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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
Progress of the Civil Damage
Law.

Wherever the so-called "Ohio law,
or that requiring the liquor sellers to
pay damage for anyiniury to persons
or property resulting from the sale
of liquor has been fully enforced, it
has been found very effsctual, and
therefore it is natural that the liquor
interest should devote all its ener-
gies to the nuIli6cation of this kind
of temperance Legislation. Recently
the Mayor of Milwaukee, taking coun-
sci perhaps of bis own wishes, refus-
ed to require the liquor sellers to
take out licenses under the law of
Wisconsin, alleging in defense that
the law was unconstitutional. A
case was brought in court, requiring
him to obey the provisions of the
law. His attorneys defended him
iHgeniously, first on the ground that
tie law was inconsistent with itself,
and therefore of no effect, in that it
licensed the sale of liquor and then
punished the seller for acts done un-
der bis license; second, that the stat
ute law violated the common law In
making the seller responsible for
very remote consequences of his act;
and third, that it was possible for the
drunkard, through other members of
his family, to profit byhis own crime.
The Supreme Court has decided the
case against the Mayor, affirming
that the law is constitutional and
sound in law, the State having a
right to prohibit or regulate the sale
OF liquors as it sees fit. In several
other States similar law has been
sustained by the courts, and the re-
suit has been very marked. Iowa
is cited specially as having given
heavy yerdicts to those who have
suffered from the consequences of
liquor selling, and the provisions of
the law there are SO clearly defined,
and the law is SO popular, that the
hquor sellers have not had the cour
age to appeal case to the Supreme
Court The working of the law, so
far, seems to prove that it is both
more effective and more Just than
either the absolute prohibitory law
or the simple license without the
civil damages clause.-[N. Y. Eve.
Post.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
The Study ofNaIure.

A school in the country, especially
in farming district, ought to aim to
give the pupil good. knowledge of
tie natural objects which come under
tie eye to every one of common OBJ
servation. To do this it is necessary
to have teacher who is competent
t. interest, a teacher who knows and
is capable of imparting instruction
and of creating an interest and q
spirit of inquiry in the minds of his
pupils.
We hope the time is coming when
the children of our schools viii know
the names and the properties Of the
pants, the trees, the minerals and
le animals that come within the
range of their daily observation.
Every farmers boy ought to have
the advantage of this kind of instruc-
ton. 1t adds vastly to the happiness
of life and does much to impart the
power of intelligent observation, in
which most people are wonderfully
ld6Lcf6nt- .,---s...
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
Books.

Books are guide for youth and
an entertainment for age. They
support us under solitude, and keep
us from becoming a burden to our
selves; they help us to forget the
crossness of men and things, compose
our cares and our passions, and lay
our disappointments asleep. When
we are weary of living we may re.
pair to the dead, who have nothing oi
paevishness, pride, or design in theil
conversation. 1t is chiefly through
books that we enjoy intercourse with
superior minds; "and these invalu
able communications ars within the
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

An inquisitive young man said to
his mothers brother: "Uncle James,
how is it that you and Aunt Sarah
never agree?" Because, my boy, we
are 10th of US Of one mind, AMI have
been so ever since we were married" "
"How is that, uncle? I don't under
stand you. ''Why, my boy, you see
she always wants to be master, and
so do L"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
'Tw" Men Hanged for 81 Crime
Which They Did Not Conn

One of the most notable executions
that ever occurred in Kentucky was
the hanging of Capt. VIM. P King
and Abraham Owens, at Franklin, in
June, 1867. King was the leader OF
gang of thieves who stopped sever
al trains on the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad and robbed the passen
gers, and Owens was a member of
Kings gang. The two were convict
ed of numbering Harvey King, half
witted brother of Capt. King, and it
was asserted that the murder had
been committed through fear that
the half-witted brother would expose
the robbers.
TIE day on which the hanging
took place was intensely hot, and the
crowd in front of the gallows, suffer
ing under the blazing sun, grew i'm
patient at the seeminglyinterminable
speeches of the doomed men, who
again and again reiterated their in
nocence and called upon God to wit
ness the truth of what they said.
The sheriff was at length forced to
admcnish them, and they stopped
and made ready to die. The body
of King twitched horribly after being
swung of, and he appeared to die
hard. Owens struggled some, but
did not suffer as much as his COM
panion.
Everybody familiar with the trial
seemed to feel certain that the men
were guilty, but their almost frantic
assertions of innocence did not fail to
make an impression.
Some time ago a man by the name
of Evans was lynched In Kansas, and
a report of the lynching published in
one of the Kansas papers, alleged
that before he died he made a con-
fession, in which he said he had once
committed a murder in Kentucky,
for which two men had been hanged.
It is now said that the Evans who
was lynched in Kansas was one of
the principal witnesses against King
and Owens, and that they are
the persons referred to by him in his
confession. Should these statements
turn out to be true, they will be like
ly to cause unpleasant feelings in
Simpson county. 1t is to be hoped
that this publication may lead to an
investigation that will give us trust
worthy information.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
An Appeal to The Presbytert'
an Public.


Rev. J. NJ. Drake and his wifi
were buried few days since in the
same grave. The cause of their deatl'
is supposed to have been the inhala
ton of a poisoned atmosphere, ere
ated by removing from the walls OF
one of the rooms of their house in Lii
ma,- Ind, a paper, in which arsenic
was an ingredient. Mr.. Drake was
for some years amember of the
Presbytery of Cincinnati. He was
transferred to that of Fort Wayne.
They lived on salary of $500 year,
from which Mr.. D. made it mat
ter of conscience to give away one
tenth. They leave behind them
eight children, the eldest "a daugh
ter) nineteen years of age, the young
est eighteen months. One of then
children is a deaf mute. Theil
friends concur i'll the opinion that
provision should be made for then
relief and care by the establishment
of a fund adequate to supply theil
necessary wants, inasmuch as oul
Board for the Relief of Disabled
Ministers and their Families declares
It's inability to meet this case. Any
money that may be sent to the ofics
of the Herald and Presbyter, will bt
applied to their support.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
knowledge is Power.


BY MRS. ELIZA E. ANTHONY.
81 cannot find time to read, is q
saying too often heard; and the
speakers would be very indignant if
they were told that they had uttered
a-well, we will call it white
fib. Now, friends, both men and
women, just pay attention for a few
minutes, and 1 will convince you that
you could find time, if you were so in
clined. I will commence with the
men, as they think that they are so
much superior to women, that they
would most likely twist this article
up and use it to light their cigars
with, if I ventured to place the fair
sex first, You say you cannot find
time to read, but at night you throw
yourselves on the lounge or floor to
to smoke an hour or two, barely re-
plying to your patient wife, who is
longing to knew something that has
happened during the day, outside of
aer monotonous work; and soon you
roll over like log, fast asleep.
Now if you had brought home a
new book or paper, and after supper
was over, given your weary wife the
easy chair and read aloud during the
long evening, pausiug occasionally
to hear her remark about this or that
passage, do you not think that 1t
would have frightened both yourself
and her? And how much better it is
to be informed on the topics of the
lay than to gaze blankly at your
questioner, when he speaks about
important events. Bah! men who
prefer pipe and saloon companions,
to refined, intelligent people, and free
access to a large library, are only fit
to roost in the backwoods, far away
from civilization. And you, wife
and mother, whose washing, ironing,
baking, cooking :, AMI numerous other
luties fill up your waking hours,
you too, could find time to read, if
only half an houra day. Knowledge
in small doses, and well digested, is
Tar preferable to swallowing a pre-
scription an / all the first day and
forgettingit it for the nextyear. Don't
make quite so many tucks and rufhes
on your garments, and use the time
thus gained in storing your mind
with useful information. Little you
think, wniIe poring over the latest
styles, or slandering your neighbors,
of the valuable time you are wasting.
The day may come, when you would
willingly give all you possess for a
few of the hours you have idled away;
so read while you can, that in after
years you will have something to
occupy your mind. Remember that
knowledge is power. D."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
TO CONTRIBUTORS.

Write upon pages of single size,
Cross all your rs and neatly dot your Is;
Cn one side only let your lines be seen,
Both sides filled up announce Verdant Green.
Correct, yes, re-correct all that you write,
And let your ink be black. your paper white;
For spongy fOolscap of muddy blue
Betrays mind of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully, for on this score
Nothing proclaims the practised writer more.
Then send it off, and, lest it merit lack,
Inciose the postage stamps to send it back;
But first pay all the postage on it, too,
For editors look black on six cents DUE"
And murmur, as they run the effusion o'er,
'A shabby fellow and a wretched BORE
Yet ere it goes, take off copy clean;
Poets should own copying machine.
Little they know the time that's spent, and care,
In hunting verses vanished-who knows where
Bear this in mind, observe it to the end,
And you shall make the editor your friend.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
Ohio Peuitentiary.

The report of Colonel R. Burr,
warden of the Ohio penitentiary, for
1873, shows that the total receipts of
the institution during the year from
earnings. etc, were $174,450.51, TO-
tai expenditures for ordinary pur-
poses, S152,163 "a; balance of cash
receipts over cost of maintenance,
S22, 2,286.57. But, of the last named
sum, S13,251.0S was expended for a
new workshop and the new chapel,
and $S59.S3 for books, etc, leaving
a balance of $,175.66 over all expeD-
ditures. Since 1859, when Col Burr
became warden of the prison there,
has been paid into the State Treasury
S3S,S1S.29. Under the law allowing
convicts who are faithful and dill
gent in the performance of their duty
to be paid at the time of their dis
charge sum not exceeding one-tenth
OF their earnings, the average amount
paid to discharged convicts in 1865
was $6.26 each; in 1869, S7.6O each
in 1870, $1l.15 each, in 1871, $15
each; in 1872, S18.29 each. The
number confined at the beginning o.
the year was S76. There have beer
discharged, pardoned, died, ETC., 343
leaving in the prison at the date o
the report SAT males and 20 females
total, 867. The average cost of fooc
has been 81 cents per day per man
the entire cost of maintenance pc
man, including salaries of officers
S167.O8.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

A DISMAL WAY TO CONE AT IT.
Dean Ramsay tolls story Of 8
Scotch beadle, who ha taken a fancy
to the manse housem nd. At loss
for an opportunity to declare himself,
one day-a Sunday-when his duties
were ended, he looked sheepish, and
said:
Mary, wal ye take a turn, Mary?
He led her to the churehyard, and
pointing with his finger, got out:
"My fowk lie there, Mary; wad ye
ike TO lie there?"
The grave hint was taken, and she
became his wife, but does not yet lie
there.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
A SARATOGA CHRISTIAN,
BY Sell PERKINS. "

!
One of the sweetest, prettiest incl
dents of our watering place life was
enacted daily at the Clarendon.
While the thoughtless, watering
place throng swayed in and out Of
the great dinng-room, and the end
less clatter of tongues and cutlery
seemed to drown every holy thought,
venerable, silver-haired old gentle
man walked slowly in at the head of
his Christian family, and took his
seat mt the head of the table. In
stantly the laughing faces of a table
full o. diners assume a reverential
look The knives AMI forks rest
silently on the table, and the beauti-
full, silver-frosted Christian, with
clasped hands, modestly murmurs
prayer of thanks-a sweet BEN diction
to God! The scene lasts but mo-
ment, but all day long that hallowed
prayer of the Christ-cbild seemed to
float in the air, guiding, protecting,
and consecrating the thoughtless
army of wayward souls.
I could not fin out who this brave
old Christian was; but last night his
name came all at once.
A lovely woman, with her beauti
full children, arose early from her seat
at the Congress Hall hop, to return
to the Claren Ion.
"Why do you take the children
away 80 early?-the hop is not half
over asked Mrs. B.
ooh, you and Mr.. Landon will
laugh at me if I tell you-now really,
my dear, won't yol?'
'No, unless you make me, replied
her friend And then she leaned
forward and whispered: "Well, my
dear, you know I stop at the Claren-
don. My room is n ext to that dear,
good old mans, and he does pray SO
beautiful y ever night that 1 kneel
down by his door with the children
to hear him, an | then 1 go to bed so
happy, forI know nothing can happen
to us when we are so near him!''
Wiping tear from her eye, the
friend said, ''Let me go with youl''--
and right in the middle of the Ian
ciers, these warm -souled women, with
their children, walked to the Claren-
don ID sit in the next room and hear
the evening family prayer of good old
Richard Suydam, of West thirty ninth
street!
I have since learned that Mr.. Suy-
dam mas educated three ministers,
ana started a great many poor but
worthy young men in business. He
is vecy wealthy, but spends only one
third of his income, drvoting the rest
to charity.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
A Ready Reply,

Three young clerks in town went
off into the country for walk, and
seeing an old fellow at work upon the
road they concluded to have little
sport with him. So first one went
to him and said:
"Good morning, Father Abraham.
The second approached him with;
"Good morning, Father Isaac"
And the third one accosted him
with:
"Good morning, Father Jacob"
The man stopped work, and leaned
upon his earth worn spade, looking
at them. After moments pause he
replied:
Il am not Abraham, Isaac or ia
cob, but I am Kush, the son of Nun
sent out too seek my fathers asses
and 10! I behold them approaching
me-"
The party of would-be jokers
moved on in deep reflection.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
A Tas'e for Read ng.

Ii were to pray for taste which
should stand NE in stead under every
variety of circumstances, AMI be a
source of happiness and cheerfulness
to M through life, shield against
it's Ills, however things nigh, go
alniss and the world frown upon me,
it would be taste for reading.
Give q man this taste, and the
means of gratifying it, and you can
hardiy fail of making happy man,
unless, indeed, you put into his hand
a most perverse selection of books.
You place him in contact with the
best society in every perio | of history
with the wisest, and the wittiest,
the t tanderest, the bravest, and the
pnrest characters who have adorned
humanity, You make him denizen
of all nations, a contemporary of all
ages Sir ]. Herschell.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
Select Miscellany.
[From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
WHEN MYOLD HAT WAS NEW.

si'. By JOHN n. YATES.
Don't laugh at my old hat dear wife; Ills much like
you and L;
Although I've got better one I'm 10th to lay it by.
While sitting by cheerful fire its signs of wear
view,
And think how swift have flown the days since my
old hat was new.
While sitting by my cheerful fire some other
thoughts srise,
Suggested by the poor old hat that hangs before my
eyes;
/ think how many friends / had that time has
proved untrue;
What loud professions they did make when my old
hat was new.
resd OF fraud on every hand-Shere thieves high
office hold;
Tread how, on election day, mems votes are bought
and sold;
This land viii go to ruin soon, if ruled by such
crew; o.
An hoaest man was king of men when my old hat
was new. Z
Now, when man sIays his fellow-man they raise
this Aimsy plea
'Done in the act of self-defence" of "insaniy;"
Then to Parlor-cell he goes to stay day or two;
They hung such men and did it well, when my old
hat was new.
In many of onr churches now the rich alone bow
down;
The poor in the by-ways and novels of the town.
Ithink-if remember right-the poor, the wealthy,
too,
Met, brother-lke, to worship God, when my old hat
was new.
As the nation groweth richer, men of pomp and
pride increase;
As the nation groweth stronger shouts for war dis
turb the peace;
Better go a little slOwer-for the slow way is the
true
Than to grow as we've been growing since my
poor old hat was new.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

A Vulture, it is said, can fly 159
miles an hour, wild geese 80 miles an
hour, the common crow 25 miles, and
swallows, 80 miles. 1t is said that
a falcon was discovered at Malta,
twenty four hours after the depar-
ture Of King Henry IV., of France, to
Fontainbleaux. If true, this bird must
have flown a hours at the rate of 81
miles an hour, not allowing him tc
rest moment during the whole time
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

Some children of a Morgan county
family, named Hurst, being left at
home alone, recently, made in brass
or copper kettle some taffy from sor
ghum molasses that had soured. The
acid of the molasses united with the
metal of the kettle, making a COM
pound that is deadly poison. The
children ate freely OF the taffy, and
soon after became very sick. Three
died and the other two are not ex.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
aaoerapnleaI Enigma.

am composed Of 2s letters.
My721s2ais is a river in South America,
My So Is 81 10 is a river in S. A.
MyZI9I21 is a river in S. A.
MyIt2J21 IA 13 is a river in $. A.
My.14I92J1S21 10 is river in s. A.
My1lz II 13 . @ II II is 4 river in 5. a.
Nv II II 10 l6 is river in Europe,
My1I6512 41s 10 is a river in Europe,
My2T22I945 16 10 is a river in Asia,
My5l1 Is 10 is river in Asia.
My wlole is the name of valuable school book.
The following Enigma appeared in the News
fifteen years ago-it being the first for the writer.
an composed of II letters.
MyI9s45 10 IL is boys name,
N.Y. is a kind of fruit. a
My whole is a country and its capital. ..
Bel.o. FRANK NJ. ADAMS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

At the GAINESVILLE Exposition silk
wedding dress was exhibited, worn
bv a bride of IT'S. The waist is
abou5 two inches long. The ladies
couldn't understand how a wedding
dress could be made out of two and q
half wards of silk.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

A man named Evans was sent to
the workhouse at Cincinnati, last week
for the term of three months, for
stealing one dollar. Had he stolen
a hundred thousand, he would un-
doubtedly have escaped punishment
altogether.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22

The Leavenworth, Kansas, hotels
are oYerrun, in consequence OF ru-
NOR that resident citizen has offer
ed $4,000 to any one who will mar
ry his cross-eyed daughter. The no
tel-keepers are looking for the man
who started it, with view to DANA
ppS
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-22
Conundrums.

When are eyes not eyes7 When the wind makes
them wafer.
When is young lady like part of wOrd7 When
she is u sily-belle.
What is that which flies high, flies low, has no
feet, aud yet wears shoes? Dust.
When is an umbrella like person convalescent?
When il is recovered.
What constitutes the genuine frontier costume?
The outskirts of civilization.
In what case is it impossible to be slow and sure7
In the case OF a watch. .......
What fruit is the most visionary! The apple OF
the eve.