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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19

all practically incapable of attaining
to property, and that they all alike
have nothing to fall back upon ex-
eept the poor rate. The land is,
might almost say beyond compari-
son, kept cleaner here than it is in
England. There are no hedges or
bitches acting as nurseries for weeds
and giving harbor to. varmin. The
heart of the owner is in his land,
and every weed that appears upon
the land is felt to be growing at the
cost OF the owner and of his family.
The farmer has rent to pay, that was
paid once for all when the land was
purchased, generally by some ances-
tor of the present owner. This, be-
sides now annually securing to the
farmer a higher reward for his labor,
saves him in bad times from the anx-
letles and entanglements of having
to borrow. | will only mention one
more cause, and regard it as a very
effective one, of the strength of the
agricultural system that obtains in
this part of the Continent-I might
indeed say over the greater part of
the Continent. The land being held
in small farms a far greater variety
of produce is extracted from it than
Is possible under any other system.
Potatoes are produced to an extent
that surprises even non-agricultureal
Americans. The same may be said
of fruit, vegetable, poultry, milk and
butter. 1t would be interesting to
know, if it could be ascertained, how
many hundred-I might, indeed, say
how many thousand-miles of fruit
trees decorate and turn to good ac-
count, without the slightest protec-
tion, the margins of the roads and
paths in this part of Germany. That
this can be done is Indicative of
very satisfactory trait in the charac-
ter of the people, not only of this
district, but of the Continent gener-
ally. Of course, it is easily explain
ed by the general diffusion of prop
erty. In these small farms absolute
Up no space is wasted. In places
where the surface appears to be pure
sand and no agricultural plant could
live, have everywhere found plan
tations of Scotch fir and of birch, the
only trees that could maintain them
selves in such starving barrenness.
1t was necessity at first to set the
young trees in deep furrows, that
they might not be blown out of the
ground, and that the rain that fell
might be conducted to their roots.
In all the plantations of this kind I
saw, 1 noticed that every individual
tree was carefully fOrested, and that
no briers or nettles or underground
of any kind were allowed to. spring
up on the decaying leaves, and so
rob the plantation. On land not vet
good enough for producing grain,
though somewhat better than that
appropriated to Scotch fir and birch,
the yellow lupine is grown for forage,
Berlin, Sept. 1st, 1879.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
AS HE is PERSONALLY KNOWN.

Such is General Andrew Hicken-
looper as have personally known
him, socially as a citizen and friend.
l do not write from hearsay, but
from personal knowledge.
In this city nc man is held in high
er regard by the people of all sects,
creeds, color and nationality, than
General Hickenlooper, and he is emil
nently worthy of this regard. He is
a liberal man in all things, but is
temperate in his own habits and life.
Quick in his decisions and posi-
tive in character, once his mind is
made up, with the feeling that he is
right, he is almost unchangaDle.
This is General Hiekenlooper as we
know him here in his home.
On the second Tuesday in Octo-
Der next the people of this city, by
there votes, will show in what es-
TEEN he is held and what a place he
has in their hearts. As a soldier he
was heroic, brave and daring, and
returned from the war covered with
glory. As a citizen he is just, gen.
erous, upright, faithful to his trusts,
to his family, to his friends.
In politics, as in everything else,
there is no half way about him. He
is in out-and-out stalwart Repub-
lican. In regard to the position the
North and South now hold toward
each other, General Hickenlooper's
opinion is forcibly expressed in his
own words at a speech delivered at
the Soldiers Home in Dayton, o.,
on the 2Sth day of last June, when
he said:
81 am for a reconciliation based
only upon the admitted justness of
the cause for which we fought; for
a reconciliation based only upon the
admitted justuess of every war
measure on our statute books, in
cluding the payment in honest mon
ey of every pecuniary obligation in
Cured in suppressing that unholy
and causeless rebellion; for a recon
ciliation based only upon the ac-
kuowledged supremacy of National
authority over State rights. But 1
will never, never be for any recon-
ciliation which calls for one word of
retraction, or in the most remote de-
gree involves the expense of our
National honor, or the surrendering
of principles, to sustain which we
marched through the throes and
of civil war to final
and complete triumph.
''To my mind there is wide diff
ference between reconciliation and
between magnanimity
and crlnging servility.
"While we should cherish no feel
ings of resentment toward our late
in the field, and most ear
nestly desire that all unkind
thoughts engendered by the unhap
py strife should be forever buried in
oblivion, never can I be made to
think that it was merely a question
of Greek meeting Greek, without
special credit to one side or discredit
to the other; that there is no differ
ence between loyalty and treason; or
that there is no more credit due the
memory of the soldier who struggled
to maintain than the one who attempt
ed to destroy our National unity.
"To feel otherwise would be to in
suit loyal living and brand with in
fanny the memory of our dead com
rades.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
Twelve Reasons
WoMAN's TEMPERANCE BALLOT.
By Joseph Cook.
President Ohio W. G. I

I. It is more difficult for a wo-
man to obtain a livelihood alone
than for man to do so,and so she has
a deeper interest than man in the
home.
3. Woman's love of home is the
natural antagonist of the enemies of
the home, and among these perhaps
the most mischievOus is intemPer-
ance.
8. Woman is less Incorporate
than man, and so could be trusted
to give a purer vote on temperance
laws.
4. Woman is less complicated
with party intrigue and political am
bition. with desire for office and
business at large, and 50 would be
more free than men to give a vote
on the merits of the case.
5. A temperance vote by women
would be a test by which the theory
of woman's suffrage could be tried
on a restricted scale without danger.
6. 1t would not be an entering
wedge but only an appeal to exper-
fence, and the latter, as it should re-
veal good or bad tendencies in the
theory, would decide the result.
7. Rumsellers oppose the tenn
perance vote of women. l suppose
that nothing has ever stirred the
,,,,,saIlers of Chicago, st. Louis and
Cincinnati, quite so much as this
movement to give the temperance
vote to the women. If you will
show me what rumsellers do not
want, 1 will show you what ] want.
8. The temperance vote is asked
for by women in overwhelming
most Of whom are not fe-
male sufTagists,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
SUNK BY A SEA MONSTER.
The Wonderful Story told by a Sea
CaptaIn-A Vessel Destroyed by a
Hugh Something with TAU and Fins.
N. Y. Tlmes of Wednesday.

N. Y. Times of Wednesday.
The steamship P. Coland, which
arrived from Rotterdam yesterday,
had on board Captain L. G. Larsen
and the eatire crew of a Norwegian
bark which was lost in mid-ocean un-
der remarkable circumstances. Cap
tain Larsen's story, which is fully
corroborated by his men, goes to
show that the accounts which have
been given to the public from time
to time of dangerous sea monsters
inhabiting the ocean are not wholly
false. Either the original sea SER
pant or some powerful submarine
creature of the same race ran into
the bark Columbia on September 4,
in latitude Al degrees 80 minutes,
and ngitude 43 degrees "a minutes,
and injured that vessel so that she
sank within a short time after she
had been struck. The bark Columbia
left London for Quebec in ballast,on
August .sth, and met with variable
weather until the morning of the 4th
inst, when she was sailing at the
rate of from six to seven miles an
hour before fair wind. The sea
was not very rough, and the bark
was carrying all sail and heading
westward. The Captain was on deck
at five bells in the morning watch
when a tremendous shock, which
shook the bark from stem to stern,
was suddenly felt. The men who
were asleep in their hunks were
awakened, and, thinking that the
foremast had been carried away,
sprang on deck. Captain Larsen
and three of his men ran to the port
side and saw the water discolOred
with blood, while the tail and fins of
a huge monster were seen spiashing
about in the sea, which had become
violently agitated on that side of
the vessel. At this moment one of
the crew cried out that a leak had
been sprung, and Captain Larsen
and the carpenter hurried down into
the hold to see if the bark had suf
fered any injuries. In the port bow,
about three feet below water mark,
they found that four planks had
been crushed in for a space about
four feet long. A large hole had
been made, through which the day
light above the water could be plain
ly seen. The water was pouring rap
dly into the vessel through this hole.
Several attempts were made to stop
it up, but the Captain soon found it
would be useless to remain below
any longer. In the meantime the
men on deck had become terribly
frightened. Some cried bitterly,
while others had become so frighten.
ed by their unexpected encounter
with the sea monster that they were
for the time being almost helpless.
When Captain Larsen reached the
deck he directed his men to get the
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
OUR EUROPEAN LETTER.
Regular Correspondence.

1 have now for some weeks been
looking into the agriculture of the
district around Dresden-on the
west as far as Leipsic, and on the
north as far as Berlin. l find that,
though the price of wheat is here re
dueed by the command America has
obtained over the wheat market of
the world, agriculture is not in the
suffering condition to which it has
been reduced in England. The rea-
sons of this are what it would be
useful for us to know. My obserya-
tions and inquiries have brought me
to believe that the simplest express
sion of these reasons is that the land
is here for the most part cultivated
in farms of about so acres by their
owners. will endeavor to point
out some of the most obvious and
noteworthy consequences Of these
two facts.
As the farmer and his family gen.
orally work on the farm-there are
about 100000 land owners in Prus-
sia-there is comparatively little ex-
pended in hired labor. To under
stand how this acts we must suppose
farms in the United States averag-
ing about so acres, and that on these
so acre farms the owner and his fam
ilv. in most cases, take the lead in
the work. On any thousand acres,
then, there might be 20 families
working with the viii of the owners,
not for wages, but supported by
what they could themselves produce.
What hired labor is required is more
efficient than hired labor is in Eng
land, because the laborer works with,
generally lives with and feels that
he belongs to the same class as the
farmer, aud not to quite a different
class, made one in sentiment by the
consciousness of all its members that
they are all alike without property,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
TEMPERANCE.
HOME PROTECTION.


RAvENNA, SEPT. Sth, 1879.
Mr.. EDIToR:-We respectfully and
earnestly solicit your aid in our
work, by the publication of the ac-
companying appeal and circular.
Sincerely Yours,
MARY A. WOODBRIDGE,
President Ohio W. @. 7. U.
To the Men and Women Of Ohio
At the late annual meeting of the
Ohio Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union the following resolution
was adopted : Recognizing the fact
that woman is responsible for the pu-
rity of the home and the social circle,
ResoZUed, That we ask for the bal
lot on all questions pertaining to tenn
peranee." As Nehemiah mourning
over Jerusalem, there is with US
nothing else but SORROW" for our
land is ''laid waste " because of in
temperance. We "have prayed to
the God of heaven" and this direc-
tion hath been given US, and we
bring you the Kings word that He
hath. spoken unto us, that you may
rise, and Strengthen our hands for
this work" Our enemies CRY, "What
is this thing that ye do! VIII We
rebel against" law? We answer,and
say unto them, the God of heaven,
He will prosper us; therefore we,
His servants, will arise and build, that
this sin may no longer shave portion,
or right, or memorial" in this land.
We ask of one and all, prayerful con-
sideration of this subject, that when
by simultaneous action petitions
shall appear in every city, town, and
hamlet of the State, they may re-
ceive your endOrsement.by signature,
that in accordance with the above
resolution we may bring our appeal
before the next legislature,
Mary a. Woodbridge,
President Ohio W. G. 7. U.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
ASHTABULA, OHIO FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 49, 1879

boats in readiness for abandoning
the vessel. The log-book, instru-
ments, and few clothes, with some
provisions, were bundled into two
boats, which were put over the sides
as soon as the excited sailors had
placed little fresh water in them.
The water-casks had been slowed in
hole, into which the sea was pour.
ing so rapidly that not more than
one days fresh water could be saved.
Fortunately the sea was not rough,
and when the boat had been launch
ed the entire crew Abandoned the
bark. The larger boat was COM
manded by Capt. Larsen while Mr..
H. Pederser, the mate, took charge
of the smaller one. At u o'clock,
an hour and a half after the vessel
had received her death wound from
the sea monster, the boats rowed
away. Shortly after one o'clock the
bark sank out of sight. When
abandoned the water in the hold
was within two or three feet of the
deck-deams.
The prospects of the crew seemed
doubtful then, as there was very lit
tie on board the boats, and a gale
might spring up before night. An
anxious lookout was kept for pass
ing vessels, and also for the marine
monster. Nothing was seen of the
latter, but between two and three
o'clock the smoke from a steamer
which was evidently approaching
them, was observed. A pole to
which signal of distress was fast
ened was hoisted by the Captain,
and the joyful intelligence was soon
passed from boat to boat that the
steamer was rapidly approaching.
By three o'clock the P. Caland, Cap
tain Dednes, bound from Rotterdam
to this port, hove to near by, and
the entire crew of the Columbia,
twelve men in all, were taken on
board. The two small boats by
means of which the shipwrecked
seamen had been preserved from wa
terry graves were then cast adrift,
and the Caland proceeded on her
voyage.
When seen last evening on board the
steamship, Capt. Larsen said that he was
unable to give full description of the
monster which had sunk his vessel. Its
fins and tail could be seen as they splashed
the water, but he got only a slight glimpse
of portion of the body. One of the sail
Ors at first thought it might be a whale,
but no whale had ever been known to sink
a vessel. A whale could not present an
array of tail and fin reaching from the
fore rigging to the main rigging Of a YES
sci of 1852 tons register, but this monster
did. What little was seen of its back was
much too round for that of a whale. 1t
would certainly require an animal of en-
ormous size and strength to make the hole
in the bow of the Columbia. What be-
came of the monster after it had run into
the bark is not known, as the crew left
the side as soon as it was discovered that
the vessel was sinking. They then be-
came too much occupied in getting things
in readiness to abandon the bark to OBJ
serve what course their submarine enemy
had pursued. No traces of it were ob-
serYed while they were in the boats.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
"JEFF DAVIS. y

Il D@A hAHg
and who is recognized by the rest as
the leader, stood apart with his gun
resting on the floor. He looked at
me pretty sharp, but 1 paid no par
ticular attention to him and dropped
some familiar remark as l passed on.
l heard him mutter something about
that Cd id Republican rascal,
but thought of course that he was
only Joking. sat down at the ia
bic and got well started at supper
when
THE DOOR OPENED
and in comes the leader with anoth-
er chap they call "Big Jake" fine
strapping young fellow, but a bitter
Democrat like the rest. 1 merely
looked up as they entered and went
on eating. They advanced to my
chair and each took up a position
on either side of me.
"G-d d-n him." muttered Jake,
"we might as well kill him now as
any time"
ayes, the d-n whelp," answered
JEFF, ''let's squelch him out of ex-
istence."
While this talk was going on, JEFF
had
POINTED HIS GUN RIGHT AT MY HEAD,
and I could almost feel the muzzle
against my cheek. Still 1 never look
ed up, but went on with my supper.
"Why the ID don't the --
speak?' asked Jake.
Hooked up then, pretending to
have just become aware of their
presence, "Hello," says 1, chow are
you? Have some supper with me?"
''To h-ll with the SUPPER" shout
ed JEFF, "we've got other business
with you. We know what your
here for, d-n you. Listen while I
read you this" and he opened a let
purporting to be from Cleveland
Democrat. 1t was written before l
left home, and in it the writer, who
by the way signed himself Champ
stated that I was going to visit Ot-
tawa county on a pretense of shoot
ing duck, while my real object was
to do some still hunting IN the inter-
est of Charlie Foster.
This they read to me as if it was
MY DEATH WARRANT.
and still thin kinO thew were in finn
I got up and suggested that we go
out in the open air.
"No, sir" says Jake, "you don't
leave this place alive. We've got
you here now and we propose to set
tie your hash"
By this time we had got out to the
bar-room. A crowd began to gath
er around, and l began to think they
were carrying the joke a little too
far.
"Gentlemen," says I, eff you are
going to adopt the Mississippi poll
oy, why go ahead, 1 can stand it"
The words were scarcely out of
my mouth when chang" want the
gun and "whiz" went something by
my ear. At the same time the room
became suddenly dark, and the Chin
ney of the old oil lamp over our
heads came crashing down. The shot
tore through picture, and plowed
a big hole in the wall just back of
me-"
At this point in the narrative tbe
speaker stopped and wiped his brow.
He appeared slightly agitated as he
recalled the vivid scene and stared
thoughtfully at nothing on the wall.
"That's about the story as it hap
pened," said he. 81 passed a quiet
night and had no more trouble"
Colonel Scoville, nothing daunted
by this affair, proposes to make an
other visit to Port Clinton in the
course of a few weeks, to show the
Democratic bull-dozers that their
threats amount to nothing.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
DRUGGISTS.

M1RTIN NEWBERRY, Druggist and
Apothecary, and General Dealer IN Drugs
Medicines. Wines and Liquors for medical
purposes. Fancy and Toilet Goods Main
street. corner Of Centre, AshtabulaY ..
011RIFS r. SWIFT, Ashtabula, Ohio,
Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Groceries
Perfumery and Fancy Articles, superior
Teas. Coffee, Spices, FlayOring Extracts, "a
tent Medicines Of every description, Paints,
DIVES. Varnishes, ,BTU shes, Fancy Soaps, Hair
Oils. &c, all OF which will be sold at the low
est prices. Prescriptions prepared with suit
able care. lJ5o.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
JEWELERS..

AmSDEN & HARRIS VIII do ali kinds OF
Repairing OF Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
at l2 Main Street, in room with Carlisle &
Tyler. l55-ly
GEO ". DICKINSON, Jeweler; Repair
ing OF all kinds Of Watches, Clocks and
JeWelry; Store in Ashtabula House Block,
AEhiahula. Ohin.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
ARABIAN
LIFE ELIXER

Restores lost manhood 10 any man under sixty
i've years OF age, in from six to eight weeks.
FsilIre impossible when used in connection with
DR.. s D. Howe's Arabian Tonic. Sold by a. R.
Thurber & Co., druggists. Ashtabula,, o. and
SD. HOWE, NJ D. Proprietor,
1527-U 122 Liberty st., New York
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
Col. o. G. Scov1LLE,


head the villainy of the transaction
was aimed, is
Col. o. G. ScovILLE,
of this city,a gentleman well known,
not only in Cleveland, but all over
the State for his fealty to the Re-
publican cause.
The story of the affair in a few
words is that Colonel Scoville, while
spending a few days in the vicinity
of Port Clinton, shooting aud fish
ing, a passtime in which he frequent
ly INDUCES, was waited upon last
Friday night at the tavern where
he was lodging, by a crowd of Dem
ocrats, who for the reason that they
believed he was up there con a still
hunt for Charley Foster" attempted
a little acting after the fashion of
the Mississippi shotgun policy.
THE DETAILS ARE BEST TOLD
by Colonel Scoville himself, who ar
rived home yesterday morning and
was at once visited by a LEADER re-
porter, who had got wind of the oc-
currence.
$50 you have heard something of
the AFFAIR."" he remarked as he pull
ed up a chair and bade the visitor to
sit down. 81 had hoped the thing
would be kept quiet; for You see l
considered these men all personal
friends of mine, and 1 don't want to
make any row over it, seeing no
harm resulted. But as you seem to be
informed already to some extent, l
will give you the whole thing just
as it happened, provided you don't
make public the names of the men
who had a hand in it?"
The reporter consented to do this
and he began:
"Well, was up at Port Clinton
on a little hunting expedition. l go
there three or four times a year, and
am well acquainted with everybody.
THEY ARE ALL RED-HoT DEMOCRATS,
regular fire-eaters, some of them,
and they wont tolerate a man who
comes out with favorable word for
the Republican party. Now, its
against my grain to keep a closed
head when l hear any one running
down that party, and Pve often got
into disputes but never had any real
row with them. You can imagine,
though, they always eyed me with
suspicion, and although they pro-
fessed warm friendship, l could see
that it was put on to a great extent.
Well, as l said,I was up there shoot
ing. This was on Friday last. l
had been out nearly all day and was
pretty we'll tagged out when got
back to the tavern at night. Being
hungry, 1 went into the dining-room
for supper, after 1 had put away my
things and washed up. Three or
four fellows who had also been out
shooting, stood in the bar-room as
l passed through. One who goes
by the name of
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19

Telegraph Stations.
Passenger fare at the rate of 8 cents per
mile TO way stations counted in even half
dimes.
L.S.& m.S.-YOUNGSTOW BRANCH
From and after May 18th, 1873. Passen-
ger Trains will run as follows.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-09-19
PHYSICIANS.

Dr.6. .W.HUmP HREY Magnetic Healer,
Ashtabula, o. Residence on Lake Shore.
DR. e. L. KING, Physician and Surgeon;
Office over Gee & Rogers. 1 have a COM
plete set of DR.. Hadhelds EqualiZers, with
the exclusive right OF Ashtabula county.
Physicians are respectfully invited to call
and examine the instruments. Ohice hours
rom 10 a. m. to p. m. Residence south of
st. Peters church. l42O
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