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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

WHAT IS HUSBAND ?-"He is" said
a scolding wife, "a snarling, crusty, sui
len, testy, froward, cross, gruff, moody,
Grabbed, snappish, tart, splenetic, surly,
british, fierce, dry, morose, waspish, cur
rish, boorish, fretful, peevish, hufish,
sulky, touchy, fractions, rugged, bluster-
ing, captious, ill-natured, rusty, churlish,
growing, maundering, uppish, stern, gra-
ting, humorsome, envious creature.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
APRIL, 1877

TINE above Association issues Certificates
on the Endowment Plan, payable In
from L to % years according to age
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

Ripe peaches may be prevented from
deeaying for many hours by covering
them well in fresh cold water. I saved
two crates in this way one night last
autumn, which were fully ripe. The
water will not extract the flavor from
the fruit. Excluding the air FROM them
is, of course what saves them
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

When bank fails in China they Gun
off the heads of the bankers and throw
them in a corner with the remainder of
the assets. As a consequence, there has
been no bank failures in that country fol
five hundred years. There is no tellins
how much would be saved to poor de-
pOsitors, widows, and orphans, in this
'ountry, if a similar plan should be
ldopted.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
HARM ESS, &c


He has Just laid in a large supply Of large and
medium sized Travelling Trunks. They are of va
,ious qualities and values, and afforded at favor
lble prices. The assortment is altogether the
argest of any in the region. The travelling public
IRE invited to look over this stock, as they can
hardly fail to find something totheir mind.
FORD & BROTHER.
Ashta6ula. Sept. =. 1873. 1n20tf.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17
by Or. J. c. Aver & Co.,

SOLD BIZ ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
For sale by c. E. Swift, Ashtabula, Ohio.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

The Darwinian maxim that the heavi-
est and finest seeds tend to produce the
nnest plants has found support in the
S. Wilson on turnip seeds. Large seeds
gave a product Of two pounds seven
ounces per seed, against two pounds one
and one-fourth ounces in the case of
small seeds.
Brazil and the South American repub-
lies receive eighty-one per cent. of their
foreign goods from western Europe, and
only fifteen per cent. from the United
States, chiefly in flour, provisions, petro-
leum, and lumber. England, France
and Germany have had the advantage
on account Of their long credits, frequent
steam communication and low freights.
There are two Congregational churches
in St. Petersburg, Russia, and neighbor-
hood, both of which have English Con-
gregational ministers as pastors.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-10-17

1t is better that Joy should be spread
over all the day in the form of strength,
than that it should be concentrated into
ecstacies, full of danger, and followed by
reactions.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

his blind eye and said: 'D--d IL
can see any signal. Attack l
didn't want any message from General
Scott at that precise moment, and when
the aides-de- got within speaking
range and said: General Scott sends
his compliments to General Shields
hollered out: All right, but l haven't
time to talk with you now; wait a Bit
General Scott, seeing that we were still
pushing ahead at breakneck pace to-
ward the city, sent General Quitman to
me, and, my horse having been shot
under me, l was on foot explaining to
General Quitman that it would be mad
ness for us TO desist from our advan-
tage, and that General Scott never
would have ordered it if he knew how
gloriously we were advancing. y! but
he was gallant soldier, was General
Quitman, and generous one, and in
stead of ordering me back he told me
to go ahead. So on we went, and in
less than twenty minutes we entered
the garrita, or city gate, and unfurled
the first American flag in the City of
Mexico-the flag that was borne by the
gallant Palmetto Regiment. The ar
tist happened to get his camera in focus
just while was talking to General Quit
man, and so l apprehend it is more
correct battle piece than the most of
those that ornament our public build
ings."
Before the capture of the City of Mex
leo an English boy, arrested as spy,
| asked private audience of General
Shields, and told him that Mexican
desperate had sought his sisters hand,
and being refused had threatened ven
geance. To accomplish his evil pur-
pose he had obtained from Santa Anna
the control of that part of the city in
which the boys father, mother and two
sisters lived; had hired a gang of viii
lalns who were to plumber the house,
keep the booty and deliver the girls to
the tender mercies of this Mexican
scoundrel. Properly disguised the boy
had entered the American ranks to be.
seech assistance of General Shields
| The emergency was rare one. ItwaS
certain that the Commander-in-C Chief Of
the Army would not authorize rescue
To abandon the girls to their fate was
foreign to the nature of Shields. He
took a sudden resolve, called for volun
| lCClos oClOClCu tVO anu CllbCiO "
the beleaguered city unperceived. The
ladies were rescued, the alarm wa:
| given by the bewildered Mexicans, ant
the daring band was obliged to cu
their way through host of enemies
They reached the ramparts in safety
and returned to the camp with the res
cued ones. By that time, however, botf
armies were alarmed, and scene o.
hustle and confusion ensued. Genera
Scott flew into a terrible rage when hC
heard the story, and threatened all the
penalties of court-martial on the cul
prit (Shields) for such gross disobedi
ence of orders. The young ladies sue
ceeded in pacifying the choleric ole
hero, and Shields entered the city will
him after its capture, completely rein
stated in his favor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20
Well-Authenticated Giants.

WE read that the giant Ferragus,
slain by Orlando, nephew of the cele-
brated Charlemagne, was eighteen feet
high. Funnum, a Scotchman, who
lived at the time of Eugene H., King
of Scotland, measured eleven and one
half feet, and La Mare, in his voyage
to the Straits of Magellan, reports that
on the 18th day of December he found
at Port Desire several graves covered
with stones, and having the curiosity to
remove them he found human skeletons
ten and eleven feet long. Coming to
more reliable evidence, it seems certain
that a height of even more than nine
feet has been attained. in the museum
of Trinity College, Dublin, there is a
skeleton eight feet six inches in height.
In the museum of the Royal College of
Surgeons of England, is another eight
feet two inches in height, and another
in the museum of Bonn, eight feet.
The giant who was shown in Rouen in
1885 measured eight feet four and one
half inches. The Emperor Maximin
was one inch shorter; Skenkins and
Platerus, physicians of the last century
saw several of that stature, and Goro-
pins saw a girl, nineteen years of age
who was ten feet high.-ThoS. j. BoO-
ditch, in TrOy Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20
How to Shoe Horses.

AS so much mischief results from ig-
norance as to how shoes should be put
on the feet of our horses, we give place to
the following good horse-sense direc-
tions, which we find in the Prairie
Farmer.
"Why do we shoe horsesP It is be-
cause we at the present day have mac
ademized and paved roads and streets
and the horses feet cannot stand the
hard work required of him barefoeted,
Consequently we put iron on them to
protect them, the same as ferules on
canes, tires on wagons, etc. When we
put iron on horse feet we should
put it on so that it will not be a source of
torture instead of benefit. The way to
shoe horse properly is to first take a
look at the foot and find out what it is
made of, and try to come to some ra-
tional understanding as to the inten-
ton of the Creator when he made it,
and leave it as we find it, except to
protect the wall against wear, and pre-
vent them from Slipping. For, if we
undertake to improve on what the
Creator has done, l think we will fail.
The way 1 shoe a horse is this: Look
and see if the horse stands in naturel
position, so that he stands upright as
we do. If so, level the wall to receive
the shoe, and nothing, more. Never cut
the frog, braces and sole nor the heels;
let nature do its own work. If let alone,
once in six weeks or two months, the
frog braces and sole will shed. Make
the shoe light at the toe, heavy at the
heels QOr the heels are the tender part
of the fooD. Put the nails well for
ward of the quarters. Use light nails;
cencave the shoe until you get to the
quarters to protect the soles. Then
convex the heels little, and you can
not make narrow heels, corns, quarter
cracks or contracted feet. Fit the shoe
cold, and fit it to the foot, not the foot
to the shoe. Follow the wall nicely;
fit the shoe as broad as you can; bring
the heels around to the frog, but not
touch it. Never make the shoe larger
than the foot; never use bar shoes. In
every case they are wrong and hurtful.
Never rasp the outside wall; for you
destroy the glass and enamel that pro-
tect it against decay, and prevents it
from growing rough and ridged. This
improper method of shoeing is the
cause Of more lameness than any other
one thing. 1t causes corns, quarter
cracks, and contI acted feet. Whoever
pares or allows to be pared a horses
sole, brace or frog, and burns the foot
with a hot shoe, or puts clips on the
shoes in front or sides is guilty of cruel
ty to the horse whose foot is so mutt
lated. No frog, no FOOT no foot no
horse.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20
How the Nutmegs Grow.

Nutmegs grow on little trees which
look like little pear trees, and are gen
orally over twenty feet high. The
flowers are very much like the lily OF
the valley. They are pale yellow and
very fragrant. The nutmeg is seed Of
the fruit, and mace is the thin cover,
ing over this seed. The fruit is about
as large as a peach. When ripe il
breaks open and shows the little nut
inside. The trees grow on the islands
of Asia and tropical America. They
bear fruit for seventy or eighty years,
having ripe fruit on them at all seasons.
A fine tree in Jamaica has over 1900
nutmegs on it yearly. The Dutch used
to have all this nutmeg trade, as they
owned the Banda islands, and con-
quered all the other tribes and de-
stroyed the trees. To keep the price
up, they once burned three piles of nut
megs, each of which was as large as a
church. Nature did not sympathize
with such meanness. The nutmeg
pigeon, found in all the Indian Islands,
did for the world what the Dutch had
determined should not be dOne-carried
all the nuts, which are their food, into
all the surrounding countries, and the
trees grew again and the world had the
benefit.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

THAT THE PHoNoGRAPH can "bottle up"
the voice and pass it down to future ages is
indeed a wonder, but is not the restoration OF
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery speedily
restores a lost voice, cures hoarseness, sore
throat, bronchitis and consumption. Many
ministers who had abandoned the pulpit by
reason OF sore throat and general debility
stored TO perfect health and strength. Sold
by druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

THEY are so precocious in the neigh
borhood of Worcester, Mass. "My
little seven-years-old GIRL" writes a
friend, twas in the sitting-room alone
with her uncle, and dreamily looking
from the window. Without turning
her head she said: Uncle Horace,
eight and seven make fifteen; don't
theyP' He replied that she was right.
Then said she, in half soliloquY, it
is only eight years before l shall have
a beau, and oh! dread itp "-HGrper' $
Md0aziue.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20
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Attention is particularly requested 10 the examples in
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20
THE NAN AND THE PICNIC.


Under the shell-bark hickory tree
The picnic man he stands;
notwithstanding man is he,
Nth bruised and grimy hands;
and the soil that sticks to his trousers knee,
Is the soil of several lands.
His hair is mussed. his hat is torn,
His clothes are like the ground
He wished he had ne'er been born,
Or being born ne'er found,
lie glares and scOwls in wrathful sCOrn,
As oft he looks around.
At early morn, in suit of white,
Tie sought the picnic park;
His face was clean. his heart was light,
His loud song Knocked the lark.
Bgt now, although the day is bright,
His world, alas, is dark.
In Joyous mood, at carly morn,
He sat upon the stump,
But soon, as though upon thorn
=, lie sat, with mighty jump
He leaped aloft, and I'll forlorn
In haste he did crump.
For 10, il. hordes the big black ants,
with rlppers long and slim,
went swiftly crawling up his pants,
hnd made It warm for him;
And through the woods they make him dance,
With gasp and groan and vim.
And when the rustic feast is spread,
And she is sitting by,
= The lovelight in her eye.
He-woe, oh, woel would he were dead!
Bits in the custard pie.
And now they send him mp the tree
To fix the picnic swing,
And up the shell-bark's scraggy side,
They laugh to see him cling;
They cannot hear the words he cries,
Dad fetChl dog gonei dad bingIn
And now he wisheth he were down,
And yet he cannot see,
just how the giggle, stare and frown
Escaped oy him may be;
he KNOWS he cannot scramble down
Win his back against the tree.
Sobbing and siding and wailing
HOmeward alone he goes;
Clay, pie and grass stains on his pants,
More and more plainly shows;
And he avOws that to any more picnics
He never will go, he knows.
But the morrow comes, and its rising sun
Brings balm to his tattered breeks;
He thinks, after ALL he had lots of fun,
And hopefully, gayly he speaks,
And he goes to the picnics one by one,
Nine times in the next five weeks.
-Hd1pk Eye.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

The BUFFALO STARCH FAoToRY-manufact-
urers OF q. Gilbert's renowned starches-has
always been conducted on the most honorable
principles and is one OF the first institutions
in every respect in the United States. With
such an increasing demand for their starches,
unequaled facilities, and an envlable reputa-
tlOn all over the world, tho Buffalo Starch
Factory deserves boundleas career Of pros
perlty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

NOTHING like figures. Know ye that
1851 people in India lost their lives
last year by not having a supply of
whisky on hand when bitten by snakes.
Dalays are dangerous. So are snakes.
Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

A MAN, when he rises in the morning
little knows what he may do before
| night.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

PEOPLE residing in paludal districts, OR re-
moving to such localities, can place reliance
in the efficacy OF Dr. II. MlihoiJs , ANU
Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic, to prevent
or rather counteract all malarlal diseases. IL
never fails to cure Chills and Fever, Dump
Chills and Enlarged Spleen, andis guaranteed
TO contain no dangerous drug. Tho comPo-
sltlon OF this medicine is given with each Dot
tie, and can be had from all Druggists
THE ORIENT CoFFEE, made by Smith q Cur
tiss, Cleveland, o., contains only the natural
strength and flavor OF the berry. The most
popular coffee in the market Your grocer
will furnish II.
CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
CATCH TROUT Circ free. Hill Co., LAW ence, Mass
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

CHARITY gives itself rich, covetous-
ness boards itself poor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20

CATCH TROUT. cIrc. free inn : CO.. Lawrence. Mass
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-06-20
THE MARKETS.

CuEw Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-12-20
Mysterious Epidemic in Georgia

For the past month there has been a fearful
disease raging in Polk, Paulding and Harrison
counties. The physicians are bafied, and the
people are dying with unusual rapidity in this
famously healthy section. / have asked several
physicians what this disease is, and they all say
they do not know. One thing is certain-it is
f~earfully fatal, and seems to continue TO spread.
One very strange circumstance is that it attacks
young men alone. But one old man has yet
died. Over fifty young men in the full flush of
manhood and strength have fallen victims to the
terrible disease 1t appears to be a sort of epide-
mic typhoid fever, bur has several symptoms diff
ferent from those of regular typhoid fever.
AS l write, Clark White is being buried, and
1 saw his corpse. He suffered terribly, and just
before be died the blood oozed out of his mouth
and ears. His tongue turned very black and
swelled terribly. The disease is ~fearfnlly fatal.
1 know one prominent physician who bad twenty
cases and not one recovered, though all received
the most careful treatment. The people here are
justly terrified at the ravages of this fearful mala-
dy. God knows what it is, but it is causing
sorrow in many households and spreading fear
throughout the neighborbood from which l write.
Physicians hope that the approaching cold
weather will check it.-AtIantd Constitution
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1879-05-16

Not long ago, IN Sweden, two girls
used to watch for an old boatman who,
il the season, would bring, up the ford
o.. creek, a whole boatload Of Holsters al
q time. Generally, leave would be given,
and the sisters would fetch indoors with
great glee# as many Of the Holsters as they
wanted, and stand up all around their
plaY-room, stroking each on the bead a.
they did 50, and thus putting II to sleep.
They had to keep a sharp eye On the
creatures, though, and, as soon as one
threatened to wake, or wave It's terrible
claws, they had to run and tickle It en-
the head when it would 60 of % SLEEP
at once.
Lizzie says it was funny 70 see these
play.soldiers Marines she called them
standing up stiff and straight, as
though they were Oh their best behavior
at parade drill.
Before you try this game, be sare you
have the right kind Of Holsters to deal
with, for i would be awkward If they
should turn. On you and give you tit for
tat bY astroking and tickling" you il
their fashion with their claWs.-a. Mich
0Eas for Nay.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1879-05-16
II Hal.la sailg laIlheetlla .

There has recently been .. new devel-
opment Of one ofthe Oldest and simplest
systems Of tclegraphins that was ever
invented, and this isby the use Of mir
rors to reflect the suns rays. Amongst
the ancients the nsezof polished surfaces
to convey signals between distant points
is matter Of history. The Persians as
well as the Gauls resorted to this method
Of communicating between the scattered
detachments Of troops during military
movements il the enemy's country. The
British have used it very successfully in
the Afghan camp ign, and it is thought
that had tie African troops been pro
vided with proper instruments the disas
fer It Isandula might have been arrested
During the latest movements, which have
resulted 50 successfully for the British
expedition for the relief cf Ekowe, the
heliograph was Of great use. Tie be
sieged commander, although surrounded
on all sides by the enemy, was able to
notify the relieving column that he could
make sortie with five hundred men IN
case the Zulus made an attack upon the
advancing troops. The heliograph is il
general use in France, Belgium aud
Spain, aud late military events will lead
to III general adoption By other c5unuies-
Signals have been flashed and read dis
tance Of eighty or one hundred miles.
Madrid has been placed in optical com
manication with Cerita on the African
shore, and permanent stations have been
established on both sides Of the Straits Of
Gibraltar. Arrangements are also being
made for the application Of sun-telegra-
phing between the scattered West India
islands that are not connected BY cabeI.
The instrument which seems to meet
the highest requirements is known as the
Nance heliograph. It consists Of care.
fully prepared mirror connected with
mechanism, BY means Of which the suns
rays can be projected with accuracy in al
most any direction. By means Of a key
board the flashes are shortened or pro-
longed SO as to constitute a species Of
alphabet similar to that in use in the
Morse system Of electric telegraphy. As
may not be generally known, the system
Of communication BY ocean cable is not
by sound at al, but by minute flashes Of
electric light upon a minute mirror and
translated by the expert operator The
Nance instrument for field operating is
small, not weighing. over. eight OF ten
pounds, and its mechanism easily man
aged and understood. Eor general pur-
pose Of course it can never take the place.
Of the electric wire, as everything depends
upon the condition Of the atmosphere and
the position OF the sun, but it will prove
Of great utility in military operations and
in communicating between points where
no line exists or would pay for construc-
ton. 1t IS merely a very portable, cheap
and convenient method Of Harvesting
sunbeams to the chariot Of modern pro
gress,
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1879-05-16
III Time of Wind Prepare for Sun.

Many ladies have recently adopted .
clever innovation on the season by using
stout parasols before their faces as pro
lection against March winds and the
street dust, which ia abhorred BY Mayor
Cooper, but protected b. the Council.
Soon it will become necessary to use the
parasol under its primitive name Of sun
shade, and the dealers are already placing
ths patterns and varieties Of them il the
market. The sober black, brown Or pom
zee materials which have been heretofore
exclusively used for the manufacture of
this indispensable appendage to 3 lady,s
out door costume, are to be discarded
for striped and broeaded silks Of varied
and brilliant eolors. 4 lot Of the latest
stgle. received by Tiffany vas eagerly IN
speeted and rapidly purchased during the
day. Some offhe most snowy Of the LOT
had alternate eccentric stripes of sify
blue and greenish gold with gold Lining
inside another kind had similar stripes
If male blue and broWnish pink, With pink
lining inside 4 third kind lad green and
elaret eolbred stripes fourth vas q