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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

Republican SUPERIORITY CONFESSED.
The New York Tribune, (hiberaD,
commenting on the inability of the
Democrats of New England to see and
improve their opportunities to regain
the popular confidence says: ''fempora-
nv reyerses have sobered the party Of the
Administration and taught its leaders to
correct its errors It can be said oft,
that no party in the history of the
country was ever so sensitive to public
opinion, none ever so readily obeyed the
helm of the popular sentiment as did tho
Republican party for the first twelve
years OF its existence. Whether that re-
cord can be continued IS an open ques-
ton. On the other hand, the effect Of,
the most trifing successes upon the Dem.
ocratic party, instead of stesdYing them
win 4 sense of responsibility, has been
rather TO set them crazy with the desire
for sDoils and inioXicate them with plum
dar There has been no exception 70
his rule. : The unpFejudioed observer OF
onr poiifics cannot help remarking that
In the sense of being discreet, prudent,
clear headed, the present dominant party
has invariably shown itself superior to
its opponents.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

Another old gentleman has been making
a BOBBY of himself, ami will probably
have TO pay for 1t. A year or two ago a
little girl IL years of age, while soliciting
subscriptions to art publications, attract
ed his notice. He looked upon and loved
her. He even told her that when she
had out grown her pinafore and short
irocks, he would make her his wife. She
told him she was very much )liged,
and would instantly prepare for the cere-
mony. She accordinly went TO school to
learn sGtncient arithmetic to calculate
butchers bills and count the number of
prospective step. children for be it known
there were many OF them. When she
had Mastered the Iudiments of orthogra-
ply, arithmetic, and chiography, she re-
turned 10 her avocatton of subscriptions;
The ancient lover renewed his VOWS %nu
on one location, while accompanylng s sei
to his house, placed a ring upon ner IN, nm
ger, telling how they were Ieg9iIS ,Hnd, H,'In
aud vile. She required a Puoito ,I,;ri
ding With white satin ana ln'o IL ,i,;nns
INT he cSnFassed that his housekeeper,
,y;,h ,,Ln,,, br was unduly intimate,
,vnnl5 nS;Hct TO any nonsense ot TINS
t;Dsu tu ~ subsequently, wrote her. ad-
1.uu' '1n, Ii her as his "dear wife" and sign
SressinS self "your husband" For months
ing gun,iceJ niJ deception upon her loving
pn'her, until one day feeling came up
In her that she confessed all. There was
an interview The ring was returned 10
lie aged man, but the letter was detained
for evidence. Now suit for breach of
promise is pending against John B.
Holmes, Civil Engineer, brought by
law firm In behalf OF May Chamberlayne,
a MINOR. Damages are laid at 100000,
and the old gentleman is wealthy, the
little scheme for raising the wind Is like
ly 10 prove profitable.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
TWO Foxes and a PIekpOcket.

One day Edward Fox went with bis
brother, Charles James Fox, to- Wit
ness the first balloon ascent mace IN
England. There was great crowd, and
Fox detected a pickpoeket attempting TO
relieve lin of his watch. 1'' Ny friend" /"
said he, you have chosen an occupation
which " iii be your ruin at last" The
thief burst into tears, and exclaimed, 70
Mr. Fox, forgive me and let me go. have
been driven to this by necessity alone ;
my wife and children are starving ?" Fox
compassionstely gave him q guinea, and
he went away with blessings on his lips,
Soon after, Fox, wishing to know what
tine it was, found his watch D1isslng.-
Wood God" he exclaimed, any Watch rs Is
gopelFs eyes, answered his brother, 4
knoMft is Il saw your friend take ".
''Saw lhiIp take it, and made no attempt
70 stop hin y FReaiy,d sS,u ~ he SpV o5Asuch. h,
Good terms .,E5sG each other that l did
Not like ID yiTserfsre. y y Scot GG5GSy.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

A NEW STORY OF HORACE GREEIEY.
"A writer in the ST Paul Press tells .
new story of Horace Greeley. Horace
wrote note to brother editor in New
York, whose writing was equally inteli-
Bile with mis- own. The recipient Of the
note not being able TO read it, sent it
back by the same messenger 10 Mr.. Gree
ley for elacidaien. SupposIng it to be
the answer to his own note, Mr.. Greeley
looked over It, and likewise was unable
to read it, and said 10 the boy $50 take
it back. What does the Did fool
mean P'' ayes sir said the boy, @that is
lust what he says" y ls7-1-l s.zir-ia.-G
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

pRoPoszp NEW SILVER GSrs.-The
aoId piece of silver bullion has PghfIPr got
a low that IKE fractional silver ,eelps t9St
H. fIaited States are not worth any more
- gold than greenbaeks. Notwithstand-
inG the much ridicple year ago Of Sec
refsry Richardson's redemption of green
hacks in silver half dollars it IS desirable
10 have silver fractional coins in Sircula-
sson instead Of the postal currency, if
aOssible. The low price of silver in
Europe promises to be permanent, and
In this connection two sew silver cein for
immediate circulation are talked of as
likely to be,authorized at the ReKt session
nf Congress, one twelve and half cent
niece, and the other twenty cent piece
LIN fact an attempt was made at the last
session OF Congress to get the last men
EiOned coin authorized, and the recon-
lnendation was faV0rably reported upon,
but in the hurry of the close of the ses-
sion the bill was neglected and was not
passed. ..i --.-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

HABITS OF SPIDERS The following
curious fact is given on the authority of
Mr.. Spencer: ..-.-.. t--
"Having placed large full-grown spf-
der on cane planted upright in the
midst of e stream of water, he saw It de-
scend the cane several times, and remount
when it had arrived st the surface of the
water. Suddenly he lost sight of it, but
In few minutes afterwards, to his great
sstouishinent, perceived it quietly pur-
suing its way on the other side of the
stream. The spider having spun two
threads along the cane, had cut one Of
them, which, carried by the wind, had be-
come attached to some object on the
bank, and so served the spider as bridge
scross the water. ...... -
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

WHAT BECOMES OF THE LAHD.-Al-
though the general statistics of the United
States Land Office are not always as con-
elusive upon their face as they may sp-
pear, the figures taken from the records
Of the year ending June 80, 1874, are en-
eouraging. First, we have . considerable
decrease in the amount OF lands annually
granted fer railroad purposes-neariY
three million acres less than last year.
Lands disposed of to actual settlers aggre-
gate 4sss 800 arces, being SSS,iS4 S. ;nos excess
irT itsns gnder this head is that Of $685.
aIS acre certified under the act of Con-
,rs,ss 10 encourage timber culture-a nov
ssi,v In land legislation, from which good
results are expected. The public domain is
being rapidly absorbed for immediate uses;
and the conservative policy Of Congress is
likely TO prevent hereafter the wasteful
ness which in years past has resulted in
irretrievable national loss N J. Times.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
So in Advance.
Whole Number 1895

| .lH. .t.. .|.-."s.
An elk can run mile and half in
two minutes An antelope a mile in q
minute the wild mule Of Tartary has
speed even greater than that.
Exchange.
If lie can run mile, while truth is
putting his boots on, we suppose it
would eclipse the whole of them.
The man who walks ga thousand miles
in thousand hours" is more generally
admired than he who walks uprightly
three score years and ten.
Commune often with yourself. No
doubt you might commune with much
wiser persons, but with none more prof.
tably - E b.
1t would be well if we had less medi-
cine and more cures less profession and
more pieiy less law and more justice.
Precept and example, like the blades of
pair of scissors, are admirably adapted
to their end when conjoined; separated,
they lose greater portion of their util-
ity. . -.... - .......
1t is with the warning voices of our
souls as with the tones of nature around
US often inaudible in the glare Of the day,
'ney are heard distinctly in the darkness.
Religion is not a thing which spends il
sell II IS like river which Widens con-
tinually, and is never so broad or so deep
as at It's mouth, where it rolls into the
ocean of eternity. l5 g--.---
Ifyou have great talents. industry viii
improve them; if moderate abilities, inl
dustry will supply their deficiencies
Nothing is denied to well directed labor
nothing is eyer to be o6tained without it;
A man might frame and let loose star
TO roll IN its orbit, and yet not have done
so memorable thing before God,g as he
who lets go-a-gofden- orbed- thought to
roll through the generations of time. as-a
One is much less sensible Of cold on a
bright day than on cloudy one. thus
the sunshine of cheerfulness and hepe
will tighten every trouble. D.. .....-.--.-7
Our customs and habits are like the
ruts in roads. The wheels of life settle
into them; and we jog along through the
mire, because It is too much trouble to
get out of them. a n -5lz =.lI .-5iIT 5l-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

A CAT -SToRY.-An old woman, who
died few years ago in Ireland, had
nephew, a lawyer, to whom she left by will
ali she possessed She happened TO have
a faForIte cat, who never left her, and
even remained by the corpse after her
DEATH After the will was read in an ad-
joining room, on opening the door the
cat sprsng at the lawyer seized him by
the throat, and with difficulty was pre-
vented from strangling him. This man
died about eighteen months after this
scene, and on his death-bed confessed
that be had murdered his aunt to get pos
session of her money. ~ G11.I no.alscg
-....5sr Mss K1aiqHt's Autobiography.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
@rTsHARp no DIE FRAE HAME.n


The evening sun is shining moo,
On bonnie Lochanside,-
And to the brye are, creeping doom
The kye, my mIther's pride; 90.
The Weans are sporting on the green,
l see things just the same
As if amang them "a myself
Oh, its hard to die frae hame
l see the house-the loch-the burn
The boatlying on the shore;
My father working IN the yard,
My mither round the dooI -
The cradle rocking by the fire, issl
That burns breezing fame.
And Jeanie is singing to The bairn-
Oh, its hard TO die fFae ilame
To keep my father IN his craft
left to win a fee, --....-. ...
And many a tear it cast us bath,
For / was young and wee :. ..s....-. -.
I'm leard he'll break his tender heart,
And think he was TO blame; s
Gin could only grip his ham
Oh, its hard to die trae hame
Ny ain dear mither little kens
Her Mary is sac i'll,
For tween US there's a weary gate
o. stormy sea and hill
And will never see her face,
Or hear her speak my name,
Or clasp my arms about her neck
Oh, it's hard to die frae hamel
thank Ye a beside me here,
For the love ye'Ye shown 10 me,
Ye've glen me meat, and ye've gi'en me;
claes,
And glen me gentle fee
To think OF it maks my heart grow grit.
And makes me feel like shame &
But yet-lorgfe me if say't-
Oh, it's hard TO die irae' hame
And when ye write 10 tell our folk
How Mary gae'd ava,
Be sure and Ieli them how thocbt
And spoke aboot them a.;
And tell them, too, l gae'd in peace,
Because kept the Name
o. father and Brother dear
Farewell Pm moo gaun hame
NORMAN MACLEOD.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

ISTEILECTUAL CULrURE.-A cultiva-
ted mind may be said to have stores of
innocent qualification. Everything may
be made interesting to it, by becoming :
subject of thought and inquiry. Books,
regarded merely as qualification, are
worth more than all the luxuries on earth.
A taste for literature secures cheerful oc-
cupation for the unemployed and languid
hours of life; and how many persons, ~
these hours, for want Of innocent resoures
es are now impelled to coarse pleasurel
How many Young men can be found In
tins CITY. who. unaocustOmed TO ind
companion In a book, and strangers to IN,
tellectual activity, are almost driven, IN
the long dull evenings Of winter, TO haunts
of intemperance aud bad society.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
HEARTSEASE.
ofalI the bonny birds that bloom

OfalI the bonnY birds that bloom
| Tn bright or cloudy weather:
| OF all-ibe flowers that cone and 90
The whole tN elve months together
This little purple pansy brings
| Thoughts of the sweetest sadest things.
| l had little lover once
| Who used 20 give me posies;
| His eyrs were blue as hyacinths.
His lips were red as roses
| And everybody loved to praise
His pretty locks and winsOme ways.
The girls that went to school with me
Made little Jealous speeches,
Because he brought me, royalty,
His biggest plums and peaches.
And always at the door would wait
To carry home my books and slate. y
They couldn't see" with pout and fling
"The mighty fascination
About that snub nosed thIng.
To win such admiration
As ftheIe weren't dozen girls
With nicer eyes and longer curls.r
And this knew as well as they,
And never could see clearly
Why, more than Marion or May, = .
| should be loved so dearly, 80
So once l asked him, "Why was this ?"
He only answered with kiss.
Until teased him Tell me why?-
want to know the reason"
When, from the garden bed close by
The pansies were in season
He plucked and gave Il flower 10 me-
With sweet and simple gravity
"The garden is in hloom,' he said,
with lilies pale and slender,
With rusrs and yrrbenas red, u
And luschias' purple >plendnr
But, over and above the resi-.
This little heartsease, suits me best"
''Am your little heartsease, then ?"
l asked with blushing pleasure;
He answered, "Yes )" and yet again,
( "Heartsease and dearest treasure y
That the round earth, and all the sea.
Held nothing half so sweet as me.
1 listened xiIh proud delight,
Too rare for words TO capture,
Nor ever dreamed what sudden blight,
Would come TO chill my rapture.
Could l EOIesee the tender bloom
OF pansIes round a little tomb.
s5#
Life holds some stern exp rience,
AS most OF US discover,
And I've had other losses since
I lost my little lover ~
Bat still this little purple pansy brings |
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

being brought away; and from this it
appeared that the Inflated vessel was a
brig, which had belonged to a firm in
London, and had sailed for the Arctic re-
gion more than fourteen years before.
.s.-. s..- -.as.a-. Exchange.
a thrilling story that, but it's severe
draft upon the credulity of the reader.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

While standing in the post ofiice the 9TH
er day we could not help thinking what q
grand place it was to study the phases
of human nature. A young German girl
came up 10 the wicket in great excite
ment, asking for a letter, and when the
clerk told her there was one tor her,
she jumped up and down for joy and
tears came. into her eYes-she declared
she would have died if there had been
none for her. But look at other oOunte-
nances Bihey come and go during a.
brief half hour disappointment, sorrOw,
and pleasure are seen in turn, and each
emotion fixes itself unmistakably upon
the eountenanee1 A boy comes in and
gets letter for, his mother /; he would
like to know who it is from and what
there is in it-anxious curiosity is on his
countenaance. A husband gets letter
for his Wife-his countenance shows thai
he is in the same fix as the boy. A wife
gets letter for her husband, evidently
addressed in the hand writing Of a
lady-her mental anxiety is terrible. A
father gets a neat white envelope ad-
dressed to his daughter-p determine
ton to know the contents, is, seen in his
face. An elderly lady appears but she
receives the same negative answer that
she has heard Ter the last mOnth; as sle
slowly retires you can plainly read dis
appointment. A nan who evidently ex-
poets remittance comes up hurriedly,
receives his letter, breaks the seal, finds
dun instead-has he not STight to exhibit
disgust?r, A blooming young lady full Of
hope, receives letter evidently from her
lover she hides it quick, intending to
read il when she is alone-eKuberant joy
in that face. q An ignorant man who
can't read, asks US TO -decipher the CON
tents Of his letter after q considerable
study we manage to read it to him, but
are obliged to read it7four or five times
over before he can comprehend tive
see and feel there is some stupidity there.
You watch the faces as they come and
20 before that wicket, and oreheet on the
magnitude and usefulness Of the post
office system, and the wonderful changes
that may be produced in the situation OF
mems Affairs BY the single arrivals OF the
mails-it may bring JOY, grief, riches OF
poverty. How ,wOnderful is the postal
system, and how much may be seen 9y
an intelligent watcher Of its workings IN
a single half hour
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07

MILK PUNCH, "A good story Is told of
Judge p, OF Vermont, well known as a
pronounced teetotaler, to illustrate the
value OF some mems professions. Invited
to attend some agricultural festival, the
Judge was asked upon his arrival Il be
would have glass OF milk, and upon re-
sDondine eyes" was proffered q glass OF
Fbat looked like milk, but was, In fact,
most potent milk punch. Taking q sip
A. Hrst. the Judge returned TO tAe glass
and drained II to the bottom, when he re-
turned Ii to his entertainer with the ex'
clamaton, "Lord, what COW =
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
Lawson's Curative

has been subjected to the scverest tests often
when medical science and skill and ali noS,tIa-
remedies, have proved unavailing. aud has aiwsys
been successful. In upwards Of ONE THofish IN
cases, record Of which has been kept Whicb
is always accessible on application to the Pronri
etOr, the cure-not the alienation, but the posi-.
tiYe cure-of the diseases specified has never re-
Auired the use of more than one bottle frequently
less. -.-.'-.rs-r-s--g -.,-4l 80 - -i-.--'t
The cure of RHEUMATISM, however seyereand
long continued, has never required the use OF but
three bottles. Common forms of the disease have
seldom required the use Of more than one bottle
frequently less. .--f fI-r .r.--.. .--
The cure Of NEURALGIA. in its most obsti
nate and distressing forms, has never required
then Of but three bottles. Ordinary cases re.
Iuire but one bottle, and single application has
often been sufficient.
The cure of NKRVOUSL HEADACHE has never
required the use Of more than two bottles, often
but single application.01 Is GUFr q ="
The cure Of sORE THROAT or DTPTHERIA
In Its worst form. has never required the use OF
more than two bottles, GENERALLY Tess than one.
Soio py ali Druggists. 11fHu .Eff i2tlse4
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
OR RWELL.
Friend Reed:-I think the poet missed
" when he said

Friend Reed:-I think the poet missed
" when he said:
me TTe HHsedlaSHSehOly Hs days have come
Inc sAuuest of the year ~
1t seems tJ me they or, tho r,o,, 10
lighiful and season in which the farm
er, mechanic, and merchant are and
haYeTeas6h lorej0ie,. in Wet hIIed bar5s-
and z ghaIieriesH The labor ot,be three
preceding seasons al center in it This one
FaA, although as the name implies-
there is welcome sadness in. The
golden fruit is falling; the forests have
donned their richest robrs TO wear them
only for ii few days and then we behold
them scattered by the autumn winds to re-
pose like flowers upon beautiful car
pet The seeds from a thousand different
kinds OF flowers and herbs are falling
which forcibly reminds us that in this
season of the year more than any other,
man is falling as the grain after re-
maining in its grave short period shall
receive the invigorating and life giving
breath offspring, will then spring IN to new
life and live again. so with man, after re-
turning tc the earth from whence he
came, in Gods own appointed time. Then
this mortal shall put on Immortality, and
live again.
1t seems passing strange that when I
there is such a demand for labor just at
the present time, and such delightful
time in which to perform it, that there is
to be3seen so many loungers IN the hotels,
or pitching quoits, on the street corners.
This reminds me of a disabled milking
stool without any visible means ofsupport.
Just look on the tence north of the post
Office, one, three, five, eight-there are
nine persons like the ancient ::biack=birds
"all in a row." They have gone to roost,
but they are as obserYant as mag-pies.
A lady is coming down the street-those
nine boys carrying eighteen eyes that are
turned to the right. just as systematically
as though they were on dress parade, and
making comments upon the lady from
head to foot. 1t reminds me of the Ian
gusge of the poet WHO very wisely said 4:
There be some of US who creep
Into this world to eat end sleep,
And know no reason why there born
Only to consume the corn,
DevOur the cattle, fowl, and fish,
And leave behind, an empty dish,
Though crows and ravens do the same, |
lUrlHeky birds of hateful name)
Ravens and crows might fill their places
And swallow corn and eat carcasses.
Then if their tombstones, when they die,
Had been taught, {, fatter and TO lie
There's nothing better mfgkt4be said
Than that they've eat up all their bread,
Drank all their drink, and gone to bed.
Orwell, Oct. 90. 1874 $50
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
ERIE RAILWAY.

-. = y Al 2 WALs
Abstract Of Time Table ADOPTED June Is,
1874.
PULLMAN'S best Drawing-room
and Sleeping Coaches, combining all
nloaerh % Improvements, are run through on ali
trains from Buffalo, Suspension BRIDGE Nisoera
Falls, Cleveland and Cincinnati to New Y6rt
making direct connection with all lines of for,
elgn ana coastwlse steamers, and also with
Sound Steamers and railway lines fer Boston and
other New England cities anu
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
The MuslcaI Monster.

Italian opera is the most arbitrary, con-
VentiOnal, and extraVagant form which
ART has taken for the pleasure of those
whose pleasures must be refined luxuFies.
And this IS the most refined and yet one
VI tne most earthly of luxuries one
ShleA IS partly sensual, partly emotion.
al, anu not at all intellectual. and of
Mnlcn the height of the endowment IS in
ulrect proportion only to the cultivated
sensuous refinement and emotional sns-
ceptibility. Regarded in the liobt of
reasons Italian opera Is moustroIs and
even ridiculous. At best i. exists a, tba
very periphery of rational coherence a
hairs breadth beyond which sends ns
whirling in fragmentary fashion into the
abyss of unfsthOmable nonsense. -.-,
A reasonable creature, taken in stark
uupreparatiOn and set down in an opera
house while the business of high strung
scene was going on--a tenor stabbed to
death, and dying with such efusion of
musical noise as would tax the capacity
of an organ bellows; love 1orn prima
donna raFing about the stage in the very
ecstacy of Mysteries "a dozen or two of
lOokers-On. who offer the man no aid
and the lady no hartshOrn, but who sim
ply stand around" and sing, while be-
lore Lnem TWO or three scores of musicians /
fiddling, and footing, and blowing, and
humping, among whom, perched high.
a man beats the air. with a little stick
and yet most wonderful of all, vast as
semblage, dressed on purpose in their
best clothes, look down upon othe- scene
with breathless interest, and when the
noise stops--for noise it simply is, not
one distingnishable word being heard by
any creature present-b break forth into
such extrRYAgant and tumultuOus ex-
pressions of delight as he never can have
heard before Gor it is remarkable that no
such outbursting and msnifestlY SQUIRE
heYing applause as greeIs The most ad
mired passages in faYOFite opera is
elected by any other act done in earnest
or reformed in make-b believe by any hu
man creature on any other occasion or
in any place WhateEer)- )-the reasonable be.
ing, having this spectacle Sc before his
untuiOred eyes-weuld he
not say that these people, prima donna,
tenor, chorus, ffddlers and fiddfdees, were
mad-alb lunatics together Richard 4
Grant Rhits in the GgIqzry for Nogsmbsr