Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-02-11
JEFFERSON.
O. A. CASE,
G. W. PERKINS,
c. II. JACKSON,


The few days sleighing were well i'm
proved, and now we are getting down
to terra frma again. a
Court is dragging somewhat, and two
very important cases expected to occupy
several days of the term, have been con
tinued until the next term.
The grand jury came into court Satur-
day morning, and reported fifteen bills ol
indictment as the result of their findings
-one is for burglary and larceny, two
for petit larceny, one for assault and bat
terry and the balance are for violations
of the liquor laws
The religious effort heretofore began
here is still being put forth with much
energy and great interest is manifest
among the people The Rev. Mrs. Geo.
Dawson preached here during the past
week, and will con tinue during the pres
ent week, and willspeak at the Metho-
dist church. Mrs D. is fine speaker
and breaches from the heart. She ad-
dressed large audience at the NJ. E.
church last Sabbath evening, and deep
interest was shown by those in attend
ance. The. Congregational and Baptist
churches will unite. and services will be
held at their churches alternately until
next Sabbath.
There is an individual stopping at the
hotel-Dr. Young-that pretends to
know something about the burning OF
Rathbnn's Touring mill at Conneaut.-
From his appearance, we should infer
that ifhe was in that locality when the
outrageous ofense was committed, he
does know sboutit.
It has been rumored that the enforce
ment ola stringent liquor ordinanc at
Conneaat, recently, resulted in making
Capt. Young's "brown stone front" a
very popular rendezvous for some of the
bon tons of that usually well regul ated
town. The boys should remember thai
all men are equal in the eyes of the law
and that if thew offend, they should sub.
NIT to the penalty. To get drunk, IS hu'
man-to reform, divine. They are only
one step from divInity-will they ever
cross the chasm? We shall see.
Our esteemed townsmsn. Jos. T., i'm
mo1talized himself, recently, by present
ing to the public very novel method OF
pig roasting. The discovery of this very
unique plan was purely accidental. and
he had not the remotest idea of distin-
gushing hi mself as a caterer to the fas-
tidious palate of the epicuresn. Oh, no
He only wanted to enforce prescription
for an unhealthy member of the procine
family. So the boys and an ex-membeI
of the late defunct reading room.
thought it would be eminently proper to
oil his pigship with spirits of turpentine
Joe thought so too, and it was according
done at ten O'Clock of the same night
After saturating the shiny bristles with
about a pint of this very infamma blC
remedy for t1iehine spirallis, it wa
thought advisable to inspect the job, ana
a lighted lamp was brought in clos
proximity for this purpose. Something
resembling flash of lightning was ex
perienced soon after, and the anima
made rush for the open air-and go
it-and it is said that the death race tha
ensued for the next fifteen minutes wa
terrible to behold. The flames that cam'
nigh destroying fine barn were prompt
ly subdued, and by that time the unfor
tunate victim of materia medica wa:
thoroughly cooked.
The receipt is undoubtedly a good one
but should be applied in the middle Of
Lake Erie, and then, by daylight, only
Jefferson, Feb. 9, 1876. n