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pAIsTON'S MARRIAGE.
flIs Appeal to lInvo IT l4cgniizcd by
the Alnfp OF MISUNDERSTANDING
Iurntnry rotlti0u by NcNvburypoFt
CiltKeMAs


Citizens.
nosfon G,obe, Feb. II.
Mr. meR Parton haa isa s foioTng a
hnn ~ .t ~. al1ar Ein1 Wflits Etdrea,ro' whioi,
costatuiy cor goes 70 show that bis now reston was
taken nos only with tho warm ,approsa! Or
fFiends but in sha confidence tl'at IT, x.s strictly
nottion i bv Nevburyport citizons:
~. n"a, ~ >, I,,,s. ;at,aa mi E, Fx,<to, rny.
IN! 70 10 HoTofaoH sshass gig atous ~ tepFes''-
atrss q tas es,nonT.an q 4qssaea"is"s a. ,.,
srectfuly SOLICITED 70 tns somens q ,aG.a
n ITO ~ o. s,mss
Parton aud Ellen M!lia EIdreage no.n tss'ae9a os
HcWnTyots ~ H tnv ,, ~ " liz ttns".as ~ tc
ssresnoay, vere complitd win. That Is e say y.
csnRs wan no ta.s,a
ssrs1sa .;esn = nsiies
Nnwsuryp9rt % o. sIe - nex X, ieI IT,: a. M ne. ".
aSas viz e ii
arc aeauau.cd with the elrennsanses ot our sase.
Ms va 10 eF % s nSs sscoa sT out
ths Slate Of haasscau.et!s prohibiting 3is! sa mar.
.e xsh ~. s r.. relation asslsins ~ Seswson
% n liz ,soues o e par 10 our
now .,s asa Sn T. sGsss
States Of the unon on1 ot Wnith - Hsw aosxf WaIe
In % 1Ssse to !:
hshty o. tne aff!age e. oe,ng nnrthx ~ ny..ta
naTs ecafcsJ ueehda tAo sstet MotH! 4! t.
1 50 Tsse sr. o ino 'na H.
law Of .ho United sates to 70 @ no ssss a1
T. 10 natassf 1aht hsFs .hs r. sro no esd @ 1n ~ M
md whesn thors . ~ Mfo ny nrs
lrBal Mrong nna Wlete tncts ~ ~ natata. asss' ~
nsut sae.s .a'l 10 no lsg. ,npsasn1 r. In 9us ie{
mss relation era nau 1een no saTot st o. ~
Ing ~ sss!sd sSsfss dss sassasi Il:
partly - cur sges nanar en'esas @ " ILL.,. M tt
GeFh u t1is sumo huaaeaou. gIs .tttake, ny utts
Ccfinl1tH RQu 4zHot4Y Ge N4EA "A9 AA&NANy sASU&
anu H.; H., Ia i - tho ;co.,,,, NJ MIR
btloaea w sae a,senSs5 5' vi ~ o t, " , "t
mafr1h9e' We 1Mme1lassy rGsaasa M ous 'os.ict t.
dug inquiry ana aslhtratl9n rsvlswK ~ secaase t
uecisoub knu e9siataon SoSsans aPuu s ttS ~
1sng Mpon .nn W. y,s =, .n ." ~
Masuaehuaess oha re" Auat ~ ~ oSnH r.
1Sa', roa not h. snsus1 Va rcna,re to to ata1o
at New York, where We wufe mkrticd = second time,
Tho 10Th Of February, with al tho forms required
by tho laws Of that btato Ha dd not ease tao hate
Of MASSACHUSETTS, tor NO pnFpos9 o. s ssaaihg i
nost necessary and fuadamental Of 81 lars Nhiel.
IL. that marriage sha hAvo Legal sanetion We are
Y s = Gs
tbs it, o. tdnoa IT, aess ao e ,
liro. Tho weight q opn!on = 70 arc advised y hat
7 s.a = as a ss H.
q :: .s !. iSs as =
20 special act cse'I.ina tho marstags eontEae:e
February, 1876. ,.,, -,u,
We arc swsro of ths manifold ev,a and insonysn
ss invcighea asatnst u both publicly aud privately
with nil the force Of which he Capable. Aud II "
askug tho 1ey!satuts ot a1ass*chnAash to pnss
an scs enabl!nu vi to marry. NO should staut con
denued by the utseranccs hsrs referred w. And ~
by public opillont which ia Justly adverse e
legislation designed for tho s1clus!va hans1t Of 1ndi
y4unls. nut hees ~ . marriage most tnnoccuuy cou
traotel IN violation Of ~ UNKNOWN law Whlcn Maf
Rags II 10 tompieo that hotaanB can now uoao u
, 1876-02-21

TO ihs Edtsr Of faS Cheuas Istbu":
CHICAGO Teb. 19.-The people ol Chicago
hayo granted to tholsouth Side Horso Hallway
most valuable franchise. In consideration OF
that franchise tue Company virtually sgree1 to
carry tho people and to giyc shcm ssats for
cants, or nhateyer fam ehAll b. established. I
submit that, acaordiug To the principles Of law
and Justice. they violate that contract lundtods
Of tss every ~ snd saSa S9
franchise should b. tAkon from them aud given
to = company that would accommodate our ett'
zous. Every morning, noon. and night tho peo.
nlo afp packod tu tho cara ike eArtl!neS. Lat
Alexander, and '.Boals or DO pay" and they
would be very gltd to put. on moro oars. A. 1t
Ia, gontemsn Aso forced To- 20 10 tho livery
atAUlos aud ltro carriage to: got about with
Or walk. Quo man told the writer he had pass
cd up and down on tho cara for mouth and
uevcr III olo single instance could he got scat
All This that fow OF tho richest men 1t, the city
ultGht Bwndle him and hundred Of 0shesa out Ut
two iliokela = day.
Al "seats Or no pay" smacka l!ttla of the
code Of Judge Lynch and should only DO resort
ed 10 when other meana fall. propose that
acore OF peop!a nus out tho foloming petition TO
ths Common Council paste y en st.ost o. ps;; ~;
cars and SEQ 1t hundreds do not g!adly sign II.
Send theln in to the Council and lot us Zoe what
our city fathars will dos -.
70 IN Honorable ths Ebnmon C0uaefl " The Ctp o!
Ca,edyo-ukN1LxxEM:'T tbs undersigned citlasns and
Legal yoter e sou.h ChiYYo br4 lr.ss to zeprsssn,
that ths facilities tor travel furnished by ths south
Side llosse Hallway s1s groAsly Inadequate to ths
wants Of ths travelling public; and hc1etnrs t4t YOU
isss ~ utainancs, wlh spprorrtats .cuas., ssaatr
Ing said Coupauy to furnish ulofs cars or o fn1t'd
tlan " collect fsEu whsn no sea4 cah 30 had.
iaiilug to do this w bsie,s, viatca THAR ciarter
Should they continue 70 DO 10. ~ pray you W iaI'
n.esaurrs to cancsl AssE franchise sud give It u
tuttvf flat xiii accommodate kbk public.
AID your petitioners. u u duty bound. will eYel
rrwy aic. u,
, 1876-02-21

THE H1Ek.
To tie Edltor Of TIE Chtta1o Tribune:
Cu1cAoo. Fob. l9.-Oue Of tho mos. fragrant
impoaitions ever perpetrated In this city upon
tho pablo Was contaminated By the proprletors Of
the Exposition Skating Fink last evening. Not
withstauding rho fact that tho weather yoster-
day was quite moderate, It MAS given out thas
thozs would be good skating at the rink. and tho
managers mado tho usual display Of muslc.
lights etc. Several Indies and gentleman awaited
thomselves Of tie opportunlty to attend, but
found, upon ontering tue building, that tto ico
uaH nothing hui "musl,." Ono or two Een:lc-
mnu who bad paid the prico Of hhmlsaion re-
qaesscd chocIs Of the doorEceper when tile COR
ditson Of tho leo becane known to him. bu: they
wero very b!andly Informed that Il was not Chg
custom to Evo checks. They thon demanded
tho return OF tho money pad for adin'eB:on
which demand was promptly refused. Tho
whoio sctemo was barofaced game TO c1snrt
money from thoac who might a.toud without
giving tne'r patrons chance tu get yauo ro-
ccivcd, sEATxh'
, 1876-02-21

srain on any ono Of tho leading railroad itnca
will In snrprao 10 osory ono. hhould tls bo
dono on one Of tho loading roads towards tho
southwest. The railroad company will llDd that
their moht crowdsd train, h,ld find continual
from tho dsy Of ita inception. Tho poopn aro
ready for II, and II tho railroad company will
put It on trial. they will ind It 40. Tt,ouo living
along ts ines now will travel nftcnnr, and hun
along the Inns Of Tie rst railroad thai viii carrv
them 10 and fro for 6 cents trip. 1lIls aubjoct
Is mors talked Of this winter than aynr before.
There ia growing pressure to have something
tlpno for relief. The road thai inauguratea
th3s movement will catch the huhdFeta that arc
now waiting. viii 1t be tired this sptlug7
~ A.
, 1876-02-21

ANOTHER NO1H FH0M 'TA1-fA9kbs
10 Tie Editor n The chtrdoo TRIBUNE:
Cu,uAoo, Fab. 20.-I noticed Soma rou,arks In
today's paper In relation to my communication,
signed IA Tax-payer." "Iu DETAIL" ! do live
near Mrs. Koohler'a place, In tho samo block. I
never asked admltance aftcr 10 o'clock Sunday
morning. she is = widoa, Without large fam
tly, hs understand, and Ia poor enough 10 own
tho building. The policemen on th" bent SAY
she IL too rich aud too influential 70 nosd il.
cense. The place l,ts been also complained OF
by tho police II Chicago Avenue bta.toEl ~ be-
ing dlsortleriy, and ronaiuing without lcenso
since last June.
Mr. Cleveland has no right 10 ASSUME made
tho complaint Tor tho purpose OF blackmai.
made tho complaint to break up tho house. rs
1t ought to 10 bsokon M, A. believe It {bus
can't provo lt) to BE- house Of (at loast1 hssig-
nation. Mr.. Cleveland a,I the Mayor have mt
money enough 10 tempt INC to blaakmaal thcn
or any ono o1so.
Mr. Cleveland did not and tlara not toll me to
60 ont of LIS Office as went tl1ers on legitimate
busiucsa. TAoMAs Il. KEAs.
, 1876-02-21


10 tht Editor Of TIE Chicago 1r,bunt:
CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-Ono Of tho greatest defects
in our own and all other Incorporated clt!es is
tho complicated aud unjust disposition maao Of
tho forced assessments upon the taxpayers,
whoss duty 1t il to furnish the meanB BY which
ths municipal machinery III kept III running
ordor. 1t would soom In individual casss that the
n,an who las money to inycst should. under all
circumstances, be allowed to elect whom, Whero
bow u,uolI. aid for what he would otponu tue
sumo. No 1nan having any just conception Of
tho rules Of equity aud fair dcaliug would hnd
fault with tho exercise Of this right, now known
aud respected throughout Tho civilized world.
Sono OF the most learned commentators upon
iogal Jurisprudence lavo adlrmca IS fact that
the government Of at individual was only tho
miniature government OF tho body polite. AS
uuming tho abovo propositions to be trne is II
not tirnc that tho sax,payota Of al Incorporated
prDpricty OF insisting that they alone should de-
tormnino how and By whom thar money paid for
governmental purposes ahall be expended :,
| am not un'nindfnI Of tho fact that the small
carry out bis sheory 10 behalf Of tho Taxpayers
it would bo NECESSARY to cuttAl tho rightn Of tho
poor, but belIoyo tllo fscts aEa ttas u W had
| two branches OF government IN cur city loRis-
laturo, ono Of which should have no othor, duty
10 perform thnu 10 appropriate money, aud they
to bs e'cctoa by those who psy tho
/ D chlngo that would bonoat all classes
OF soolesy, except $he ema!l.n!naed
aud worso aot Of political vagAbonds, who, being
too lazy to toll, would soou lind permanent eul-
plogtnont in sone Of tho many peuAl inptttu-
tious of the State 10 kindly provided for tholF
| ouly lit associates. cannot discover more
reasonable and fair propositlon thRn the ola
that tho financial ofiloer Of ths Government
should bo elected BY those who furnish the
ilnaneea uoceasasy to conduct Il, nor do be-
| lcve that thesu ia one rnAn In = hundred OF or.
I'm bn t{a thR
would object 10 tho ehaugs proposed..
! ", II. EDDY.
, 1876-02-21
IN REMT-HnusEs.

a. s:: ao.'s tss; ons ;;osa' IN ,: 3sss 3 s,s ssss
y.ps t.s, nHs eln,sse food sshses ahnnd.nss me- q
ftnn Centennial 7liIto1s. Addraas nAKER HaoS,.
FtustsnA, N. t.
, 1876-02-21

l. tAb4.ed con,sni.sa1 bn.las.s o4 h3atb M.tssst.
inots4a sanq 0aod tslsEssss 6Essn aud ssaazs1.
i Addros1 u. Tribune 0ihGs.
, 1876-02-21

1luH 6AIE-TRxAR LANDs-TtIE UHDE1tHiGH-
I'd, Of Austin. To4xs, temporarily in Chicago,
ocr. sale amnunt nj Land ef stl Er1de.
situated n the best tnrttunst tho htatu: vii .e ief
suual prcpsrty. Call on sdjross M. =. MUUETUHs
Washing tfu-st.
, 1876-02-21

'l4FAETEtl- LADIES' AND 4EKI !.EMAH Fu LEARN
.ssEt.phlng tuttloa to hs pata oat " .sar{ .i.sf
1VAFrED- LADIES AND .lENTLEAAN 70
" learn tslexfs4h5; su!ttua., q = Monthi dss sno
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31
Items for Young Men.

1t was said of the renowned John
Todd, distinguished author: He
lived long and useful life, doing a
great amount of hard, honest, faith
ful work. When he was born his
father was helpless cripple, and his
mother suddenly became hopeless
lunatic. Every one said it would
be blessed thing if the baby eould
be taken out of the world. Yet he
lived and labored and. prospered for
more than seventy years. He saw
some hard times, as everybody does
who ever amounts to anything, 1t
is a good book for young men to
read. Long after he had carved out
for himself his own place in the
world, he wrote thus to a young
friend: "We must swim off and not
wait for anyone to come and put
cork under us. Don't finch, tioun-
der, fall nor fiddle, but grapple like
"a man and you'll be man. .
Faith and pluck are wonderful in
sturmentalities. They walk hand in
hand with steady royal tread
which seem to challenge the most
formidable difficulties, aud through
them accomplish successes such as
cannot be won under serene skies,
upon green fields or tranquil waters,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31

breathing, no unnatural redness, no
fear of suffocation she is sImplyla
large, beautiful object, instead of a
pillow tied in the middle, with gen.
eral sir of asphyxia- Large women
should remember that no tight lacing
makes them look any smaller. Age,
which reduces everything else, isapt
TO add on to the figure of woman,
and time brings an undesirable stout
ness. This cannot be better treated
than it was by the late Duchess of
Devonshire, one of,the most beauti-
full of women, who grew at forty, as
English women are apt TO do, very
stout. GLOW have you kept your
complexion so pure, my dear dach-
ess ?'' said one of her fellow ladies-in
waiting at the Court of Queen Vic
toria. "By dressing at ease and keep-
ing my temper" said the handsome
duchess.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31
About Army Buttons

Gen. Comfy, of the Columbus
Journal, is in Washington, studying
the situation. After a careful con-
sideration of the House retrench-
ment proceedings, he was moved to
the following observations. g
Every few days they make a saw
ing of fifty dollars a year on the
wages of some poor widow in one
of the departments. This enables
them to appropriate FIVE million dol
lars back pay to rebel pensioners of
1912, who were stricken off the rolls
for disloyalty, while they were out
with Hill, preserving the good old
Consultation, If General Banning
succeeds in abolishing the use Of
sleeve buttons on our army and ma
Wy uniforms, we shall probably be
able to pension all the soldiers of the
late rebellion. don't see why this
saving cannot be effected. The sleeve
buttons are of brass and very expeh-
slve. There are two Of them on
each sleeve, which makes four to a
man for every uniform. AS the pop,
ulation Of the country Is now about
forty millions, and each colored citi,
zen is entitled to forty acres and a
mule, this would make the annual
consumption Of sleeve buttons by
the army and navy about six hum
dred million buttons a year. can
not say to a cent how much they
cost, but they are Of no use Under
the sun. l appeal to any old soldier
to say if he ever used one of these
buttons to button up any thing in
his life. Besides they are very much
in the way when one goes to call
the pile in game of draw. They
rattle on the table and alarm the
guard.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31
Unboited - near.


Near the close of the last century,
when ENGLAND and France were wag-
ing war with each other, the British
Parliament passed law, to take eff
feet for two years, that the army at
home should be supplied with bread
made from unbolted wheat meal,
soley for the purpose of making the
wheat go as far as possible. At FIRST
the soldiers were exceedingly dis
pleased with this kind of bread, AID
refused to eat it, but after two or
three weeks they preferred it to fine
-four bread. The result of the tx-
pertinent was that the health Of the
soldiers improved so much and
SO manifestly in the course of a
few months that the officers
and physicians Of the army publicly
declared that the soldiers were never
before so healthy and robust, and
diseases of many kinds had almost
entirely disappeard from the army.
For while the use of this bread
was almost universal in public insti
tutions and in private families, and
was pronounced by civic physicians
by far the most healthy bread that
could be eaten. The testimony of
sea-captains and whalemen is equal
ly in favor of wheaton bread. "The
eoarser the ship bread is, the healthi-
er Is my crew." said a very intelli-
gent sea-captain of over thirty years
experience. The inhabitants at
estphalia, who are hardy and
robust people, capable of enduring
the greatest fatigues, are living
testimony to the salutary effects of
this sort of bread and it is remarka-
bic that they are very seldom attack
ed by acute fevers, and those other
diseases which arise from bad hum
ors. In fact, the laboring class
throughout Europe, Asia and Africa,
use bread made of the whole grain;
happily for them, they cannot afford
to buy fine -four.
The most intelligent class of peo-
pie in our large cities have bread
made of unbolted wheat on their ta-
bIes every day, and depend upon it.
But in country places the idea pre-
walls thatit is cheap and coarse, and
that to feed a guest on Graham
bread would be inhospitable. Moth
ing can be farther from the truth.
Our frst-class hotels have regularly
on their bills of fare Cracked wheat, !"
" hominy," oatmeal mush;n and
some advanced teachers of hygiene
are beginning to hope that the reign
of fine -four. is passing away. Of
oatmeal as a diet, one OF. our writers
says: Americans are gradually
waking up to the fact that oatmeal
is by no means an unimportant arti-
Gle of diet. AS food, the merits
which have stood the test of centu-
ries, and which is designed to pro-
mote the sanitary condition of the
nation, by laying the foundation for
more ready and vigorous frames for
the coming generation, let US regard
its general adoption as an article of
diet as nothing short of "a national
good. Its PHOSPHORUS gives a
Ihealthful impulse to the brain
and on no other food can one en-
dure so great or so prolonged mental
labor as on oat meal porridge."
~. Y. Tribune.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31
Small waists and EARLY Deaths.

.na Smallwaists and early deaths have
been the subject of recent comments
ofla physician of celebrity, and his
notion that the latter is the certain
sequence of the formeris borne out
by almost all authorities of every
country. Yet no matter how the
physiologists or the physicians may
talk, women have always compressed
their waists and expanded their
skirts, apd they always viii, until
public opinion pronouhces for a
heavy figure. 1t has. never influence
ed a fashionable woman. yet to hear
that the Venus de Medici had a
large waist ;-she has been told so
ever since that faultless image
Of female beauty was disinterred.
Skemerely shrngs her shoulders
and draws her faces tighter. She
knows very well that, if She went to.
ballawith that figure of Y cnus, no
man would ask her to dance. So
important a matter is it to have a
small waist that it has become
matter of pride to the Austrian peo-
pie, and is often mentioned in the
court Journals that the Empress of
Austria is celebrated for possessing
a waist which only measures sixteen
inches. This is a greater nobility
thanaeyen the possessiOnso of sixteen
squarterings on your shield, with ut
which you cannot be admitted to the
best society of Vienna. sixteen, :"
therefore, is q magic number Wen
ma. There are many persons, to be
sure, who have as small a waist, but
they have not the height and con
tour and becoming fulness which the
empress has. Undoubtedly there
wiil,always be foolish mothers who
make their daughters sleep in their
corsets, and many foolish women
who will always draw their laees too
tight; bat the golden mean remains;
figure well but not too s,ify sup
ported; a waist slender, round, bat
not too small, forthe adjacent figure,
isthe grand desideyatuna of female
beauty. A large woman in France,
where women have taste for the
becoming in dress c, Inferred upon.
tbemabyaP Providence, wears ambl e
draperles, 3loosely-fitting garments
aud corset which does her the bes /
possible service, dor it, makes be r
ook and feel at bereaFe-SIio lahore d
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31
LEGAL.
Notice of .FILtng Petttioaa.
TAMRS INFRARITY -.

L AMEO lNERAh1l1 L, whose
81 place Of residence is unknown, viii take
notice that Edwin 4. Harmon of the County
OF Ashtabula IN the State Of Ohio, did on the
24th day Of March, A. ID. 1876, ME his petition
in the Court Of Common Pleas, within and
for the County Of ASnIaoula IN the state OF
Ohio. against the said James lnefarlty ana
Edward H. Fitch, Gefendents, setting lOrtn
that the said plaintiff made parol contract
with said defendent James Inerarity, 70 Dullo
and construct for him dwelling house. on
lot four az OF Hubbard's plot in the township
of Ashtabuia, in said County and state ana
that said plaintiff under and by virtue ca setlu
contract, and in accordance with It's terms,
did construct said dwelling house. and in Rl
respects did fully perform said contract upon.
his part; That said Inerarity failed 10 pay
said plaintiff, and that in accordance with
the terms of the statute in such cases made
and provided, the said pin, Edwin I. Harmon
made an attested account of the materials
furnished and labor performed in the con-
struction of said dwelling house, and did
make afIidavit thereto, and did within four
months file the same in the Office OF the Re
cOrder OF said county and did then and there
by obtain perfect and valid lien upon said
dwelling house and said lot, four li) OF Hub
bardis plot, the lot upon which said dwelling
house is situate, from the I'D day OF October
A. ID. ls74. That said lien is now in full force
and effect, unpaid and unsatisfed; that there
is now due and remaining unpaid on said ae-
count to the plaintiff from the said defendent
James Inerarity, the just and full sum Of 500
which he claims, with interest thereon nom
the I'D day of October, A. ID. 1874; that said
defendent Edward H Fitch is the owner Of
the legal title Of said lot four (4), Hubbard's
plot and that said James Inerarity has a
contract for the purchase of the same; that
there is due on the purchase price OF said
land to the said Edward II. Fitch nom the
said James Inerarity, the sum of SlS6.O2, with
interest thereon, at the rate Of eight o. per
cent. per annuIn, from July 20th, 1874 The
prayer Of said petition is that the amount
due to the plaintiff aud said Fitch from the
said James Inerarity, may be found by the
Court, the priorities OF lien determined, and
that said lot four a. Hubbard's plot, may by
the Court. be ordered to be sold and the pro-
ceeds applied to the payment of the amounts
50 found due to the said Fitch and this plain
tlh, according to their priorities and FOR such
other and further relief as equity may re-
quire: and the said James Inerarity is here
by notified that he is required to appear and
answer said petition, ON or before the Third
(8) Saturday after the 28th day of April, A. d.
1876. EDWIN T. HARMON.
BY Edward H. Fitch, his Atty. 6tlS6S
Dated March 24th. 1876.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31

A Danbury man carried home
4quarts of soft shell clans in an over
coat pocket. In the same pocket
was a handful of loose tobacco.
The soft shell CLANS had often heard
of the weed, of course, but this was
the first sample they had seen, and
by the time the man reached home
each clam had nice quid comforta-
ably rolled under its tongue. The
clans were opened and cooked, with
out the family noticing the filthy
habit they had got into. They were
served for breakfast, and were part
ly eaten. The Danbury man is now
convinced that he must either find
something other than a pocket to
carry CLAIMS home in, or get a wider
back door. Ddn6ury Neaos.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31

When man comes home and tries
to bolt his door with sweet potato,
pokes the fire with the spout of a
coffee-pot, attempts to wind up the
clock with his bootjaek, tries to cut
kindling wood for the morning fire
with paper knife, takes cold po-
tato in hand to light him to bed, and
prefers sleeping with his hat and
boots on, you may reasonably infer
that he has been making the ac-
quaintance of some very friendly
people.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31

A doctor attending a punster who
was very ILL, apologized for be-
ing late enc day by saying that he
had to stop TO see a man who had
fallen down awell. eDid he kick
the bucket, doctor9" groaned the
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-31

A Fort Madison man went into his
coy stable the other day, and, by
mistake, mixed her up nice mash in
box full cf saw-dust instead of
bran. The COW, merely sUpposing
the hard times bad come and they
were all going to economic, meekly
ate her supper, and that man never
discovered his mistake until the next
morning, when he MIXED that COW,
and she let down half-a-gallon of
turpentinp, aquart of shoe-pegs, and
a bundle of Iaths.