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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
Young Folks Corner.
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

! ing his fast-going horse before his sun
day-gO-tO-meeting Chaise. He reined NJ
and accosted her:
"Hallo, Suke get in and take a ride .
4 Don't care i'll do Jonathan" replied
the young lady, accepting the profereC
seat.
"I say you,n said Jonathan, grinning
"that ere city feller's turned out a purity
purp, amt hep
"Its dreadful it's true" replied the
Lady.
sYou had q narrow escape, didn't ye? %
/ pursued the old lover.
Indeed, she answered.
'But he warn't never any account, any
how. What do the old folks think about
itT'
''They hai'nt said one word since the
hour he cleared out"
7Forgot that night I drove you home
from singing schOoI?' asked Jonathan,
suddenly branching Off
"No, 1 haven't" replied the young
lady, blushing and smiling at the same
time,
Remember them apples I gin you? ?''
e0h, yes"
Got a whole orchard of them sort Of
f-git, Suke, said Jonathan, suggestiyely.
Susan was silent.
90 along" said Jonathan, putting the
braidOn the horse.
Have you any idea wncre you're go
ing to, Suke."
'sFm going to the village"
No youain't; you're going along here
with me"
Where top
Providence"
And you don't come back till you're
Mrs. Doubikins, no how you can fix it
Susan"
How yOu talk, Jonathan
"Darn the old folks p' cried Jonathan,
putting on the string again. ''Ef L was
to leave you with them much longer
they'd trade you off to some feller that's
got half a dozen wives already"
The next day, as Mr.. and Mrs. Doub-
hkins were returning home in the chaise,
Jonathan said cOnidentially:
May as well tell you THAT Gussett
never seed them women afore the day
they. came stompin' into your house and
bowed him out. I had, though. Cost
me ten dollars, by thunder! l told 'em
what to say,and I expect they done it
weli. Old GJssett may be a sharp store
keeper, but if he expects to get ahead Of
Jonathan DOUblikins, he must get up a
plagBey sight earlier Of mornings.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
The Birth Of a Kangaroo.

The st. Louis Republican saws there
are three old kangaroos at the fair
grounds, one, the giant kangaroo, which
can leap from twenty to twenty-siX feet
at g. jump, with an elevation of the
curve to his line Of flight Of from six to
nine feet. Then there is a pair of what
Is known as the Bennett or bush kanga-
roo from Australia. The female kan
garoo at the fair grounds has a little
kangaroo that has been seen several
times peeping from its mothers sac.
When born 1t was not much over an
inch long and resembled the semi-traIls-
parent mouse. 1t was lifted by the
mouth of its mother into the sac, or
marsupium, and placed near the nipple,
which 1t instictively seized. 1t will
remain there until it is capable of taking
care of itself
As soon as born the young are place,
IN the mothers pouch, which is held
open by her,tofe paws while they are
.iaken mp by aer mouth. There is no
vascular connection between the young
kaugaroo and the nipple; when separat-
ed By force, the milky secretion is seen
oozlng out; the young seem unable to
grasp the nipple, which is sometimes
replaced in the mouth by the mother.
The feat has q circular enlargement at
the tip, which makes it easy TO be re-
tained. Though the young can firmly
grasp the nipple by the lips, it cannot
draw the milk withoutthe aid of the
mother, which by the action of the
.mammary gland can inject this fluid
into the mouth Of the sucking. Lest
the act Of injection when not coinciding
with that Of suction, should endanger
the life Of the fOetUs from suffocatiOn,
the caT6lages of the larynx are so
arranged that the opening Of the glOttis
is placed upon the top of the cone which
projects, as in whales, into the ppsteri6f
nostriis, so that the stream of milk
passes on each side into the gullet. with
out the possibility of entering the wind
pipe,-a most striking example of
creative design for the protection of this
embryonic creature. As the Young
becOnIeTolder, and long after they are
able to craze about like their parents.
they frequently retreat to the abdominal
pouch, and may often be seen protrud-
ing their heads and cropping the herb
age at the same time with their mother.
kangarOOS are vegetable feeders,
browsing like ruminants, and, like these,
occasionally chew the cud, and when
browsing apply the fore foot to the
ground; at other times they rest upon
the tripod, formed by the hind legs and
powerful tail, with the fore part of the
body inclining slightly forward. Mr..
kalb feeds his kangaroos on carrots, rut- /
abagas, cabbage, hay, and corn, and in
summer they take the fresh grass and
clover. The flesh of the kangaroo, like
the Opossum, is excellent, and the animal
is much hunted alike by the colonists
and natives of Australia.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
Thrilling q CONGREGATION.

! Some of the American preachers of the
past have delivered sermons more start.
ling than edifying, and have cOndescend,
ed TO singular tricks to arrest. and take
( the attention of the audience. Lorenzo
Dow, one of these preachers, it. is said
was on his way to preach in South Caro-.
I lima, under a large spruce tree, when he
overlook 4 cOlOred lad who was blowing
a long tin horn, and could send forth o
blast with rise and swell and cadence.
which walked the echoes Of the distant
hills. Calling aside the blower, Dow said
to him:
What's your name, sirF
"DIy name-Gabriel, sir" said the
brother in ebony.
'Well, Gabriel, have you been to
Church Hill {"
Yes, massa, Is been dar many a time" 3"
DO you remember big spruce pine
tree on that hill? ?'
"Oh, yes, massa, I knows dat pine"
did you know that Lorenzo Dow had
an appointment TO preach under that
tree tomorrow
"Oh, yes, massa, everybody know
that"
"WGU, Gabriel, I am Lorenzo Dow, and
ifyoU'u take your horn and 90 tO-mOr-
row morning, and climb up into that
pine tree and hide yourself among the
branches before the people begin to gath
er, and wait there till I.call your name
and then blow such "A blast with your
horn as I heard you blow a minute ago,
I'll give you dollar. VIII you do it,
GabrieI?'
Yes, massa, I takes that dollar"
Gabriel, like Zaccheus, was hid away
in the tree. top in due time. An immense
cOncOurse Of people, Of all sizes and col
ors assembled at the appointed hour and
Dow preached on the judgment Of the
last day. By his.power Of description he
wrought the multitude up to the open
ing of the scenes of the resurrection and
grand assize, at the call of the trumpet
peals which were to wake the sleeping
nations. "Then," said he, suppose, my
dying friends, that this should be the
hour Suppose you should hear at this |
moment the sound Of Gabrieps trumpet
Sure enough at. that moment the trump
of Gabriel sounded.
The women shrieked, and many faint
ed the men sprang up, and stood aghast; !
some ran, others fell and cried for mer- !
cy, and all felt for time that the jUdg- !
ment was set and the books were opened. !
Dow stood and watched the drifting
storm till the fright abated, and some |
one discovered the eolored angel who /
had caused the alarm, quietly perched /
on q limb of the old spruce, and wanted |
to get him down to whip him, and then |
his theme, saying: Il forbid all |
persons present from touching that boy |
nm there If a cOlOrpd bOv with 4 tin /
horn can frighten you almost out of your
wits, what will ye do when you shall |
hear the trumpet thunder of the arch /
angel? How wiz you be able-to stand .
in the great day Of the wrath Of God"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
Or OrthOgranhY.

No wonder that foreigners complain
Of the difficulty Of learning the English
language, for our spelling is wofully bad.
Why do We need phi to produce the
sound we give TO +, when will do as
well? OF what use is in would, could
and should? Why not put y, and z,
and call them silent letters? is b any
benefit in doubt, or o in double? So it
is all through the wide range Of the
English language. We are hampered
and bound to the discordant cord of Gus
tom, yet we must follow the rules we
must be governed by the standards.
Why do We drag out P-h-t-h-i-s-i-c and
then call it tizzik? We write through
when thru would be better. We laugh
at Englishmen because they omit the
sound of where it is written and apply
the letter where it does not exist. Thus {:
The hOX it is Orn and broke hit hoff,'
instead of: 'The OK hit his hcTn," etc,
and yet we pronounce honor as though
it were spelled onur. If we pronounce
it .onur, according to Webster, why not
write it so? Either our pronunciation
or spelling, in thousands Of instances, is
wrong. Because Of this, leXicrographers
are obliged to spell many common words
for us, that we may know their correct
pronunciation. We need rules in spell.
ing.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
Paying Ones Way.

Pay your way. Wherever you go, pay
it in kindness, in cOurtesies, in pleasant
chat, and by contributing of your store
to the enjoyment Of others. Do not be
churlish. Do not hug yourself for some
pitiful bit of atfeCtatiOn which you have
christened diffidence or modesty. This
sort of paying ones way may come in
and be balm and soothing to some stur-
oily independent natures,which in Gods
providence are placed where they must
temporarily depend. Is is worth while,
under such circumstances, to grow NOR
bid, despairing, and unthankful, making
every one Wretched because, of your
grievance? There are times in life when
it is quite as clearly your duty to depend
as to be independent. When God puts
you where you cannot hel pyourselftake
the help he sends and do not fret. 1t is
right to help yourself with both hands
as you can, and with one hand whenyou
cannot use both; but if God bids both
lie folded and still, accept his decision
and remember, ''They also serve who
only stand and wait"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
Normal Schools vs.. County
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


I was struck with the force Of a
remark made by a prominent edu-
Gator Of our county on the above
subject: Eighty thousand dollars,
at least, said he, 'would required
for one year Of County Supervisor.
Let this amount Of money be ez-
pended in establishing State Normal
Schools for the free training teach
ers, and I am satisfied that the re-
suit viii be more satisfying than
County Supervision.
I heartily concur with the above,
but I would remark that we already
have at least three good Normal
Schools in the State, which would
gladly accommodate one thousand
teachers, Tuition free, for half the
money, and I, for one, would oppose
a movement for Withholding public
patronage from those who are al
ready labOring earnestly in the good
cause, and have been, some Of them,
for many years.
Let Us hear from the teachers on
County Superintendsncy immediate
ly. Those who intend going to the
meeting at Columbus on Jan. IL,
1879, viii, I know, gladly receive
any ideas on the subject shat may be
forthcoming.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
Watching a Rifle Ball.

Three gentlemen, members Of the
Rochester Amateur Rife Club, on a re-
cent afternoon were in the town Of
Brighton target-shooting. The distance
was 500 yards; all three were shoot
ing CreedmOOr-rifes. From the firing
point to the target the ground gradually
ascended, so that a small telescope, but
a good one, firmly fixed to a tree, at a
distance Of perhaps thirty feet, made a
fine point for observation. One of the
shooters, while looking through the glass
to mark a shot of one Of his companions,
exclaimed that he saw the ball as it sped
on its mission. The announcement was
received with Incredibly; but one of
the other shooters went to the glass, and
he also saw the ball almost as it left the
gun, and through its whole flight, nearly
the whole line Of its trajectory, until It
struck the target So Interesting and
beautiful was the sight that every shot
was watched by one or other of the GEN
tlemen; and 1t is an actual fact that the
point at which the ball would strike the
target could be seen before the ball
struck 1t was even insisted upon that
the rotary motion Of the ball could be
observed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
The SIanderer.

There is no one in the community
who holds more despiCable position
than the common slanderer, and strange
to say, there is no offender who receives
smaller measure of well-deserYed pun
ishment. This social assassin seems to
enjoy a species of immunity in the pros
ecutiOn Of his nefaTious designs, and by
implication claims Sn UnquestiOned
right to play the villain. In rare cases q
jury is obtained which has the good
SENSE 10 impose marked punitive
damages; but the majority of these
.scoundrels either escape entirely unpun-
lshed, or have merely nominal damages,
with costs, deCrCed against them. And
yet, properly considered, the crime of
SANDER is one of the most offensive Of
which men or women can be guilty; it is
a social murder, for its object is the
slaughter of individual character, or the
destruction of domestic happiness. In
fact, 1T IS an offence that "stinks to
heaven" as going directly, with persis-
tent malllgnity, to impair the best in
terests OF society. To a greater or less
extent, it tends to poison the fountains
OF the public health and the harmony
OF the domestic circle. It assails every
class nthe cOmmunity-yOutha and man
hood alike; and even palsied old age is
unprotected from the venom Of its pois-
Oned shafts. Its malicious, vindIctiye
attacks spare none. But inno instance
IS SANDER more abhorent thanin its con
ducing as it does, to domestic unhappi-
ness and the disruption of family
relations-setting husband against wife,
child against parent, and friend against
friend. We view it as pre-eminently
crime, detestable in the sight of mar
and notably condemned of, Heaven.
1t is an offence that stands arrayed
against the eternal canon promulgated
amid the thundeTs of Sinai-''Thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy neigh
bOr;" and if it be not in this world pun
ished as it deserves, inevitably it will be
IN the next. But for the conservation
of the best interests of society, the
operations Of this insidious fend-this
social assassin-shOuld be visited with
condign punishment, Of such a character
as in the future may decisively arrest
The spread of its pestiferous influence.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

Look after the nutrition the trees.
Some people say that land which will
raise good corn will grow good fruit trees,
which is all right; but they should add
that, like corn, they require regular and
continuous manuring. There are some
parts of the country where corn Can be
successfully grown for half lifetime
without manure. On these soils we need
not manure fruit trees; but in all others
we must, to have good results. This is
particularly essential where trees are
grown in grass, as both the trees and the
grass require food. Where trees are
grown in grass, we prefer tOp-dressing in
June or July; but if It has not been done
then, do il now. Where trees are kept
under clean surface culture, the manure
is of course plowed or narrowed in with
the crop in the spring Of the year. To
know whether trees require manure or
not, ask the leaves. Ifin July they are
of dark rich green, nothing need be
done to them; but ifthey have a yellow
cast, hunger is what IS the matter This,
Of course, is supposing they are not in
tested by borers, in which case they Will
be yellowish in the richest soil.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
A Phenomenal Young Shooter.

Captain Bogardus promises to find q
rival FOR his shooting feats in his own
son Eugene, who, although but thirteen
years of age, handles the shot gun with
the dexterity of an old sportsman.
Eugene is a guileless young country lad,
and up to a week ago had never been
out of his native village of Elkhart,
Illinois. He was habituated to the smell
of powder from babyhood, and while
vet a creeper on all fOurs would mimic
with the fire-poker his fathers motions
with the gun. At the age of eleven he
knock over a prairie chicken or bag a
snipe without the least to do. He went
east with his father recently and has
been exhibiting his shooting talents at
the Tivoli theater in hitting glass balls
thrown from a screened trap. Armed
with a straight bore Greener gun weigh
ing eight pounds, ten bore, using three
drachms Of DittmaT powder and has one
ounce Of shot, the little fellow fired at
.seventy-siX single balls at fifteen wards.
breaking all but two, and at eight double
rises he missed but q single ball, maxim
in all ninety-twO shots and three misses
"a record which few professional shoot
ers COUh hope to beat. The balls were
Of the ordinary two and One-half inch
size; the gun was held as per rule.
below the elbow, while the trap was
hidden from view, and the direction of
the ball not known to the shooter until
sprung. The boy intends to follow shoot
ing as a profession. Captain Begardus,
who is very proud of his son, is anxious
to match him against some of the older
chamniOns
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

A printer in WeIsviiie, n Y, who
has been deaf for many years, was placed
IN highly-heated room last week, to
help him out of a case of chills. He was
seized with sharp pains in the head, and
tel down insensible. The whistle of
locomotive woke him next morning, and
he since has been able to hear well, and
speech, Which had about left him, has
returned.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

A Justice Of the peace at New
Hartford marrieda a couple the other
day, and the groom asked what his
terms were after the knot was tied.
well, said the Justice, @the code
allows me two dollars" "Then, the
groom said, "here's dollar; that
viii make you three.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

Our police are too fat-[N. Y.
Commercial Advertiser. It's their
club life that does IL. But Just lead
one of them to a conner lamp-Post
and see how easily you can make him
Lean Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

Parties interested in the Scioto
Valley road have quietly incorporated
a branch road, to be known as the
Columbus, scioto and Hooking Val
ley road 1t branches from the Sciote
Valley at AshTiIle, strikes Amanda
on the Muskingum Valley road, pass
es down the Clear creekvaIleY to Hav.-
denville, entering the Hooking valley
at that point and terminates at Bessc-
mer, in Athens county.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
TIE BABES N THE WOOD.


Now, grandma! why don't you look Jolly,
Instead of that s0rrovful waye
Don't you know Hal and I have been married
Just fortnight AGO yesterday?
And We're perfectly happy, and VIII be;
Folks needn't be doleful, L know,
If they don't look for troubles and worries,
And hcart-a0hes Ny Hal thinks Just so
Now you're slghing, I know what you're saying
''Ihe Babes in the Wool But yOu see
That Halls twenty-oEe in November,
And shall soon seventeen be.
And we've seen a great deal Of theworId, too.
We know how 20 battle with life;
And Hal says, There can be no sorrow
When Dan has O true little wife"
You've hadlots OF troubles and trials,
But maybe we won't, seems to me
You old folks bring sorrow by looking.
There! you want 20 say, ''yYait. and you'll see- p
But you only look over your glasses,
And clasp hands, as though You would pray.
And whisper, "God bless you, my children,
And keep Jou I'm sunshine alway."
FIVE YEARS AFTER.
Grandma, won't You come out and help us?
I'm worn out with watching and work,
For the children are sick, baby teethiuC.
And the cook (that old Biddy 1IacQuirE)
Went away in a hui, without warning,
And cannot manage the ranges
So Hal takes his meals in the city
E0uznOw a man must have chauge,
All nightI was up with The children,
For Hal says, ITS hard ON q man
To be wakened all night with the baby"
Oh, grandmu, dear, come if you can.
TEN YEARS AFTER.
Tell me grandmother, dear, the old story
Oftbe heavenly home and its rest,
And hofd me close up, as You used to,
And lay my head down on your breast;
III try to look yonder to meet them.
Ny Two little saints gone before,
And forget the sharp pain Of the arrow
That Scattered the ring I once wore.
AhlI seit all now why you whispered,
"The Babes in the WOOD" Jong ago,
When trusted the reed that has broken,
The sand-chain, the Knot made of snow;
And though neither gray hair nor wrinkle
Has come to me. .nOwI can see
Other babes in the wood, and am silent,
Eore6Oding, as you looked at me.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

Mrs. Elizabeth Blosser, residing
near Bremen Fairfield county, aged
81 years, is the mother Of Il children,
III Grand children, 213 great grand
children, and 4U great great grand
children. Total, 379. IfMrs. BIoss-
er is not q fruitful vine, where viii
YOU find one
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02
I Whole No. 1928.
Teachers Column.


Communications for this department are soTc-
tied from the teachers of the county. All com
muu1eatlous should be addressed to DAVID BAL
LEY HIGHLAND, p. o., HIGHLAND Co., o.. and
should reach him at least ten days before the Issue
Of the paper in which they are expected to ap-
pearl
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

Ohiois q great State Seven seata
in the United States Senateand forty
skin the House Of Representatives
are filed by native Ohioans.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

Six of the recently elected mem
bers Of the South Carolina Legisla-
ture are ooloredmcR oftheDemoerat-
ie party.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

Iowa has become the graveyard Of
twenty-five Greenbaek papers since
the election.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-02

Teachers, are you reading an Edu-
cationaI Monthly II not, you should
subscribe for one. L have taken the
trouble to select some Of the best,
and viii give you the list;
Ohio Educational Monthly, pub
ished by W. D. Henkle, Salem, O.,
at $3.50 per year.
Barnes Educational Monthly by
A. J. Barnes & Co, III and 113
William street, n. Y, at $50.
The Eclectic Teacher, by T.C.
H. Vance, Carlisle, Ky, at SL0O
The Iowa Normal Monthly, by W.