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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-19
Respectfully,
EDWARD SOARING,
Of Public instruction.

WE nave examined WIN care the
new work on the Eastern question,
" THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT"
of which the publishers, Messrs. Hub
bard Brothers, of Philadelphia, have
kindly sent us the advanced sheets. This
work has been very carefully prepared
by the Well-knoWn historian, Dr.. Il. p.
Brockett, whose previous works on our
late Civil War, the Seyen-Weeks' War,
the Franco-German War, &C., have
had such large sales No work yet
issued, OF likely to be issued on this
question, which is now absorbing the
attention of both Europe and America,
can compare with this in fullness, ac-
curacy, and interest. We have here in
condensed form, but written in a most
attractive style, the history, religion,
and social life, not only of Russia and
Turkey, but Of the municipalities, and
the countries adjacent; the relations OF
the great powers of Europe to the Con-
tending Nations, the causes which led
to the war, the positions of the trib-
utary states, the religious and social
conditions Of the provinces where the
inSurrectiOn began, and the whole his
| tory, as it has never been told else
where, Of the horrible maSsacres and
outrages in Bulgaria, year ago, in the
words of those who were eye-Witnesses.
We have also full account Of the
earnest efforts Of the great powers to
prevent war, and the circumstances of
their failure; and then, in a mastery
word picture, a birds eye view Of the
whole situation, and of all parties con-
cerned, as it was on the day of the
declaration of war. Appended to this
clear and deeply-interesting narrative,
we have biographical sketches of the
leading actors in this great drama, not
dry biographical dictionary notices, but
portraitures which enable you to read
the souls Of the men, and to under
stand the motives Of their action.
The whole book is a most valuable
contribution to modern history. The
price is very low, fer it has over 500
pages, and so elegant illustrations, and
every man and woman, and every boy
and girl in the community, ought to
possess and read it. The farmer needs
lit to learn how those far-off lands,
with their semi-sayage inhabitants,
are able to compete successfully with
him in the culture of grain, Of silk, Of
fruits, and of cotton; the merchant, to
show him how he can buy to the best
advantage the products of those dis
tant countries, and what he can best
sell them Of our productions; the
manufacturer, to learn how to adapt
his goods to the wants Of these strange
traces; the sailor, to ascertain what are
their best ports and harbors; and our
children, to increase their knowledge
of other lands, and the people that
dwell in them; and all who read the
news, to enable them to comprehend
the situation and understand the inn
portant events that are effecting mo-
mentous changes in nations, religions,
and civilization.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-19

PORTLAND OREGON, July 1st, 1877.
There is a great contrast not only in
climate, but almost every characteris-
tic in Oregon and California. Oregon
is a heavily timbered country, and an
abundance of rain, SO that instead of
the brown and barren plains and hills
of California, we see here on every
side the most vigorous Vegetation, for
with a soil richer than that Of Califor
MIA, the frequent shoWersIwhich pervail
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should receive impartial consideration
at the coming annual meeting. If the
people are not prepared to take formal
action, let a committee Of competent
persons be appointed to investigate
and report to a future meeting on the
question of district purchase, free
textbooks, etc.
A very careful study of the matter
for the past three years convinces me
that:
a. The best possible solution of
the vexed question Of Textbooks is in
local selection and adoption, purchase
in the open market, and the free loan
of the books to the pupils, under suita-
bic restrictions.
(2) The neat best plan is to pur-
chase books. as above, and rent them
to the pupils for a small sum per term,
sufficient to cover the cost Of wear
and tear.
g. The next is district purchase
with the books sold to the pupils at
cost, or at a slight advance (say five
per cent? to pay the person in charge
for the trouble of handling.
az The aOorst Of all plans is the
prevalent voluntary, irresponsible one
Of G7ediUidetGI purchase, at large and
carrying retail prices, Ia places often
far distant and inaccessible, Of books
frequently unauthorized, and change
able at the a0iU Of a2ay gjCe21 teacher or
school board.
Of the plan of State Uniformity I
have spoken at some length in the
reports referred to. Tt need only be
said here that it has proved impracti-
cable wherever tried, and that it is
condemned by substantially all educa-
cational authorities in the country
OF these two facts i710eStjgGtio11 nlttSt
c071Ui91ce G41y c171ded inquirer. The
local evils connected with textbooks
must be remedied OF tolerated by the
people Of each district, as they remedy
or tolerate the evils of poor teachers,
poor school-houses, irregular attend
ance, etc. / feel sure that under exist
ing laws they can easily, invariably
and promptly remove the former and
secure uniformity and chhapnesS in
books, with better attendance and
more efficient work in The schools-if
they choose.
| earnestly invite intelligent and
candid consideration Of the suggestions
herein made, and such action as may
thereafter appear likely to promote the
local interests Of the schools. To aid
investigating committees or individual
inquirers | will cheerfully send such
further information as may be desired.
Respectfully,
EDWARD Soaring,
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8SS&u)t8y 1n1D0(..
d. II. FL Eft, Edition.
CRAMMTNG.


ing an examination, by the stufing in
of intellectual food" the meaning so
commonly attached to the term; but
rather examining as defined by Prof.
Blackie, who says that sit is a species
of intellectual feeding, which is nei-
Their preceded By appetite nor fo5zoaced
By digestion." Accepting this definition,
we find the practice very extensively
prevalent. We all very readily ac-
knowledge that, at some periods OF our
educational progress, OaGT instructors
practiced this vice upon e1S. but at the
same time, Indignantly hurl back the
insinuation that aOe as teachers are
treating others to the same mental
pabulum. Each one more than sus-
poets that his neighbors are guilty, but,
of course, he is innocent. There is
Miss M. who succeeds in passing to a
higher grade a large proportion Of her
scholars. ut was done by examining"
cry out the less unfortunate ones; but
approach Miss Mon subject, "No
indeed" she replies with some warmth,
cit was the result Of legitimate work"
And so with other cases, so that we
are led to the conclusion that cram
Il
Llll'5 ~ 'Hll' q 9'lly 0oh'''olliil0''' '''i''
almost ''S uiil'elS"lly 2l''o'loeo'
Il'7 ~ l''9ii''' u 'lll' ''l0 l1i''liy' =
l'V'l0 5lII ,'o o'll9oi "''o lo''0'il6 O p''S-
e"Se I" " lli0l 'l'0 "oi'' ''S'' o00uil GU
ana was asked "haG IL meant Lit
Tie cobS az play, was the reply, ana
Oh ei'l0lfy IL Was loolla Vil"o sue h'a
oeel- u ''llliL0'' " i'm ool'Iiilii9 VI "eiiill-
CI0"'' 'S' Oney >l7 c"l'0o' fsn'' f'llloli8
~ . 'l-, :, - '0'' -'''- '''N ''''0s' -
-'N- ''' $500
P"l Vlo''l"l '0llol''I vi 'll0 0"'lO''1o u
europe me ooy named them with
promptneSS ana accuracy. AZ last the
examiner S''lo' NOW Cel me WhaC q
0@PlUdl ID NO "iio " a. IL II q lll1il
or a BEAST? "A beast, replied the
BOY qulVe oeGlSlFely'
These are perhaps exceptional cases,
ana yet are not the workings OF the
same pflhclPle observable III almost
every School'and eSPeclally III primary
grades When Tor instance, pupils
JuS0 beginning aElGlmetlc are compell-
ca TO Iollo" OUT q long chaln OF rea-
sOning, which, by the way, they have
simply committed to memory. and re-
cite parrot-like, what more appropriate
name for than examining? Or again.
when the child is reouirAd 70 commit
to memory rules and definitions whose
meaning he does not, and cannot com
pIehend IS 1t not intellectual feeding,
which Is neither preceded by appetite
nor followed by digestion| The same
is true when the pupil is given assis-
lance OF information which he might
have himself obtained by thought or
investigation, and the teacher who
resorts to such a course is a crammer
Tro~u 5i4eoro,,+ III 49, fno,,,
oonrso "a I'LL o,,iI1 a., oo,1,;7
orino ,o+,,ino !, ,,r1,;a,, - ! o,irino
I:..ole 1-.,..5~s - - ? -. :,
roo,-a ~ 4nana 30 4e l;,, - ~ +" 49, 49, -
which onnoal - 1is +1ro,,d so,,ao, a,sa
;rn,or1 oo,,ao;o,,a,,oa1 - ,..a.. 1, ~,
u,l,;aI = ao1atall9 - ~ o
oono11o oe diooe4inn ~ - ~ - = :
sc toacbo, - oti,,,,71o+o III 1871
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subverts moral character by forcing
the individual to appear what he is
not, and to lessen his regard for truth.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-19

The reputation ithas attained, in consequence OF
the marvellous cures it has produced during the
last half century, is sufficient assurance to the
public that it will continue to realize the happiest
results that can be desired. In almost every
section of country there are persons, publicly
known, who have beenrestored from alarming and
even desperate diseases Of the lungs, by its use.
All who have tried acknowledge its superiority;
and where its virtues are known, no one hesitates
as to what medicine to employ to relieve the dis
tress and suffering peculiar to pulmonary afTec-
tons. CHERRY PICTORIAL always affords in
slant relief, and performs rapid cures of the
milder varieties of bronchial disorder as well as
the more formidable diseases of the lungs.
As asafeguard to children, amid the distress.
ing diseases which beset the Throat and Chest Of
Childhood, it is invaluable; for, by its timely use,
naultitudes are rescued and restored to health
This medicine gains friends at every trial, as
the cures it is constantly producing are too re-
markable to be forgotten. No family should be
without it, and those who have once used it
never will.
Eminent Physicians throughout the country
prescribe it, and Clergymen often recommend it
from their knowledge of it's effects.
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JOB WORK

oFEVERY DESCRIPTION DONE
Cheap at this ONCE. Give US g.
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PREPARED BIZ

PREPARED By
Dr. J. c. AVER & Co., Lowell, Massr
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23
sheriff as Special Master COmRlIsiOn-
er-SaIe of Lands and Tenements.
Ashta6uIa Common Pleas
Ashtabula National Bank
against
James w. Rogers eft al.

Ashtabula National Bank
against
James W. Rogers, ct al. !
RY virtue sof an Order of Sale
- duly issued from said Court in the above
case to me directed, will offer for sale by
way of public auction, at the door of the
Court House in jefferson, Ashtabula County,
Ohio, on Monday, the 18th day of March, A.
D. 1877, between the hour of 10 a. m. and Il m.
O'Clock of said day, the following described
real estate, tO-wit:
Situate in the township of SaybroOk, Coun-
ty ef Ashtabula and State of Ohio, being also
in township No. 13 in the fourth range OF
townships in the Connecticut Western Re
serve, so called, being the northeast corner
OF lot No thirteen and bounded as follows
north by the north line of said lot No. 1S,
east by the east line OF said lot, which is also
the east line of said township of SaybroOk
south by the south half of said lot No. Is said
line being parallel with the north line) and
land conveyed by Samuel and Ruth Rogers
to AbsalOm P. Rogers by quit-claim deed, da-
ted Dec. 10 1850; containing % and 35-100 acres
ofland, more or less.
Also the following tract OF land to-wit: sit
uate in the township of Ashtabula, County of
Ashtabula and state Of Ohio, bounded, Begin
ming at the northwest corner Of land lately
owned by E. @. Hubbard in lot No. 2, thence
running south = deg. ". along lot line IS "a
chains to lands decided to D. W Gary, thence
easterly along the said Gary's land 6. .76 chains
thence N. by straight line 50 rods TO strike N
line of said Hubbards land SIS chains east
nom the place OF beginning; containing
about ten acres sofland-eXcepting = acre Of
land conveyed To-
Terms cash Appraised as follows:
First described piece, -
Second described piece, S--
Sheriff as Special Master Commissioner.
Sheriff's Office. jefferson, o, Feb. l6, 1877.
Theo. Hall. Plaintiffs Atty, Stills.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23
Free of Cost.

DR.. KNEES New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bron-
ehitis, &C., is given away free Of cost in
trial bottles. II you have a severe cough,
cold, difficulty of breathing, hoarseness or
any affection Of the throat or lungs, do by
all means give this wonderful remedy a
trial. As you value your existence you
cannot afford to let this opportunity pass.
We could not afford to give this remedy
away unless we knew it contained the true
merits we claim for it. Thousands Of hope
less cases have already been completely
cured by it. There is no other medicine in
the world that will cure one-half the cases
that DR.. Kings New Discovery will cure.
For sale by A. R. Thurber & Co. 14l6.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

A HEALTHY FREE LUNCHER.-A
tramp, while on his travels, noticed
a placard in front of bar-rOOm. 1t
bore the pleasing legend. "Free
Lunch" and he went in, walked un-
ostentatiously up to a plate, and
commenced operations with sand
wich; then the barkeeper walked up
to the cadaverous wretch and said:
"Men who eat here are expected
to pay for a drink"
81 know it." said the tramp.
"Well, then, why don't you con-
form to the ruler"
"Cause | go in for health, and
don't drink till am through eating"
The bar-keeper turned his back
for moment, and the tramp slipped
three sandwiches into his coat pocket,
aud calmly devoured four; then he
walked up to the bar, and to the dis
penser of stimulants and buskily
whispered:
"Gimme a glass of water, will ye?"
"What! water, after four sand
wiches?" beloved the bar-keeper.
"Yes'r water" replied the tramp.
'I've been drinkin' o. it for nigh
onter forty years, an it's just the
healthiest stuff agoin."
And he hobbled out; bat if he had
caught the boot that flew after him,
he wouldn't have been satisfied with
the ''booty" of his visit.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

Fverv one VIM reau,res the use OF meuclnes should
exercise great care in purchasing none but ure 2resn
and First Glass articles and none but competent Drug
gists should be allowed to fill prescriptions we IeeA
justified in saying that we can give 'ne PeOpe u ASH
tabuIa the benefit of all these
We have none but new and reliable goods, and man
thoroughly competent to handle and compound them
Should you have Prescriptions and Recipes OF any
lind Won wish filed we cordially ask you to give
trial We guarantee satisfaction in every case.
We keep full line of Drugs, Dye Stufs, Toilet Ar
ticIes and Druggist Sundres also fine assortment of
Stationery including all latest styles and qualities
as well ss common grades.
Should you wish anything in our line not in stock,
re will procure the same on short notice and at
7O--'- A. r. THURBER & CO.,
Ashtabula House Block
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

"GoOd morning, Donnelley! I
hear your daughter has a baby; is it
boy or grip" "Shure, Miss, and
it's meself as dosen't yet know for
the life of me if Pm a grandfather
or a grandmother bedad.n
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23
RUSSELL e SON,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
DRAIN TILE sBRICK
hsnaFrA AnTaA OHIO
AsHTABULA, OHIO.
pRIcE 80 EoR TLLE.
Farm for sale!

4 FARM of 81 acres, eligibly To-
"A Gated on the Jefferson road, three miles
T-or, Gstfahula and the L. s. q NJ. S. Railroad
ee5 - a11onf eoui-dfstant between the a, ). q
r and A. Y.&P roads, IN good condition ts
70 soil. fence, water, woodland, and orehard
- seIs on favorable terms Inq u1re OF
4sffabnIa. Oct Y, 1876. Il JAMES REED.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23
LEG4L.
Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that a
IN Petition will be presented TO the Board
ty. at their next session, TO be held on the
first Monday in March, being the iifth day OF
Road in the township of Ashtabula; begin
ming at a point where the east line of Lot No.
M intersects the north liue of the North Ridge
Road. thence running northerly along the
east line of said Lot No. 10, until Il intersects
the east and west road running past Henry
Whitman's, about fifty rods east Of said Whit
mans. 3tl4l4
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23
AdninistratO4.'s Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that
i the undersigned have been duly appoint
ed and qualified as Administrators on the es-
tate of Emory Luce, deceased, late of Ashta-
bula, Ashtabula County Ohio,
SARAH A. LUCE,
I. o. FISHER.
Ashtabula. o., Jan. %, 1877. Sti4ii
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23
SherlR as Special Master Commission
er-SaIe of Lands and TenemeRts.

Ex'rs of William Sanborn,
against
James W. Rogers, ct. al.
RY virtue of an alias order of sale
Dduly issued from said court in the above
case, to me directed, will offer for sale by
way of public auction at the door ofthe Court
House in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio,
on Monday, the 18th day of March, A. d.
1877, between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock of
said day, the following described real estate,
to-Wit: -.-
Situate in the Township of Ashtabula,
County of Ashtabula, State of Ohio, known
as water lot on the west side of Ashtabula
River at Ashtabula Harbor, and is part of lot
No. twenty-three (23) in block No. fOrty-three
(4S) in the village plat at Ashtabula HarbOr,
and is bounded easterly by Ashtabula River
southerly by land OF n. Hubbard, J. D. Hull
bert and H. E. Parsons, and known as lot No.
twenty-five: westerly by the right-of-Way of
the Ashtabula, Youngstown & Pittsburgh
Railroad Company, as surveyed and located,
and northerly by land of II. Hubbard, known
as lot No. twenty-fOur GA.
Terms Cash. Appraised at 81, 500 90.
T,-S. YOUNG,
Sheriff as Special Master Commissioners.
Sherif's Office, jefferson, Feb. Is, 1877.
EDWARD Il. FITCH Plaintiffs Atty. 14l5 St
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

Among the many remedies which have beeh
brought 70 the notice of the Pablic, no one has
attracted so much attention from the wonder
ful cures It has performed as LAWS0N'S CUkA-
TIVE. twas discovered BY yaeelebrated chemist
ofNeW England while at work in b lis laboratory
and used by himself and friends and among the
afflicted poor Of his neigh hborhood for manyyears
before it was put up for sale. 1t has stood the
test Of years with q constantly RroEing reputa-
ton m til it has become q household necessity.
WhereEeri t Is onceused in family that family
will never beTithout it.
From 8 knowledge of its effects it is recon-
msnded by eminent physicians and By our lead
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

THE "OFF" SIDE OF A BET.-'De
family dat l b'longs to never takes a
dare" explained a colored man at the
Central market when stall-keeper
offered to bet him quarter that he
wouldn't take off his boots and run
to the City hall and back. The
money was put up in the hands of
brother Gardner, the colored philos-
opher, boots and stockings came off,
and away the man trotted in the
snow.
81 believe l takes dat currency"
he remarked as he returned in gal
liant style.
''De stakeholder desires to call the
attention of dis crowd to de follow
in paragraph in de daily paper" ;" re-
marked brother Gardner, exhibiting
paper and placing his finger on the
statement that John Morrisey had
declared all bets off.
''Dat settles dis queshun at once"
he continued. ''I returns all de
money 'cept three per cent. and de
case is Just de same as afore. Mr..
Jackson hoofed it aroun' in de
snow."- Detroit Free Press.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

w ALLACE'S NATIONAL WORM
LozENGEs,
PITIs NATIONAL LIVER AND SICK HEADACHE
WALLAoE's NATIONAL HORSE AND CATTLE pow.
nERe. N SAfrhh Eoh-
Are the BEST In the marlxe+ E7,,.,.,-o e.
tnem at your nearest drug store and ig tta1,
DO no good go back and get your money my
II not 70 be obtained at your nearest druo
store, they will be sent postpaid on recaIIs
OF price-24 cents per box, boxes si-bv
WALLACE 4 POSTLEWNTT
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

\ MYsTERY.-Yesterday fore
noon an old lady and. her daughter
drove into the city on the Gratoit
road IN a one-horse wagon, and the
horse was secured in an alley near
the lower park on Randolph street,
while the women went in search of
dry goods store. Some boys wan
dered through the alley, saw the
chance for joke, and one of them
borrowed a wrench, others got a
pry, and in about FIVE minutes they
had placed the hind wheels of the
vehicle where the fore-wheels had
been in the habit of running. By
and by the woman and her daugh-
ter returned, united the horse, led
him out, and the mother looked at
the vehicle and remarked: "Seems
as if this blamed old horse had been
kicking in the dashboard" ''Pile i'll
mother," called the girl, as she tied
up the halter; but the mother
couldn't. The pitch was so great
that the seat slanted skyward, and
the woman got off the hub. walked
around the wagon and said: 'Tll
bet onions that this horse is hitched
to the wrong end of the wagon"
They were in a great puzzle when a
boy came along, saw the true state
of affairs, and he leaned up against
a stone wall and laughed till the
tears came. A blacksmith was sent
for, the wheels properly placed, and
the old lady remarked: "Blamed if
| wasn't afraid for one spell that I'd
got cross-eyed or was losing my rea-
son. l Just want to git hold of some
of these Detroit boysP Free Press.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23
NOfice.

HAVING been appointed and
a qualified as administrators 0f the estate
of George W Kepler deceased late Of Ashta-
bula, all persons having claims against OF
account with said estate are requested TO
present them for settl ement
CAROLINE F KEPLER. Adm'x.
Ashtabula, Feb. Sth 1877.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

At a party on West Hill, the 9th
er evening, number of young men
presented one of the party who was
very obnoxious to them, with a large
tin jackass, with an appropriate pre-
sentation address. But the mean
man got the drop on them by accep-
ting it gracefully, saying that he
would always keepit, and never part
with it, and as often as he looked at
it, it could not fail to remind him of
the donors. And then somehow or
other it seemed to the young men
that the presentation had gone off
kind of tame, after all,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

A young lady of Bellevue, Ohio,
bet young man kiss that Tilden
would be eleeted-he to pay if Til
den won, she to pay if Hayes was
elected. On the morning of the 9Th
he called and paid the bet; on the
9th he called and took it back.
That evening she paid the bet. Next
morning she took il back, and he
paid, and SO they have been kept
busy by the contradictory dispatch
es ever since, and both declare their
willingness and ability to hold out
until Congress decides the question.
They don't like the new compromise
bill.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23
Adnaf,nfstrntoa,s Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ undersigned has been duly appointed
and qualified as Administering ON the estate
of George r. Sleeper, deceased, late of Shef-
field, Ashtabula County, Ohio,
A ]. WHIPPLE.
Sheffield, O., Feb'yI 1, 1877. Stills