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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-10-24
The Tramp's Yarn.

Quad Box" writes in the Anlericau
Newspaper Reporter
There are but few printers throughout
the country but what have seen or heard
of George Washington Matchett prOba-
bly, the oldest tramp printer on the road.
He says he has tramped across the cOntI-
nent seven times, and has visited almost
every printing Office in the union. The
following Is a story related by MN on
his last trip through this place:
He was on one of his long walks, and
had got as far west as Kansas, and had
found little work during his journey ;
but one day he struck a small town with
one printing Office in it. He went up to
the office, and found the editor scratch
ing away with his pen, and the "devil'
seated upon a stool. He asked the editor
how work was, and what was the chance
for sit" and upon being told that he
might have a Job for a few days, and that
he could go to work at once, he asked
where he could find the type and cases,
and was told that the type was up stairs
in a sack, and that he would have to
chalk his case out on the floor. He went
to work and marked out his case and laid
the type. He worked all that week, and
when Saturday night came he went to
the boss for his money, whereupon the
latter went up stairs and threw down two
coon skins. and explained to G. w. that
they were currency in that country.
George had to make the best Of it; so he
threw the coon skins over his shoulder
and started down town to a store. He
got some tobacco, paper of pins, and
some thread, and threw down a coon
skin TO pay for It. The storekeeper took
the coon skin and handed him back two
squirrel skins and one Opossum skin in
change.
Matchett told the story with a relish,
and after taking up a collection, departed
on his weary way.
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A Word to Husbands,

Has anybody ever written upon the
responsibility which rests upon hus-
band with regard to the education of his
wife d? Of course we know what yOuwill
say about her being supposed to have
finished hereducation" before marriage,
and all that; and yet you and We know
that she begins as new an education with
him as if she had never seen the alpha
bet. His views, his feelings, his ideas,
are they nothing to her if she loves him?
Years after, when they who 'knew her
as girl" come to talk with the matron,
do they not find her husband reflected
in every. sentence either for good or evil?
Of course, the more strongly a woman
loves, the more completely is her own
identity absorbed in her husbands. This
is point which is too much neglected
by married men. A good husband is
almost certain to have a good wife; and
if she be mot so good as he could wish"
at the comnlc. cement Of their married
life, he can soon educate her up TO the
proper mark; and, on the other hand,
he can so educate her down as to render
his home a purgatOry, and perhaps bring
upon himself and his family the greatest
agony and keenest pangs Of disgrace
which a husband and children can feel.
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ADYERTIsING RATES.

The above scale Of prices is for ordinary single
column display advertising. Solid Legal, OficiaI
AID Tabular Advertisements will be charged at the
legalrat for space occupied. Rule and Figure
work so per cent. extra.
SPECIAL NOTICES, Advertisements in other than
single column measure, and those in prescribed
25 per cent additional
LOCAL NOTICEs-IG cents per line for first, and
cents per line for each additional insertion.
CARDS in Business Directory-One inch, / year
SO: months, Sc; months, ss. One-half inch
year, S. 0C; 6 mos. 50; mos. s2.
OBITUARY NOTICES (0ther than simple announce
mcnts of deaths,) Tributes Of Respect, Cards Of
Thanks, and announcements by Societies. cents
per line.
Notices Of Marriages, Births and DeathE-when
furnished by proper rsuthOrity-free.
Attachment, Divorce, Administrators and ExsCu-
tors Notices. must be paid for before insertion
as also Foreign and Transient Advertising gencr
8Ily.
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Arrival and Departure Of
Mails.

r. R. mails arrive daily except Sunday, at 1915
a. m. and csc p. m Depart daily except Sunday,
at 6.25 a.. m. and 2.30 p. N.
n. B. Railroad mails close 80 minutes before
departure of trains.
Ripley mail, for Newmarket, Sugartree Ridge
M0urytown, New Corwin, Emerald, &C., arrives
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at Z p. m. De-
parts Monday, Wednesday and Friday at a. m.
Eastern mail, for Dallas, RainsbOrO, New Pc
tersburg, Greenfield, Bliubridge, Paint, Sinking
springs, Marshall. North Union, Carmel, &C, ar
rivals Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, al p. m.
Departs same days at a. m.
Fayetteville mail, for Neyin, PricctOwn, Hollow
town, BufOrd, Sicily, &c, arrives wednesday and
Friday at 5 p. m Departs same days at 7 g. II.
Belfast mail, for Berryyille, Belfast, May Hill,
LOvGtts, &C, arrives Tuesday and Friday at so
4. m. Departs same days at 1890 p. N.
Sabiua mail, for Samantha, Highland Memphis,
Sabina, &C, arrives Tuesday and Friday at ,. 10.
Departs Wednesday and Saturday at I.l5 a. m.
J N. BARRERE, P. NJ.
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-"Why do I allow my husband to
smoke in the house P' asks Mrs. Hobbs.
Bless me, Mrs Brown, l would not stop
him for the world Do you know that
when he is angry with me-When we
have been having word or two tOgeth-
er, as l suppose the best of husbands and
wives occasionally have,-he Tushes TO
his cigar, and leaves me for a good hour
all to myself 1t seems to relieve him,
and saves me an infnity of blowing up.
After he has smoked it, I can assure you
the poor creature is quite mild, and some
times he will actually beg my pardon!
The fuming that I should have got is be-
slowed elsewhere. 1 look upon a cigar
as the very best friend a woman has, and
Pm positive, too, that it's the saving Of
an immensity Of swearing. After all,
yolley Of smoke isn't half so offensive as
volley of oaths. When all is said and
done, my dear, smoke, take my word for
it, is very fine thing. 1t cures many
a bad temper, and preserves many a
sweet onew
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The Direr and Ne Sharks.

'I dove once in Mobile bay, where I
put over three hundred chains under an
irUn-clad. The greatest annoyance we
had there was sharks. They didn't hard
" dare tackle US, because with our armOr
we looked more like scarecrows than
anything else. They would come sailing
along, and gradually swim towards US
with their great big mouths wide open,
but when within a few feet Of US they
would stop and lay there fappin' theIr
fms and looking, it seemed to me, like
the very devil himself. Finally we de
vised a way to scare them off that never
failed to frighten them so that they
would stay away an hour or longer before
they dare to come back, The armOr that
we wear Is air-tight, you know. Our
Jacket sleeves were fastened around our
wrists with an elastic, so that the air
could not escape. Byrunning my finger
under the sleeve of my jacket 1 could let
the air out, and as it rushed into the
water it would make a sort of kissing
noise and a volume of bubbles shoot up.
So whenever those internal sharks would
come prowling around me, / would hold
out my arm toward them and, putting
my finger under the elastic of my jacket
sleeve, I would let a lot of air out and
send a stream of bubbles into the sharks
face with a kissing noise like steam from
a guage-cOck. The way that those sharks
would 90 sCOOting off was funnytO be-
hold -
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To Make a Home HappY.

Nature is industrious in adOrning her
dOminions; and man, to whom this
beauty is addressed, should feel and
obey the lesson. Let him, too, be in
dustrious in adOrniug his dOmain-in
making his home, the dwelling Of his
wife and children, not only convenient
and comfortable, but pleasant. Let him
as far as circumstances Will admit, be in
dustriOus in surrounding it with pleasant
Objects-in decorating it, within and
without, with things that tend to make
it agreeable and attractive. Let industry
make home the abode of neatness and
order-a place which brings satisfaction
to every inmate, and which in absence
draws back the heart by the fond assOei-
atiOns of comfort and content. Let this
be done, and this sacred spot Will be-
come more surely the scene Of cheerful
ness and peace. Ye parents, who would
have your children happy, be indus
triOus to bring them up in the midst Of a
pleasant, a cheerful, and q happy home.
Waste not your time in accommodating
wealth for them but plant in their minds
and souls, in the way proposed, the seeds
Of virtue and prosperity.
Teach them also that true benevOlence
inspires with the love Of justice;and
prompts him in whose bosom it glows,
neither to oppress the weak, to impose
on the ignorant, nor to overreach the un-
wary but to give every man his due,
and with steady and undertaking step to
walk in the hallowed path Of equity,
Deceit and dissimulation fraud andfalse-
hood, are far from the humble worship
per of God: integrity is enthroned in
his heart, truth rests on his lips, and an
enlightened sense of duty regulates the
whole of his conduct. He faithfully
performs every promise, and fulhls
every engagement. Others respect and
trust his word, because he respects and
holds it sacred himself His life is char
acterized by the simplicity of truth, and
the dignity of virtue; and in dealing
with him, they who have an opPor-
tunity of knowing his character place
unboundcd confidence in his justice-aad
GaithlulneSS.
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her brother she called him a traitor to
his name and birth, and to her maid she
declared in her native tongue:
"Cetts file lire donne daHS la-DiCU de
Uelit"
And surely Juniata had caught not
only his fancy but his heart, and the star
lost to the musical world proved a gentle,
loving wife, while the Bennetts and the
rest Of the gossips enjoyed a new sensa-
ton, and the wedding served for a seven
days wonder.
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C51FAx. low. Sent. 30. 1878.

C0IFAx, Iowa, Sept. 30, 1878.
lam still in Iowa, spending my
time very pleasantly, fishing, hunt
ing, visiting and attending political
meetings. I tell you the political
campaign in Ohio is a tame afair
compared with the campaign here.
Joint discussions are the order Of the
day. This brings out the different
parties to the same meeting. The
spirit and enthusiasm prevailing re
minds me of the Ohio campaigns,
Just after the closing Of the war.
Grant seems to be quite popular
here, and if a speaker mentions Lis
name, or that Of Blaine, applause is
sure to follow.
Not in politics alone, but in every
thing, there is more energy and
Uiel0 here than in Ohio. Even the
farmers, in driving to and from
market or post-ofice, if not heavily
loaded, go in a sweeping trot.
While in Des 1Ioines, the State
capital, I spent day and evening
in the Exposition building. The
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-10-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Ladies', before marrying, had best de.
stroy all old love-letters.
The world is all uphill when We would
do, all down hill when we suffer.
How many an enamored pair have
courted in poetry and lived in prose!
Infancy is lovable, notwithstanding
fretfulness and the whooping-cough.
A rejected lover sometimes escapes q
great disappointment by means Of a small
one.
A pin has as much head as a good
many authors, and great deal more
point.
Ingratitude is so deadly a poison that
it destroys the very bosom in which it is
harbored.
Riches are given to make life pass com
fortably; but life is not given only to
amass riches.
Profusion restores to the public the
wealth which avariCe has detained from
it for a time.
Envy is fixed only on merit, and, like
a sore eye, is offended with everything
that is bright.
Few men are driven to desperation,
without having had themselves a hand
in the driving.
The discovery of what is true, and the
practice of what is good, are the two
most impOr mt objects of life.
It is generally true that we judge too
bitterly and harshly the faults Of every
office which we do not ourselves hold.
A young girl generally loses her fresh
ness bv mingIing with fashionable sOCie-
ty, as a bright stream does by mingling
with the sea.
A hypocrite may spin so fair thread
as to deceive his own eye. He may ad-
mire the cobweb, and not know himself
to be the spider.
The single effort by which We stop
short in the downward path to perdllon
is itself a greater exeTtiOn Of virtue than
a hundred acts Of justice.
1t is a great blunder, in the pursuit of
happiness, not to know when We have
got it; that is, not to be content with a
reasonable and possible measure oft.
The influence of men is not to- be con-
fined to the circle of their acquaintance.
1t spreads on every side of them, like the
undulations of the smitten water, and
will reach those whom they never saw.
OfIittle human flowers, Death gathers
many. He places them upon his bosom,
and he is transformed into something
less terrific than before. We learn to
gaze and shudder not, for he carries in
his arms the sweet blossoms Of our earth
ly hopes.
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PICTURES AND SMILES.
BY MARIA MEAD.

Two flowers in one fair garden grew,
Loves Eden was their home;
Together stood they side by side,
and budded into bloom.
Sunlight and dew were on them shed
With every passing day;
But, an stern Fate came stormIug in,
And tore those lOwrs away,
Two doves have met In high mid-heaven,
Its the time of springi
Their hearts are mated, and they soar
With wild, Cxultiug wing
But, lot Fates archer on the pair
Has fixed his frOwning eye;
Aud, one by one, ali, me those doves,
They hutter, all, and die.
Two barlls upon sunny sea,
To s0n and balmy gales,
With cagerJOy, all lovingly,
Unfurl their hopeful sails
And now the haven looms to view,
And now They near the shore;
Vain hope a tempest beats them back,
And parts them evermOrc.
Two beings meet, they meet 10 love,
In blisstuI, budding you'll;
They sever, each with cold, cold frOwns,
Concea'ing loves fond truth.
And thus they live, and thus they die,
Their life-paths wide apart;
Each with q spirit firm and high,
Each with a martyrs hears.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Il Extra copies Of the NEWS can be found ey-
cry week at George Bowers News Depot, and also
at this office. Price cents.
EE- The entrance to the new Editorial Room Of
the NEWS is on Main street, one door west Of GIas-
cock, Quinn & Co.'S hardware store, by the stair
way leading to DR.. Russ's Office
u Correspondence solicited from ali parts Of
the county. Send Us the facts, in few words, and
we VIII put them in shape for publication. The
writer's real name must be given in all cases, as
guaranty Of good taith.
The NEWS having much larger circulation ia
Highland county thas any other paper, and among
the best class Of readers, is the best advertising
medium. Business men viii please note this
fact, and act accordingly.
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Young Folks Corner.
POETICAL ENIGMA

T.
I an composed Of "A letters.
Ny lst is in Jelly, also in Jam,
n = ID is in Tom, but not in sam
My3d is IN song, but not 30 teach,
My 4th is I'm lizard, but not in leach
Ny 5th is in aunt, but not in cousin
Ny 9th is in eight, but not 10 dozcn5
Sly 9Th is In mud, but not IN dust,
My sth is in bread, but not IN crust
Ny eth Is in great, but not In small
Ny 10Th is in low, but not in tall,
Ny l1th is in spoon, but not IN knife,
NY 18th is in husband, but not in WIFE
My 18th is IN oats, but not in hay
NV 18th is IN April, but not in May
NY 18Th is iu pie, but not in cake,
NV 10th is in hoe, but not iu rake
Ny 18th is iu Ann, but NOT I'm Lib
Ny Sih is in Joke, but not IN ia,
~ 18th is iu COW, hut not I'm ca-f,
llv 10th is i'm wheat, also In chat,
Nv 2lst is iu minute, but not in hOuT,
Nv 22I is iu sweet aud you viii ind 10 10 sOurl
Ny 23d is in shot, but not iu shuttle,
Nv 9th is ia dance but not IN shuttle
NV who'll form the name of a lady Smart
Of o gentleman too that is ready 70 stat
lie can neither boast of his fame or his wealth,
Sae looks rather lean, on account of her health.
He is better known as a young Quaker preacher
She fsalso known as frst-CIass teacher.
Now preacher and teacher, please don't think lt
small,
FOR according to request, we have given you
call,
Aad Miss Teacher, after this please go slow,
For think you reside near Sriustownl U.
Dallas, O. blL1Eh.
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whole No. 22I3.

Centennial Of course makes all these
States and City exhibitions seem
smaller than they are, but I thought
this quite ereditable, though not
equal to last year, at Cincinnati.
I was most interested in the mod
eI Of the celebrated Strasburg Clock.
It is scme twelve or fifteen feet
high, and half as many wide,and is a
marvellous piece Of mechanism. The
different dials show the hour, day,
week, months and year, the phases
Of the moon, the seasons, the north
/ ern and southern decliDation Of the
sun, and the leap years
About the time-dial stands Father
Time with a hammer; near him the
fcure Of Death. In front-repre-
sented by four moving fgures-pass
the four ages of man-chldhood,
youth, manhood and old age- When
the minute-hand points to the first
quarter, the child advances to the
center, and Time strikes one upon
tie bell 3 at the second quarter the
youth occupies the center, and Time
with his hammer strikes two ; at the
third quarter manhood appears, and
Time strikes three ; at the end of
the hour old age appears, Time
keeps his position, and Death ad-
vances and strikes the hour of the
day. At every quarter Of the hour,
when Time strikes the bell, the
twelve Apostles appear IN procession,
and Christ advances to o point near
where they pass. Each Apostle,
when he reaches q point opposite
where the Savior stands, bows lowly
to Him, except Peter, who tuEne
his back; Just then a cock, perebed
upon one of the towers, flaps his
wings and crows Justify. This oc-
cures every fifteen minutes The
clock runs 1--WE years with one wind
ing.
The Baby Show at Exposition
Hall, brought out los competing
babies. Oh, what a sight for bach
elor eyes to east uponI
It's claimed that MarshalltOwn,
over in the next county, has the best
managed and most popular Public
School within the State; and that
one hundred applicants have been
turned away for want Of room.
The new State House, now build
| ing in Des Moines, is a massive af-
fair. Five years ago the work was
| begun, and it viii take SIX years
more to complete it. The joists
were being placed upon the third
story when visited It. They do
nothing by halves out here The
public buildings generally-such as
Court House, School House, &e.-are
better than those for the same Pur-
poses East.
Colfax-where lam now stopping
is but ten years old. It is as large
as Lynchburg, and twice as thrifty.
-Four lawyers hang out their shing-
les here. This surprised me at first,
asI could not understand how so
many could find business, but when
I earned there were fire doctors,
then it was all plain enOugh-the
lawyers were employed in settling
the estates of deceased parties
I am off for home this Week-must
get there in time to vote and help
redeem Ohio. ISlIA TROTH.
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ENIGMA

am composed Of y letters.
Ny lsJ is in wet, but not I'm dry,
Ny 2l is in rice, bat not iu rye,
Nv Sd is in yellow, but not in white
Ny 4th is In light, but not iu night
MY 5th is in fire, but not iu fun
Nv 9th IS i'm walk, but not ia run,
Ny 7th is IN mother, but not In pa,
w Sth is in pigeon, hut not iu law
Ny 9Th is IN gun, but not in rifle,
Ny 10th is 10 earnest, but not I'm triiel
My Ilth is in Dave, but not IN sam,
Ny 18th is in Jimmie, but nor in Ham,
My 18Th is in am, also 10 man,
Eiv l4ih is I'm ian, Glso IN pany
Ny 18th is I'm deal, but not iu feel
My 10Th is iu pare, also in peal,
MY 18th is in pole, also IN pool
Ny 18th is in mule, also in fool,
Ny 18Th Is in leg, also in heel,
Eiv 2uth Is I'm barley, bar not on meal,
Ny 2Ist Is in Carriage, but not iu gig,
My 22l is IN hog, but not iu pig,
Ny Esd is I'm many, but not iu few,
sly 2lth is I'm rain, bat not DO dew
aiy 25fl is in lord, but not IN lady,
Nv 25th is i'm woman, but not iu baby
stv 27th is in sarah, but not in Sadie,
NIvwh1le forms the names Of lady.and gentle
man Of Glendale, Ohio. CuUt>-
fff1fSbOr1. %.
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Scene in a horse-car-Enter deter
mined-looking female, to whom aslen-
der-looking gentleman offers his seat.
"I always like to oblige the weaker sex,
afTably remarked the youth. Weaker
sex, indeed p Any more Of your imper-
tinence, young man, and you'll see
whether Pm weak or not P' Then assum-
ing a defiant air, she gratefully sat down
in the vacant scat.
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-At1Iillford, Conn, young lady took
care of an elderly gentleman who was
nearly helpless from gout, and induced
him to give her note for $4,000 and
then to marry her; but the note was not
paid, and the man died, and now the lady
has brought suit against the estate to re-
cover the money.
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"A milkmsn was lately seeking the
aid Of the police to trace the whereabouts
of family who had left the neig&bOr-
hood owing him SIS.
"Well, 1 suppose there was 50 worth
of water in that milk account, ," remark
ed the policeman.
''Thatswhere it gals me-that's where
it hurts" replied the dealer. They
were new customers, and I hadn't com
menced to water the milk yet
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Examinations Of Teachers.

THEHE Board Of School Examiners Of Highland
COuury give notice, that examinations of Ap-
picHnts fOr Certificates VIII take place IN the Hills
bOrO Union School building on the first Saturday Of
every month, and on the third Saturday of Eebma
~, March, April, August, September and October.
The Examination fee prescribed by law is 80 cts
BY order Of the Board.
aG2iyI II. S. DOGGETT, Clerk.
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Sister Harriet Ann Glenn is one of the
most deyOut of the colored Mcthodists
in Louisville. She went to a prayer
meeting in the Rev. w. W. TayIOrs
church, and sat in the midst of q party
of scOtiers. Brother Taylor stopped in
his sermon and said, "WhO's doing dat
tallin' over dar? 1 think it's de woman
in de white hat" The woman in the
white hat was Sister Glenn; and she
subsequently sued the preacher for slam
der but the jury refused to give her any
damage