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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09
The Way Nick Bowers was
Caught.

Nick Bowers was q uember Of tht
original Christy Minstrels, and in hi
day, was the greatest s'middle man in
terrogator" known in the profession
Nick used to tell, with grsat merriment,
an incident Of his beyhepd. To pre-
serve the flavor of the relation, we Will
record in Nick's swn language, and
emily regret that we can not accompany
it with his inimitable gestieulation.
sMy old man." said Nek, sas q gen
eral thing, was pretty steady cid gent,
but snce and a while he would get OBJ
livious, and water was not the cause of
it. 1 recollect a certain holiday was
approaching, and I had bean skinnIng
around to get little money to have .
time with on that day: but the fstes
and purses were against me. Hwas
but two days prior to ths anticipated
holiday, and I hadn't naryrsd., Re-
member this, boys, when l add that on
the same afternoon l came into the
house, when 10! there on the floor, to-
tally overcome by his libatiens, lay my
respected daddy, and beside him lay
six shining half dsllars which had
relied from his pocket. Boys, I've been
an honest man all my life, but once
when a boy committed theft. I hook
ed enc of those half dollars. Thinks I
to myself, the old mans been on jam
boree, and won't know hsw much he
spent, and will never miss it.. But
mark you, the next morning l and my
two brothers were summoned into my
fathers presence. The old mans face
lowered. 1 thought of the half-dollar
and knew that storm was brewing.
"Boys," said he, ''last night when I
came home had six half dollars. One
Of 'ems gone. Your mother didn't take
it. There's been no one else in the
house. Which one Of you took its"
We all protested our innocence.
"Boys," said the old man, "that half
dollar never walked of, and I'm going
10 find out which one of you tosk itp"
Turning around, he took down from
the wall an old fiint-lock blunderbuss.
This he deliberately loaded with pow
der and buckshot in cur presence;
then fastening it upon the table cooked
il, took a seat behind 1t, holding the
string in his hand, and in solemn tones
addressed US thusly:
"Boys, I'm going to discover the thief
and punish him at the same time. You
must each of you blow ints the nuzzle
Of that gun. When the guilty ono blows
IF goes his head. Now then, you have
| chance; will you own up, or blow
np?"
q "Ben," said the old man to my Oldest
brother, shave you got that half dol
ARP"
"No, SIR"
"Take blow"
'Nick," teh boys, 1 tell you the chills
,egan to crawl down my back) "got
hat half dollar?"
"No, sir" said I, with o defiant swag- |
,er.
"Blow that gum"
1 walked up bravsly, gave a blow,
lnd--dodgedl
"Nick," said the old man in voice |
# thunder, "where Is that half dollar ?" |
he had me. The truth lodged out |
# me. Said I, "out In the barn, pap"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09


When devoted wife hslds her hus-
ban5 out at arms length by his sses
ear, and says she wouldn't crush . worm
he realizes, all at once, how fearfnlly
and wonderfully women are made
Brooklys Argss.
When you repeat the prsverb, sFrail-
ty, thy name Is wonanl" ysu must sx-
cept hereafter Nrs: Chloe Jones (eolsr-
ed), Of Raleigh, whose waist ct its slsn-
derest point measures seven feet In eir-
cumference.-Defroit Tri6sas.
A correspondent Of a Cincinnati pa
per is 20 enraged at the csuposiesr who
manglsd his letter, that he proposes, ea
his first visit to that city, 10 kill said
csapssitor BY compelling him 10 take
drink Of cold water.
A Yale student, who IL evidently In
the Journalistic" department, writes .
twelve verse poem which ID entitasd
I'VE Kissed Each Other hy the Ssa.-
"Wsll, what Of Il" asks q Western jour
nalist; ~the seaside Is no better for such
practices than any other locality. IN
fact, we have put in some very sweet
wsrk Of that kind On the sow-pash Of .
canal in cur time, but did not say any
thing about it in print"
The Duke and Duchess Of Edinburgh
have been endowed with an income
something like $4,000 year. Thsy
have at least two magnificent residences
in England; one, the Clarence House,
In town, and another, not fully decided
ON yet, in the country. Bssidss, they
will have tive establishments ct Sc. Pc
tsrsburg, whom they chosss 70 visit that
frisid native cline Of the Dpchess
Marie. This Is leaving out Of account
the freedom they will be able 70 naks
Of Windsor, and buckingham Palsse.
and Sandringhan, the rssidencss q
Alfred's royal mother and brother.
In the window Of grscsry store on
Plane street, Providence, almost under
the shadow Of . splendid new schosl-
house, ID the following plscsrd' Egg
Is Adussen-Cs Csrossne cents . piAss."
| A wholesale liquor house in Beck
Island few days ago received barrel
Of whisky, rsshippsd fron custsnsr
In Atlantic, Iowa, the shipping bin
bearing the legend: "rurned cut BY
the women" aa s---
A Milwaukee woman trsded her 80
for deg, and although II = pea ~
It is thought she nsde . gssd barsaln.-
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09

A Cincinnati boy after gazing long
and meditatively upon painting rep
resenting the Biblical decline of pork
where the drove Of devil possessed
swine rushing down the hill into the
sea-and being told the story, remark
ed: "I'll bet the old man found some
way to pack them hogs and sell 'em
for prime mess, without wasting any
HAMS"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09

The bones Of Il We Indians In sitting
posture, with n kettle in front of them,
were, 1t is said, recently found in Nam
tic by some men who were digging a
cellar.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09

No. q EXPRESS, DAILY, Sunday excepted)
Sleeping Coach from Cincinnati to New York
Passengers can secure berths in this coach
through the train conductor. This train also
permits day view on the entire length OF the
Susquehanna and Delaware Division Of the
Erie Railway, embracing the most romantic
scenery upon the continent. -sse
No. II, EXPRESS, Daily. To this train Is
attached . SLEEPING COACH, which runs
through to New York without change. first
class passenger car is also run through to New
York without change, by this train, Tor the
accommodation of those who DO noe desire
sleeping coach location. 40 extra charge for
seats n thie eldypRh ear. ~
For further Information as 10 time, fare and
conneetions, spply 10 the local agent asking
for tfcx1<s VIA the ATLANTIC AEDS0REAT
WmIEBN BROAD GAUGE ROUTE.
No 'stpp-oNer" allowed upon local tickets.
Local png8engers must purchase tickets to
their first scspping plxce, snd may then repur-
chase from that point to destination.
W. B. SHATTUC,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
cNcrSsATI, o.
p. D. COOPER, General Superintendent,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09

Kindness is an attribute that ssothes
the psin-achlng heart.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09

cHRaISEBc e send 25 cents for the new
SMuh,GStS self adjusting cigarette and
cigar holder;,S for 80 cents. N r ROBERTS
4 co ,17e Broadway New York. 3em6
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DIR. s. WILSON.
]. G. BIGHAM, NJ.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE AMI
Residence, West Liberty Street. Wooster, o
7 All accounts considered due Is soon rs seryi,
ces are rendered. Sts
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, ,NuLLERsBURG,
Ohio. Office and Residence, at South part OF
Washington Street. iti
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09
Terms for Advertising.
Deaths and Marriages gratis.

Deaths and Marriages gratis.
Local Notices, first insertion, 10 cents per
fine: subsequent insertions cents per line
: specfal Notices and Foreign Advertisements
s per cent. additional.
Business Cards, not exceeding lines, "A.
Administrator and Executors Notices 81
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09
CONC SOUTH.

MASSILLON BRANCH.
Going South. Going North.
Clinton, siSpm z.asam
Millport, 645" 7.03
Nassillon, TOO 6.4s
r. c. HURD, President.
G. A. JONES, Superintendent.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09
.s1.s-, ole Vol. XXX.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
DRs. PoMERENE & WISE.

AND SURGEONS, MILLERs-
burg, Ohio. Omce Hours Wednesdays.
from 70 O'Clock P. n, and on Saturdays
from 9 O'Clock A 4. to3 O'Clock r. n. S4tf
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09
County officials

Church D1roOtOEv.
N. E. CHURCH,
O. BADGLEY, PASTOR, SERVICE EVERY
sabbath at l0x O'Clock, A. M, and O'Clock,
Pm Sabbath School at eK O'clock. Prayer
Meeting, Thursday evening at Z O'Clock.
EvANG. LUTHERAN CHURCH.
srRyICEs EVERY OTHER SABBATH, AT
iOk O'Clock A. n. Prayer Meeting every
Tuesday evening. Rev. II. p. fogeisong,
Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
REv. A. S. .MILHOLLAND, PASTOR; MORN,
ing service at II O'Clock sabbath scnooi
I2E O'Clock. Evening service 6k O'Clock
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening al
" O'Clock.
GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH
SERVICES EVERY SABBATH AT 10 o.
eiock, A. n. Sunday School at .. j. D. Num-
emacher, Pastor.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-23
Signing the Declaration.


The following gossip about the Decla-
ration Of Independence is from Food's
Household Nugaz1se, and is BY the Rev
]. s. Vakely:
In looking at the signatures, not one
is written with a trembling hand except
Stephen Hopkins's. 1t was not fea,
that made him tremble. for he WAS as
true a patriot as any of them, but he
was afflicted with the palsy.
:. But one of the residences of the
sicners is attached to his name, and that
is Charles Carol 1t is said that one
was looking over his shoulder when he
wrote his name. and said TO him: There
are several of your name, and ii We are
unsuccessful. they will not know who to
arrest He Immediately wrote of Car
Toiton'-as much as TO say, if there is
reproach connected with this. I wish to
bear my share; if any danger, | am
ready to face it. There was genuine
patriotism.
% 1t was rather amusing after they
had s;gne their names, to hear Benja-
min Franklin say 10 Samuel Adams:
Now 1 think We viii all hang together
Yes, said Mr.. Adams, or we shall
hang separately Many have supposed
that all the names were signed on the
4th of Jaly. 117G. Not SO. It was
signed on that day only by the Presi-
dent, John Hancock, and with his sigma
ture it was sent forth to the world On
the second day of August it was signed
by aii but one Of TIE fiftysix signers
whose names are appended to it. The
ether attached his Eapae in November.
TIE pen used by the sigue,s is preserved
il the Massachusetts, Historical Society.
ot Boston. What tales that pen could
Il if it cou eak. What l;sto
there is connected with it,
"The signers of the Declaration are
dead. The hands that held the pen and
the fingers that moved it when they
wrote their names on that original dOcu-
ment, now lie cold across their bosoms
They all lived to good old age. The
average Of tifty-three at the time Of their
decease was over siXty-eight years. The
last survivor was Charles Carol. of Car
rolton, being over ninety when he died.
Fourteen signers lived to he eighty
years old, and four past ninety. They
all sleep in honored graves.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-23

SUICIDE or = TELEGRAPH urEEAToR.-
PaIi~ade, Nev.. January 41.--Eugene
Barrett, telegraph operator here ON the
Atlantic and Pacific wirr-. shot i,'rn- Il
this evening aho1t ID clock. the tall 20
in. through the heart. II j, supposed
that il was done Accidentally. s. 20 o.t@
was in tn" room a.t.e SINE. Tle i@t.i
was found lying ty Lls side.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14

telegraph a little, and do so between
the different points. This morning
our superintendent, Wilcox, jumped off the
train and said, Beach, go down to the
switch" dumped on the cars and rode
down to the bridge, about fifteen hundred
feet. / suppose, TO the lower switch house. l
went in and turned the switch so as TO let
the train back up on the siding TO take on
two cars laying there. The train moved on
and the first thing heard
SORT OF JINGLING NOISE.
looked out and saw the hind car uumbling
into the marsh. Then one after the other
went down. Ny switch must have beer
right or L couldn't get out of nv switch
house. Then the brakeman, Ed. Barrows.
came running back and hslleed, 60 back
lfgraph to New Haven for wreckers.' /
went back and telegraphed, and that's all I
know about it, and is what testified to be-
fore the coroner's Jury to-day"
why did they render verdict against
your" asked.
'1don't know" be replied. "The en-
gineer and some of the passengers testified
/ suppose against me-"
HAS any action yet been taken in the
matter?"
''None that know Of" replied Beach, II
shall not run away"
Such is the story gathered from the lips OF
the actors in the sad drama. This little
hamlet has been filed with sufferers all
day long, but they have nearly all been re-
moved to their homes at Branford, Gull
ford and New Haven, while there is mourn
ing in Madison and along the line of the
Shore road, for Wilcox, who was much es-
toemed. The trains are running regularly
tonight, as Mr.. John Fuller. the supervisor
of bridges. has had a wreczing train at
Stony Creek all day, but the battered and
splin;ered cars lie transversely in the morass
and will have to be broken up for kindling
wood or old iron.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14

Dandy, d. D., the pastor of Ada street
church, Chicsgo: 1. OF lying; 2. OF dishon-
esty; 8. Ofpatronizing dancing schools; a.
OF using tobacco; s. OF exhibiting and man
ifesting vindlctive spirit, and INDUCING in
angry and passionate words, and in malad-
ministration of church matters; 6. OF using
| his personal efforts to induce church boards
| to incru pecuniary obligations without a
probability of being able to gay them: z. OF
being so unacceptable, inefficient and secu
| lar as to be no longer useful in the work oil
the christian ministry.
A plan has been adopted for monument
| to Gen. Nathaniel ID. Lyon. The draft is
that of square Missouri granite column
reaching to the height of twenty-three feet
The second section of the base is quite hand
somely cut. On either side Is depression
of about an inch and half and covering
circular area of about a foot in diameter. III
is intended to insert in this Photographic
view of the battle where Gen. Lyon was
killed. and to place over it a powerful lens
which shall be Theoretically sealed.
At New Brunswick, New Jersey, on the
9th inst, Thomas Kemp, sober and indus
trIous man, threw his three children, a boy
and two girls, aged respectively five, seven
and nine, into the canal, at the upper lock
and then jumped in himself while in des
peIate state of mind, caused, it is said, by
the dissipated conduct of his wife and the
pressure of want, he having been for some
time out of employment. The cries OF the
children attracted the attention of some
workmen, who managed to save all bot,the
oldest girl in an exhausted condition. The
! father died soon after being taken from tho
water. The two youngest children have re-
] covered.
The late Stephen Whitney, the millionaire
was very. economical. When boarding al
the Balilusi House, at Lake Mahopac, ht
used to delight in giving his grandchildren
practical lessons in the affairs of life. He
took one of the boys who had bought an eX
pensive fishing rod out on the dock, where
number of country lads with hickory
poles were pulling the fish out very lively
The boy, however, failed in catching even {
bullhead, and the old man gave him les
son from the circumstance, showing tha
those who achieve success in life are not al
ways those blessed with the most advan
tages. Perhaps the boy thought, however
that all the trouble was not with the fishing
rod
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
McDOLE INDICTED.
THE GRAND JURY BRING IN AN INDICTMENT
THE PRISONER PLEADS NOT GUILTY.

THE GRAND JURY BRING IN AN INDICTMENT
THE PRISONER PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
A dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer
from Lawrenceburg, 9TH inst, says; The
grand jury OF Dearborn county were finally
discharged to-day by Judge Roberts, being
in session two days and finding nine iudict-
ments. John p. Davis, having been indics-
ed for burning the barn of Ferris Nolen,
near Guilford, was brought into court and
arraigned; plea of not guilty. William Nc
Dole was then brought in by Sheriff Wsitzel,
and the indictments found against him tor
the murder of the Bradley family read to
him by Clerk Conwell. His reply TO each
indictment was. 81 didn't do it. L didn't do
it at ALL" AS the last Indictment was read
to the prisoner the court was interrupted by
Bradley, the afflicted husband aad father,
rushing toward the prisone' mena,iug him
and threatening violence Jud. Roberts
promptly ordering him 10 be taken out of
the room, Deputy Sheriff slater and Court
Baiif John HUH, with some difficulty,
succeeded in removing him from the room.
McDole manifested considerable uneasiness
during the excitement. The officers in
charge OF him inform me that since the sit
| ting of the grand jury he has shown more
concern about the case than at any time
previous. He is realizing that his case is
becoming exceedingly critical.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14

extraordinary aspect OF THESE celestial wan.
derers, together with their rapid and contin-
ually varying motions, have never failed TO
excite the attention and wonder of all obsery.
ers. Nor is it surprising that in former
times, when the nature of their orbits was
wholly unknown, they should ha, been
looked upon as omens of impending evil, or
messengers OF an angry Deity. Even now,
although modern science has reduced their
motions to the domain of law, determined
approximately their orbits, and assigned in
number OF instances their periods. the In
terest awakened by their appearance is in
some respects still undated. The special
points OF dissimilarity between planets and
comets are the following: The former are
dense, ano,sso far as we know, solid bodies;
the latter are many thousand times rarer
than the earth's atmosphere. The planets
all move from west to east; many comets re-
volve in the opposite direction. The planetary
orbits are but slightly inclined to the plane
OF the ecliptic: those of comets may have
any inclination whatever. The planets are
observed in all parts OF their orbits; comets,
only In those parts nearest the sun. The
larger comets are attended by tail, or train
OF varying dimensions, extending generally
10 direction opposite to that OF the sun.
The more condensed part, from which the
tail proceeds, Is called the nucleus. and the
nebulous envelope Immediately surround
ing the necleus is sometimes termed the
coma. Zeno, DemOcritus and other Greek
philosophers held that comets were pre-
diced by the collection of several stars into
clusters. Aristotle taught that they were
formed by exhalations, which, rising from
the earth's surface, ignited in the upper re-
gons ct the atmosphere. This hypothesis,
through the great inflence of its author, was
generally received for almost two thousand
years. Juster views, however, were enter
tanned by the celebrated Seneca, who main
tanned that comets ought to be ranked
nerm9nnnt n Y,
that their disappearance was not an extinc-
ton, but simply a passing beyond the reach
OF our vision. The observations OF Zvcho
Brabe first established the fact that
comets moved through the planetary spaces
far beyond the limits of our atmosphere
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
A SONG OF THREE WORDS.
oBARE, LABoRARE, Ell cANTAKE


Three blissful words name TO thee,
Three words of potent charm,
From eating care thy heart to free.
Thy life to shield from ha rm-
Who so these blissful words may know,
A bold, blythe-frontedf face shall show,
And shod with peace, shall safely go
Through war and wild alarm.
First. ere thy forward foot thou move,
And WELD thy arm of might,
Lift up thine heart to Him above
That all thy ways be right.
To the prime source of life and power
Let thy soul rise even as flower
That skyws I'd climbs in sunny hour,
And seeks the genial light.
Then grid thy loins to manly toll,
And In the toll have joy
Greet hardships with willing smile,
And love the stern employ.
Thy glory this the harsh to tame.
And by wise stroke and technic flame,
In God like Lab0r's fruitful name,
Old Chaos to destroy.
Then, mid thy workshops dusty din,
Where Titan steam hath sway,
Groom to thyselfa song within,
Or pour the luSty lay:
Even as a bird that cheerily sings
In narrow cage, nor frets its wings,
But with full-breast ed joyousness filings
Its soul into the day.
For lofty things let others strive
With roll of vauntful drum;
Keep thou thy heart honeyed hive,
Like bee with busy hum.
Chase not the bliss with wishful eyes
That ever lures and ever flies,
B1t in the present JOY be wise,
And let the future comet
John Suost Btdckie IN Good Words.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
\ SUMMER GHOST.
BY LOUISE cHANpI.ER vo,-Iro,

In that old summer can you still recall
Inc po1p with which the strong sun rose and
set,
How bright the moon shone on the shining
fields.
What wild, sweet blossoms with the dew were
wet?
Can you stin hear the merry robins sing
ana see the brave red lilies CLEAN and glow
Inc waiting wealth OF bloom, the reckless
bees
That WOO their wiid-fiower loves and sting,
and 60.
Canst hear the waves that round the happy
shore
Broke in soft Joy and told delusive tales
we go, but we rep1rn; love comes and goes;
And eyes that watch see homeward- fdrng
sails.
Twas thus in other seasons?" All, may be!
But forgot them and remembered this
A brief, warm season, and fond brief love
And cold, white winter after bloom and bliss.
-ScribRers for July.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
IN MEMORIAM.
cHAMBERs's JOURNAL.

o summer sky, so blue and clear,
. sparkling eyes, without tear,
And joyous hearts without a fear.
o earth so sweet, aud roses fair,
And bright birds glistening through the al
Trilling soft music everywhere.
o form l loved so true and well,
Naught on this earth can break the spell
That links me 10 this narrow cell,
Where lies thy quiet, peaceful breast,
In childhood's hours, I've oft caressed-
Those loving lips I've often pressed.
Oh! life is sweet when love is young,
To cheer us as we urge along
This toilsome path, this busy throng.
think of thee at morning light;
see thee in my dreams by night;
Thou art my guardian angel bright.
I'll love thee still while life shall last;
Nor fame nor fortune e'er can blast
Thy radiance DER my memory cast.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
COMETS.

THEIR NATURE AND DESCRIPTION.
The following remarks on the nature of
comets are extracted from Professor Kirk
woods " Comets and Meteors:n The term
comet-which alphabetically a hairy star
may be applied to all bodies which revolve
about the sun in very eccentric orbits. The
sudden appearance, vast dimensions, and