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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
Death in the DisheIotb.

A lady IN the Rural World SAYS: 'If
dishclOths are black and stiff and smell
like a barn-yard-it is enough-throw
them in the fire and hencefOrth and for
ever wash your dishes with cloths that
are white, cloths that you can see
through, and see if you ever have that
disease again. There are sometimes
other causes, but have smelled a whole
house full of typhoid fever in one dish
rag I had some neighbOrs once
clever. good sort of folks; one fall four
of them were sick at one time with ty-
phoid fever. The doctor ordered the
vinegar barrels whitewashed, and threW
about forty cents worth of carbollc acid
IN the swill-pail and department. went
into the kitchen and made gruel-l
needed dish-cloth, and looked around
and found several, and such 'ragsP |
burned them all, and called daughter
of the house to get me dishcloth. She
looked around on the table. Why
said she, there was about dozen here
this morning. and she looked in the
wood-boX and on the mantlepiece. and
felt in the cupboard.
Well said, I saw some old black,
rotten rags lying around and burned
them-for there is death in such dish
cloths as those, and you must never use
such again. / took turns at nursing
that family for weeks, and I believe
those dirty dishcloths were the cause of
all that hard work.
Therefore, I say to every housekeeper,
keep your dishcloths clean. You may
only brush and comb your head on Sun
days you need not wear a collar unless
you go from home-but you must wash
your dishcloths. You may only sweep
the floor when the sun gets right; the
windows don't need washing-you can
look out of the door; that spiders web
on the front porch don't hurt anything
but as you love your lives wash out your
dishclOth. Let the foxtail grass grow
in the garden (the seed is a foot deep
anyway; let the holes in the heels of
your husbands footrags go undarned (;
let the sage go ungathered; let the chill
dren's shoes go two Sundays without
blacking; let the hens set four weeks on
one wooden egg-but do wash out your
dishcloths. Eat without a tablecloth /;
wash your faces and let them dry; do
without curtain for your windows and
cake for your tea-but for heavens sake
kaen vOur dishclOth clean
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
Words Of Wisdom.

Duty is not only pleasant, but cheap
Perseverance is the best school for
every manly virtue.
A woman who wants a charitable
heart wants pure heart.
Many are willing enough to wound
who are yet afraid to strike.
Tomorrow is the day on which idle
men work, and fools return
The man lacks moral courage who
treats when he should retreat.
No vices are so incurable as those
which men are apt to glory In.
1t is the best proof of the virtues OF a
family circle to see happy hneslde.
Do good to all, that thou mayest keep
thy friends, and gain thine enemies
How few faults are there seen by US,
which we have not ourselves committed.
The Chinese say there is well of
wisdom at the root Of every gray hair
The heart is a book which We ougli
not to tear in our hurry to get at Its con-
tents.
1t is with life as with coffee; he whd
drii.i,s it pure must not drain it to the
dregs.
Ifyou would not have person deceive
you, be careful not to let him know you
mistrust him.
The rich are more envied by thnS"
who have a little than by those VII
have nothing.
How rarely do we accurately weigI
what we have to sacrifice against wti"
we have to gain.
The idle should not be classed among
the living; they are sort of dead men
not fit to be buried.
One act Of beneficence, one act of real
usefulness, is worth all the abstract SEN
iment in the world.
Ladies are like violets; the more
modest and retiring they appear, the
more you love them.
II is the work of philosopher to he
every day subduing his passions and
laying aside his prejudiees.
Have nothing to do with any man in
q passion, for men are not like iron, to
be wrought upon when they are hot
It is better to wear out than to rust
out. We must not only strike the iron
while it is hot, but strike till it is made
hot.
It's a most mortifying reflection a
any man to consider what he has don.
compared with what he might have
done.
The object of all ambition should be
to be happy at home. If We are not
happy there we cannot be happy else
| where.
Benefit your friends, that they may
love you still more dearly; benefit your
enemies, that they may become youl
friends.
A lively imagination is a great gifs
provided education tutors it. If not, il
| Is nothing but a soil equally luxurian'
for all kinds of seeds.
To pin our faith on another mans
sleeve, and submit to be led by author
ity, deprives us of independence, anc
subjects US to just contempt.
No man will excel in his profession if
he thinks himself above it; and com
merce will not flourish in any country
where commerce is not respected.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
Dangers Of SWiss TraHel.

In the churchyard of Gstelg, says Rev.
W. G. Heathman, two monuments al
erected to the memory of two English
ladies who sacrificed their lives in at
tempting a dangerous undertaking.
Having taken the trouble to copy them,
insert the inscriptions as a beacon to
future tourists: ''To the memory of
Louisa Philadelphia Evelyn ROwley,
.ged fifteen years, the daughter of Colo
mel RoWley, of the Guards, and grand
daughter of Admiral Sir Charles RoWiey,
who was killed by fall from the Harder
mountain on the eighth day OF Septem-
Der, I840. The circumstances under
which she lost her life were as follows:
She had risen only for the purpose Of
ascending the mountain alone. In her
progress she passed some foresters at
work, who perceiving she was not ao-
companied by guide, and was entering
upon an intricate path, cautioned her
of danger. She then turned in a differ
ent direction, and was not afterwards
seen. Not returning, however, as was
expected, the family became alarmed.
With the help of the wOOdmen the
rugged sleeps of the mountain were
searched, when her mangled corpse was
found in the ravine below" The second
is "To the memory of Elizabeth Cory,
aged thirty, who was killed by falling
over greciplce at the top Of the Harder,
She left the hotel alone on Saturday, and
after much search her body was found
on Sunday, and inferred in this church
yard on the 18th day of July, 1850"
These are not the only monuments of
travellers who have met with sudden
death while seeking enjoyment in this
country. There is one to the memory
of Charles Stewart, aged eighteen, son Of
Major General Stewart, VINO was drowned
on the 90th July, 1885, while bathing in
the river Aar. And another, to the
Memory of William Dutton, Esq, of
Bilbury House, Gloucestershire, agel
twenty three. He was killed while
uniting the chamois on the Blumlis
glacier. His gun, which was carried by
his guide, by the breaking Of its sling,
fell, and as it rolled down IT, rocks botn
barrels discharged, and one Of the balls
passed through his body. After eleven
hours of great suffering, he was carried
to the village of Klen, where he died on
Saturday morning, twenty four hours
after the melancholy accident occurred,
and was buried in Gsteig churchyard.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30

SEA-BIRDs-The question is often
asked, where do sea-birds obtain fresh
water to slake their thirst? But we have
never seen it satisfactorily answered I'LL
a few days ago. An old skipper, with
whom we were conversing on the subject,
said that he had frequently seen these
birds at sea, far from any land that
could furnish them with water, hover
ing round and under storm-cloud, chat
tering like ducks on a hot day at pond,
and drinking in the drops Of rain as
they tell. They will smell rain-squall
hundred miles, or even further off. and
scud for 1t with almost inconceivable
swittness. How long sea-birds can exist
without water is only matter of con-
lecture but probably their powers os
enduring thirst are increased by habit,
and possibly they can go without for
many days, if not for several weeks,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
MatrImOnY.

Matrimony presents here and there
interesting peculiarfties. A bridegroom
In Herkimer county, New York, unable
to relish the fun of discordant sere-
made on the wedding night, got out of
bed and shot through the window at
the serenaders, wounding three of them.
A Mormon has Just married, at one
swoop, mother and her daughter. Has
he q mother-in-law? A miner returned
from California to Michigan to marry
the Girl that he had left behind him.
He announced that he was commissioned
also to pick out girl for his mining
partner and take her to him to wed.
After carefully prospecting he made a
choice. and the chosen damsel has gone
to California to meet her future husband.
Kepler and Stevens traded wives in Tip
ton. Iowa, two years ago, the latter get
ting 500 on account of the wife he gave
being far handsomer than the one he
received, Stevens has since grown
wealthy, and his lawful wife seeks by a
lawsuit to reinstate herself. Sally, a
Piute princess in Nevada, married q
white man and returned with him to
her tribe The indignant Indians shaved
his head, whipped him soundly and
drove him back into civilization. A
Troy clergyman publishes complaint
that the pay received for marriage SER
vices is not adequate, considering the
risk that is incurred in uniting couples
against the wishes of their families. He
says that the fees given generally range
from one to five dollars. Recently he
rode ten miles into the country, spent a
whole day, paid S. for the use Of horse,
and received only $1.25.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
origin Of the Name Of 'ePunkin.Head.'' y

Newhaven (now New Haven) is cele-
brated for having given the name of
"Pumpkin-heads" to all the New Eng
landers, 1t originated from the "Rlue
Laws" which enioined every male to
have his hair cut round by cap. When
caps were not to be had, they substitu-
ted the hard shell of pumpkin, which,
being put on the head every Saturday,
the hair is cut by the shell all round
the head. "Whatever religious virtue Is !,
supposed to be derived from this customf
says Peters, in his History OF ConhectI-
cut, 'I know not but there Is mueh pru-
dence in it; first, it prevents the halr
from snarling; secondly, 1t saves Ille use
of combs, bags and ribbons; thlrqly' tle M
hair cannot incommode the eyes Dy lali-
inc over them; and fourthly, such per
sons as have lost their ears for heresy
and other wickedness cannot conceal
their misfortune and disgrace"
Your inconsiderate person is Always
doing some deed or making some re-
mark watch should not be done. If in
a crowded hall or lecture-room, where
all are anticipating an intellectual feast,
he suggested that the pillars may not be
stout enough for such mass of people
If with pleasure party, sailing on the
water, he hopes there will not come up
a sudden squall, IL in q steamboat ne
guesses the boiler is call right" shu Il
riding through dark woods or over .i
lonesome stretch of open country, VIII
q timid woman, he hopes there are no
hiphwaymen or desperadoes IN tha'
part of the land,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30
-Tbe Iondon Ne,m savs that lad

The London NesCs says that ladies
made their appearance in the cricket c5'
field SO long ago as 1897, when eleven
married women of Bury beat eleven uii-
married women, by eighty runs, runs; .,-o "a
match took place in ISL ia pstNevib HsNmnsbire ire
female eleyehs of SFFrey Fbs ypeFsoFme4s sS were
oF & ali ages and sizes, from IA to go. The
" vnnno m wore shawls the old, long cloaks.
There is said to be a girls school in
somersetshire now, where a special dress
Is worn for the purpose of cricket-play-
ing, and it is added that the best cricket
ers make the best scholars,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30

N B.-Imported Brandy, Rum, Gin and
Sherry Wine, Old Bourbon and Rye Wh1s-
kies; also all the popular Grape Wines. l4lO
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30

BUTTER,
CHEESE,
LARD,
and almost everything in the Grocery Line,
for sale at the
LOWEST BOTTOM PRICE FOR CASH.
GEO. WILLARD.
Ashtabula. jan 1877.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30

A Nice Present for Christmas for Everybody
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-19
Fruit Culture.

EdPoRIA, July 18th, 1878.
Lyon County Horticultural Society met
at Fremont Park, at 10 O'clock a. m.
President MiIliken in the chair.
Secretary being absent, A. 6. White
was appointed secretary pro TEN.
After a social conversation dinner " as
set by the ladies present. All proceeded
to partake of a bountiful repast consist
ing of pies, cakes, peaches, blaekberries
cream and lemonade. There were num-
Der of varieties of summer apples on the
table which were cut and the qualities
discussed at length.
The subject came up SHOW shall EN-
poria hold the trade of fruit and Vegeta-
bles of the west?' After being discussed
by Mr.. Ward, Mr.. Bailey and others, it
was thought that a united effort OF fruit
and vegetable growers should be made to
classify and secure special rates Of trans
pOrtation. After which Mr.. Holdings
worth gave his essay on growing currants
in this county. Some Of the points were
LIST, heavy clay soil, I'd, protection from
the het sun by shade and mulch, keeping
the bushes trimmed to from three to five
5SdIhS Liz TIC OAA SoACo ~ "A III Iva
three years, then cut away giving room
in this manner for new canes and con-
tiauing from time to time. Said
he had succeeded in raising bountiful
crops of eurrants for number Of years
in succession. Varieties considered best:
Red and White Dutch.
The following co mmittees were ap.
pointed:
On BUsINEss.-R. Milliken, A. r. Ban
croft, j. NJ. Miller.
ON VINEYARDs.-A. G. White, j. v
Randolph, j. W. Weaver.
On ORCHARDS j. L. Ward, W. A
Baysinger, VIM. HolIingsworth.
On SMALL FRUITs.-C. T. Cavaness,
N. F. Ames, Mrs. j. 81. Slocum.
ON VEGETABLEs.-J.H H. Doyle,
Higbee, T. McCoIloch.
ON ENTOMOLoGY.-Prof. s. c. Delap
Frank Kizer, o. B. Wharton.
ON APIARY.-Perry Edwards, G. d
Humphrey, N. Nj. Carter.
Those on committees who were not
present are requested to make up reports
and bring them to the next meeting.
Adjourned to meet at Fowler's hall
July oath, 1873, at 80 O'Clock p. m.
r. MILLIKEN, Pres,
A. G. WIHITE, Sec. pro tenn.
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State.

Saline county has population of $3.50.
a herd of 200 broncho ponies are quar-
tered In Salina.
Seven saloon licenses were granted in
Ellis county last Monday.
One acre of wheat in Russell county
has yielded torty-six bushels.
A field Of wheat In Atchison county
averaged So bushels to the acre.
The city of salina has q population of
2, 1S9, as returned by the assessor.
Ben Howard swan a mile and quar-
ter at Lawrence in forty minutes.
From April 9Th to June 18th, 6,31S po-
MES were driven from Texas to Kansas.
The Memphis narrow gauge railroad is
completed between Cherokee and Par
SONS.
The aggregate value of assessable prop
erty is not quite SO heavy in the State as
last year.
ton road will erect eighteen iron bridges
this year.
The amount or wheat to be marketed
at Wichita this season is estimated at
9, OOO, 600 bushels.
The Wamego Tribune favOrs Rev.
John A. Anderson for state superintend-
ent Of public instruction.
A. W. TopIiph has sold the Cawker
City Echo to Steve de Young. Topliph
looks like Sol. Miller, and we are sorry to
lose him,
The aggregate value per acre Of land
in Wyandotte county Is $12.97, being
over "a more than in any other county in
the State.
A son Of old Sam Houston, Of Texas,
celebrated the Fourth at Dodge City in
the old fashioned way, getting tight and
such things.
Since the democracy of Rush county
have effected an organization, four saloon
license petitions have been circu lated
and steps have been taken to build jail.
And still the ssRussian" apple fellows
are at It. They are now working IN the
Northwest. They sell common kind Of
pippin to the orehardist at a fabulous
pcice.
Professors BardEell, Robinson and
Chancellor Marvin will represent Kansas
st the scientific gathering at Denver to
witness the great solar event Of the 18th
OF July.
4 portion Of the east span Of the rail.
road bridge at st. Joseph was washed
away July ID, involving q loss Of $4,000
or 5000. It will take three weeks to re.
pair the damage.
The extensive cheese factory, owned
and operated by E. A. Wait, at CentraIia
Kansas, used over 800, 900 pounds Of milk
during the month Of June, and oveI
5O9, 600 pounds since April 22d.
Last Saturday week, as = family from
the east were trying to ford the Solomon
shout i've miles north Of Minneapolis
the team was washed down stream and
all were drowned except the man.
Hon. Let n. Morrill,, ex-secTetary o
1.-The treasury and ex-senator, and now col
Hector Of the port Of Portland, Me-, Is q
Fort LeeyenwOrth, visiting his son in
law, Major William Mckee Dunn.
e. Elliott, farmer IN Barton county
while endeayoring to hold by the bits o
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stAnd the old man diedP' SO we
have heard about fifteen thousand times
in the last six weeks. 1t has come float
lng to US from various directions on the
breeze by moonlight, by starlight and
by lamp.light. 1t comes from the street,
from the open windows, from offices,
from shops, from stores, from sewing
girls as they piled their needles, from
clerks, from professional men, from eve
rybody and everywhere Its been play
ed on the piano, the fiddle, the banjo, the
French harp and the ACCORDION till we
acknowledge we've got quite suiEicien-
cy. ssThe odd man dIed'' and we are sor-
~ as anybody can be. But We sugges;
to the mOurners that they change IhelI
tune. There is something in the sad and
plaintive song about stIek, tick, tiek, p
and II the old gent died en- tick, or Of
too much Tick, he did just what he
couldn't help and what's the use Of fret.
ting your gizzArds further about it. Il
somebody viii furnish the facts wen gel
mp good obituary notice about the sold
man" and then let as give him = rest. II
this IL not agreed to we will not much
longer be responsible for the sad conse.
quences. We can't hold back an imps.
tIent and outraged public much longer.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-07-19
The Cottnnuood Rotton

Pursuant to adjournment q meeting
was held at the court house, Thursday,
July 18th, ut . p. m G. w. Frederick in
the chair.
Mr.. 1. Z. Perley, chairman Of the COM
mittee appointed at the last meeting for
that purpose, submitted q plan with dia-
gram and specifications for the construc-
ton OF the road, and made an additional
verbal report explanatory OF the plan and
specifications with reference 10 the con-
dftIon OF the ground along the line Of
70 ad as the committee found it upon ac-
tual survey and inspection. The report
proposed grade y feet in width and two
feet high In the center above the general
surface, margin on each side Of the
grade OF three feet Of unbroken surface,
outside of which bitches to be dug not ex-
ceeding two feet In depth and Of sufficient
width to furnish the earth necessary to
make the grade, the McAdam along the
center Of the grade to be IA feet wide,
| one foot thick in the center and eight
inches at the outer edges. The commit
| tee further reported as the most favora-
| BILE bids for the construction of the road
| that Messrs. Edward Evans and Ellis
Owens proposed to do the grading and
ditchiDg according 10 the plans and spec
Ifications reported: list, between Dry
creek and the south end of the lane run
ming south from the Cotton wood bridge
TOR 81 600. 2d,between Ellis Owens north
line aud the south end OF the lane for
$3.50; payment to be made In subscribed
labor; and that Mr.. 5. TillotsOn had Of
fered 70 construct the macadamizing and
the completed grade at 81 1888 per mile,
all the parties offering to give satisfacto-
| ry bonds for the performance of their res
pective contracts. Mr.. Frederick Of the
committee also submitted q plan and
| specifications for gr ade "a feet WIDE and
| IA inches high with further details.
Mr.. s. Evans moved that Of the two
plans reported the one least expensive
should be adopted. After discussion Mr..
Evans motion was amended to adopt the
plan and specifications reported by the
chairman OF the committee, which was
carried.
Mr.. s. B. Riggs moved that for the
| better organization of the enterprise a
| committee OF seven be elected to pre-
pare and file with the Secretary Of State a
charter of incorporation whereby the liza
bility Of the members should be limited
70 the amounts Of their actual subscrip-
tons, and that the committee so elected
should constitute the first board Of di-
rectors. After discussion the motion car
| ried.
The following were elected:
L. L. Perley, w. T. Soden, G. w. Fred
erick, j. N. Griffith, w. B. Ross, Ellis
Owens and Edward Evans.
On motion, the meeting adjourned SUBJ
ject to the call OF the directors.
Ed. 8. WATERBURY,. Sec.
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DIE D.,

DIED,
At his residence, near Emporia, on July
14th, 1873, aged "a years, Enos B Hadley,
an honored and valued citizen, and an
old settler, having resided in the county
about % years. His father, Ira Hadley,
moved from Indiana to Kansas early in the
spring Of 1855; stopped in johnson county
and rented a farm of the Shawnee Indi-
ans, and after planting his crop of corn
came on to this county with a company Of
settlers. among whom were Charles john
son and ]. II. Pheanis, and they were,
perhaps, the first settlers In this part Of
the county The father took a claim on
the Cottonwood river at the junction of
Moon creek, (Which was at that time call
ed Hadley creek) hired a cabin put up, to
which he moved his family in the follow
ing fall. Here he undertook to open q
farm, but being unaccustomed to out door
labor and of feesle constitution, died in
about IS months after his arrival in the
State, leaving Enos B., little past twelve
years of age, in charge of a family of four
girls and an afflicted mother, with the
stern realities staring them in the face, of
making living In new country. They
were 115 miles from markets and mills,
with the Border Ruffian troubles inter-
vening, and nothing but an OK team to
work with.
Enos had q birth-right membership in
the Society of Friends Commonly called
the Quaker church,. He experienced q
| change of heart at about the time he
reached the years of manhood, and his
/ daily walk and conduct testified of a
growth in grace. He was loved and re-
| spected by all who knew him, because he
loved them. He contracted a cough by
| going with threshing machine, which
soon terminated in pulmonary consnmp-
ton. While being confined to the house
the last four months of his life, he often
said to his sister, 81 don't believe have
an enemy in the world" He was once
heard to say, s'if I just knew didn't have
an enemy 1 could die happy" Toward
the close he said to those around his bed
side, al wanted to say to you before
choked up, to meet me in heaven;
am happy. 1t is only a change for the
betterP' and often said, "don't grieve fol-
me.'' His funeral, on Monday, was at
tended by 3 large coneourse of people
| who all mourn his loss.