The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-04-02
THEY COULDN'T TRADE.

heyser ms lightning rods place unon
his barn tire or four years ago. but dH
ring last summer the building WAS ~tri-k
| by lightnir.> sid burned. When iir got
the new barn done man came around
| with a rod wagon and wanted to sell
him set of Bolt y Barnam's patent
lightning rods.
Il believe not" said keyser; Il had
rods on the barn at the time of the
Il know" exclaimed the agent. Il
know you had, and very likely that's the
reason you We're struck. Nothins more
likely to attract lightnin' than worthless
rods"
How do you know they were worth
lcssI'
Why, | was drivin' lay yer in the
spring and | seen them rods, and | says
to myself, that barn will be struck some
time, but there's no use in tryin' to con
vince Mr.. keyser, so | didn't call. |
knowed it, because they Ind iron tips
\ rod with iron tips is no better'n
clothes prop to ward off lightnin'."
"The man who sold them to me said
they had platinum tips, " remarked Key
ser.
''Ah. this is "a wicked world, Mr.. Key
ser. You can't be too cautious Some
of these yer agents lie like a gasmeter
It's awful, sir. They are wholly untrust-
worthy. Them rods was the most ridik-
lus ever see. A regular gouge. They
WANT worth the labor it took to put 'em
up. They want now, that's the honest
truth"
what kind do you OfTer?'
well, sir, I've got the only genuine
ligltnin'rod that's made. It's con
structed on scientific principles. Prof
Huxley says it's sure to run off the cleo
tric fluid every time. Twisted charcoal
iron, glass insulators, eight points OH
each rod, warranted solid platinum
We give a written guarantee with each
rod. Never had:t house struck since we
began to offer this rod to the public
FosA i've fact. The lightnin'Il play all
around your house with one of 'em and
never touch it. A thl,nder- storm that'd
tear the ho Wis out of the American con-
tinent would leave your house as safe as
a polar bear in the middle of an iceberg
Shall / run you one up"
81 don't know, said Keyser, musing-
ly.
I'm put you up one cheap, and then
you'll have somethin' reliable. Some
thin there's no discount on"
''You say the old rod was frau6?7
'The deadllest fraud you ever heard
of. 1t hadn't an ounce of platinum
within a mile of it The man that sold
it ought TO represented, and the fellow
that put it up without insulators should
be shot. It's too had the farmers should
Le gouged in this sort of way"
''And Bolt & Rarnum's rod is not
fraud;n
"a fraudI' Why really, my dear sir,
just cast your eye over Prof. Huxley's
letter aud these certificates, and remem-
Der that we give q ,pritten glGrantee-a
positive protection, of course"
Just cast goUr eye over that" said
Keyser, handing him a piece of paper.
''Well, upon NY word! This is indeed
somewhat-that is to say it is, as it were
it Iooks-it looks a little like one of
our own certificates"
just so, 4" said Keyser. THAT old rod
was one of Bolt & Barnum's. You sold
it to my son-in-Iaw; you gave the GER
tilicate; you swore the plates were plaii-
mum, and your man put it up"
'.Then | suppose wo can't tradeE'
"WelI | should think not, " said Key
ser.
WhereIpon tine man mounted the rod
wagon and moved ,u.
GRANDW0TI:l.s iaGCHER.- Catherine
ReeGiIer, Henry Wards sister, attributes
much of her success in after lie 10 Ger
tain traits in her lnpiher's character, and
their Influence on her own early train
ii'SH Hi'N- tN'ihl iiAA a MANU- VI IL
garling all knowledge with reference to
It's practical usefulness, and her perse
veTance was persistent and uniiinching.
She commanded strict obedience from
her children, and was particularly care
full in seeing that everything was done
with exactnesS and completion. Not
withstaniing her excellent qualities,
Mrs. Beecher would appear to have been
rather hard and unloVing sort of n
person. While the father was passion
ately fond of children, the mother was
not. Il cannot remember" says the
daughter, that | ever saw her handle
and caress her little ones as lpy father
did; but her devotion 10 them seemed
more like the pitying tenderness of
gentle angel" Old Mr.. BeecIer was
a trained dialectician, and yet ho con
sidered his wife was not fully his
equal in an argument. Grandma Beech
er was a fine specimen of the Puritan
eharacte-. She was strict with herself
and strict with all around. Aunt Esther
was so completely kept down by her
mother, so reduced to perfec rule, that
the result was most depressing to her
character and happiness. She came to
preside over the Beecher household upon
the death of the mother, IA charge which
she undertook and carried out with
characteristic care and prudence.
SsS
CALIFORNIA certainly appears to be
the most prosperous State in the Union
Last year there was shipped from San
Francisco Ten million centals of wheat
and flour reduced from wheat, the value
of which was SIS, 900, 600. The State
produced thirty nine million three hun
dred thousand pounds of wool, and for
warded thirty-six million pounds, being
gain of seven million pounds over the
| production of 1873. The value of the
wool exported was IS, 900, 900. The vine
yards of the State produced enough not
only to satisfy all demands for their
products as fruit, but also to yield seven
million gallons of good wine, and two
hundred thousand gallons OF brandy.
| The yield of bullion amounted to S20,-
800, 631, showing a gain over 1873 of
| S2, 247, sos. The receipts of lumber at
San Francisco were 253, 900, 900 feet, an
increase of $4,000, 900 over 1873. The