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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
Death of DIR. James O. Aver.

DR.. James G. Aver, the well.knOwn
patent medicine proprietor, has died at
WinehendOn, Mass. For the past two
years he had been in extremely poor
health, and for some part OF that period
his mental condition was such that he
had to bs confined in an asylum for the
insane. DIR. Aver was undoubtedly
the wealthiest maker of patent medi'
cines in this co untry. He had been
engaged in the manufacture of pills
and syrups for many years, and his name
known through his medicines all over
the world. In the later years of his!life,
before his mind became unbalanced, he
was desirous to become known to the
public as stat man, and not alone as
a MAKER of pills. Having great
financial interests In Lowell, Mass,
where he resided, and in It's surround
ing towns, he succeeded. in October,
1874, through agents, while he was In
Europe, in procuring the Republican
nomination for Congre in the
Seventh Massachusetts district. A
great deal of opposition to him W 8
made on account of his cold manners,
and he was defeated by the Democratic
candidate, Mr.. TarboX. A few days
subsequent to the election the supera'
bundant ill.feeling toward him in the
town of Ayer-which is namecl after
him-found expression in the public
burning OF his effigy. 1t seems likely
that brooding over his defeated hope of
acquiring political position, and over
the indignities csst upon him by the
men he expected to rally to his support
caused his mind to become unhiDged.
In June, 1876, he became 30 violent
that he was conveyed to private
asylum in New Jersey, where he re-
manned for some mOnths.-New York
paper. .e-a
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

We print below the closing paragraph OF
Gen. &c fields admirable address to the edi-
tors of Ot'o, delivered at Cleveland on the
evening of the 10th:
The forces are needed to improve, enlarge
and ennoble the sphere of journalism. The
first rests with US who sre outsiders. If by
a the means i our power we can make the
people SO intelligent that they will only patron
ize the best and worthiest journals within their
reach we she-i have done or pe-t; I'd if on
YOU pa you go enlarge the sphere OF your
work and ,crease its Intelligence, and justice,
and force, that ignore1t I'd weak men will
not want you journal, and only the worthy
and honorable will desire it; between you nd
us the profession of jou-na"sm WI go on n
noble improvement, bettering its growth,
and increasing the secr-ity of liberty in orr
country. That you mske it better, and that
we may help you make it better by creating q
better taste, is my wish and tile aspirations Of
the journalists of Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
How an Ohio Postmaster Got
el ..-. Into Trouble.


CINc SNATI, July 16.-lra R. Fuller, Post
master at Lotta, Meigs county, Ohio, was ar
raigned before Commissioner Hooper, last
week, on warrant charging him with en-
bezzling letters from the United States mails,
and in default of bail in the sum of $4,000 he
was. committed to Jail to await trial.
Special agent Henry, who made the arrest,
says of the case in his report SIN the spring
of 1877, compile nts were made that number
of letters, containing money, had been lost,
between the offices OF Athens, Ohio, and Pom
eroy, Ohio. My attention was called to it
and sent test letters over the route, but, for
some unknown reason, and II some unknown
way, the alarm was given and the thief didnt
bite. Several months afterws-d this mode of
thieying was recommended. A number of
letters mailed by the Treasurer of Meigs
county, containing tax money collected, were
stolen. then procr-ed some letters of the
same kind, containing money, and sent them
over the route. After passing the Lotta post
office two of the letters were missing The
Postmaster was Immediately called upon and
scar rched, and the missing letters were found
in one pocket, opened, and the money and q
pecket-book in the other" -..' .......
The accused man is depressed, and his fam
lily, which consists of a wife and two children,
are almost heart broken He was highly re-
spected and IL well connected. The fact Of
the arrest startled the people, who have
known him for years, as he has always borne
q good reputation. it tFa za< l1i |
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

tages of harvesting has been set on fire and
ruined. Reports o losses of this kind are al
most ss fir 'quent as reports of losses by the
bun ling of barns. A most notable instance of
this nature W; reported n special dispatch
in yesterdays Herald. About one mile west
of Fostoria number of wheat stacks, belong
ing to one of the old Northern Ohio pioneers,
were malic;orsly set on fire by trampIng
scor ndre's, and, although every effort wcS
made to save them, or'y one escaped the
flames. The loss is estimated at fully 81, ,2C0
| a sum la-ge enough to eat up the frr'ts of an
entire yea s hard labor by the majority of
| fs-mers. St;'l more brutal fffa' thf1 tr's
even are reported. In the same issue Of the
Herald is another dispatch. from Newcomers
| town, telling how two valuable horses, the
property of well l'to-do farmer living few
miles from that village, were literally hscked
to pieces by scythe in the hands of tramp
1t is not necessary to multiply instances. 1t
is beyond all question that Northern Ohio is
Infested by proving gangs of vicious vaga-
bonds, who f-e systematically destroying and
pluuuSEiuSs Ahi5 ototC VI rAoES Woc uCNCt
known to exist before to the extent it exists
this summer.
The scoundrels who commit these deeds
! have not the excuse that they cannot get
work. 1t is simple matter of fact that the
farmers in Northern Ohio were never more
troubled to get harvest hands than they have
been this yer. They have offered liberal
wages, as high rs two dOlla-s per day and
boe-d fo labor, and labor was not to be had.
In many cases the crops have materially SUI
fered from the inability of the farmers to get
hsrvesters to take care of them. Yet the
country is swt -ming with vsgabonds. 1t be-
hooves the people in the farming districts to
give this matter the early and energetic atten'
ton they are capable of bsstowing on subjects
of pressing necessity when called upon to do
so. This house burning, and barn burning,
aud wheat stack burning, and mangling of
live stock WI become tedious # it is kept up
all summer, and there is but one way it can
be brought to an end Let the farmers Or
ganize themselves in committees to investi-
gate fraud, end let them tackle that first and
foremost fraud, ''the unemployed artizan
travelling wearily through the land in search
Of labor" If this is done, and well done, the
barn burnings will be less frequent. tt [Cleve-
land Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
What Democracy Has Done for
the LabOring Man.

F.rst-BefOre the rebellion they held
4, ,OO0, 900 laborers in slavery, thus de-
grading the whole mass Of laborers in
the country.
Seeond-They refused to pass the
homestead law.
Third-They went to war to per-
petuate slavery.
Fourth-They held that slavery was
the normal condition of the laborer.
Fifth-They enacted that all dues to
the government should be paid in coin,
that government employees might be
paid in a superior currency, leaving
only deprecated State currency for the
labOrer. Efl-
Sixth-They opposed the creation of
government currency for all the
people. ii'i W
Seventh-Since their accession to
power, under the false plea of economy,
they have refused appropriations of
the peoples money for needed inn
prOverDents, thus depressing labor in
time OF general distress, while they
squandered millions in profitless in
vestigstion and payment OF rebel
claims. ~Si- ae7 'f'- ys-sH =
Eighth-They have attempted the
reduction of the tariff, that American
labor might be redued to
competition with the half paid labor
Of foreign countries.
Ninth They have refused encourage
ment to commerce, through which our
surplus production might find profit
able foreign market -
Tenth-They have embarrassed and
retarded the public business by unwise
reductions of the clerical force in the
departments. r Eat
Eleventh-They have attempted the
reduction of the army below the actual
necessity of the country for the pro-
lection of the frontier settlements, and
with the view of throwing upon an
Overburdened market an additional
supply of unemployed laboreT5.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
The War Upon Farmers.

ILere is not so much heard lately about
fs mers receiving threats to discontinue the
use of labor saving agricr' tural implements as
there was few we,ks prior to the beginning
of harvesting. The rural districts are by nc
meas free, however, from annoyances by the
class of persons who earlier II the season con
tented themselves with the sending of aDony
nous and threatening letters. In fact the an
neyances the farmers are now experiencing
are of q much more decided character than
the former, and are of nature to arouse the
suspicion that they are based upon the gener-
al indifference with which the anti-lsbor-sav.
ing machine literature was received.
From all parts of Northern Ohio there have
come within the past week or 80 reports of an
astonishing number of small fires. Not 8
country weekly can be picked up which does
not contain an account of two or three, OF
sometimes even more, small conf1agrations.
In most instances the property destroyed con
sists of barns, though in number of cases
dwelling houses have taken fire in ways unac.
couutable on any theory of accident, aud have
been reduced to ashes. They were incendiary
fires. In number of instances the hand OF
the incendary, particularly where the prop
erty destroyed was barn, has been distinct.
ly traced end in some very rare cases the
criminal has been caught. He was almost
universally tramp. 1t is probably safe to
say that in the matter of dwelling houses and
barns alone there Las been destroyed in the
northern half of Ohio within the past two or
three weeks property to the value of hundreds
of thousands of dollars. The losses in nearly
all instances fell upon hard-working and eco
nomical farmers who by their industry and
self denial had laid aside enough to make
them comfortable, but who could iii afford TO
lose any appreciable portion of their posses
sions. In addition, moreover, to the losses
by the burning of barns and dwellings, there
have been losses and heavy losses, too, by the
burning Of smaller matters. Agricultural ma
chimes of value have been repeatedly destroy
ed by FIRE or by violence of other kinds. Even
the crops themselves have not escaped the
hand Of these destroyers. Grain in various
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
Love Among the ROses-Cupld
Raising the Mischief I'm the
FIOWer.Beds.
CWhiteha" On. W Times.


Twas morn.
The orb of day was shining as bright
as bOotblack.
Every flDwer had rose from it, bed
in deWtime.
In the bed beneath the arbOr there
Was jessamine of flowers. 20.
med musical lullabys, while crickets
croned with hilarious mirth, amid
sparkling dew drops and condensed
incense.
Sweet one, let me taste thy tulips" !"
voice said.
"Bagonia don't suit me, SIR" was
the reply.
.'Oh, fair one, wouldst thou have me
peony way for the love of thee?"
"Sir, thou canst not win me, thou
hast not anemOne."
"Wouldst thou drive me where the
woodbine twineth, cruel-hearted one?"
"How darest thou callalily such
names? Leave me-"
"Never, unless thy promise Is given
that thou wilt forget me not"
"Peas, be still. Lettuce have sweet
peas"
"Oh, charming one, thou alone canst
give heartsesse to me-"
"Never to such dandylion es thou
art. There Is no sweet fern in this,
SIR"
"Oh, sweet one, do not violet my
feelings with such photographic levity."
away with thee, say, or l will
call my poppy"
"Ivy mind to PROSTATE myself be-
fore thee, and bathe thy feet with my
Kisses" Ga 'tl
"Ah me, 1 fain would have such
larkspurring around here" .a1 -.i
"Oh, morning.glory of my life, must
[ thus be doomed to wither and fade
away unlOved ?" -r ""-'i s-'
"Yes, coxcomb, 1t Is so willed." s
'Then, by heavens, the fstes lilac
blazes, cruel one. AS the trelfis clings
to the rosebu IL would my heart en-
twine myself about thee. Thou dost
cast me off. You say / haven't
anemone. 'Tis.. false, have millions
of scents" .t3 .A
"What sayest thou?" Is
"Ah! methinks thou relentest. Yes,
sweet one, can purchase for thee corn
silk for dresses, such as princess will
envy"
"Thou'rt not as bad as thought thee
There's many a cowslip twixt butter
cup and lip" NIio
"Then thy stubborness doth wilt?"
"Aye, dearest, call in Dominy Gu
cumber aud let him double us at
once" - f.,..i IS i''i"'i'o'
And as the beautiful orb OF day sank
beneath the crimson horizon OF q west
ern sky two souls with but single
thought lay sleeping Ina luxurious bed
of roses.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

New Series-Vol. 18-No %

object of all this grinding and washing
is the removal Of the earth, some OF
which remains, and is not finally
eliminated until the metal is passed
through bag of heavy canvas, sus-
pended in strong tox with an iron
lid. While it is thus inclo I, much
of the superfiuous quicksilver flows
away from it, and. as pasty mass, it
is transferred into an hydraulic strainer
"a cylindrical iron vessel, in which a
pressure of $50 pounds to the square
inch is applied to it. Three-fourths of
the mass is still quicksilver. and it is
next put into a aretort, where the ap-
plication of heat drives out the mercury
and leaves the boiling silver, which Is
nodded into bars or bricks, almost
ready for coinage into dollars.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
Proper Appreciation of Ohio.

Ohio is in many respects the representative
State of lhe Union. In her borders wealth,
intelligence end culture is, perhaps, more
evenly distributed than in any other patt of
the country. Her people ere, therefore, the
best exhibition and product of the republic,
aad her journs's and the men who conduct
them are the best reflection and exponent of
her people. When the social condition of a
people is such as it is in Ohio there is no dan
ge. to the nation. 1t is only when the COM
plex and involved civilization of our large
cities sets in that danger confronts US end
good men begin to despair of the Republic.
IPhiladelphia Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
Managing q Mule.
BY IRWIN RUSSELL.

You, NebuchadneZzar, whoa, sab
Whar is you tryin' to go, sab?
Use holdin' OBJ de lines,
You better stop dat prancin';
You's powful fond ob danciG';
But I'll bet my yea h's advancin'
Dat I'll cure you OBJ your shines.
Look heah, mule! Better mn out;
Fus't'ing you know your fin out;
How quick I''l wear dis fne out
On your ugly, stubborn back.
You needn't try to steal up
An lif' dat precious heel up
You's got to plow dis fieP up: -
You has, for fac. i.. 81. b
Oar, dats de way to do it,
He's comm ght down to it;
Jes' watch him plowin' t'roo it;
Dis niger amt no fool.
Some folks dey wou'd "a beat hin;
Now dat world ouly heat him;
know jes' how to treat him; ~ .a
You must reason wid q mule.
He minds me like niger; 51
If he was only bigger F a r
He'd fetch a mighty figger;
He would, tel you! Yes, sab /!
See how he keeps a-elickin'; t.r
Hes as gentle as a chicken,
And nebber links o. kickin'-
WHOA, DAB NEBUCHADNEzzAH!
Is els heah me, or not me?
Or is de debbil got me?
Was dat a cannon shot me?
Hab | Ibid besh mOre'n a weekp
Dat mule do kick amazin';
De beast was spil'd in raisin';
BY now 'spect he's gcazin' sr.
On de odder side de creek.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
TiMa's Hit.
rns.a H. d..


IT surprised the sinners aad news
boys around the Post-office the other
day to see "Limpy Tim" come among
them in q quiet way, and to hear him
say:
two brushes, q hull box OF blacking, q
good stout box, and the outfit goes for
two snillin'sp' in-i e
"Goin' away, Tim?" queried one.
'sNot 'zactly, boys, but I want .
quarter the awiullest kind Just now"
"Goin' on q 'scursion?" asked am
other. '..
mot to-day, but must have quar-
ter" he answered. '
One of the lads passed over the
change and took the kit, and Tim
walked straight 10 the c0unting-TouIn
of daily paper, put down bis MONEY,
and ssids
T"I guess I kir write If you'll give me
q pencil" F'
with slow-moving fingers he wrote
a death notice. 1t went into the paper
almost as hs wrote il, but You might
not have seen it. lie wrote: 81
"Died-Litul red-Of scarlet fever,
aiged three yeres. Funeral tO-mOrrers
gone UP W I1cNitiS ACtt NUn UIutAiCAs
"Was IL your brother?" asked the
cashier. na-u aai i
Tim tried to brace up, bat hs
couldn't. The big tears c,.ule up, his
chin quiyered, and ne pointed to the
notice on the counter and grasped:
Ill had to sell my Kit to du Is
b-but he had his arms around my
neck when he d-diedw
He hurried away home, but the news
went to the boys, and they gathered In
a group aud talked, Tim had not been
home nm hour before bare-footed boy
left the kit on the doorstep, and 10 the
box was.a bouquet OF flowers which
had been purchased In the market by
pennies contributed by the crowd OK
ragged bat hearted inches. DID
God ever makea heart which would
not resnond il the right chord was
touched?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

Trains leaving Columbus at 4c m and
6 25 m, run daily.
Through Chicago Express leaves Columbus
daily except Sunday az 40 m, with sleep>
ing cars attached and arrives In Chicago at
50 next morning.
The "Pan Handle Route is the shortest,
quickest and most comfortable Route 10 all
points in Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas.
Colorado and the Western States and Terrific
Fies. t-...- ~ i
This is the Route by which you make the
fewest changes of cars. obtain the lowest rates
on Household Goods, Live stock, &c. and a0
pounds of Baggage Free, on Every Colonist
Ticket.
Amy information about time of trains, con-
nections, Lands in the West. price OF Single
Round Trip or Colonists Tickets, &C, cheer
fully furnished by calling uT0n or addressing
JOS NJ BELLvILLE, Ticket and Emigration
Agent, Wheeling, W We, or w. l.. O'bRlEN.
Columbus, o. frt-I n
Rates always as low as the lowest:
ID w CALDWELLL WLUBRIEN,
GenT Manager Gen Pass 4 Tkt Agt,
COLUMBUS, OHIO. i
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01
POLAR WAVES.

The seaside: The front OF your head.
Lumber dealers always have the
largest board bills. 49,. .--r
An editor in Cincinnati, putting air
tight coffins, said: mo person having
once tried one of these cOffins will ever
use any other"
According to the Scientific American,
in the state of Connecticut one person
in every 855 is an inventor. I he other
854 wonder if the darned thing will
work.-DaHbury News. .-.4 ga
JEFF Davis asserts his unshaken belief
in the right of secession. Well, for
heavens sake! why doe sn't he se cede?
Nobody wants him here.-Buf. Exp.
No matter how hard it is to find
rocking chair during the day, man is
sure to fall over one when he is in
search of a. match box after dark
rultOn Times. Za1as.5 8aT
Uncle Samuel Tilden is at Long
Branch. He wears white hat, gray
trousers and black coat Boss. Post.
Is that all? Poor old Sammy! Pawned
his shirts, probably. s,.-.4 s.fy.s.<
SHOW shall we treat the tramps?Y
H6kS kuo 1N0w EJuusi VII -hCllR
IL you are going to fraierniZe with them
in that way we believe they generally
take straight whisky.-Bur. Hawkeye.
Edison is accused of being the father
of invention. We have no desire to
open up fresh scandal, but if Edison
is the father of invention it is the duty
of necessity to show her marriage Ger
tificate, II she has one. stt
Married, in Chicago, Mr.. William
Blatt to Miss Frances Lamm:
A little Lamm has got her Blatt,
No more Lamm is she, ii's ial
But she Will Blatt in spite Of that
Eer nature It's, you see; F
And if she'd lost her lovely Blatt,
rt5I A Lamm she still would be. q.
A man who tainted at camp meet
ing was sadly disappointed. He ex-
pected that dozen men would rush up
pull whisky TASKS out of their pockets,
and give him drink ~te-fevive him.
The TASKS were forthcoming, but they
didn't contain enough liquor to mOisten
his lips. He tainted too late in the
day. azfia ~-F o. aeisi-si ..a
Josh Billings, in geological moment,
WHITES. : 1nc pcCuIdIAty VI tHc uJ II
that he returns to the same spot; but it
is the characteristic of the mosqritO
that he returns to another spot. Thus
he differs from the leopard, which does
not change his spots. THIS is an I'M
portant fact in natural history"
Those newspapers which are too
proud or too obstinate to retract any
unjust or improper language which
they have admitted to their columns
should profit by the example of an ex-
change, which gives notice as fellows:
"If any subscriber finds a line in his
paper that he does not like and cannot
agree with, If he will bring his paper
to the Office and point out the offending
line the editor will take his scissors and
cut Ii out for him." l a1g sslar
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

The hair, when naturally white or Of
a very light fiaxen, a. Is often the case
in children and some adults, contains
phosphate of msgnesia, which ulti'
mately disappears In children when
their hair gradually darkens as they
advance In age, The coloring oil OF
black hair 10 Of dark green, which
becomes lighter In the different shades
from black to light brown. The col
oring principle OF red hair Is red, that
of auburn hair q mixture OF red and
dark green, that Of light or fiaxen
hair is almost without color.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

Many of the better-sort- -of-thinking mea
in the South are heartily, opposed to the
Bourbon ring rue which has been established
under the shotgun policy. A majority Of
the Southern people are in full sympathy
" .th this bette. sentiment. But they are
W thout leaders If some of the fair.minded
and able men of the South of progressive
tendencies wouid strike out for better gov
ernment, they would at once gather follow
ing that would suppress Bourbonism and
b. ing their States and people inte harmony
with modern prog less. ~ .r
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

The Cincirnati Enquirer says ''the Dem
ocratic pa ty has written 'Locsl Self-Govern-
ment'. all over its creed" For the present
it he's, and With hue and CRY it IS proclaimed
all along the line; but it is orly to deceive,
mislead, corrupt, and debauch the public
,;ud
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

IF the Bland bill had have become law j,
would have been easy for that eminent Demo.
crat, August Belmont, with the use Of two
hundred of his millions, to have made 500,
600 each and every month; but the people Of
ihe country would then have been robbed out
of Just that much.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

+ Todeceive and mislead the public mind
the Democratic House of Representatives,
in the preamble TO its Potter resolution,
eravely assailed the characters of two emi-
nent tatesmen-Secretaly Sherman and
Minister Noyes-w.th no warrant for the
assault except the charges of self'acknowl-
edged perjurer and liar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

Before the late Presidential election the
Democratic policy of terror, violence, in
timidation, and murder had destroyed all
possibility of free and feir elections in the
States of North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Arkansas, and preps ed the
way for like result in South Carolina, Flor
ida, and Lou isiana. l.s -eT
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-08-01

WHENEVER the Democratic party Will call
off its blood hounds and allow free, fair, aad
untrammeled elections the people there will
elect Republican State officers and majority
of the Eepr- aentatives in most of the Southern
States. That will be real local self'govern'
ment