Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-01-22
a VigIIant wife.

Pittman's wood pile has suffered a
great deal lately from the ravages of
thieves, so the old gentleman, the
other day, loaded his gun with coarse
salt, and expressed his determination
to lombard the first man who should
be observed to hunt his timber. On
Wednesday morning he had to at
tend court, and as he did not expect
to reach home till late in the even
ing, Mrs. Pittman felt it her duty
to keep her eye on the wood pile.
But Pittman returned about dusk,
and as he walked up the yard he
thought he might as well carry in
enough wood to last all night. He
had Just placed the fourth stick up
on his arm when an explosion occur
red, and at the same instant he felt
as if million red hot darning nee
dies were dancing mp and down his
legs. He had heard from Mrs. Pitt
man. He yelled with pain, and drop
ped the wood, most of it upon his
toes, and fell to the ground. Just
as he did SO Mrs. Pittman, was stand
ing in the kitchen doorway with her
frearm at parade rest, contemplat-
ing her victory and her victim with
serenity. Pittman's first thought
was that she had been animated by
an insane but judicious desire to
realize upon his life insurance poll
cy. But when he screamed to her,
she dropped her artillery and flew to
the scene with an expression of
alarm and grief at the discovery that
she had perforated Pittman. She
called, the servant girl, and as they
carried him into the house she ex-
planned that she mistook him for a
thief, and, then she apologized. Pitt
man said it was all very well to apol-
ogise, but what good was that to a
man with two quarts of salt and a
half pound of gun wads in his legs.
Mrs. Pittman insisted that he
oughtn't to mind little salt, as it
would do him good. She urged that
salt was better than anything else
for preserving meat, and that his
legs would probably be alive and
we'll and prancing around the uni
verse when the rest of him was dead
and spoiled. This made him mad,
and after splitting up his gun with
his ak he went to bed, and he hasn't
spoken to Mrs. Pittman since, but
has limited gloomily to the doctor
that if divorce can be had, he
will obtain one.-Mae Adler.
THE NEwBURYpoRT SILVER MINE.
EARLY in September systematic
mining operations were begun by
the sinking of a shaft ten feet
square. AS the shaft increased in
depth the vein, which is what is
known as a fissure granite. where in
all probability, it was thrown by a
volcanic action, the vein broadened
from three feet at the surface to
seven feet at present working, TWEEN
| FIVE feet down. As the men descend,
the, veins grow richer and pprer,
the proportion of silver and gold
increasing, while that. of lead re-
mains about the same. The south
wall has not yet been reached. The
men are therefore working on pure
metal, the north wall being perfect
ly perpedioular. In consequence of
this fact, which is totally without a
parallel in mining history, there is
but the smallest possible expense
incurred in moving the ore-about
one dollar per ton. About ten tons
are taken out, being hoisted up in
baskets, every twenty-four hours.
To work this quantity only four men
are required by day, and a relieving
gang of equal number by night
This ore, as at present mined yields
500 per ton of silver; $40 of lead;