3,
at 8: As A. NJ.
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whole No. 1912.
Aerial Navigation.

Professor Wise, who expects to
cross the Atlantic ocean by balloon
this month, delivered lecture on
Aerial Navigation in New York recent
ly. Among other things he said
that he was as sure of being able to
cross to Europe with good balloon
as he is that he can cross in steam
er. During August and September
the same climate conditions obtain in
the latitude of New York that obtain in
the Tropics, and the balloon must there
fore go very high and exhaust much
power. If they sail low they will go
nearly north. He and Donaldson
have said: eff we can't go to Europe
we will go to the pole and hunt the
Polaris. The First Napoleon estab-
ished a school of aeronautics and
made them serviceable in the war;
but their great use must be in peace.
Little is known yet about electricity,
ozone, spread of epidemics. Balloon
ing will help to unrayel these myster-
les. If they do not get 1o00 miles
to sea or never come back, science
will be somewhat aided by the trip.
It is often asked what are the plans
of the voyage? In general, they ex-
peet to go up and to land between ST.
Petersburg and Africa. 1.-THE Signal
Service will help, they can go across
in sixty days ahead of any cyclone.
1t was in that way that he was carried
from St Louis to New York. He
crossed the lakes in a tornado that
destroyed sixteen vessels on those
waters. In that voyage, the day be-
ing hot, a phosphorescent light hung
around the balloon at night, which
enabled them to read their instru-
ments. Large balloons are much
more agreeable than small ones.
Crossing Lake Ontario they kept an
average distance of 300 feet from the
water. Men will not exceed the birds
in aerial navigation. It is singular
that none Of the passengers he ever
carried complained of dizziness. This
sort of travelling seems to come nat
ural. It is difficult when above the
clouds to know, from mere surround
ing appearances, whether you are
really moving. Though going mile
minute, you hang seemingly motion
less amid air and clouds. The Pro-
fessor told an amusing story In proof
of this. He sailed up from Allentown,
Pennsylvania, where band was play
ing a national air. Hearing the same
tune as he came down he supposed
he was still over Allentown. He had
landed in Berks county, forty miles
away, among a picnic party whose
band was playing the same tune.
When the Professor began balloon
ing there were DO gas works in this
country that could initiate a balloon
which would carry up one man,
unless several days notice was given
In his last ascension from Gettysburg
he rose three miles, and got into
warm easterly current The air was
so warm that he took off his coat.
This had not happened to him before.
He attributed the warmth to fog.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

The following pyrotechnic display
appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer
of the 31st:
''The grand old Democratic party,
which marches by the landmarks of
the fathers and the Star of Progress,
repudiates the bantling born at Co
lunbus yesterday. Henceforth it will
fight. its own battles and care for its
own household. 1t asks no favors of
bushwhackers who march under the
banner of conquest. Solid men to
the front! Cowards to the rear!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14
SOLOMON RAY.


BIZ EUGENE J. HALL.
A hard, close man was Solomon Ray,
Nothing of vaIue he gave away;
+'f He boarded and saved,
i,,iJ And pinched and shaved,
And the more he had the more he craved.
The hard earned dollars he toiled to gain
Brought him little but care and pain;
ar For little he spent,
And all that he lent
He made it bring him back twenty per cent.
This was the life of Solomon Ray,
The years went by, and his hair grew gray;
His cheeks grew thin,
ri And his heart within
Grew hard as the dollars he worked to win.
But he died one day, as all men must,
Forlife is deeting, and man but dust;
i, 4. And the heirs were gay
That laid him away;
This was the end of Solomon Ray.
They quarreled now, who had little cared
For Solomon whils bis life was spared;
His lands were sold, ---. f-.s-.-r
Il And his hard-earned gold
All went to the lawyers, 1 am told.
Yet men viii pinch, and cheat, and save,
Nor carry their treasures beyond the grave;
An their gold some day
Will melt away,
Like the selfish savings of Solomon Ray.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14
Ohi0's Triumph.


A. few days ago sent you a brief
mention of some of Ohio's triumphs
at this Worlds Exposition, when
alluding to the success of the Max
well pumps and to the gold medals
awarded in Hungary to the Champ
ion reapers and mowers. 1t is again
my privilege to make another an
nouncement of Ohio's success. On
last Wednesday--one of the hottest
July days we have experieneed--a
large party went by early train on
the Staats-Bahn to- -Leopolsdorf, a
farm on the broadf fats of the Danube,
some fifteen miles eastward from
Vienna The attraction was the
jury trial of reapers and mowers, held
under the auspices OF the Exposi-
tion. There were about twenty
entries for the awards, among them
some of the best from America. So
important was this trial considered
that some of the manufacturers were
present in person, such as Walter
Wood, of New York, and our fellow
citizen, John Buchtel, of Akron, Ohio
who is also looking after the inter
ests of our Agricultural College.
You might have seen our burly man
ufacturer, John Buchtel, in his shirt
sleeves, driving his own machine
afeld as proudly as ever, in the
medieval times, the conquerors who
devastated these beautiful plains SO
frequently might have driven their
chariot wheels, armed, too, with
scythes-but this was a peaceful
contest, entered into, however, with
the deepest earnestness by the com
petitors for the prize.
The trial was witnessed by hun
dreds, and among them were many
ladies, mostly in carriages, but a
certain damsel might have been seen
among the sheayes, not like Ruth, in
the field of Boaz, cleaning the hand
fuls, but acting as an intelligent
Judge of the work, criticizing the
gavels, measuring the stubble, and
the width of the cut made by each
machine-just like a iurywoman.
But here we have no jurywomen,
though womans rights to work are
never questioned, when the poor
creatures break rocks, shovel mud on
the roads, or carry the hod for the
masons.
The trial was not thorough, being
only in rye for grains, anda mixture
of oats and pulse for the mowers, and
too much was attempted for one day.
There were about twenty entries
of harvesting machines and nearly
as many for the mowers. Most OF
them did good work. Of course,
no decision was made at the time,
but I have just learned that at ses-
sion yesterday the jury awarded GER
die,ast naeadilie, the medal of merit,
to your fellow citizens, Warder,
Mitchell & Co., of Springfield, Ohio,
for their admirable machine, the
Champion Combined, which cut both
the rye and the grass to the entire
satisfaction of the committee. Ex-
perts who were on the ground so
highly appreciated the performance
that the machines were purchased in
the field. Prince Schwartzenberg
was so pleased with the Champion
that he wouldn't allow it to go any
where but to his broad fields at
Wittingau, in Bohemia, where the
jury had during the week seen his
broad acres covered with heavy crops
white for the harvest.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

The New York Evening Post, in
commenting upon the resolutions in
the Iowa Republican platform, says ::
There was one resolution in the Iowa
Republican platform which deserves
special notice and frequent repetition.
It was that which laid down the new
rule in politics, that it is the duty of
every Republican to withhold his vote
from corrupt or incompetent candi-
dates, even if they have the regular
party nomination. This resolution
has been commended by the Repub-
ican press almost unanimously, and
made more prominent in the discus
sions of the day than any other po-
htical resolution within our recollec-
ton. It is probable that many 9th
er Republican conventions will be ask
ed to approve the sentiment.
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Select Miscellany.
THE MILL-STREAM.

I sit beside thee, mill-stream,
The wheel goes whirling rourds
The bairnies play among the hay,
Their yellow ringlets float away
On light blue air that seems to say,
''Be merry, skip and bound,
And dance beside the mill-stream;
There's music in the sound"
l sit beside thee, miil-stream,
Admitting stockings brown,
So spick-and-span for my old man,
(He's in the mill among the bran); ,--
And show leg and foot he can,
For one that's growing down,
As shapely to thee, mIl-stream,
As any 10 in town.
Hove thy brawling, mill-stream,
As dearly as thy splash,
When its foam-kiss, on days like this,
Lights up the wheel with sunny bliss;
For if hear thy wrathful hiss
Below the tempests' crash,
know the wheel turns, mill-stream,
The faster for the clash.
I've lived beside thee, mill-stream,
Full forty years this June;
My slip-coat cheese, and honey-bees,
My cherries, and my apple-trees,
thank kind Providence for these,
His gifts around me strewn;
well may think our milf-stream
Is never out Of tune. .-
This homestead nigh thee, miIl-stream,
Held once two bonny boys;
My little Joe is lying low,
But Willie has farm to show;
Fine crops of wheat and barley NOV,
And wife, and household joys;
His BARNS stand yonder, mill-stream,
And listen TO thy noise.
Iwould not leave thee, mill-stream,
Before these limbs are drest
For my last bed, that shall be spread
Close by my buried darling's head;
There, turf lies softly on the dead;
There l shall be at rest,
Nor hear thy clatter, mill-stream,
Above the old wife's breast.
-ICassel's Magazir
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

The trade dollar is showing Its
shining face at intervals, like an ear
ly star in the evening, soon to be fol
lowed by million more. 1t is larg-
er than the old dollar, and on the re-
verse side bears its exact value, S1.3O.
In few years it will be the most ia
miliar coin issued by any country,
and general medium of exchange
all over the globe. It's conception
was happy one, and its execution is
a credit to our American Mint and
our American metallurgy.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

''Sam," said a darkey to his ebony
brother, Chow am it dat dis yaa tele
graf carries de news froo dem wires?
"Well, Caesar, now you spose dal
am big dog free miles long"
''Neber was such big dogs; dom
b1ieb dat!"
''You jess wait mint; Use only il
lustratin', you stupid niger. Now
dis yaaG dog, you see, jess puts his
front feets on de Hoboken sho', an
he puts his hind feets on de New
York sho."
"Yesser."
'Now, s'pose you walk on dis yaa
dogs tail in New York"
"Yesser."
'He'n bark, won't he?"
"Yesser."
"Well, where will dat dog bark?"
'In Hoboken, 1 calc'late"
''Dat am jess it! You walk on de
dogs tail in New York, an he bark
in Hoboken an dat's de way de tele-
graf works."
"Yesser; dasso-dasso! You'se
right, golley!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

Starting from the left hand upper corner, it re-
quircs 60 minutes for car to reach the right hand
lower corner; and 60 minutes to go from the last
named point to the left hand upper corner-the
starting point. In other words, it takes two hours
to make the round trip.
A car departs every minute from the starting
point.
Question 1st: How many cars will No. have pass
ed before it makes the round trip?
Question I'd: How many willea No. 20 pass?
Question Sd: How many will car No. 100 pass?
The curve at either end of the track counts for
nothing.
that may be sent us.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

German newspapers announce that
the dictionary ofthe German language
in course of compilation by Brothers
Grimm, will contain more words than
any other publication On record. 1t
has already reached the number of
one hundred and fifty thousand, and
by the time it is completed it will
comprise at least five hundred thous-
and.
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PATIENCE.

There is a little plant that grows
In almost every soil,
If he who sows the seed bestows
A little care and toll.
Its stems no gorgeous blossoms show
To captivate the eye
Blossoms that greet the morning view,
And ere the sunset die.
All no! Tho plain as flowers can be,
Twas planted here below,
To keep the world in harmony,
And aid to bear life's woe.
Tho needful as the constant food,
That daily want supplies;
Like every other common good,
We fail the plant to prize.
Till absence of it proves its worth,
And discord holds its sway,
And crosses incident to earth,
Grow heavier every day.
We call it "PATIENcE"-kin to three
That would redeem the fall
Blest Faith, and Hope and Charity;
We surely heed them all!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

A will is registered in Waynesburg,
Pennsylvania, which contains the fol-
lowing remarkable clause: 81 also
give to my beloved wife one red cow,
one three-year-old colt, and the re-
mainder of the kitchen and household
furniture.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

The Illustrated London News says
that Mr.. Steel, of Edinburg, has been
commissioned to execute a statue of
Burns byadmirers of the Scottish poet
in New York. The figure is to be of
bronze and of colossal size, the price
$4,000.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

At recent examination at Rutgers
College, the question, ''Did Martin
Luther die a natural death?" was
cleverly answered, mo, he was ex-
communicated by bull"
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sHail to the Chief who in Triumph Advances.
zine Eighth Wonder of the World.
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

Conclusion Of Long Branch let
ter: "Long Branch, as a place to
leave, is the most charming in Ameri-
ca. Five dollars day for stall to
sleep in is but small portion of the
dreariness that you miss when you
are once away from it"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

There is proposition to construct
million dollar telescope. 1t is to
be built under government auspices,
and, of course, is to have the largest
lens in the world. The telescopes
now in use bring us but eighty
miles from the moon. Thenew glass
would reduce the distance to four or
five miles. The Scientific American
endorses the project, and Mr.. Alvan
Clark, one of the best living authori-
ties on the subject, does not think
the manufacture of an object glass
for such an instrument imrractieable.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

A RUSTIC MoRALIsT.-Rector (going
his rounds): Gan uncommonly fine
pig, Mr.. Dibbles, I declared"
Contemplative Villager: "Ah, yes,
sir, if we was only, all of us, as fit to
die as him, sir!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

"Oh, Mr.. Butcher, what a quantity
of bone there was in that piece Of
meat we had from you!" said lady
very Indignantly. "Was there my
dear ma'am? But, howsomever, the
first fat bullock I kill without any
bone, I'll let you have one joint fol-
nothing"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-08-14

gloss and freshness of yOtth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that a new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandrutf, which is often so un-
cleanly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can.only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. J. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
- LOWELL. MASS.
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Money-Making Books for Summer Can
vassine.-AGENTs AND SALEsaEN ATTENTION |!
Bryant's Library Of Poetry and Song; The Nelu
Housekeeper'S Manual, by Miss Beecher and Mrs
Stowe Both selling fast and far. Exclusive Terri
tory lib sral terms. j. B. FORD & CO., New York
Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.
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Problem.

The annexed problem was first started a short
time since in New York, and has provoked any
amount of discussion there. Here it is:
A street railroad has double track on q street in
this shape:
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Youths Department.

E1-original Enigmas, Charades, Problems, etc.,
are respectfully solicited The answers must always
accompany them, with the real name of the writer
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A drunken Toledo man wrote on
the wall of his cell: "Jug not, that We
be not jugged."