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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-03-10

WIN. Adm, the brute who murdered
his wife and step-daughter, in Cleveland,
has been found guilty OF murder in the
first degree, and sentenced to be hanged
on the 22d of June. The sentence is
most certainly a just one
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For Rent.

A store room in Van Buren, Ohio. A
good situation for a live business No drv
goods store in the place. Rent reasonable
For further particulars. inquire of
J. II. KAdY,
mar5~4 Van Buren, o.
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are glad TO work now for 81. so, while
laborers who were firm in their demand
for 90 are glad 10 get work at anv
price. There is but very little building
going on, and but very little repairing,
and in regular manufacturing there is
absolute stagnstion. 1t is a curious
thing that piano making is the only
trade which keeps its hands all employ
ed. and at old wages. Pianos are luxu-
ries, and it would seem that this trade
would be the first to fall off, but it is not
so. That trade is just as brisk as ever
The charities are of course crowded with
the hungry and the naked. and the soci
eti-s for supplying firing are taxed away
h. yoi-4 jii-ir capacity II tt ere ever
w:r- "a 'iiue when spring was anx;ousiy
l0-.lei for. it j. now. 1t is a blessing
that the Inter has been So mild But
the LOOK nut for the summer is dreary
enough. y visit TO tile principal show
ed thats scarcely any building was con
templated for the ensuing season, and
what the laborers are to DO during the
summer is query. They can live on
less than in winter, but they must have
something and that something is very
remote.
HOW THE RICH AsIUSE THEMSELVES.
While the poor are starving the rich
ora orutISiu,r themselves aS thav alwavS
will. The last form Of fashionable
amusement Is horse back parties. Com
panies assemble mt comfortable riding
schools, ladies and gen!l- men, and train
their horses 20 go through the figures of
dances precisely as though they were in
the ball room. Think of the Virginia
reel on horseback, Yet they do it. and
they tag" just as they used to when
they we're children, and their fathers
were butchers and bakers This latter
game they play with their horses at full
galop, and 50 expert have riders become,
that vey few accidents are reported. 1t
beats skating.
is upon us, and the fashionable Chris
tians have to change their base. They
cannot show their fine feathers at the
theaters. operas or parties. but they
make it up at the churches. How de-
voutly they crowd the churches every
morning, when they have new clothes,
and how sweetly pious they look. when
they glance around and see that they
out dress all their neighbors, and then
the meetings for charity, which are emi-
nently proper How they compiacenrly
go in a sweet, simple costume that cost
$1,000 in Paris, and give $40 to relieve
the suffering poor at their doors! If
there is anything utterly absurd, it is
the observance of Lent by fashionable
New York Christian lady. They make
the season for modification the time for
the widest possible extravaganza. They
exchange the paid singers of the opera
FOR the paid singers of the fashionable
churches, and take revenge for the infe-
riority by piling more agony on their
dress. CuriOus world this. And yet
these people all expect to get to heaven
by-and-by.
PIETRo.
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The Book Tor Everybody.
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IL of the Ohio Sf,t1ts Zeif,taG and stark
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Executors Notice.

r.,FfE und- rslgred has been appointed and
1 siuIy qualified as Executor OF tie state of
Robert Park late of Hancock County DE eces sed.
Feb. g. 1876, ~ q. rAhA.
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GRANTS MISFORTUNES.

From the RichmOn (Va) Wing. (Dem).
We have never dodhted the personal
integrity of President Grant, and if any
of his chief officials fall from grace, we
would not impute to him foreknowl
edge of their weakness. But certainly he
has been most unfortunate in having so
many scandals, if nothing woIse, traced
to those who share his confidence.
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There has been no such disgraceful
scandal upon the good name of the Gov
ernment since we became Nation as
that which resulted yesterday in the
resignation of the Secretary of War.
The details of the story are such as TO
make every American hide his head for
very shame. The affair will, of course.
be used to give rev points to the charges
of corruption in other departments; but
we pity the man, however strongly par
tisan- who does not think first and chief
ly of the wretched man who has resigned
in disgrace, as having brought a re-
proach upon the Nation. The Republi-
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
Life In the Prussian Army,

The Berlin correspondent OF the Lon
don Daily News writes to that journal:
A case which recently came to light here
through the courts throws singular
light upon one phase Of Prussian life.
Some time since non-commissioned
officer of q regiment stationed at Konigs-
berg committed suicide, and just before
the act wrote letter to Berlin journal
explaining his motive. He had pre-
viously published certain facts highly
discreditable to two officers OF his regi-
ment, and from that time they had per-
secuted him with every form of military
cruelty that the superior can visit upon
the subaltern. No opportunity was Of
fered to him to prove his charges, and
the standing of the officers screened
them from any investigation. Life,
therefore, became intolerable to the
poor man, and he decided on suicide.
The allegations against the two officers
"a paymaster and. believe, a ieuten-
ant-were repeated in the testamentary
letter. But as soon as this was pub
lished the entire line aud staff of the
regiment-which seems to have been
less solicitous about vindicating it's
honor so long as the accuser lived
hastened on this posthumous publica-
tion to prosecute the newspaper for
libel. The case came before the civil
court here, and, much to the surprise OF
all parties, the journal was acquitted.
It proved the truth of the allegations.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
A Budget Of Blunders.

A couple, who undertook to get mar
ried some time since, went, accompanied
by the bridesmaid and groomsman, to a
church, and were ushered into the sacred
edifice and escorted to the altar by the
sexton, who, however, got the parties
rather mixed up, stationing the brides
maid next to the bridegroom, and the
bride and groomsman in corresponding
wrong places. The clergyman, not no.
ting the mistake, went on with the cere-
mony, and began marrying the brides
maid to the bridegroom, when the bride
served an " "injunction on him by ex-
claiming that she was the marrying
party. The mistake being remedied,
the clergyman made another attempt,
and the performance went smoothly
until it came time for the bridegroom
to produce the ring, which was essen
tiaI to the completion of the ceremony.
But when that gentleman felt in his vest
pocket, it wasn't there; in the other,
not there; in the, trowsers pocket, not
there; and then he felt to the bottom of
the remaining pocket, and finally ex-
claimed "Well, sure, there is hole in
my pocket, and the ring slipped down
into my boot" And the only way to
finish the ceremony was for the bride.
groom to sit down, pull off his boot and
put the ring where it ought to have
gone, and walk out with his bride, all of
which he did.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Naught may endure but mutability.
Character is a perfectly educated
As your enemies and your friends, so
are you.
The certain way to be cheated is to
fancy ones self more cunning than
others.
The door between us and heaven can
not be opened if that between lis and our
fellow men is shut.
It is the most sympathetic and intel)i-
gent minds which are the most delighted
with simple scenes.
1t is vain for the coward to fly; death
follows close behind; it is by defying it
that the brave escape.
Difference is the most complicate, the
most indirect, the most elegant and the
most effective of compliments.
What other dungeon is so dark as
ones own heart2 What jailer so inexor-
able as ones self2
The violet grows low and covers itself
with its tears, and of all flowers yields
the sweetest fragrance. Such is
humility.
Though the camomile, the more it is
trodden on the faster it grows, yet youth,
the more it is wasted the sooner it wears.
He whose first emotion on the view of
an excellent production is to undervalue
it, will never have one of his own to
show.
The nerve which never relaxes, the
eye which never blanches, the thought
which never wanders-these are the
masters of victory.
The parent who sends his son into the
world uneducated defrauds the COM
munity of a useful citizen, and bequeaths
a nuisance.
Socrates, when informed of some de-
rogating speeches one had used concern
ing him behind his back, made only
this facetious reply: Let him beat
me, too, when I am absent"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
The Whisky Traders Artiflcc.

Some stories are told about the means
traders, who carry whisky into the
Northwest Territories, resort to in order
to elude the vigilance of the lynx-eyed
mounted police. It is said that French
half breed trader, who had an eight gal
Ion keg of liquor ion one of his carts,
expected to be searched by the police
man stationed at Shoal lake, and on ar
irving at that point, when within view
of the officer, he removed the keg from
the cart and proceeded with it to the
beach, and there stopping down held it
in the lake for about ten minutes, as if
replenishing his supply of water, after
which he leisurely replaced it on the
cart, and with face which appeared
marvel of innocence, invited the officer
to inspect his train. Everything was
examined except the water dripping keg,
and the trader was allowed to go on his
way rejoicing that he had escaped de-
lection.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
An American OutdOne.

There is story told of a wide-awake
American who, discovering in Paris
some very pretty pencil cases at five
francs apiece, bought a half dozen of
them with the intention of using them
as gifts to few friends he had left be-
hind him. They were made upon a
ciple, aud if not of solid gold, looked
enough like it to answer the demands of
ordinary criticism. Best of all, they
had the charm to the eye of their pur-
chaser of absolute novelty, and he drew
a sigh of relief as he reflected that he
had found something which inquisitive
friendship at home had never seen or
heard of. Reaching London on his way
to New York, he was so fortunate as to
find some more of them in o shop in
Regent street, and it added to the satis-
faction with which he bought them that
the shopman there only asked him three
shillings apiece for them. He eagerly
bought another half dozen, and posted
on to Liverpool to take ship for New
York. Looking in at shop window in
Liverpool, while waiting for the hour
when the steam-tug should leave
frlnce COCK, nlS eye Iell upon SOHO
more pencil-cases, and glad Of an oppor-
tunity to reinforce his supply of an ar
ticle for which he anticipated SO consid-
cradle a demand, he entered the shop
and begun negotiations for one more
half dozen. He had not caught the
answer as to the price until
the parcel was made up and placed in
his hand. Drawing out his purse, there
fore, he gave him an expressively inter
rogatory look which Immediately drew
forth the reply, Eighteen pence
apiece, sir" "Singular, said our
somewhat surprised, but
it seems that the further one gets from
Paris the cheaper articles of Partisan
become. Five francs
apiece in Paris for these pencils, three
shillings apiece in London, and eighteen
pence in Liverpool. At this rate,
should have done better by waiting
until reached New York" You are
about right, sir" said the shopman,
who by this time had his money safe in
his till. "You are about right, sir, for
those pencils are all made in the United
States"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
Very Wise Birds.

As farmer in q neighboring town
was getting in his hay, he noticed an
unusual commotion among the swallows,
which had built a long row of nests un-
der the caves of his barn. They ap-
peared greatly excited, flying rapidly
about, and filing t. e air with their cries
of distress. As the load Of hay upon
which he was riding passed into the
barn, he saw that young swallow in q
nest directly over the door had caught
its neck in crack between two shingles
and was unable to liberate itself. He
stopped his team and set the young bird
free, restoring it to the nest. Upon his
return to the barn with his next load OF
hay, noticing that the swallows were
quiet, he examined the crack and found
that they had filed it completely with
mud, 30 that no matter how enterprising
or how foolish the young swallow might
be, he could not again endanger his life
or the peace of that community BY any
upon that crack.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
A Western Bank.

The National bank examiners do not
seem to have given due attention to an
institution which has recently collapsed
in Wisconsin. w. r. Sutor was presi-
dent OF the First National bank of La
Crosse. He bought a controlling in
terest in the concern six years ago, and
was almost sole owner, holding $44, 900
of the $50, 900 capital stock. When he
turned over the bank to his successor, a
few months ago, its condition was as
follows: Liabilities to depositors, $780,
600; assets, drafts drawn by Sutor on
Chicago parties, $40, 600; note of Sutor
for $15, 900, and another note for $11,.
600, carried as cash item. It had been
supposed by the officers of the bank
that there was a deposit of $4,000 to
it's credit in the City National bank Of
Chicago. On inquiry, however, it ap-
peared that Sutor had drawn out this
$40, 600, and overdrawn $40, 900 more.
The bank examiner had regularly passed
the institution as all right.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
" "DaymOn and PathOs."

Two hard.up looking fellows, ene
about fifty years old and the other
twenty years younger, entered bakery
in Detroit, says the Free Press, and
called for lunch. One was provided,
and when they had eaten square meal
the old man said to the baker:
"I,l stop in and pay you when we
come back"
"I guess not-I guess you'll pay me
now I" replied the baker.
They hadn't any cash, and they
hadn't any spare clothes. The baker
fished up a club from behind the coun-
ter and vowed that he would have money
or revenge.
It's similar case to that of Day
mon and Pathos," explained the old
man. My friend here shall go after
cash to settle this claim, and if he does
not return by noon you can take revenge
on me-"
81 don't care for Daymon nor Pathos,
nor any other man; want cash I"
shouted the baker.
"Daymon will bring the cash by noon,
or I'm your meat" softly answered the
vagrant.
"Daymon went out after cash, and
Pathos sat down and spit tobacco
juice all over the floor. The baker or
dered him to quit.
"Didn't you ever read the beautiful
story of Daymon and Pathos ?" asked
the aged bilker. "Don't you remember
that Pathos sat down and chewed tobac
co while Daymon was absent 2"
An hour slipped away and the old chap
fell asleep and lurched off the chair,
almost upsetting the stove. The baker
rushed at him, but "Pathos" held up
his hands and protested.
"Don't you remember that Pathos
fell asleep while waiting for Daymon's
return. I don't know as he fell off
his chair, but that wasn't a progressive
age"
Noon found him still there, with no
word from "Daymon." The old man
was firm in his belief that his friend
would return, aud reaching up on a
shelf behind him he took down custard
pie and calmly began eating into it.
The enraged baker grasped him by the
throat, and in the tussle which followed
" Pathos" came up to the mark so lively
that the bakers heels swept through a
showcase, and then the old man slid out
doors, and when the baker yelled for
the police the vagrant explained to the
crowd:
"Didn't Pathos have what he wanted
to eat while waiting for Daymon's re-
turna Can I play the part of Pathos on
on empty stomach ?"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20
Not on Sunday.

The Boston Watchn,an says A lady
OF Cambridge lately wrote to Mr.. John
Welsh, president of the Centennial COM
mission, of Philadelphia, inquiring
whether the exhibition will be closed on
the Sabbath day. We have seen the
answer, and We are permitted to make
this extract "The commission has
acted on the subject of your note. In
deed, it was done at one of its earliest
sessions. As it now stands, the exhibi-
tion will not be opened on Sunday"
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A Singular story.

A Hopkinton IN. H.) correspondent
OF the Boston journal says The CIR
cumstances we are about to relate are
not recent, though Of such remarkable
character and OF such scientific import
ance, IL true, we wonder that apparently
no informed person OF the time to which
they belong made any account OF them.
But now, as years have passed since the
publication Of "Elsie Venner," it may
be proper to inquire II any such phono-
mena as we arc about to describe can be
correctly ascribed to the subtle poi
son Of the rattlesnake.
Sixty years ago, or thereabouts, Cap
tain Parker Parsons kept . country
"tAhvern" in the district Of Hopkinton,
known from time immortal a. "Stump-
fleld." Being personally engaged in
variety Of rural pursuits, tho captain
kept about the farm, as general help, q
young man about TWENTY-FIVE years Of
age, who bore the somewhat oppressive
~ suggestive cognomen, Moody Swallow.
At that time the rattlesnake was by no
means an infrequent habitue Of this
vicinity, though the number of repre-.
sentatives OF this class of reptiles had
been greatly reduced since the first SET
tlement. One day young Swallow gave
out that being himself close to q cluster
of elder bushes growing by q wall at the
side Of the highway, rattlesnake in
Aicted bite upon his leg, at the same
time confirming the statement by ex-
hibiting wound or scratch upon his
naked skin.
The information reaching us does not
state whether or no Swallow Immediate
" exhibited the effects of the serpent's
venom, but it is sclemnly affirmed that
soon he1became tho subject of "spells,"
during She attacks of which he mani
tested traits peculiarly and strikingly
snaky. His brow corrugated, his eyes
flashed, and he would actually crawl or
wriggle upon his belly. A resort during
these attacks was quite noticeable. Near
the "tahvern stood the old Parsons
homestead-an ancient, unoccupied,
dilapidated building, with roof extend
ing far down toward the ground on one
side. Here Swallow would repair and
give demonstration of luis fitful malady,
not the least astonishi' Of his exploits
being the exploring of the whole roof
on his belly, wriggling up one side and
down head first on the other, and SO
about to the extent of his serpen'
tine impulse or pleasure. These fits be-
came matters of such common observa-
tion in the neighborhood that on an oc-
currence of one people would say
"Swallow is having one Of his spells;
his snake is after him."
According to the information, these
things continued at least year, though
we are not told how frequently the at
tacks occurred or how long they lasted:
this town, nor it's long resident. He
soon went to Vermont, where he was
convicted on criminal charge of some
kind and sentenced to the State prison
at Windsor, where he was visited by the
person, now living, who informs us OF
these circumstances. From this time
we have no account of him.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20

In the days of our fathers, when q man
suddenly dropped outof the community,
they used to drag the neighboring
ponds and examine all svailable hang
ing places in the vicinity. Nowadays
the first steps are to examine his bank
account.
The Ohio Legislature has passed q
bill providing for the punishment by
fine and imprisonment of all persons
who get on or of railroad trains that
are in motion.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-20

The restaurant charges in the Centens.
nial grounds will not be allowed to be
exorbitant, and man will be able to get
as good a dinner for 81 as he can get
elsewhere. There will be lunch rooms
where satisfactory lunch is promised
for twenty-five or fifty cents, and also
I" diaries" similar to those in New York
and Boston, where a bowl of mush or
rice and milk can be had for about twen-
ty cents.