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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

A young religious convert in King
ston, N. r., insisted upon being bap-
tized on recent cold Sunday. He
argued that no bad result could pos
sibly follow a holy rite, and, against
the remonstrances of his friends, the
ceremony was performed in a stream
from which the ice had to be cut. He
caught q bad cold, and died of the
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

The last lingering doubt as to the
authenticity of the report of the
death of DIR. Livingstone has been
removed. The heroic old missionary
is dead. The Queen grants pen
sion of one thousand dollars a year
to his children. If the British Gov
ernment had been worthy of his serv.
ices, he might. have lived to complete
his explorations.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05
Correspondence of the News.
Letter from North Western
Missouri.

REGENCY, GENTRY Co. Mo,
Feb. IL, 1874.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-We are glad to have
the privilege of becoming readers of
your excellent paper, which seems to
us as letter from our native home
every week, and we think that our
part of the West should be represent
ed occasionally in your columns.
Northwest Missouriis the choicest
portion of the West; has soil of
unsurpassed fertility and mild and
healthy climate. The atmosphere
being pure and bracing, malarial and
pulmonary diseases are Of rare oc-
currence. 1t is a prairie country,
but with a great abundance of tim
Der, and is well watered by streams,
springs and wells.
It is unrivaled as fruit country.
producing the finest apples, pears,
peaches, plums, grapes, and all the
small fruits of the latitude. 1t is
well settled by q quiet, industrious
population from the Northwestern
States; has roads, bridges, schools
and churches in all sections of the
country. For grain growing, and
stock raising, no country in the
Union is its equal. ..-
Well improved farms rate at from
SIS to $40 per acre. Best unim-
proved land 81 to SO. Any one in
Highland county or elsewhere, wish
ing to purchase land in our county,
should address for further informa-
ton, C. G. Comstock, Albany, Gentry
county, Missouri.
Our Schools are mostly now in op-
Grafton, and I wish to say that we
have as good corps of teachers in
our county as can be found anywhere.
We have nearly all kinds of religious
denominations in this country. The
Missionary Baptists are the most nu-
merous. but the Methodist ministers
appear to have the armor on, and
their work is crowned with success.
As for Temperance, it is not doing
the work that we would like to see.
We are sorry to say that there are a
few "doggeries" scattered through
our beautiful country, and men, both
young and old, partake of that which
will ruin both soul and body for
ever. If we had as noble a set of
women here as you have in HILLSIDE
ro, 1 believe we would soon come off
victorious. ..
As for the Changers in this coun-
try, they appear to carry the whole
farming class of community. We
have somewhere between twenty-five
and thirty Oranges in our county,
and still the work goes on,,and ':Lad-
dy Lean Corn's" arguments only
make fuel for the flames. We have
a good working Grange organized
at this place. 1t is called the Re-
gency Grange. AS the names of our
officers will be familiar to many of
your readers, we will give them:
Master-Geo. Felts. Overseer-
Geo. Kerfoot. Lecturer-Cyrus Shell
by. Steward-Asburry Astha. Asst
Steward-Philip Richardson. Chap
lain-Lewis Campbell Treasurer
John A. Gribble. Secretary-J. U.
Gibson. Gate e-keeper-James Boat
right. Ceres-Nancy Lock Pomona
Mary Felts. Flora-Nancy James
Lady Asst Steward-Sarah Camp
bell. .-. ....r.
New Oranges are still organizing
every week. .s..r .-.
LEWIS GAMPRETT,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

The election of Hon. John NJ.
Langston, a colored lawyer, formerly
of this State, to the Presidency Of
Howard University, is an event Of
which special note should be made.
Mr. Langston is well qualified for the
high position. We hope that Con.
gress will increase the endowments
of Howard University, SO that the
colored men of the nation may have
afforded to them the very highest ed
ucational facilities.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05
LEWIS CAMPBELL

A Silver City, Idaho, newspaper of
a very recent date has the following
market report; "Hay, $50 per ton;
-four, $40 per barrel; chickens, $12
per dozen; eggs, S1.25 per dozen, and
scarce at that; potatoes, 81 Cents;
wheat, d cents. Cornmeal is sell
ing at $12 per barrel. In another
place, in the same paper, the editor
informs the world that in Silver
City shines are lively, and everybody
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Whole No. 1871.

method is true TO nature, and tends
to develop the various mental facul-
ties, let those who are competent
judge, r re f- -.-
Would it not add to the interest
OF these columns, : if the teachers of
the county would contribute oftener
of their experience and methods of
instruction? Let US ''provean things
and hold fast that which is good"
mn rrr -.4.l .a-.l f.q ALIUS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

Information is asked as to who
were the inseparable Hungarian
twins, spoken of in the Tattler, Jan
uary Z, 1903. They were Helen and
Judith, and were joined together
back to back by the loins and thighs
They were born in 1701, and lived
twenty-five years. One was larger
and more active and intelligent thar
the other, but both were taken sicl
and died together.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

Jules Michelet, the French histor-
ian, and more widely known through
his two popular works entitled
'Love," and Woman" died on the
10th inst at the advanced age of IS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

lions Herald has made the dis
covery that the Chief Justice is
lineal descendant of Thos, Wayte,
one of the Judges who signed the
warrant for the execution of Charles !
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

The proposition to bring the va
rious bodies of Lutherans into fra
ternal correspondence, if not into Or
ganic unity, was discussed at the
late meeting of the General Council,
which represents the largest and
most orthodox of the Lutheran sects.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

David Frederick Strauss, the great
German materialist, and well known
author of ''Life of Jesus" is dead
He has gone to make q final examin-
alton into the great mysteries which
have been the one puzzle of his whole
life
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

Great merits or great failings will
make you respected or despised; but
trifes, little attentions, mere moth
ings, either done or neglected, will
make you either liked or disliked in
the general run of the world.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

A South Carolina legislator has in
vented new word, 'insinuendoes, ="
which The Tribune hopes to see gen
orally adopted as "an uncommon
ly fresh, beautiful and expressive
phrase"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

A resolution was adopted in the
Mississippi House Of Representatives
on the 11th, asking q. S. Senator j.
s. Alcorn to resign his seat in that
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

There is a Mrs. Peale in California
who owns and manages o farm of
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05
Youths Department.

Enigma.
am composed of 9 letters.
My s is toy,
My So is boys name,
My23 8 is an interjection,
My 6 is name applied to drunkard,
My6T2 6 is horses gait,
My whole forms the name of young man.
Pee Wee Valley, o. COFFEE.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05
Interest Problem.

Interest HrODI6m.
A lends B $780, payable in one year, with interest
at per cent months after making the loan, B
pays A $24. What amount of principal and interest
will owe at the end of the year? EUCLID.
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For the News.
THREE. Iiaa r93d fai

.-a TH6HE. -iis2 is9Fl ; ~
BY ALIUs.
One in the gutter and one at the bar, -Fh
And 1, that stand between sI
From the right way they have wandered afar,
Yet we are brothers, ween.
One in the gutter, '''
..r Hopelessly drunken; si s7f. ;.
The manhood within him
Apparently sunken.
r- Strength to resist ~ 1870 l 81
Seems to have passed away;lo s5... 4.
Helpless he lies,
Ruined and east away. II o..
72i One at the bar, 5 III T. is9@'
Vending diurnally yslr ,df d,ssl
That which destroyeth
His victims eternally. ia ~
-a Steeling his heart rtrS gaF
Against importantly;
l'''1I Dealing out death, ili''i ''l'' q
=, With perfect impunity. r. rff..-.~ 81
One inthe gutter and one at the bar, - {
And ], that stand between;
From the right way they have wandered afar,
u Yet we are brothers, ween.
stand between, t..t
And o, could reach them, .....
This is the lesson
Fain would teach them. B.. t-t
Thou, at the bar,
Better thoughts cherish;
Suffer we not
- A brother to perish.
m What is the world, ~. g..
Though we could gain it all,
-- If but one soul @
Be lost, to attain it ALT
Thou who hast fallen, .
Strive for the light again;
You may be led
's Out of the night again.
None is so low, -...
But there is hope for him;
One with the foe g..
Is able to cope for him.
Our hands are weak,
Powerless we find them;
Stronger appear @
The fetters that bind them.
HIS strength is promised
For every endeavor;
They who rely ON Him
Failure made never!
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hand. The one will certainly pre-
pare the people for the other.
go from here to Wellsville,
Montgomery Co., Missouri, where ]
will write you again.
WELLsvILLE, Mo, Feb. 21, 1874.
am now and have been for q
week past, in the village of Wellsville,
Mo-, visiting. This is pretty prai-
RE town, of nearly 1000 inhabitants.
It is situated about a hundred miles
northwest of st. Louis, ON the St.
Louis, Kansas City and North Mo.
r. R.
1t is anything but compact town,
but the houses are generally well
built-nearly all frame-of modern
style, and nicely painted. There is
not well of living water in all Wells
vile; cisterns furnish the entire sup
ply. Every house or stable has one
or more. The citizens claim that
the supply is always equal to the de-
mand, taking one year with another,
and that cisterns are as reliable as
wells.
The schools here seem to be in a
fourishing condition. The school
building is large, two story frame,
with three large, commodious rooms,
furnished with iron frame seats of
late patterns, and the walls are dec
GRATED with maps and charts. The
following is an extract from the
''Montgomery Standard" of Feb. 6;
"Report of the Wellsville Schools,
for the month ending January 80,
1874.
Primary Dept.-No. of pupils en-
rolled, 81, average daily attendance,
35; Miss NJ V. Parvis, teacher.
intermediate Dept.-No. of pupils
enrolled, As; average daily attendance,
38; Miss Annie NJ. Troth, teacher.
High School Dept.-No. of pupils
enrolled, 81; average daily attendance,
As: L. S. Pitser, teacher"
Many of the citizens of this town
are natives of the "Old Dominion.
Fine "old Virginia gentlemen" are
met with at every corner. Their Ii
braries are supplied with books, writ
ten by Southern authors-or authors
who see through Southern spectacles
and are filed with Southern ideas.
On the table where I am writing are
these books. 'The Life and Cam
paigns of Gen. Robert e. Lee" ""Mor
gan and his Men" and Mark Twain s
'Innocents Abroad" Pictures OF
Southern Generals and Statesmen
adorn their houses. The lady with
whom I am boarding had but one
brother. He was Confederate Cap
tain under Gen. Lee, and laid down
his life for the 'Lost Cause"
1 had the privilege of attending a
Dist. Conference of the M. E. Church
North, which has just closed its ses-
sions here. Several distinguished
personages outside the District were
present by invitation, and took part
in the various discussions. I was
particularly interested in the question
of "Sanctifcation." This was much
talked and preached about, at the
Danville Camp meeting in our coun-
ty last year. Some Of our most zeal
Gus and devoted Christians sought
after it sorrowing for many days.
There was something about this
question I could never quite under
stand, and the more it was explained
to me, the more mysterious it be-
came. Eaa- -~.Et1
A time was set apart by the Con
ference, for a general expression O
opinion upon this subject. 1t was ably
and lengthily discussed. 1t was the
opinion of the majority, that it is moi
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

EFAVING recently released this old established
u Hotel, which has been enlarged by the addi-
tion of about 20 new and commOdious rooms, and
having fitted up the same with furniture and all
the modern conveniences, am nov prepared TO SC
commodate the public with the best of fare and
comfortable lodgings, and will spare no pains to
give satisfaction 70 all who favor with their pat
ronage.
Extensive stabling attached to the House.
gSSuperiOr accommodations for Wedding Par
ties. A. 7. COOK.
Hillsboro, April. 1871 ap1stf
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05
Correspondence of the News
Letters from ST. Louis and
Wellsyille, Mo.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo. Feb, 12, 1871

ST LOUIS, Mo. Feb, -, 1874.
EDITOR NEvs-Left Lynchburg,
O., Tuesday morning, Feb. 10th, made
pleasant nightrrrn to this point, ar
irving yesterday morning. The fer
ry boat is still used here, for the
transfer of passengers. The new
bridge across the Mississippi is not
yet completed, but is far enough adj
vanced to show what it aoiU be. The
citizens are so proud of it, or so
anxious to turn q penny, that they
have on sale pictures of the bridge,
showing it completed. I had seen
the half finished structure, so I
didn't want the picture. -ibh1d
Morning and evening prayer meet
ings are being held here this week,
daily. They are managed and con-
Quoted by the Rev. Hammond, the
great reVivalist. 1t is Union move
ment; all the churches are connected
with it. Hundreds have already
united with the various churches.
The crusade against intemperance
has reached this place. The women
are on the war-path. They are op-
Grating much as they did in HILLSIDE
70, visiting the drug stores and sa-
looms, singing, praying and expos
tulating with the owners-urging
them to abandon their business. ~
In some cases the singing and
praying was conducted upon the
sidewalks. Several dealers have al
ready closed their shops, and few
have joined the church. The ladies
seem determined to carry their point.
It is rumored that the colored cit
lzens are organizing O League, TO as
sist in carrying forward the good
work.
The times are certainly auspicious
for the movement here. The sue
cess attending the movement in
Ohio has set the whole land to
thinking, and the religious revival is
now at its height here. The two
can and will go hand in
hand. The one will certainly pre-
pare the people for the other.
/ go from here to Wellsville,
Montgomery Co., Missouri, where I
will write you again.
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Answer to Enigma in News of last week. orpha
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

Square Words.
fruit; A river in Europe; A part of the body; A
flower. .. .. .. ROSE.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-03-05

Double Acrostic.
My first is an animal,
My second is volcano in Central America,
My third is the atmosphere,
My fourth is a river in France.
My whole the farmers clearly see
That they can do without,
But we town people needs must be
The users of it the year out. ROSE
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Riddle.
Twice three are ten of US;
Ten are only three;
Three are but five of us,
Now what are We? ROSE.
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That Vulgar Girl.

20 don't say that You certainly
don't mean it. Perhaps you have
not thought what the charge means.
That well-dressed girl cannot be vul-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
Report of this Years wheat Crop

Returns of the department of agri-
culture show that the wheat crop is
equal to, or greater than last years in
all of the states except Maryland, Vir-
ginia, Texas, Kentucky, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas. elm Con
necticut, Delaware, South Carolina and
Illinois it is about equal to last years
crop. Other states have increased their
yield.
The New England states almost reach
the splendid crop of the census year,
approximating to a million bushels,
Maine has increased her yield SO per
cent. The quality of the crop in these
sta es is considerably improved.
The Middle States have considerably
enlarged and improved their yield, New
York reporting an increase of Is per
cent.
OF the South Atlantic States Mary
land falls 1 per cent. and Virginia 6 per
cent. below last year bat their def
cheney is more than made mp by other
states, Georgia showing an increase of
81 per cent. The quality is also i'm
proved.
OF the Gulf States Alabama reports
an increase of % and Mississippi of .
per cent; Texas a decrease Of 7 per
per cent. and Mississippi declines 9 per
cent, and Texas 6 per cent.
All four of the Southern inland states
show an improvement in quality from
3 per cent. in Arkansas to II per cent.
in Tennessee. In quality Arkansas pre-
sents an increase Of 3 per cent, Ten
nessee of % per cent, West Virginia
% per cent; Kentucky declines 3 per
cent. The crops OF these states are
third greater than that of the census
year north of the Ohio river and Hi
nois equals that of last years crop,
while Wisconsin, on account of the
grasshoppers, falls So per cent. short,
which reduces the aggregate Weld of
this section below last year. Ohio in
creased her yield Is per cent, Michigan
% per cent, and Indiana per cent,
all showing an improved quality, except
Wisconsin, which declines % per cent.
The aggregate yield of the states west
of the Mississippi is also short of last
year. Missouri increases % per cent,
and Nebraska per cent, but AIinneso-
"a declines 16 per cent, Iowa 2 per
cent, and Kansas ) per cent. The
grasshoppers have been destructive to
spring wheat In these states. The quail.
ity is below last years in all except
Minnesota, which improves 27 per cent.
On the Pacific coast the crop is greatly
inereas d, and is fully SO ger cent.
above the census of last year. Califor-
mia increases her yield 10 per cent, and
Oregon 81 per cent. Oregon equals the
quality OF last years crop. California
impr.ves hers Shy 3 per cent. The
total yield Will nearly If not quite equal
the census year.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
How to Head the Army Worm.

The army worm has, in California.
met an actual defeat. These creatures
appeared IN vast numbers on the beet
fields near Sacramento, and opposition
was utterly powerless by trenches or bv
fire, but the experiment of setting tur
keys against them proved completely
successful. The birds rashed at them
and for several days lived upon no otber
food, supplying themselves almost to
surfeit with this delicious treat. For
awhile it was uncertain which partv
would prevail, but latest accounts re-
port q complete triumph for the birds.
The turkey crop has disposed Of the
worm and saved the beet erop-and IN
asmueh as the beets were In hundreds
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-23
Alaska as New Iceland.

The Icelanders have recently cele-
brated the one-thousandth anniversary
of the settlement of their remote ances-
tors in their Eleak northern home, q
region of dreary wastes, volcanic noun
tains and vast fields of lava. In the in
terror are extensive regions embracing
thousands of square miles where moth
ing is to be seen but the vestiges of vol
canic destruction. Since the first settle
ment the climate and physical geography
of the country have undergone a re-
markable change, so that the country is
now scarcely habitable. For q long
period the mean annual temperature has
been steadily decreasing. Varieties of
grain and vegetables formerly raised IL
comparative abundance will. no longer
grow there. The ancient forests have
almost entirely disappeared. The raw
ages of famine and pestilence have re-
dUced the population to some 70, 900.
These facts have warned the Icelanders
that the time is at hand when their
native land viii cease to be habitable by
man, and they began some years ago to
look abroad IN search Of some region
to which they might emigrate. A few
hundred of them undertook to establish
a settlement in the highlands of Brazil,
and the colony went to Canada, but
were not satisfied in their new home.
Others tried some of our western states,
with no better result. More recently
some of their leading men have con
ceiYed the idea that of all the territory
of the United States Alaska will suit
them best. In this belief they have
petitioned the president to furnish IA
cilities to committee of Icelanders to
visit Alaska for the purpose of ascer-
tanning its suitableness as a home for
their countrymen. The president and
his cabinet viewed the proposition with
favor, and the sloOp-of-war Portsmouth,
at Mare Island, was detail ed to take the
committee on their expedition. On the
18th of the present month the committee
arrived in San Francisco, and on Thurs
day of last week they sailed for Sitka,
on the Portsmouth. Should they find
that Alaska is all that it has been rep
resented, they will issue a report, the
effect of which will undoubtedly be to
produce a steady and increasing tide of
emigration from the old Iceland to the
new, and the United States will receive
the benefit of large body of hardy, in
dustrious and intelligent settlers.