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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-04
Fishery Commission.

THO Fishery Commission under
article XVIII. to NV Of
the treaty OF a. HlAS tOi'
has concluded its session at Halifax.
Tine result of the deliberations Of the
com mission as made public by the
commissions. and will be communicated
to Congress.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-04
Attorney Generals Report.

The report OF the AttOrney-General
contains several suggestions as - the sd-
ministrstion of Justice, TO which l in
vte your attention. The pressure 0!
business in the Supreme Court, and in
certain Circuit Courts o! the United
States, is now such that serious delays, to
the great injury and even oppression OF
suitor;, occur, and remedy should be
sought for this condition OF affairs
Whether it will be found in the plan
briefly sketched in the report, o; incFeas'
ipg the number G. judges Of tle
Clrcg!. Courts, and by means Of thIt
addition to the Judicial fore:
Of creating an Intermed.ata court o
errors and appeals, or whether some
other mole can be devised ;ar ubvlatlng
the difficulties which now eX =.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-04
Mexican Affairs

The revolution which recently oc-
cured in Mexico WAS followed by the
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-04
Trade Marks.

A treaty for the protection Of trade
marks has been negotiated with Great
Britain, which has been submitted to the
Senate for its consideration.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
New Mode of washing.

The i'll effects of soda on linen
have given rise to a new method of
washing which has been extensively
adopted in Germany, and introduced
into Belgium. The operation con-
sists in dissoIving two pounds of soap
in about three gallons of water as
hot as the hand can bear, and adding
to this one tablespoonful of turpen-
tine and three of liquid ammonia,
the mixture must then be well stirred
and the linen stepped in it for two
or three hours, taking care to cover
the vessel containing them as her-
metically as possible. The clothes
are afterwards washed out and
rinsed in the usual way. 1he soap
and water may berepeated and used
q sooond time. but in that case halt q
teasnoonful of ammonia must be ad-
5ed This process is said to cause
GREAT economy of time, labor and fu-
Il The linen scarcely suffers at all,
and its cleanliness and color are per-
feet. The ammonia and turpentine,
their defensive action Is
very great, have no injurious effects
on the linen; and while the former
evaporates Immediately, the smell OF
the latter is said to disappear entire
ly during the washing of the clothes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
s. MY JOhn.s9

Gov. Nichols appartmens were
crowded with many visitors who
had called upon matters of business,
and some without business, when
suddenly the Governors attention
was attracted by the door flying vio-
lently open, whereupon in stalked a
female of no small dimensions. The
Governor, with his usual urbanity,
rose and asked the female to be seat
ed, but this, with scornful mein, she
peremptoriaIly declined, at the same
time asking:
care you the Governor"
'''I am, madam" he replied.
"Well, sir, if you are the Govern
or, 1 would like to know where my
John is"
The Governor became confused
and inquired, "whO is John?"
"Who is John, indeed?" reiterat-
ed the excited individual, "Who is
John? Why, sir, you as Governor
should know that John is my lawful,
welded husband"
"I assure you, madam, that 1
know nothing of your John, as 1
have never seen him, and this is the
first time l have had the pleasure of
meeting you"
Whereupon the infuriated female
hissed, "Your a pretty Governor to
be sure; Governor of the State of
Louisiana and don't know who John
is! Why, sir, the duty of Govern
OF, let me tell you. is to know where
every decent, respectable wOman's
husband is"
Thereupon she made a break for
the door, and came near upsetting
the porter, who, as luck would have
it, made a dextrous lunge to one
side and saved himself.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
Philosophy of Laughter.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans
in any market, and the old maxim,
3" laugh and grow fat" would be
equally proper if read laugh and
grow good" A genuine and hearty
laugh can never come from a man
whose soul is corrupt and whose brain
is filled with evil principles and
wicked projects. Even the astute
and cynical Carlyle has said: "NO
man who has once heartily and Who'll
ly laughed can be altogether ire
elaimably depraved." The widest
inauguration cannot conceive of
Cassius as being jolly, Or Brutus as
a funny man. Shakespeare speaks
of Cassius as being lean and hungry,
of course he never laughed, but was
solemn as an owl. People cannot
live upon tasteless mental food any
more than they can be satisfied with
bodily nourishment that is unsea-
soned. Genuine and innocent wit is
the flavor of the mind, and hearty
laughter is the expression of its di-
gestion. The lugubrious parsonage
who frowns at pleasantly, who can't
take joke on any terms, is either a
mortally stupid character or the
most likely man on earth to sheathe
poniard in your body on a dark
night, either for purposes of robbery
or revenge. Is not the moral an OBJ
viOus one
Extremes are reactionary. Tho all
philosophy teaches us that laughter
is a property of reason and wisdom,
still its excess Is a mark of folly.
"For my own part" says the Rev.
DIR. Bellows, Il say it i'll all solem-
nifty, | have lived to become sincere
ly suspicious of the plety of those
who do no love pleasure in any form.
| cannot trust the man that never
laughs; that is always sedate; that
has no apparent outlets for those
natural springs of sportivness and
gayety that are perennial in the hu-
man soul. know that nature takes
her revenge on such violence" In
nocent pleasures and popular amuSe-
ments are worthy of all encourage
ment. Anything is better than the
dark, dead, unhappy social hte-a
prey to ennui and morbid excitement
which results from unmitigated
puritanism and which is apt to Ii.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03

cense Infamous folly. "He who
laughs" said the mother of Goethe,
can commit no deadly sin" " l
am persuaded" said Sterne, that
every time a man smiles-but more
so when he laughs-it adds some
thing to his fragment of life" Doug
las Jerrold, the prince of modern
wits, exclaims: "Let materialiSts
blaspheme as gingerly aud acutely
as they will, they must find confuS-
ION IN laughter" And yet laughter
is KIN to weeping, for true humcr
Is closely allied to pity, paradoxicaI
as 1t may seem.
Heaven has especially made us the
merriest of the creation-angels are
supposed to be more serious, and we
know that although animals can
weep they cannot laugh. Mirth has
been said to be Gods medicine; eve
rybodv ought to bathe in it. 1t will
lubricate the joints of the body and
radiate sunshine in the brain. A
certain divine once said: " Praying
can no more be made a substitute for
smiling than smiling can for pray
ing" a truth we'll worth remember
ing. Bolingbroke, the brilliant En-
gliSh orator, politician and author,
says: " l have observed that in COM
edy the best actor plays the part of
the drOll, while some scrub rogue is
made the hero, or fine gentleman.
So in this farce of life, wise men
pass their time in mirth, while fools
only are serious" Cheerfulness is
Just as natural to a man in sound
health as color is to his cheek, and
bears the same friendly relation to
the mind as to the body, and as
nothing will supply the want of sun
shine to flower and fruit, so nothing
can take the place of mirthfulnesS in
the ripening and nOurishment of the
human heart. God is glorifed not
in our groans but by our thanksgiv-
ings. GA merry heart doeth good
like a medicine" says the sacred vol
ume. Register G Tribune.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
VEGETINE!
IS MY
MEDICINE!
1 WISH NO OTHER.

Providence, April 7th, 1876.
Mr. H.R. STEvERs-Dear Sir: When I was
about eight years of age humOr broke out upon
me. which my mother tried to cure by giving me
herb teas and all other such remedies as she
knew Of but it continued to grow worse until f.
nally she consulted physician, and he said had
the salt rheum. and doctOred me for that COM
paint. He relieved me some but said l could not
be permanently cured, as the disease originated
in the blood. remained great sufferer for sew
eral years, until heard of and consulted physi-
clan who said had the scrOfulOus humOr, and if
l would allow him to doctor me be would cure me.
l did so and he commenced healing up my sores
and succeeded in efecting an external cure; but
in short time the disease appeared again in
worse form than ever. canceTOus humOr upon
my lungs throat and head 1 suffered the most
terrible pain and there seemed to be no remedy,
and my friends Thought must soon die, when my
attention was called while reading a newspaper
to VEGETINE testimonial of Mrs. Waterhouse,
No. 374 Athens street, South Boston, and l for
merly residing in South Boston and being person
ally acquainted with her, and knowing her former
feeble health, concluded l would try the Vege-
tine. After taking few bottles it seemed to
force the sores out of my system. had running
sores in my ears which for time were very pain
full. But continued TO take the Vegetine until
had taken about twenty-five bottles, my health
improving all the time from the commencement of
the first bottle, and the sores to heal. / COM
menced taking the Vegetine in 1872. and contin-
ued its constant use for six months. At this
time my health is better than il ever has been
since was a child. The Vegetine is what helped
me, and most cordially recommend it to all suf-
ferers, especially my friends. had been suffer
er over thirty years, and until used Vegetine l
found no remedy; now I use it as my family med
icine and wish no other. MRS. B. C. COOPER.
No, I JOy Street. Providence, r. l.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03


Previous to the railway strike bus
mess at Ashtabula Harbor was eX-
cellent, considering the general dull
ness prevailing. The docks of the
AshtabuIa, Youngstown & Pitts
burgh Railrond Company were well
filed with iron ore, and there was n
large quantity of coal being received
from the interior via. either the line
already named OF the Franklin
branch of the Lake Shore and Mich
igan Southern Road. The Lake
Shore Company did not seem to ex-
ert itself as much "a its competitor
to obtain freight in that section. A
number of frame buildings for busi-
ness purposes have lately been added
to the collection of structures Of this
class at Ashtabula Harbor. As these
buildings do not long remain empty 1t
is evident that other business besides
that of simply unloading and ship,
Hing iron ore and coal by boat and
! is transacted. Real estate at
AL, abula Harbor is moving slowly
Asu'' Cleveland Post.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
FROM THE KEYSTONE STATE.

Eds. Iel.-Having been now sew
eral days in this place, l thought a
few words relative 20 it might not be
unacceptable to the readers of the
TELEGRAPH. The town is a beauti-
full one-one of the first in this re-
spect among our Lake Shore towns
situated Is miles east of Erie. on
the Lake Shore Road, and nearer
the lake itself than most of those so
called in Ohio. The country abour
it is undulating, rising rapidly into
high hills on the south. The soil is
a gravelly loan, richly repaying the
husbandman, as the loaded fields
Just now attest.
The town itself was founded in
1894, and contains about $500 in
habitanrs. They are a very plain,
social people, not savoring a bit of
codtlSh-making a man feel at home
among them. 1t is delightfully."- qui-
ct, there being none of those inter
ests here that tend to draw the rab
BILE. 1t is emphatically a home town.
pleasant, healthy, enjoyable.
The beautiful scenery around il
and its proximity to the lake, are
fast rendering it a place of summer
resort. "Lake View" is fine old
mansion, amid beautiful groves on
the margin of the lake, one mile and
a half from town, fitted up as a no.
tel. 1t is now thrOnged with guests.
Its capacity is from 80 to 100. A
very large hotel is in course of con-
struction not very far from the de-
pot. Its main object is the accom-
mOdatiOn Of those who seek rest, re-
Taxation or pleasure.
The only mandatory of any im-
portance is the establishment of the
New Era Organ Company. Through
this | was shown by the gentleman
ly manager, few days ago. The In
struments certainly have very fine
appearance, and are said to be OF
superior quality, but of this, those
better posted in music than myself
must tell.
The institution of most interest to
the place, and particularly to me, is
"Lake Shore Seminary" This is a
very imposing brick building, 168 ft.
long, so ft. deep, and stories high,
standing on a gentle eminence at the
north of town, and commanding
magnificent view of the lake and
country for miles and miles away in
every direction. From the tower
the eye takes in, on the one hand,
the broad expanse of water, dotted
with putting steamers, or sail boats,
lazily pursuing their course; on the
other, the quiet town lying far be-
low, and the surrounding country,
picturesque in hill, valley, golden
fields, waving forests, leafy groves
and happy homes.
The building itself is we'll calculat-
ed for school purposes. 1t contains
well ventilated and cOmmOdiOus
rooms for the accommodation of 100
students, a well arranged boarding
department, pleasant school rooms,
and tastefully finished chapel, ca
pable of seating 400 persons.
Though I may not spend as many
days teaching the ideas of young
KeystOnes how to shoot as l have the
young Buckeyes of my native State,
yet l trust they may be pleasant,
useful and happy ones. Be this as it
may, my old friends will never be
forgotten, and they may expect to
hear from me as of old, when fitting
opportunity offers. H. Z. ].
North East, Pa, July "a, II.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
Fritz Troubles.


Fritz has had more trouble with
his neIghbOrs. This time he deter
mined to appeal to the majesty of
the law, and accordingly consulted a
legal gentleman.
GLOW vas dose tings?" he said.
''ven a feller's got a garden, und der
Odder veller's got some chickens eat
'em up? Don't you got some law
for dot?'
"Some ones chickens have been
destroying your garden?" asked the
lawyer.
''Straw in mine garden! Nine, it
vas vegetables
And the chickens committed dep
relations on them?''
"Ish dot sO?" asked Fritz in aston
ishment.
"And you want me to sue for dam
age?" continued the lawyer.
''Yaas. Gott for tamages, und der
gabbages, und der lettuges."
''Did you notify him to keep his
chickens up?"
"Yaas, 1 did Modify him."
"And what did he say?"
'He notified me to 90 to haal, and
wipe my chin off down mine vest"
"And he refused to comply with
your just demand?"
'Hey?"
"He allowed his chickens to run
at large?"
"Yaas. Some vas large and some
vas leedle vellares, but dey vos
scratch mine garden as der sefen
dimes itch"
"Well, you want to sue him."
"Yaas, l want to sue him to make
one blank fence up sixdeen feet his
house all arOundt, vot de dam shick-
ems don't get Ofer."
The lawyer informed him he could
not compel him to build such a
fence, and Fritz left in rage, ex-
claiming:
"Next summer time 1 raise my
schickens, too. I raise fdin shickens,
by tam! Wipe off your vest down.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
LAKE SHORE &mICHTGAN SOUTH
ERN n. r.
GOING WEST.


Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo at
800 p. m, Erie LILO a. m, Conneaut 2:22
Ashtabula 255 a. m, Madison 1892 a. m, Paines-
Vile 4:uO a. m, Cleveland 5:I5 a. m.
special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo at
l2:45 a. m, Erie $50 a. m, Ashtabula 4:5S,
Palnesville $40, and arrives at Cleveland at
6:35 a. m.
4Conneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut
at6:O5 a. m, AmbOy GIL, Kingsville 6:2l, Ash
tabula 6:SS, SaYbrOOk 6:43, Geneva 6:5S, Paines-
vile rs, and arrives at Cleveland S:45 a. m.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at sos a. m
Erie 1915, Conneaut ll:l7, Amboy -, Kings
Vile ll:SS Ashtabula l1:49 pm, SaybrOok 1855
Geneva l2:05, PaineSVille 1888, and arrives
at Cleveland at 200 p. IN.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo 1910 D. M,
Erie 3:55 Ashtabula 5:l5, Painesville 6:06, and
arrives at Cleveland at 7:05 p. m.
Erie Accommodation leaves Erie 405 p. m.
Sonneapt 5:l5, Ashtabula $500 SaybrOOk 6:O2,
GeneYa 6:l3, PalneSvllle 6:55, and arrives at
Cleveland at S:l5 p. m.
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7:3O a. m
Painesville $40, Ashtabula sos, Conneaut 9:2S'
Erie lO:2O, and arrives at Buffalo at Los D. m
Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
neva l:O7 p. m, SaybroOk lis. Ashtabula I:3O
KingSVille la, AmbOy l:54. COnneaut BOZ
Erie $40, Buffalo 200 p. m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves CleVe-
land at "a p. m, Painesville 3:3l, Ashtabula
4:l3, Erie 5:25, and arrives at Buffalo atS:05
p. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland
at $50 p. m, Painesville5i9 Geneva 6:3S, Say
brook GAS, Ashtabula 200. Eingsville 7:l3, Am
boy 7:zs3, and arrives at COnneaut at $50 p. m.
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1890 p. m, Painesvile 1l:2O, Ashtabula 1904
a. m, Erie Lao and arrives at Buffalo at 400 a.
m.
p4-Trains run by Columbus time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
Burnegh's N. Y. Letter to Boston Journal.
OUR ENGLISH COUSINS.
The Secret of GRANTS Popularity

General Grant owes much to his
steady common sense, his practical
wisdom, and frank appreciation of
what is excellent in the mother
country. A distinguished gentleman
said to me, yesterday: "Most of our
counrrymen go to England as mis-
sionaries and reformers. They COM
mence their work as soon as they can
get an auditor. A dog and a cat
will not play at each other more
spitefully than do an Englisnman and
an American when they come to-
gether. proposed to visit Glasgow.
A London merchant offered me a let
ter to a friend of his, a merchant in
Glasgow. declined the favor, as my
stay was short, and | wanted no So
cial hindrance, and would be able to
see all l wished to see with an ordl-
nary guide. The letter was pressed
upon me as a personal favor to my
friend, and 1 took it l delivered 1t
the morning after my arrival. The
merchant took it, maintaining his
sitting posture. He did not offer me
his hand, nor invite me to a chair.
He looked at my person from my
boots to my hair, as if | was in search
of a loan. lie pleaded business as an
excuse for any want of attention l
might discover. 81 said to him.
''That letter, as you perceive, Is
not an open one; l did not solicit 1t;
I do not know what 1t contains; l
broaght it because it was pressed up
ON me by your friend and mine. If
there is anything in it that demands
vour attention and time l wish you
10 consider it as unwritten. | have
money in my pocket, and an English
tongue in my head, and | have no
fayors to ask from any one" bow
ed myself out and took a hack to see
the town. On my return ] found the
merchant standing on the hotel
stoop. He was very gracious, ana
proffered his services. l decllneG lIe ne
offer and went to my room: Ear.y
next morning ne sent up his cara, 10
wbicb declined to respond. When
I 80 down he met me courteously,
Ia III Iii pressed upon me his atten-
.inn ti'u could not shake him off, and
nIn .ioh, with him one day. On the
.o,, LoUt I went to the lake. / was he2rty
- INV commentator of what saw,
and there was much to admire. /
was enthusiastic over the beauty of
the scenery around the lakes. My
Scotch friend began to thaw out.
'sYou are the most extraordinary
American have ever seen. You ad-
nit that tke.re are some good things
in old Engim, I'd, an you are not
afraid to saw so. | have had eight
or ten of your CO 'ultrymeh sent 70
me by my Jealous London CORES,
pondent; l have dom, my pest &c
entertain them, but in n, o Instance
until now have l been suoo> assioi'-
Last week l brought an Am er'cal
up to the lakes. His talk was a 81. rins
Of complaints from the first mile .
the last. We stood Just where we
stand now. | asked him what he
thought of the scenery. He replied
'Wa'al, this is tolerable. You cal
this a lake, do you? We would cal
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
THAT DRAMATIC ENTERTAIN
TENT,

We feel like preaching alittle to the tenn
perance public. and how could it better be
accomplished than through the columns of
blue ribbon paper. My subject is the
failure Of this same temperance communi-
ty to patronize the dramatic entertainment
given last week for the benefit of the Tenn
perance Union. The officers and members
of this society recognize the necessity of
having money in the treasury, to carry on
this enterprise, and have appealed to the
public to assist them. A number of ladies
direct connection with, or personal inter
est in the foundation of the society, were
solicited, and cheerfully consented to give
their time, and studied to prepare an elab-
crate entertainment for the benefit of the
7. U. Society. Business gentlemen, earn
estly engaged in trade, feeling the necessi-
ty, these hard time, of devoting every mo-
ment to careful attention to business, Ia
dies as actively busy with cares of their
household, gave attention to such call
with what result?
Where are the crowded houses that gath
cred so recently to enjoy temperance
speeches? What has become of the ankle
ty which was displayed, for the fitting up
of a suitable reading room for the Blue
Ribbon Boys of Ashtabula? After much
careful study and conscientious prepara-
ton, the announcement was made that a
Dramatic entertainment would be given
for the benefit of the Temperance Union.
And what came of it? A truly admirable
and amusing entertainment was given to a
''beggarly account of emptY"-benches-
the receipts being too small to announce
publicly.
We had the pleasure of attending this en-
tertainment and although some time has
elapsed since, we would like to give a
little account of it.
There was very little to criticise and
very much to approve. The selection of
the plays was good, giving an opportunity
for the display Of much versatility Of talent,
as in several instances both farces were
played by the same persons. Two eharae-
ters more diametrically opposed than that
Of 'Job Wort" in Blighted Being, and
"Dehnis, the Irish inn servant, in Naval
Engagement, could not well be found, and
it would be difficult to say which was
played, best by Mr.. E. l.. Wells. as in
both instances his makeup Of dress and
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-03
w hole Number 1439

1t | a pond in Ameriky. We've got
lakes In our country into which Won
could put the whole of this island
and nothing could be seen of it. and
then a navy could swim over it.'' I
gave my companion up and drove
back to the hotel with the resolve
never again to be civil TO an Ameri-
can. When you came l thought
you were a person of the same sort.
Your manly way of repelling my
rudeness won on me. You must 90
home aud be my guest" And was
compelled to reply.