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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
Independence.

One of the most foolish ideas in the
world is to think we can act entirely in
dependent of one another. From the
first of breath to the last of death we
have to depend upon our fellows. No
man ever yet was able to go through life
without assistance; without receiving
favors; no day passes without having
need of them. In tens of thousands of
ways we are indebted for food, clothing
shelter. Life the most savage and free
from luxury and association has necessi-
ties that must be supplied by another
hand, and sickness and accident come
alike to all.
When we hear man or woman talking
about ''getting along without them," we
incline to the opinion that they are
well, to speak mildly-talking rubbish.
The full-powered and strong-armed man
is as much a slave to the laws of his be-
ing and surroundings as little child. 1t
is the boldest of nonsense to dream of
acting supremely independent. Nothing
IN material nature is enabled to do so,
and can man? The sea is dependent
upon the rivers, the rivers upon the
brooks, and the brooks upon the springs.
Every one thing is obliged to lean upon
some other thing, and it is the union of
the small that goes to make up the
strength and perfectness of the great. No
one star is independent of the others,
and the beauty of the solar system is the
complete dovetailing together and har-
mOny in working.
There are men, and men who boast of
independence when there is absolutely
no such thing. Even the independence
of money is uncertain as the breath of
the wind. A financial hurricane may
come on the morrow a fire blot out in
a night, and the millionaire be a pauper.
And so it is with everything mundane.
The talk of independence is simply
ridiculous. The old story of the 'DiscOn-
tented Pendulum" is a striking illustra-
ton, and the lungs might as well tell the
heart that hereafter it was 'going it
alone" as man to cut loose from his kind.
We are and must be dependent. There
is no one instance in which we can be
otherwise. The rash suicide says he
will free himself from life and its trou-
bles: will be independent. Yet his very
latest and sinful act proves the fallacy of
his reasoning. Without the work of
another, without pistol and powder and
ball, he could not have done the deed,
and by the hands of those from whom
he boasts independence, he must be
buried.
Independence (of this character) is
false in theory and abortive in practice.
1t is simply 'bosh' ofthe most pronounced
kind, and the sooner man bows to the
laws he must obey, and learns the folly
of his boasts, the more smoothly he will
live and TRANQUILITY go down to the "dark
valley" none can ever avoid.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
"DOn,t 1 told You 50 2,

One night last week a Jolly old German
farmer rode to Chestnut Hill after a ply
sician for his wife, who was very sick.
He dismounted from his horse in front
of a saloon Just as the boys inside had
begun to make merry over the first keg
of beer. He approached and locked
cautiously around the scene. The foam
ing glasses were held high above the
heads of the revelers, as one of the num-
Der pronounced a toast appropriate to
the occasion.
The silent watcher licked his lips and
wished his errand had been one not re-
'quiring so much dispatch. He was turn
ing reluctantly away when the crowd
saw him.
"HalloT they shouted, ''there's Fritz
Bring hins ;r ~
He was hauled up to the bar, all the
time protesting.
"Poys, was in a quick hurry. Old
woman sick like the tuyval. Twas come
NIT der doctor, sooner as ightnin'r r'
"Well, you can take some beer while
you're here, and kill two birds with one
stone," was the reply.
''Yas, I kill Won chicken init couple
of sntones, und der old woman die nit
out der toctor; ton't forgot myself of
it, eh|
ooh, she won't die. You don't get
beer often, and you've got the old woman
all the time. Fill 'em up again"
''Yaas, l got her all der time, but ex-
posin she 60 ded, ton't got her any
more sometimes. It's better to go init
ter toctor, seldom right away"
But he didn't 90. As one glass after
another was forced upon him by the
reckless crowd, the object of his errand
was floated further from his vision, until
it was carried out of his mind altogether,
and his voice, untinged with anxiety,
Joined in the drinking songs, and aroSa
above all others.
Thus he was found by his son, late
that night. The boy grasped him by the
sleeve and said:
"Fader, come home"
Fritz turned, and at the sight of his
boy great fear arose in his mind, swept
away the fumes of beer, and brought
him to a sense of the situation. In an
awe-struck tone he said:
"Yawcub, how you was come here?
Vas Something's ter matterp
"Yaw," replied the boy.
"Vell, shpoke up about it. Vas ter ole
VOOuldu vas your muQQer-lS Sne OaOe
1 can shtand dem best. Don't keep your
fader in expense, poy. Shpid it out.
Vas We couple of orphanses, Yawcub%
"Nein," answered the boy, "you vas
anuder. A leedle baby COON NIT ter
house."
Fritz was overcome for moment, but
finally stammercd out:
"Vos dot so? 1 expose it vas not so
soon already. Vell-vell, in der middle
of life, we don't know what's to turn
next up. Men exposes. Fill up der
glasses"
The boy ventured to ask the old man
why he had not seen the doctor.
"Vy, did she want a doctor? Peter
she tole me so. get him pooty quick.
Never mind. l safe more as ten dollar
doctor bill on dat baby. Dot was good
shild. Fill up der glasses. Whooray for
dat little buck baby! We Won't go home
till yesterday"
Fritz got home at last, and was in
Chestnut Hill again in couple of days
after some medicine. The boys couldn't
get him into the saloon this time; he said
to them:
"You bet tend to my peesness now"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
Too Much for Mexico.

The cocktail and helmet hat have both
invaded Mexico. After taking a cup of
delicious chocolate-Such as can befound
nowhere else than in Mexico-we drop
ped in at cantina to sample the bever-
ages of the country. While slipping a
mild dilution of cognac ! heard the tamli-
lar screech of a drunken man IN the
street, and a moment after young Mex
lean in helmet hat burst into the room,
and began a series of the most affection
ate demonstrations. He was frightfully
drunk-drunk enough for the United
States. He embraced the colonel, and
fell upon Palmer's neck. Then he threw
a hard dollar on the table, and insisted
on a drink all around with his amigos
AmerieanoS. He loved the gringoS because
they had some style about them. We
got away as quickly as we could. What
has that man been drinking2' I asked
of Pedro, who speaks a little English;
"COektailsF he replied. The cocktail
came in with the helmet hatsome weeks
previous, and this progressive Mexican
took them both. Pedro predicted that
he would sleep in the d,P'RatioH, pre-
diction which, as we learned afterward,
was verified. may as well state, how
ever. that this was the only bowling
drunk we saw in Mexico.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTH
ERN H. r.



Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo at
s:e9 p- m. Erie lilo a. m, Conneaut 2-2
Ashtabula 2-55 a m, Madison 3.32 a m, Paines-
vile f:eO a. m, Cleveland 5:15 a. m.
Special Chicago Express leaves Buffalo at
I&t5 a m-s Erie $50 a. m, Ashtabula 4'1o,
gainesville $40, and arrives at Cleveland al
6:35 a. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves COnneaut
at6:05 a. m, AmbOy GIL, Kingsville d;2l, Ash-
tabula 6:s3, SaybrOOk 6;3S, Geneva tc55- falnes-
vile 7:2S, and arrives at Cleveland 80 a. m,
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo az 9; = q. MS
Erie 1000. COnneaut 1856, Amboy li=Oz, hinsso so
vile ll:Il Ashtabula ll:23 a-m- say DIOOk iI.,,o
Geneva Il:i3, Painesyille I&iS, anu arrives
snecisi ~ fo1is Express leaves Buffalo
sos a m Erie 1857, Ashtabula lz-0Z p m,
Painesyiile I24j, and arrives at cleveland
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo I2S0 p. m,
Erie 352 AshtabuIa 5:l2, Painesville 6-Oi, and
arrives at Cleveland at 1.O9 p m
GOING EAST.
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7:SO a, m,
Paipesville s:aO. Ashtabula 9:Ol, COnneaut9s2S.
Erie IO.2O and arrives at Buffalo at LILO p. m.
Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
Cleveland at li;l5 a m. PalnesvlIie am 10 Ge-
KingsvilIe Ia, Amboy -. COnneaut 2O2,
Erie $40, Buffalo $50 p. m.
Chicago and St Louis Express leaves Cleve-
land at 2:5O p. m, Painesville 1896, Ashtabula
4:Is, Erie 5:z5, and arrives at Buffalo at sos
p. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland
at 4s0J LlAf EalilesNAlAcOUJN NreileNa say
brook 6:55, Ashtabula 7:04, Kingsville 7:l5, Ann
boy 7.24, and arrives at COnneaut at 7:S0 p. m
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at 1870 p. m. gainesville 1l:a0. Ashtabula 1905
m, Erie lao and arrives at Buffalo at 4:O0 a.
m.
Ra-The Pacific Express will stop at Girard,
COnneaut. Geneva and WillOughby daily.
The Special N. Y. Express on Saturdays, and
Chicago Express on Sundays only, will stop
at all stations for which they may have pas
sengers.
HAlTrains run by Columbus time.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
Mental MatnritH.

Mental maturity-~at what age do we
attain it-that is to say, those of us who
are not predestined to perpetual green
ness? 1t has been said that "a man may
be fool at thirty, and yet die sage." I"
Rather questionable, that. The fool of
forty is admitted by metaphysicians to
be a hopeless case. Let him who learned
nothing by experience at that age, stand
aside from the world of action he is not
fit to play his part in it. His only safety
is in being dry-nursed by some stronger
nature than his own. Dull youths, or
youths called dull, sometimes mature,
however, into great men. Sheridan, we
are told, was particularly stupid school
boy. Perhaps the fault was in the school
master, not in the pupil. There were in
Sheridan's DAYS, and there are yet, null
titudes of bad teachers. Pedantic peda-
gogues, of the CDR. BlimbeF" class, are as
plenty as blackberries, and the mill-hOrse
system of education is still in vogue.
0ver-crammed students rarely turn out
we'll; while those who cannot be cram
med generally do. If there be anything
that is unpromising, it is precocity. 1t IS
better to be comparatively Ignorant at
five-and-twenty, than to be prodigy at
thirteen. We entirely agree with the
doctrine that the most useful part of
mans education is not that which he re-
ceives in schools and colleges. The
world is the university in which the
grandest and most useful lessons are
taught, and in a way which fixes them
indelibly in the memory. The Groves
of Academus" are not to be despised; but
LET him who desires to be man among
men beware of neglecting those paths of
wisdom which lie through the market
places of mankind. Wisdom is not q
thing that can be injected into us with a
scholastic forcing-pump. 1t can only be
acquired by observation, reflection, and
the independent exercise of the juSg-
ment.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
How he Danced With his Wife.

We had a masked ball the other night,
and thereby hangs a tale. A business
man told his pretty young wife, on the
night of the ball, that he was obliged to
60 out of town to one of the temperance
meetings, and might not return TIL the
following noon. The wife resolved after
he had left to have good time IN DIFF
ferent way so accordingly she procured
a simple black domino, and went boldly
to the masked ball. She had never done
such a rash thing before, but her husband
had been away very often of late, and
she would NOPE at home no longer, She
danced once, twice, three times, and no
body seemed to know her, yet she was
fully determined to see it over and I'M
mask with the rest at twelve o'clock.
Now dashing young cavalier asks Tor
her hand for the coming waltz, ana she
accepts. They whirl away, and she
says: "Do you dance oftenY bluSnlhg
behind her mask at her boldnesS. very
often.n replied the cavalier, ana added,
Gnot often in this place" You do not
live hero then?" the little domino mus
tered up courage TO say. Il would live
here or at the ends of the earth to be
near a little black domino. This was
too much for the little lady, but she was
in for it, and would fight il out now, come
what would. They danced a great deal
together, and when the circle formed,
Just before twelve o'clock, they unmask-
ed, when to the horror of Mr., he
found that he had been dancing with his
own wife,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
Whole Number 1889.
Tools.

If you can tell a workman BY his chius
you can good farmer by his tools. The
idea that anything will answer is fatal
to speedy or successful labor. "AIytbino
won't do" All farming and gardeninS
instruments should be of the first uuali-
ty and patterns, and in order. 1t costs
more to be continually losing time in re-
pairing or running to shop than per-
feet and reliable instrument cost-at
least double. An hour here and half a
day there "fussing," so as to get along
when time is pressing, is a loss that can
not be replaced. Weeds don't wait for
lettering at blacksmith shops, and 'gOing
to the store" and seeds won't germinate
until they are sownin in properly cultivated
ground.
Good, reliable tools are much the
cheapest in the long run, more easily
kept in order, not breaking down when
the most necessary, and a great saving
to the temper. Half-wOrn and rusted
bolt and chain and clevis can never be
depended upOn-are constantly becom-
ing less reliable, and, owing to the malice
of inanimate things, provokingly give
way Just at the wrong moment. Besides,
they are dangerous to both human and
animal life, and the majority of accidents
can be traced to such sources.
A little forethought and iudicious ex-
penditure will remedy these evils, and
put money In your pocket" Half an
hour and half dollar will frequently
save a day and a score; a nail here and
a screw there be next to invaluable.
twenty-five cents invested at the proper
time may save the entire wreck of a
costly machine, and twenty-five dollars
a horse worth ten times that amount.
There are rainy days when all neces-
sary repairs and preparation against the
hour of using can be attended to; even
ings when things can Be fixed" odd
times when if not thus employed "lOaf-
ing becomes the rule. There should be
thrift in all these matters, and thrift is
economy; and the farmer who most
gives heed to the Titles will thrive the
fastest, and the soonest gain a eompe-
tency.
A portable forge and the necessary
tools should be found upon every farm.
There should be bolts and nails and
screws ready against emergency. Wood
and iron will break, and the means of
repairing should be handy. For harness
a few copper rivets, and copper wire for
sewing are almost beyond price. These
things, with an awl, will save running
and expense, and the more one learns to
rely upon himself in such little matters
the better.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
VECETINE
FOR DROPSY.
never shall
Forget the First Dose.

Providence
Mr. Fl. R. STEVENS
Dear sir.-I have been Il great sufferer from
Drnpsy- was confined 10 my house more than 3
year Six months Of the time was entirely help
less / was Obliged 10 have two men help me in
and out OF bed. was swollen 19 inches larger
than my natural size around my waist. suffered
all mHl cauld aud live / tried all remedies for
DrOpsy. had three different doctors Ny friends
all expected would lie; many nights was ex-
pected to die before morning. at last Vrgetine
was sent me by friend l never shall forger the
first dose. ! could realize its good effects from
day e. day: Was ge ting better. After had tax
en- some or b. tiles | could sleep quite well
Rishts. l began 10 gain BOW quite fast Amer
taking some 10 bottles 1 coula walk ir.,m one
part OF my room to the other. My appetite was
good; the dropsy had at this time disappeared.
kept taking the Negetine until I regained my us
nal health | heard of a great many cures by US
ing Negetiue afi er 1 got . L and was able 70 at
tend TO my work am carpenter and builder
l will also say il has cured an aunt OF By wife's
Of Neura gia, who had suffered tor more than 20
years. She says she has not had any neuralgia
children for anker HHmOr- have DO doubt in
my mind it viii cure ANY humor; it Is a great
cleanser of the blood; II is safe TO give child
will recommend il 70 the world. Ny father is so
years old. and he says there is nothing lik it to
give strength and life to an aged person. / can
not be too thankful for the use Of IL. am,
Very gratefully you're, JOHN s. NOTTAGE.
All Diseases Of the Blood--If Vegeiine will re-
ieve pain; cleanse, purify, and cure such diseases
restoring the patient TO perfect health after try
ing different physicians, many remedies and
suffering for years, is it not conclusive proof if
you q sufferer you can be curedf Why is this
medicine performing such great eures? II works
in the bood. in the circulating fnid. II truly
be called the Crest Blood Purifier. The great
eOurce OF disease originates IN the blood; and no
medicine that does not act directly upon it TO
purify and renOvate, has any just claim upon
public attention.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
Plenty Of ARSENIC.

A man armed with long iron hook
pulls open an iron door, and you gaze
with awe into the Dantesque heart of
huge fierce furnace, the white-hOt con-
tents slowly turning round, and ever fall
ing in cascades ofyellow fire. 1t is found
at the Devon works, that sulphur in the
pyrites is enough to keep the furnace,
when once heated, burning without
fuel. The product? Here it is, a white
heap of it lying in an open shed, where
every body passes by. 1t Is something
like fine foar. One of the men dips his
thumb and fingers into the palm of his
other hand, and brings it to us to look at,
precisely as a miller shows a sample Of
-four, smoothing it with his fore finger.
One expects every moment to see him
test it with his tongue; a child probably
would, but the miner knows better. All
this white heap is arsenic; all these rows
of barrels are filed with arsenic. More
than 1000 tons year are sent out from
this one mine, to be used mainly in those
brilliant modern dyes by which cur wo-
men and children can dazzle the sun
shine at cheap expense. Are they safe
to wear? My chemistry books do not
plainly say yes or no. But In one book
/ have CHANGED to open find the follow
ing remarks: "Arsenious Acid-White
Oxide of Arsenic, or White Arsenic
This substance is of the highest impOr-
tance, as being the frequent agent of
criminal or accidental poisoning.
There are few substances so much to be
feared, (it) being almost tasteless; it can
be mixed with articles of food and swal-
lowed without discovery, and there is no
practically efficient antidote" This in
nocent-looking white powder, this potent
and fatal substance, of which your chem
list must not sell you dose without er.-
tering your name and address in book;
of which three grains weight will kill q
man, was lying by one Of the ordinary
roads of the mine in open sheds, in heaps
breast high. Twas assured that no kind
of harm ever comes of all this (save skin
eruptions to the work people, and these
rarely but it gives one a shiver to see
those white mOunds.-FFaser's Magazine.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
Changes Of Life.

Change is the common feature of so
ciety-of all life.
The world is like a magic lantern, or
the shifting scenes of a panorama. Ten
years convert the population of schools
into men and women, the young into
fathers and matrOns, make and mar for
tunes, and bury the last generation but
one.
Twenty years convert infants into lOY-
ers, fathers and mothers, decide mems
fortunes and distinctions, convert active
men and women into crawling driVelers,
and bury all preceding generations.
Thirty years raise an active generation
from nOnentity, change fascinating beau
ties into bearable old women, convert
lovers into grandfathers, and bury the
active generation, or reduce them to de-
crepitude and imbecility.
Forty years, alasl change the face of
all society. Infants are growing old, the
bloom of youth and beauty has passed
away, twoactive generations have been
swept from the stage of life, names once
cherished are forgotten, unsupported can
didates for fame have started from the
exhaustless womb of nature.
And in fifty years-mature, ripe fifty
AelAA SOAAbuAy u4AeAS - 4OAAOAAIOLo
changes occur. How Time writes her
sublime wrinkles everywhere, in rock,
river, forest, cities, hamlets, villages, in
the nature of man and the destinies and
aspects of all civilized society.
Let US pass on to eighty years-and
what do we desire and see to comfort US
in the world? Our parents are gone;
our children have passed away from US
into all parts of the world to fight the
grim and desperate battle of life. Our
old friends-where are they? We be
hold world of which we know nothing
and to which we are unknown. We
weep for the generations long gone by
for lovers, for parents, for children, for
friends in the grave. We see everything
turned upside down by the tickle hand Of
Fortune and the absolute despotism Of
Time. In a word, we behold the vanity
of life, and are quite ready to lay down
the poor burden and be gone.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
Sleeps Time.

Sleep obtained two hours before mid
night when the negative forces are in
operation, is the rest which most recup-
crates the system, giving brightness to
the eye and glow TO the cheek. The
difference in the appearance of a person
who habitually retires at ten o'clock and
that of one who sits up until twelve, is
quite remarkable. The tone of the sys-
tenn, so evident in the complexion, the
clearness and sparkle Of the eye, and the
softneSs Of the lines of the features, Is
in a person of health kept at q concert
pitch" by taking regular rest two hours
before twelve o'clock, ana tnefeDy 9D-
tanning the "beauty sleep" of the night.
There Is n heaviness of the eye, a sal
lowness of the skin, and an absence Of
that glow in the face which renders it
fresh in expression and round in appear
ance, that readily distinguishes the person
who keeps late hours,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-07-19
WHOM TO THANK.

A little boy had sought the pump
Whence the cool, sparkling water burst,
And drank with eager Joy the dranght
That kindly qnenched his raging thirst:
Then gracefully he touched his cap;
Il thank you, Ne Pump" he said
For this nice arink you've given me,
CThis little boy had been well bred
Then said the pump Ny little man.
You are welcome TO what Ihave done
8u am not the one 10 thank,
only help the water run"
'Oh, then, !" the little fellow said,
(POlite he always meant to be,)
Cold Water, please accept my thanks.
You have been very kind to me"
"Ah!' said the Water, don't thank me;
Far up the hillside lives the spring,
That sends me forth with generous hand.
To gladden. every little hing"
I thank the Spring. then said the boy,
And gracefully he bowed bis head,
''oh, don't thank me, my little man
The Spring with silvery accent said:
.-Oh, don't thank me, for wha, ami,
Without the Dew and summer Rain J.?
Without their aid I ne'er could quench
Your thirst, my little man, again.
"oh. well. then, said the little boy,
III gladly thank the Rain and Dew
Pray, don't thank US, without the Sun
We could not fill one cup for you''
''Then, Mr.. Sun, ten thousand thanks
For all that you have done for me-"
''Stop!" said the Sun with blushing face.
my little fellow don't thank me:
Twas from the Oceans mighty storms
drew the draught gave to thee"
"Oh, Ocean, thanks ." then said the boy,
1t echoed back, Not unto me"
mot unto me; but unto Him
Who formed the depths in which I lie;
Go, give the thanks, my little boy,
To Him who will thy wantssupply."
The boy took of his cap and said.
In tones most gentle and subdued:
sOh God, thank Thee for this gift;
Thou art the gfver Of all good"