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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

of crime, but it deprives the ballot
of its value, and makes it even dan
gerous; and to remove or to reduce
its ignorance is the first and most
imperative duty of the State. In a
free republic, the grea-ttte diviae-
N appointed means to accom-
plish that e,ad,i is the Common School
System, supported By impartial, ,l'ai-
form tdeGtio7a. To entrust any por-
ton of the fund thus raised by taxa
tion of all to any church, would be
a plalatable union of church, and
state, equally unwise and unconsti-
tutional. If the Constitution We're
changed SO as to permit it, every
church would take It's quota, if it
could be ascertained,, until each
would be running a little school
system of its own on the public
funds. The unity and strength of
the common schools would be bro
ken, and the tdratiOn for such q
corruption and conflict Of schools
aOOttld no longer be borne. The re-
suit would be that the whole subject
of education would be remanded to
voluntary contributions. The great
est duty of the State would be aban-
doned, and ignorance would tri-
umph. The division of the school
fund would be as destructive of the
system of common schools as the
dissolution of our political !union
would be destructive of our polite
al power. Without the common
schools, liberty would be dangerous.
With them,SSwe can safely have the
broadest civil and political liberty,
and unlimited suffrage. ] trust that
the time is not far distant when all
the churches and all the people will
acquiesce and rejoice in sustaining
them, and that they who would now
ask division of the school fund
will sooner or later yield to the ge-
MUS of Republicanism, and be salts
fed to give religious instruction and
enjoy religious worship Ia the fam
lily and in the church, while the
state, with sovereign impartiality,
shall perform its great duty of ma
king education universal through
the best system of common schools
the world ever saw.
"Having regard, then, to the desr
tinies of my own great State and
the United States, as well as to the
duty and character of the Repuhli-
can party, let our motto be, uni
versal liberty and universal suffrage
secured and made safe, by univer-
sal education"
Judge Taft wound up his speech
by complim entary allusion to Gov.
Hayes. He spoke of him as man
of integrity, honesty and ability;
congratulated the Republicans upon
having selected so excellent a stand
ard-bearer, and assured them that he
would give General Hayes his earn
est support. grte.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
Correspondence ofthe n. 7. World
Tho Seal Huntor 1878.

u. VOhE , <tAtsI %
The whole of our sailing fleet have
returned, after their perilous voyage
among the heaviest ice-felds ever
seen on these coasts, and not single
disaster has happened; not one yes
sci has been lost or even seriously IN
iured. This has been partly owing
to the fact that though the ice was
so heavy, there was not single
storm or even gale during the sea-
soma most singular occurrence
and though the vessels were in many
instances beset by the ice, they es-
caped unscathed. The early prom
ise Of the fishery, which / reported
at tho beginning Of April, was not
fulfilled, as a continuance Of easterly
winds pressed the immense ice-felds
on the shore and thus partly prevent
ed the vessels from moving about in
search of seals. Still we had very
fair fishery. The number of seals
landed at the port of st. Johns has
been 343, $50. In this calculation the
usual allowance is made for 4o,25O
lOld seals brought in by steamers on
their second trip, these being reck-
oncd equal to double the number OF
youne harps. The returns from Har-
bor Grace and other outperts have
not yot been received, but it is sale
20 take tho total number of seals
captured this year at 100000, the
value being Sl,26O,oOO. This is
about an average fishery. Had the
sailing vessels done as we'll proper
tionately as tho steamers, the fishery
would have been splendid; but the
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
Giant Troes OF OalIfOrnia.


1t has been supposed that the 81
ezra sequoias, or big trees of Cslifor-
MIA, were confined TO few small. iso.
lated groves like those known tn
tourists by the name of Calaveras.
Toulumne, Merced and Mariposa
scattered at considerable intervals
along the western slope Of the noun
tains for a distance of 60 miles. L
was known that a collection Of big
trees, larger than any of those in the
Mariposa and Calaveras region, ex-
lists in Fresno county, where Thom-
as Mill has, for several years, been
saving this red wood of the Sierra
to supply the market of Visalia; but
it was discovered last summer, that
this body of big-tree timber is not
properly a grove, but forest extend
ing for not less than 70 miles in q
northwest and south-eastward direc.
tion, with a width in some places of
10 miles, and interrupted only by the
deep canons which cut across the
general course of the forest, and re-
duee the level to an elevation below
that at which the tree is found in q
wild condition, although, when cul-
tivated it thriVes in all our valleys.
Different persons have traced the
forest from the basin of the Tule
River, in lat. 80 deg. 20 min, across
the Keweah and Kings to that of
San Joaquin. The elevation has not
been carefully measured, but it is
supposed to vary from 1000 to q, 600
feet. At one point, and at one only,
this forest is accessible by a wagon
road, and this is at Thomas Mill, 4s
miles from Visalia. Unlike the groves
further north, this forest consists
mainly, and in some places, almost
exclusively, of the big trees, and
there are also a multitude of small
pines, in all ages of growth, some
Just sprouting, and others saplings
only two or three feet through The
largest standing tree, as yet measur-
ed, is forty feet in diameter; char.
red stum-the tree itself having dis
appeared-measures forty-one feet
across. A tree twenty-four feet in
diameter, four feet above the ground,
is precisely the same thickness sixty
feet higher. A fallen trunk Is hollow
throughout, and the hole Is large
enough to drive horse and buggy
seyenty-two feet in it, as in q tunnel.
This forest is so extensive, the tim
Der so abundant and excellent in
quality, and the demand for it so
great in the bare valley at the foot
of the mountain, that it cannot be
withheld from the az and the saw
mill. The wood is similar in general
character to the coast sequoia, or
common redwood, straight in grain
for furniture, and far superior to oak
In its keeping qualities in positions
exposed to alterations of moisture.
The Sierra sequoia does not throw up
sprouts from its stump as does the
redwood, and can therefore be felled
out more readily,
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For the Telegraph.
ODE TO JUNE.
By n. D. NORRIS.

o, lovely June. once more I hail
Thy gentle power along the vale,
Over the hillside, over the glen, s.
Away from the busy haunts Of men,
Along the brawling brook 1 see
Clear tokens of thy majesty.
Thy floral sister, May, retires,
And quits the field. Thy sanguine fires
Deep permeate the fertile soil,
Producing fruit, rewarding toll,
Inspiring love and alteration,
To the great Author of Creation.
The clover now is in the bloom,
The willy spider works his loom;
The hum-bird whizzing through the air,
Appears spirit, with plumage fair;
While in the orchards lovely bowers
The cuckOo's note beguiles the hours;
The whipporwill adown the vale,
Pours out her sweet, nocturnal wall;
Or in the forests awful gloom,
The great owl halls the rising moon;
But when the lovely morn appears, =
Serenely smiling through her tears,
The rural thrush, the live day.long
Carols her ''bena corna" song;
Meanwhile the hawk, with pinions fair,
In graceful circles swims the air;
The squirrel springs from tree to tree
How happy the industrious bee,
And all the myriad forms that rise
+ Inspire their sweetest melodies.
Twas thus ino old Aroadian days,
Virgilius Marc tuned his lays,
Moving the hearts of rural swains,
Led captive by his artlesS strains.
Not so, the present race of men
They'll not be moved by R.D.N.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
Wasenburg (MoO News June /.
GrasshOpPer Soup

Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Ri
ley s. Straight determined to test
the cooked locust question in regard
to adaptability as food for the human
stomach. Getting wind of the af-
fair, and being always in hasteIto in
dulge in free feeding, we made bold
to intrude ourselves on our, scientific
friends. We found a bounteons ia
Bile spread, surrounded by the gen.
tleanan named, accompanied By Mrs
Straight and Miss Malthy. Without
much waste of ceremony there were
five persons seated and we oWere:
helped to soup which plainly shew-
ed its locust origin, and tasted like.
chicken soup-and it, was good; af-
ter seasoning was added 1--WE could
distinguish a delicate mushroom .fas
vOr-and it was better, Then came
batter cakes, through which Iocusts
were well mixed. The soup had
banished our silly prejudice and
sharpened our appe6tes for this next
lesson, and batter cakes quickly dis
appeared also. Baked Iocusts were
then tried (plain hoppers without
grease or condiment) and either
with or without accompaniments. Il
was pronounced an excellent dish,
The meal was closed with desert
la John the Baptist-baked locust
and honey-and, if we. know any
thing, we can testify. that the dis
tinguished Scripture character must
have thrived on his rude diet in the
wilderness of Judea. We believe
this is the first attempt at putting
this insect to its best use, and the re-
suit is not only highly satisfactory
to those brave enough to make the
attempt, but should this insect make |
his visit oftener and cause greater
destruction, future generations will /
hail its presence with Joy. 1t viii
be Jubilee year-like mamma in the
wilderness, or quails in the desert
food without money and with out
price. Now deariTeader, you may
shrug your shoulders and smile, but
henceforth we shall esteem grasshop
pers as a luxury to be classed with
oysters, trufles, mushroom, DC. As
soon as arrangements can be made
an assortment Of loeusts viii be sent
to st. Louis for trial BY the scientific
of that city.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
from the Geauga Republican.
AFTER THEYERDICT, WHAT THEN

August 4th, 1874, wrote to my
wife, then summering, in Geauga
Co., concerning the Beecher case:
i%This scandal will divide churches,
if not families" The prediction,
made previous to any comments of
the press, so far as I know, should
relieve me from being thought
mere echo, and its more than full
fillment warrants me to forecast the
future again, as to the possible
bearings of a verdict of acquittal
for Mr.. Beecher, or a disagreement
of the jury; for it seems to be q
'foregone conclusion in the public
mind that one of these results must
follow.
The faith of a majority of the
people, especially a majority of the
church element, though rudely sha-
ken, still zclings to Mr.. Beecher, not,
withstanding the terrible ARRAY of
evidence from unimpeachable wit
nesses, and his still more damaging
letters and admission while, on the
witness stand, all pointing with un-
erring finger to the inevitable con-
clusion of guilty. Not to believe it
is to stultify the obYious meaning
of the English language. Not to
believe it is to cause human creduli-
ty to break down at every step un-
der the accumulating load of the alb
surdities of his defense. rr f
Why should it be thought thing
Incredible that Mr.. Beecher should
commit adulteryP It is notably in
this direction that human nature is
the weakest; man, the aggressive an
imal, is in this regard the most in
satiable of all. Not day nor an
hour passes, but that he takes his
life in his hand while he seeks the
qualification of his passions, in the
adultero1s bed. Nor is this infrm-
ity confined to the lower walks of
life; for, while it is probable that
this sin is more common in the ex-
trem lower class, it is undoubtedly
more common among the aristocra-
cyl than among the great middle
class,-the more common people.
This is not because of any essential
difference in men, but from natural
and obvious causes. Luxurious liv-
ing begets the desirej idleness and
more Intimate social contact affords.
the opportunity. " roi 2Hii ~
The clergy have hitherto been
subject to the great temptations;
society has not only allowed but
demanded for them a agreater liberty
in the families of their paIisionefs
than is accorded to other gentlemen,
thus giving the unprincipled of
either sex the opportunity for in
ddlging in Illicit love with compar-
ative impunity. This fact in no wise
derogatory to the great body of
ministers, whoare the best and pur-
est men. But they have shown
themselves under the disadvantages
intimated so superhuman that we
should be astonished beyond meas
ure at the obscuration of the great
luminary of BrooklynP Counsel for
the defense, to accomplish their des-
perate purpose of placing the inno-
! cent for the guilty, have assigned
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
SherIdan,s EIatrImonIai Troubles.

"Oh, Phillip" said Mrs. Sheridan
to the General yesterday, show can
you agitate my nerves SOP" The
General was in the act of lifting q
bottle of wine to his lips, but paused
in opened mouth wonder. "Eh?"
be said, "what's the matter, my
dear? You surely don't object to an
old soldiers taking a glass of wine3"
can old soldierl' said Mrs. Sheri.
dan scornfully. "Will you ever
give up these rude army expressions?
What particularly referred to,how-
ever, was the shocking impropriety
of drinking wine from the bottle
If you must drink wine-and event.
ually, Phillip, it must be stopped
why don't you take wine glass, or
at least a goblet?n ''H'ml" was the
good humored reply, ''goblet? wasn't
Igoing to goblet?" Here, however,
Mrs. Sheridan manifested symptoms
Of Mysteries, and after looking at her
with a sad but curious expression
for moment the General silently
placed the untasted wine on the
sideboard and went into the back
yard, whistling thoughtfully to him
self. 81 think" said Mrs. Sheridan
after he had gone, shat matters
viii be pleasant in this house after a
while; but it is too evident that Phil
lip has been dreadfully unsteady
these many, many years.
Rochester Democrat.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
Hnu fo Ent an OranRe

ALWAYS, on Southern gentleman's
table, the desert of oranges is furn-
ished with small silver fruit knives
and spoons. The orange is held in
the napkin-iuft as you hold an egg
and with the slender point of the
knife a circular incision is made IN
the stem-end Of the orange, and the
stem-core is nicely cut out, leaving
an orifce large enough TO admit the
egg-spoon. The orange is held ana
eaten then, Just as genEmands sat
an egc in its own shell; a1d the skill
and grace with which it 1s done =
that Is without soiling the Apgers or
napkin-are as in the same pEeeese
with the egg, a test of good breed
ing. have known the most mex
pert persons to master the few diff
culties in the way after two or three
efforts; and thier satisfactioH<Ess an
infinitely pleasant sight. To hostess
es who like to have their table pre-
serve in some degree, at the dose OF
entertainment, the beauty which das7
zles the guest upon entering this
method is most desirable. Servants
let me put in a word for those silent
ones whose interests are too seldom
regadrod-are spared the tedious duty
of gathering up the fragments, ana
guests who look with dismay at this
temntinq apple Of the Hesperldes,
can thus enjoy it as they never did
before. Only the delicious rectar of
the fruit is eaten, with the more del
ioato pulp: the tough 6bre-of which
indeed, there is very little in an or
ange plucked from the tree under its
own skies-being left in the she'll.
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For the Telegraph
WHEN NATERMELONS RIPEN.
By MRS. HELENA BAsoo11

When fairest May has passed away.
And gone is bright-eyed June,
When July's breath is hushed in death,
And not for us too soon;
When August's brand hath scorched the
land,
And fairly's on the wane,
When watermelons ripen-
Then look for me again.
When robin seeks her nest again,
Remedies it all o'er,
And there matches out her fedglings,
SJust as the year before;
When. she'slured them to the woodland,
All that pussy may not catch,
When watermelons ripen,
For your coming will watch. Il
When the days have fully rounded
Past the middle of the year,
When the woods are softly saying,
''Next month will don the sere;"
When the airs oppressed with stiffness,
Silent save the wild bees hum,
When watermelons ripen,
Then, dearest, will coma
When the first flower of the spring-time
Its tiny seeds hath sown,
And the later ones are sleeping
Within their wildwood home;
When the meadows shorn and empty,
And the Iark's low nest forsook,
When watermelons ripen,
For your coming LEill look.
When robins reared her fledglings
q The second tine this year,
When the merry lark hath two times
Fled the mowers coming near;
Twice the meadow grass hath languished
3 Meath the knife so truly set,
When watermelons ripen,
+ viii not our tryst forget. u
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

A LADY dropped her pocket hand
kerchlef in q street-car the other dsy
and a gentleman sitting opposite pop
poddown to pick itup. The lady div
cd ct the same moment-their heads
eame together, crash, hands went
up to faces, faces turned req Hno
some very unintelligible apologies
were made. His head was the soft
est, of course, and even at this mo-
ment he may be lying on q couch Of
agony with a huge lumb of ice on his
cranium.-FFee Press.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
For SnLeI
Flowers, Beautiful Flowers


HAVING Doubled the size of my
Ii Green House and having very largely in
creased my stock, now offer
GREEN HOUSE AND BEDDING PLANTS
of the very Best Quality and Of great variety of
kinds. would especially mention
VERBENAS,
HELIOTROPES,
all kinds Of SALVTAS,
GERANIUAS. many kinds,
FUCHSIAS in variety.
ROSES, 6 large stock of plants Of Annuals OF
many sorts.
VEGETABLE PLANTS Of al, kinds in their sea
son. s 7 ft-.a vs. .tr-f
Also full line OF Market Garden Products all
of which will be furnished. of as good quality,
and at as good rates can be obtained elsewhere
q Out Flowers and BOquets furnished when or
dered et
All orders left with A. II. & K. w. Savage viii
be promptly filed. Ageneral and cordial invita-
tion is given TO visit my grounds and green house.
will give away large number OF Grape Vines
Of choice varieties to any one who viii take them
up. Ny Grounds are on Main ST. -GrreHa IIonse
on Jones St., or the new roaditD The eceInetery.l
JAMES S-P.JENNINGS. ?
AshtabuA, April 14th, 1873. Sm1Sl9
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

%Trains stop only on Signal. xTrains do not
Stop. zTelegraph Stations. Cleveland Time.
The Way Freight trains stop at Jefferson in
going West, at 4.22 P. NJ. and going EastRt 80
A, n. These trains carry passengers.
/ Passenger fare at the rate Of cents per mile;
to way stations counted in even half dimes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

AL trains daily. except Sunday.
F. R. MYERS. Gen: Pass. . Ticket Agent.
L. s. & msS.-FRANkLIN DIVISION.
From and after Nay %, 1875. Passenger Trains
will nm as LnlloRs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
Whole Number 1929

heavy ice arrested their movements
and the majority returned to port
"clean." Some of the steamers made
splendid hits. The Porteus, owned
by J. & w. Stewart, brought in A.
900 seals on her first trip and 81, 900
old seals on her second trip, equal
to 2, 400 young harps, or 40, 400 in
all, valued at $l4s, 200. This firm
has received, in all, 10000 seals this
season, equal in value to thrice that
number of dollars. This beats gold
mining hollow. The firm of w.
Grieve & Co. landed between fifty
thousand and sixty Thousand seals.
This season presents a marked con-
trasts to last in one respect. Last
year serious apprehensions were
awakened by finding that the great
bulk of the seals were in an imma-
ture condition, even so late as the
goth of March, when usually they
are in their prime; but this year no
apprehension is felt on this score.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
THE STALLION ..-'.-.
Young Cassius NJ. Clay

owned by o. B. Gould, Esq. OF Seioto County, o.,
will stand for mares at
MAPLE GROVE, OR WATRoUs FARM,
two miles south of Ashtabula, on the Austinburg
Turnpike, during the coming season.
Mares from q distance will be well taken care
Of. and good pasture provided, but at risk OF own
DESCRIPTION. s.r.s ~
YOUNG CASSIUS n. CLAY is- q dark ms-
hogony bay, 161f hands high; ten years old this
Spring. His fine bold action, superior movements
in all his gaits, great bone and muscular power
combined with his purity of blood renders him one
OF the most choice stock horses for trotting, sale
and coach horses, in America. His colts in Ham
nton and Warren counties, Ohio, compare favOra-
bly, with any in the State for fne free action and
muscle.
For Pedigree, see Wallace Stud Book.
TERMS :-$25 for the season, and $40 to insure.
1913 GEO. PRENTISS. Keeper.
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FoUNDRIIEs.
LUMBER YARDS.

WALTON & TALRERT, manufactur RS
ofend dealers In all grades Of Saginaw Lumeer
Lath, and Shingles; also. mouldings OF abide
scriptione. IDS
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MISCELLANEOUS.
ASEETABULA. HOUHGSTOWN
PITFSBURs ssH RAILROAD.

CONDENSED TIME TABLE-May "a, 1875.
RUNNIEe SOUTH. RUNNING NORTH.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

JOHN DUORO, Manufacturer Of. and
Dealer inFnrniture ofthe best descriptions, and
every vGtietY. Also General Underaker an d
Manufacturer Of Oo1lns 70 order. Main street,
NoFth % South Public Square, Ashtebula.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
IThe school Question In ohio.

June 0, 1875.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
DRUGGISTS.

uARTTN NEWBERRYs. Druggist and 19
AOothccary, and general dealer IN Drugs. Meol-
cines. Wines and Liquors for medical PURPOSES;
(tantre Aehfahula.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

GEORGE WILLARD,JD JDealer in Hard
ware Saddlery, Nails. Iron, Steel, Drugs, Medl-
cines, Paints. OILS, Dyestufs, &C., Main st 81.
'Ashtabuta. 10So
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

a = n n. SAVAGE dealers in choice
FAMILY Groceries and Provision. also. pure Con-
fecfionerT. and me finest brands OF Tobacco and
SiraIs tsIrsys1'-' . 1861
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25
CABINET WARE.

GEO. w. DICKINSON, Jeweler. Repairin
OF all kinds Of Watches, Clocks and Jewelrr
St ore in Ashtabula House Block, Ashtabula, I
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

Ed. CASE, Physician and Surgeon, Office
over D. ". Haskell's store, corner Of Spring and
Main Sts., Ashtabula. Ohio. Once hours n ON
II 8. m. TO z m. and from to SIP, m. 12s9n
DIR. 0. s MARTIN, Homeopathic Physician
and Surgeon, respectfully asks share Of the
patronage OF Ashtabula and vicinity. Once
over NeYbeTyis Drug Store. Residence corner
PARK and Yine sts; 1856
n. H.. BARTLETT 4, NJ D. Homeopathic
Physician and Surgeon (snecessor to Dr..
Moore,l Office No. Main street. Residence in
Shepard's building, first door south Of otice.
Oh. E. L. KING, Physician and Surgeon,
Office over HendTy 6 Kings store, residence
near St.Peter's Church. Ashtabula.. o 104s
DRS. FIELD & BRNNET.-A partnership
has been formed between DR.. T S. Field. of
Rock Creek, and DR.. AL. Bennet Of fHarpersAeld
forpursuing the practice Of medicine and sur
gerry, at Rock Greek. where they have taken On
ofiee, IN Rathbone's building, in the rooms re-
Gently occupied By DR.. Burns. 1870
T. s. FIKLD, d. ID. a. y. BEEHETT. M. y.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-25

Conner OF East Street and Bank Alley And 9th
ther desirable property in the Village and at the
Harbor Apply TO
Is1itf EDWARD II. FITCH.