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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
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Agents are solely liable to theiI prin-
cipals.
The liability of an inn-kerper extends
10 all the property Of his guest.
The fruit or grass on the garden or
farm of an inttstate descends to the
heir.
When land occupied by a tenant is
,rcspassed upon, he alone can bring the
action.
Money paid on Sunday contracts, not
being effectual as a discharge from debt,
may be recovered.
A private person may procure an in
junction to prevent . public mischief
by which he is affected in common with
others.
A day-bOok copied from a 'blotter"
in which the charges are first made will
not be received in evidence as a book Of
original entries.
II any person puts a fence on the land
Of another or ploughs it, he is liable for
rreslrass, whether the owner has suffer
ed injury or not.
A discharge under the insOlvent laws
Of one State will not discharge the in-
5 Ivent from a contract made with a
citizen Of another S ate.
When A cOnsigns goods to B TO sell
on commission, and B delivers them to
@ in payment Of his own antecedent
lebtS, A can recover their value.
Common carriers are not liable for
accidents or detentions arising from the
ris neJOr, which human powerand fore
cast cou not provide against.
At an auction or sherif's sale Il bid
der may rctract his bid at any time be-
fire the property is knocked down to
him, no matter what the condition of
the sale.
Permanent erccuons and fixtures.
made by mortgagor after the ex CD
ION Of the mortgage upon the land con
vcycd by il, becomes a parto tlemOrt-
gagged premises.
An agreement from the holder Of a
uOte to give the principle debtor time
for payment without deprying himself
Of the right to sue does not discharge
the surety.
Under the rule cureM enptor u seller
OF goods, chattlts or other pr perry,
commits no fraud in law wuen he ne
elects TO tell the pUrch2serOt any flaws,
defects Oh UnslundRess in the sune.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
The SkInmGr.

The Dairymau humorou3ly puts the
yo'iIiluies Of the nlecidcd cheese
maker on the sIimming question as
follows. We can only wsh that Mac
beth's witches may take the man vino
takes The cream from our cheese:
To SKIM or not to skin-that is the
QUESTION. Whether It's nobler in he
man TO suffer the sliugs and arrows of
Temptations power, or take the cream
from evenings mess Of milk; and by
skinming end i.2 To skim, to chuTn
no more-and by The step summarily
end the question and the thousand ar
guments that rise up, cream like! Tis
n consumnatiOn that should give us
thought. TOskim, to churH! to Skjnl!-
perchance too much! Aye, there's the
rub. For best of butter there's an DER
supply, and markets suffer from inferior
cheese, must give us pause. There's
the respect for home consumption, now
50 very small; for who would ruin, what
JhOrld most demand, markets ut home,
u from proud mems tables drive the
use of cheese, because so poor, and
make them think they do nOtrelish that
which Englishmen with every meal doth
take, because impoverished and taste
less, made by use Of skinner? Then
the extra wOrk-tO grunt and sweat
over the rhurn and bowl, and the uten-
sis Of the butter room, with dubious
hope of getting one's reward in the in
creased returns, puzzles the will, and
makes US rather work the milk up whole
than turn to practices We know not Of,
nor see the end, except in dimmest
shndn
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
An EnrItsh EIrl,s FILTRATION.

The richest hciTess now on the en-
gagged list is Miss Crawshay, the daugh-
Ter Of tine Vulcan of the Hills in South
Wales. Her d0wry is sal to he e5OO,-
G01. and she is about to beStOw this with
her hand and heart upon a briehess bar
ristpr on the South Wales circuit. /
should be very happy to take her sister
upon the same terms, if I felt inclined
to marry-fur money. These irOamas-
tcrs' daughters have a very considerate
way Of selecting poor men for their hus-
band , for Sir George ElliOtt's daughter
married one Of the special correspond
ents Of the Daily News, and few days
ago the heires5 of a Durham cOlliery
proprietor b0lted with the editor Of a
north country newspaper. 1t is said OF
one of these ladies, perhaps it would be
cruel to say whiCh-fOT the man9uVre
after all was innOcpn, enOugh-that
meeting with a gentleman on board
steamer which was engaged in laying
deep-sea cable in the Atlantic, they very
naturally took to flirting on the quarter
deck. The lady WAS all alone except
with papa. The gentleman made him
self agreeable, and, being tall and hand
some, Of course soon ingratiatet him
self With the iron kings daughter. One
day, finding himself alone, he proposed
there and then. ''IIush!' said the lady;
papa is asleep on the sofa and might
hear You. Lctus take stroll on deck. D.
4 am very sorry, % said thelady, resum-
ing the conversation on deck, but, OF
course, you did not know when you
were talking to me below that L was
augagrd. But | have a sister at home
who is exactly like me, you wou;d not
know us apart. aad when we return
home | viii Introduce you to her" The
introduction followed in due course,
and the marriage within six MONTHS
The courtship took place by proxy
London Letter.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04

The plant from which tapioca is OBJ
tained is a native of South America,
and is cultivated extensively in Brazil,
az also in many parts of the East In
dies and The Indian Archipelago. tits
woody plant with slender stalks, and
grows to the height of about eight feet,
and is known as the CassaYa OF ManiOc
plant It Las smO th palm-shaped
leaves, and bears small green flowers,
which grow in clusters, with an i'm
mense-sized 6eshy root, sometimes
weighing rs much as forty or fifty
pounds. The plant belongs to highly
poisonous tribe. and is self one of the
most virulent of the species. This
poison is found more particularly in the
juice of the plant, a small quantity
killing birds, QuadTupeds, and even
man himself, causing cold perspiTatiOns,
great swelings and cQuvulsiOns, gen
| orally ending in death; but this dele
teTious substance is so highly volatile
if exposed to heat, or even the open air
for about two days. that its property is
entirely dissipated
Tie root from which tapiOca is pro-
cured is Of rapid grOw,h and co 0es to
perfection in six months, and some
what resembles a huge parsnip. 1t is
taken up and washed, and the Tind,
which is of a dark color, peeled off;
then grated or ground into a pulp, and
the pU}J submitted to pressure, by
which the Juice is expressed AMI pre-
served. The meal OF pulp that remains
in the press being dried is called coma
que, and is made into bread or cake
which is called cassava bread. The eX-
pressed Juice, after being allowed to
stand, deposits = white powder, which,
after being well washed and dried
constitutes what is called tapioca -four
or Brazilian arrOWrOot, and by the
French n0uSSacbe. Al the products Of
the roots are TitlOHs and easy of di-
gestiOn. The natives frequently fer
ment the expressed juice viii mOlas-
ses and form an intoxicating beverage
called onycan. that supplies the place
OF wine or beer Of the temperate eli
mate. When the climate is favorable,
the plant is of a hardy nature and easily
cultivated. 1t requires a dry situation
and the land to be Of good quality, and
will not yield on the same ground two
successive crops. The mode of plant
ing is from cuttings, and a little mOis-
ture is needed by the plant at its first
growth. There are nine different spe-
cies enumerated for human food; they
are known as the bitter cassava and the
sweet cassaya. The roots are very sim
liar, the first by far the most poisonous,
the Only parceptib,e difference between
the two roots being a tough ligneous
cord running through the center of the
sweet cavassa root, which the bitter
variety is wholly without.-1neriCan
Grocer.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
Br .cding Marks In Carrier Pigeons.

A German paper gives some details
of the extraordinary development of
the breeding and training of carrier
pigeons il Germany since the late war.
During the seige of Paris, pigeOus af-
forded the only means Of comnunica-
ton between the outside world and the
inhabitants Of the JeleagUered city. in
ord. r that similar messages might be
available in the hour of neel, pigeon
houses were established after tn CAnClu-
sion Of the war III most of the larger
garrison towns of North and South
Germany, and now pigeon flying is
rapidly becoming a favorite pastime
and sport throughout the country. The
increased attention thus given to the
subject has resulted in the observation
of many peculiarities of the birds. Car
rier pigeons of goOd breed, although
they may be started in company and
bound for the same place, fly quite in
dependentIy Of one another. Each one
selects its own course, some tax ng a
higher, others a lower flight, and speeds
on its way without taking any heed of
its ncighbors. The birds seem 10 know
that they are racing, and each one eX-
erts Itself to tie utmost to arrive first
al the goal. In the neiEhbOrhOOd Of
every pigeon house there are always
certain places, trees, etc, which are
usually favOrlte resorts Of the birds,
but when coming in il a race the we'll
bred pigeon never stops for a moment
at any of these haUnls, but flies straight
to his own particular house, frequently
arriving there in such an exhausted
state rs to be unable to even eat the
food it most fond of. Birds which
are sitting, (which have lately hatched
young, are generally taken in prefer
ence to others in racing; but instances
have been known in which carrier pig
cons of good breed which have been
taken to fresh home, and which have
Matched young there, have deserted
their brood and flown away to their
original home at the first opportunity
they had Of escaping.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
The Monitor Tecumnselr.

A wrecking company proposes to
blow p.what is in reality the grave of
two hundred iors. The monitor
Tecumpseh was sunk in Mobile harbor
in 1864, when Farragut captured the
forts. 1t is understood thIt a wreck
ing company purchased the monitor
some months ago from Secretary Rich
ardsOn, and. notwithstanding the fact
that two hundred men are entOmbed
therein, were preparing to blow her up
for the purpose of preserving the Old
iron belonging to the vessel. \ bill
has been filed in the Circuit Court of
the United States to prevent the Bel
Boat Wreckiug Company from blowing
up the sunllen vessel, and the court de
cided in favor of the bill flied. 1t is
understood that the company have APP
peaIed to the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
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EeighbOring Counties.

TIEE.
Pikrton had a spelling match last
Saturday evening.
The Piketon Courier says there
IRE. good prospects for a law suit be
tween the Scioto Valley r. R. and
Mrs. [. Cutler, she claiming that
they have appropriated more Of heI
land than they had a night to.
TracklayiiDg on the S J.,& P. Rail
way between Waverly and Balm
bridge commcnced on Friday, the
18th.
Waverly is crying for more police,
to Stop hurglaries that are being
committed in that place
Benjlmiu j. Uric, charged with
tie murder Of Thomas WoodI urn.
pleaded not guilty at Waverly last
we k, and Was rensnded to Jail ua-
il the June term Of Court
WAY. rly is greatly excited about a
villain named E H. 8IcCurdy, who
seduced a respectable young lady OF
hat place and fled.
BROWN.
CoaI is selling at sic cents in Hi5
giDsport.
8Ir. John E. Brosn, p welI-kaor II
farm, living near Georgetown, made
an assignment last week.
The Lodge Of Good Tcmplars ! eld
their ennivers ry at Georgetown on
Friday evening, 18th inst.
Georgetown will lave regul; T
Sunday afternoon Temperance meet
ings in future
Mt. Ortb reports a new Jorn calf,
wh:cl weighs 120 pounds.
Tue Good TcmpIars had a pban-
NJ party at Ge rgetown last week.
Georgetown his organized club
called the Merry Bachelors" They
range in age from Is to I9
Charles Ramsey aud colored
man raned Brown have been orres-
IA r.. tI,o ,,.,,..l -. ,F Cy-r,,7e How
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04

mo more business for lla," said a
manufac urer, the other evening, who
has been in the hlbit Of employing
about sixty men and over thirty women
and children. NO more business for
me! -Four years ago 1 supposed myself
worth 500, GOO. l have kept my work
shops open at a loss during the whole of
that time. This summer there seemed
to lie nice little chance fora fresh start
in the fall, aud L kept my men on ma-
king goods which l might have thrown
in the street for all the hope Of getting
any money for them. And, by George.
when the strike came they struck, know
ing all the time that the wages they
were paid every Saturday night were
not earned by profitable work, but taken
bodily out Of the savings Of thirtyyears.
told them that if that was their game
I'd strike too. and close up Shop, and so
l have; and I've advertised for farm,
which I'm going to buy and live upon.
Wifes quite willing; we were both
of us raised on a farm, and I'll never
touch business again. -Eosisiu Cores
p0udcncc.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
The SCotchman to a MusquitO.

Ye here again, ye IOng-le Fed devtl1
Ye biZzin', bummin', imp o. evil!
Haud yere danE'd CAB and cautin sneevll'
Or agin he wa
I'll plalster We, If we're na civil
And stop yere jaw.
What brings We here, I'd like to ken,
To bite and pes er homes men,
And make tncm think their latter en-
Is drawing near,
And scarf and claw like some auld hen,
And curse and sWedrG
Gang Der the road and ring the b Il.
Ye'l find a rascal Ike ye-esel-
A pol cian-jag him well.
And sting him sare,
He's sic bac liter himself
Yen ne'er bite mair.
Hush't.there'sa an auld maid down the street
WI hair and gown bath sInOO' and NJ at;
Vel find her tough, but guid 10 eat
S e's o your trade,
O. tea AID scandal strong and sweet
Her biUid is nude.
G9e take a Dqttprn bv the flea
Who takes his bite and waits a WCc.
Before he vets hi ither ee,
And lOups about,
And puir things aye prepared to dee
When he's found out.
Or cen the decent sOnsey bug,
Wha keeps himself 50 J1usc and snug,
Ands nae aye, roarin, in yere lug
His blaiSted airs;
But Just lies down like any dug
And says his prayers.
Or like the wee bit lOuse wha steals
Sac saft about, the flesh nae feels
The punctIres O. h $ prickly heels
TIL he's game by,
An even when he takes his mCRls
He's dUuse and ST..
Rut We, We bizziu', bummin' lackguardl
Ye sneakin'. suiifia', beasting braggartl
vi belly skinny, long and hHggard
4 d bluidy fang,
For a. yerc Cravin', WhiZzin swag -Cr,
I'll stop yUre sangi
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
A Stir Among the Daisies.

Pretty LII Of Littlcton sauntcred through the
grass.
The very birds and butterflies stopped to see
her pass;
All the daisies nodded to the maiden coming
by,
And leaned across the pathway left behind
her.
"Are h1r!?" thoy as ca each her. Each gay
ly laughed, Not II
We towedt0o low;h really We don't mind
h.T.
To see 50 fnir Il maiden pass has really quite
unstrung us;
But we'll Straighten TIP and re dy be when
next she comes among us"
st. Nicholas.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
The SWiH Milk Traffic.

The efforts of the n. Y. Board Of
Health have pretty well broken up the
swilI-milk traffic and checked, in some
degree, the sale of milk diluted with
water. The records show that, from
the time the board began its operations,
in 1867 to 1875, the death rate among
children under years of age was de
creased from 50 to little more than As
per cent Of the total mortality in the
city; and it is probt BILE that much of
this decrease in the death rate may be
credited to the improved quality of the
food given 10 children Of that tender
age. For most of these were children
Of the poor. The rich were supplied by
better class of dealers, are more intel
ligent in inspecting their milk, can
afford to pay the highest prices, and
buy pleAty of it. 1t is the poor child of
the tenement, whose mother can buy
only pint of milk Where she ought to
have Il quart, that suffers from fraudu-
lent milk.
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whole No. 2I84.

work up an excursion from Batavia
to Kansas, to start on the 26th OF
this month.
The trial Of Chas. Dimmitt is set
for the 22d of this month.
Ex-Treasurer Robinson, Of Bata-
via, has been arrested, on the afi-
davit of Chas. DimmHt, charging
him with tie County treasury rob
berry.
The 1Iasons held a reunion in b.
taYia last week,
FAYETTE.
An excursion train was run from
Washington last Sunday, on the @.
W. & c. narrow gauge.
Mrs. Livermore lectured in Wash
iDgton last Tuesday night on ''Ths
Coming Man, and drew q large au-
dience.
The Washington ladies have Or
ganized a Benevolent Society, which
has been the means of doing much
good to the poor children Of that
place.
The iron is laid to point three
miles southeast of Washington, On
the S. J. & P. Ry., and the cars viii
soon be running to Greenfield.
The Emma Abbott Concert Com
pany gave a concert to a full house
in Washington, Thursday evening BE-
fore last.
The Bone Minstrels, an Organizs-
ton composed Of home talent gave
an exhibition for the benefit Of Che
Washington Firemen last week.
Social circles in Washington were
stirred Inst week by the Crystal We'd
ding Of AIr. and Mrs. Henry Snyder.
Henry Smith, of Jasper, had bis
pockets picked of s25 in Washing
ton last week.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04

The fellow that invented and perfect
ed the machine that turns out the in
Vulnerable paper bags now in use has
invented new way to fasten buttons
ON cards. What an opportunity he
missed when s,oppedin his brtton-fast-
ening career. Had he invented ma-
chine to fasten buttOns Oh shirts and
boys clothes, in the larger and better
use Of that term fasten, his name would
have soon become q household word.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04

One of the poets Of the First Empire
Nepomucence Lemercier, wrote trag-
edy whose hero was Christopher COlum-
bus. He had in it violated the unities,
which Frenchmeu for years considered
an invioIable law of tragedy. When
Lemercier'e piece was played the stu
dents hissed it with great vehamence.
Napoleon admired Lemercier, and when
he heard the tragedy had been hissed he
ordered it to be played again. 1t was
again hissed. lie became furious. He
ordered it played third time, and went
tothe theatre accompanied bya regiment
Of soldiers. The first and second acts
were heard in silence. 1t was at the
third act that the Kisses were most Wig
orOus. When the curtain rose on the
third act, Napoleon leaned over his box
and looked at the students, to see if they
would dare oppose his known will III
his presence. What should he see but
the whole audience, from the pit to the
last tier, wearing mig tcaps, and pre-
tending to be fast asleep. The sight was
so odd, Napoleon could not help laugh
ing, and he gave up attempting 10 sup
purl the tragedy.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04
Young Folks Corner.

Edwin R. Perfect, Wilmington, O., sent "a cor
rect answers to Enigma, POstical Enigma and
Charade Of March 21st, but they were received too
late to be ACKNOWLEDGED last week.
Hsttie c. Taylor, HilsJoro also sends correct an
swcr TO POeticsi Enigma Of same date.
'Hoosier Boy" Hillsboro, also sends correct an
swer to the came.
''B B. HiIlsboro, o., SEEDS correct ansWers to
Mathematical Problem No. ], Euigms No. and
PoeticsI Enigma No. ,, Of March 2s.
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Germany has been in the habit Of
importing an average Of So, 600 horses a
year since 1872, and exporting only
$1,000. Since the 1st Of January last
the importations have fallen off, and
the expectations increased immensely,
so that at the rate things are going on
now the excess of imports in 1877 would
only be 400 against $1,000 excess ii
ordinary years. This is why Germany
has forbidden the nding away of
horses from the empire at present.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-04-04

The recovery recently OF $3.50 by as
saying the dust from the roof Of the
Philadelphia Mint, recalls a curious fact
brought out by an assay made some
time ago Of portions of the bed Of clay
fifteen feet in thickness that uuderlics
the pavement Of that city. These ex-
periments demonstrated that the clay
contains seyen-tenths of grain, say
three cents worth to the cubic foot, and
in the 4, 4,lSO,OOO,OOO Of cubic feet under
the streets and houses there lies Sl26,-
DUO OCl.
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ANSWER TO J. D. RIDLNGS' PROBLEM or
MARCH IS 1878.

Russell Station o.
Enron NEWS IL send you a solution 70 }. D.,
Riflinrs' problem IN the News OF March -
Yours &c H. r cllAAAls
Iptr= No. hours was on the bnat- Then z
- The distance A travels and Z the distance
Now then Won have a right singled triangle A, 3,
c. with the sides represented by go plus y o.
and 3 T. Then by the proposition, VIZ the sqhaT1e
formed upon the longer side, of a right angle NJ
angie runi the square Inscribed on the other sides
r, m tfis W flrm ths EQUATION, viz: t41 p'usa -
SQUARE plus t0,) square - OK squaTt-+ 2 square
p,us GE plus l6u plus St'o - ~ s4u4ie- -ill'Po'
inc q & -quare - l61 52Dn,
NaIiipyiug by four times the co-eficien1ss O ?
square and adding The square o1 lhe Co-g!-Jl1i-
of n win rive the equation lI64 square-l51a4O 2
rIus - $50 - lG2 IUu square root eft 100 square
is, 40 plus Z5,rGu- square root oL 4oz,ElO
y Zx-Ebu- bSU: 20 X - $40; x 80 ~ hours ths %.
of h0urs both travelled while WAS on 0uht- tnen
as thp rate on boat was miles per hour llme5
20 IsU miles must he tee distance Travelled y .
aud the boat. .,r. 49,
The dfstauce and B travelled, both and before
and after took the boat is sufficiently piain' ana
ut eds Uu explanation.