Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-04-09

made an immense lmpTesSiOh'
,aid the whole story that he and Til
ton had a consultation about the pa
ernity of Tilton's little boy, was a mon
,,rous and absolute falsehood When
questioned as to using some vile express
sion about Mrs. Tilton, he SAID: Before
Almighty God, the whole allegation is
absolutely false" Mr.. Beecher's expla-
nation of the letter of cOntriiion leaves a
doubt as to whether his intention is to
or disavow that extraordi-
psry document, and he denies its COM
position and its diciation, but admits that
it fairly represents the substance OF what
was SAID at the interview preceding the |
writing of the letter. He swear that
though he did not, he might have used |
the identical expressions, with one excep-
ton, which he will not own to, it being
every pale, poor and feeble" His occa-
sional mention of Bowen are not very
hattering and seem to be a sort of chal
lenge to him to take the stand Altogeth-
er. the testimony is important, and will
afford much comfort to that numerous
class who are eager for the opportunity
to believe Mr.. Beecher's testimony
against all of the rebutt1ng witnesses.
PROF. SWING ON SPELLING MATCHES
Prof. Swing, of Chicago, being invited to
attend aspelling match, not content with
simply declining the invitation, SAW fit 10
cast the following aspersIons on our YER
nacular
DEAR SIR-I shall be out of the city,
and shall not be able to attend the spell
ling tradegy. Could l be present my
remarks would be of melancholy nature.
When look out upon the outrageous
conduct of the vOwels and consonanis
that make up our English, the scene is
"sad and dreary," and Il would not i've
always" The English language should
be abolished.
No doubt intemperance will pass away,
the sources of the Nile will be approach
ed by railway, and will be decorated
with depot and restaurant a Bishop
will be agreed upon by our diocese, the
North Branch will abound in brook trout,
but the man who shall look out upon
that happy age will sit down at his table
and mourn as he tries to spell out sin
gle letter to his grandmother, and the lu-
natic asylum will be full of those who
went crazy over an effort to stand up
last in spelling school. With inexpressl-
BILE grief. yours, DAVID SWING.
The Journal of Chemistry asserts that
tea is not the simple, harmless beverage
that is generally supposed, but that its et-
feels, ip their character, may rightly claim
10 be classed with those of tobacco and
alcohol. The journal adds, MANY disor-
ders of the nervous system are the direct
result of extensive tea bibbing. Tea is
'naurotic poison ; its essential principle,
theme, is allied in composition and prop
critics with strychnine and morphine. 1t
first excites the nervous system and then |
exhausls it. Experiments show that, .ooth |
in man and in other animals, it impairs |
power in the lower extremities, SO that 1t |
effects the understanding in a double |
sense-literally as well as fguratiVely. 1t
is not the harmless exhilarant it has been
considered, but a powerful agent whose
effects are often serious"
The Journal might have put coffee into
the same category with tea and tobacco,
and have charged home upon them the
cause and responsibility of the origin and
provocation of paralysis-becOming so
fearfully prevalent
CONNECTICUT has disappointed her
friends. She has gone severely Demo
cratic Ingersoll-demo.-i said by the
dispatches, to be elected by 1000 major
ity, which if true, is a pretty heavy one.
The senate has 13 democrats out OIL 81
members, the house is probably close,
and out of the four members Of Congress,
three are Democratic. Among the de-
feated is Gen. Hawley, in the lst district,
who has been credit TO the State. Bar
mum the iron man, who owns the pro-
peller W. 81. B. that visited our Harbor
several times last season, is elected in the
4th-on Norwalk-district by about 900
majority He was a worthless member of
the last Congress, and chronic abs entee.
A Toledo chap has had severe case
of mother-in-law. Upon the statement
of his betrothed that she was eighteen
years of age, he made oath to that effect,
in the Probate Court, in order to pro-
cure a marriage licence. As a matter of
fact she was under age, and her mother
had the signing swain prosecuted for per-
jury He was convicted and sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary. He
was pardoned on Thursday by Gov. Al
len, after having served four months of
his term. 1t is probable that the mother
in-law will not make her permanent
home with the young people.
Beecher-as we have said before-is a