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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
Uncle Moses Lesson.

Uncle Moses is the chief executive OF
a suburban Sunday School. Last Sun
day, raising his black face with its snowy
fringe, he peered over his ante-bellum
t'.stock and collar at the little nigs, who
were buzzing Ike bees in a hive just
under his nose.
"0rdah chillen, odah Don't yer
heah me, chilen? Leetle Jim Lump
kins, dere, hesh dat talking ike a cum
sterable on lection day"
When Jimmie ceased his conversation
the chief executive resumed
1 calls de detenshun OBJ de school ter
de way youse been a carTyin' on dis
Dressed day Wot yer bin a doin' ? Yer
knows An de way yer tongues is bin
a caTuscatin' is scan'Ious."
The black fingers pushed the tall col
lar back and pulled the black chin forward.
Now, I puts it ter yer, an do yer all
issen, and yer, too, Lie Aillins, I ak yer
dis question How menny eyes you chill
lens got q?
Chorus" Two.
-" How menny moUves yer got ?
Unanimously" One" d"
Il" "Wot does dat mean? 1t means yer
mus see twice es much es yer tells. Now
how menny yeres yer got? "
Chorus" Two.
"An' how menny mouves?
One.
=" Dat means yer mus heah twice es
much as yer talks. Now, member dis
lesson, an you, Henry Giles, contribute
de papers 'roun' fore we jines in pra'r. "
AUalanche.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
A Job Lot.

A young girl, about as pretty as they
grow 'em, recently went into Cedar
Rapids music store and asked the clerk,
inquiringly, if he had " A Heart that
Loves Ne Only?"
&" No" he said, "but here's A health
to Thee, Mary"
That wouldn't do, but before she turned
to go she asked;
Have you 'One Sweet Kiss Before
We Part ."
That Cedar Rapids clerk looked up and
down the store; the boOk-keeper was out,
the boss was upstairs trying to sell a
granger a wheezy old melodeon, and so he
leaned over the counter and turned out
about half dozen of the best and most
artistically finished articles that the aston
ished young lady had ever seen offered in
job lot.
She didn't say much, but she wentOut
Of the store in a step and half, and
rubbed her cheeks thoughtfuIly all the
way home.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
Hoarding Knowledge.

Amelia V. Petit, writing in the
chronological Journal, truthfully
says:
"The unfolding of soul is a
gradual process, and all these our
studies are in a great measure lost If
not directed in the main to that pur-
pose. The boarding Of knowledge
is of little more value to the individ-
ual than is the boarding Of money.
The mind should rather be as q fruit
full orchard, bringing forth fruit year
after year, than as the simple store
house wherein it is piled up, decay
ing because of its mass and lack Of
consumers.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
A Story For Drinking Men.

A laboring man leaving a large saloon
saw a costly carriage and pair of horse.
standing in front, occupied by two ladie,
elegantly attired, conversing with the
proprietor. As it rolled away he said t.
the dealer:
Whose establishment is that? "
t is mine" replied the dealer, com.
placently. at cost $1,000. My wife
and daughter cannot do without it. "
The mechanic bowed his head a
moment in deep thought, and looked sad
Then with the energy of a man suddenly
aroused by a startling flash, he said:
"I see it! I see It
See what?" queried the dealer.
See where for years my wages have
gone. 1 helped to pay for that carriage,
for those horses and that gold mounted
harness, for the silk and laces and jewelry
for your family. The money I earned,
that should have given my wife and
family home of their own and good
clothing, I have spent at your bar. My
wages and the wages of others like me
have supported you and your family in
luxury Hereafter my wife and family
shall have the benefit of my wages, and
by the help of God, I will never spend
another dime for drink. I see the mis-
take, and a cure for it. %
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
A Strange Tradition.

Among the Seminole Indians there /,
q singular tradition regarding the white
mans origin and superiority. They say
that when the Great Spirit made the
earth he also made three men, all Of
whom were fair complexioned and that
after f making them, he led them -te -the
margin of small lake, and babe them
leap in and wash. One obeyed, and
came out purer and fairer than before
the second hesitated moment, during
which time the water, agitated by the
first, had became muddled, and when he
bathed, he came up copper cOlOred the
third did not leap until the water became
black with mud, and he came out with
his own color. Then the Great Spirit
laid before them three packages, and out
Of pity for his misfortune in color, gave
the black man first choice. He took hold
Of each Of the packages, and having felt
the weight, chose the heaviest; the cop
per-oolored man chose the next heaviest,
leaving, the white man the ightest
When the packages were opened, the first
was found to contain spades, hoes, and all
the implements Of labor; the second en-
wrapped hunting, fishing, and warlike
apparatus; the third gave the white man
pens, inks, and paper, the engine Of the
mind-the means Of mutual, mental i'm
provemeat, the social link Of humanity,
the foundation Of the white mans
superiority
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

Dickens wrote, "There Is nothing, no
nothing, beautiful and good that dies and
IS forgotten. An infant, a pratting child
dying in It's cradle, viii I've again in the
better thoughts Of those who love It, and
play It's part, though Its body be'burned
to ashes or drowned In the deepest sea.
There Is not an angel added to the host
Of Heaven but does It's blessed work on
earth IN those that loved It here. Dead.
Oh, if the good deeds of human creatures
could be traced to their source, how beau
tiful could even death appearl for how
much charity and purified affection would
be seen to have their growth ia dusty
raves"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
General Readingin schools.

One way to stimulate pupils to
read is this: Every Friday after
noon, in connection with other lit.
erary exercises, call upon each schoI-
ar to tell to the school something
that will be worth listening to and
remembering. In this way a skillful
| teacher will soon have a reading
school. And what is read in this
way will be remembered, as we al
ways remember what we read to tell
to somebody else.
This exercise has nearly all the ar
guments in its favor that can be used
in behalf Cf defamation or recita-
ton, and some important addition
al ones. It encourages general
reading, and it gives the pupils prae-
tice in expressing thoughts i1a their
olcn language, two very important
points. A teacher cannot spend a
part of his time more proftably than
to stimulate his pupils to read. A
young man who makes good books
his friends and companions is on
the high road to generalinteIigence,
and is in little danger from the al
lurements Of vice Elk.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
AnHonest Agent.


He was up on the Cass farm, the
other day, selling beautiful sets Of gen
uine coral jewelry for the low sum Of one
dollar" He explained that they were
goods purchased at auction in Paris, lost
by the Yrecking of the steamer, recovered
by divers, and sold by the pound along
with crowbars, pig-lead and other stuff.
That's how they came to be 50 cheap,
and he would guarantee that they were
genuine coral. He made several sales,
and in each case, when ready to depart,
he asked
''NOw, Madame, do you know the
nature of genuine coral p
"No."
''WeH, let me tell you that you should
keep that jewelry in a cool place, handle
it very carefully, and, if attending a
party, or calling on a friend, do not take
a seat near a warm stove. If one Of
your ear-drops begins to melt, you can't
save It. The real coral is very sensitive
to heat, while the imitation won't hardly
melt in an oven.
Lots Of agents wouldn't have been
that honest, but this man. was, and any
pedestrian noticing a set Of coral jewelry
hanging on a tree in the yard will know
that they were placed there to secure d
cold draft and prevent accident.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
RAFRnnaI.

W. F. Harper, Principal ofthe tn
Central Normal School at Danville
Ind, disappeared Nov. 23d, 1873
and has not been heard from since
There is a mystery connected will
this affair which has not been dis.
PEELED, but may be under the light
of future developments.
R. Il. Holbrook, instructor in the
Natural Sciences in the National
Normal Schools, at Lebanon, is a
member of the Executive Committee
of the "Ungraded School Section Of
the State Teachers Association"
The editor made a very pleasant
call on Samuel Major, supt of the
Greenfield Schools, on the 28th ult.
We met JOS. E. Marks, Esq, the
apostle of Temperance in Greenfield,
at the same time. Though we be-
Eeve be is not a teacher, we know
that there is one teacher in the coun-
ty who is interested in him.
Rome o. Benton, a graduate Of
the Iowa State Normal School, at
Cedar Falls, committed suicide there,
Dec. Is, 1878.
H. F. Hixson spent the greater
part of his holiday vacation in Fay
cite county.
T. c. Vance, of the Kentucky
Normal School at Carlisle, KY, Ed
itor of the Eclectic Teacher, is a can
didate for State Superindent of the
Schools in Kentucky. If we mistake
not, be was educated at the National
Normal School, Lebanon, o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
The Revolt of the Peasants.

At Richards accession, Prior John, of
Cambridge, IN the vacancy of the Abbot,
was in charge of the house. The Prior
was a man skilled in all the arts of his
day. In sweetness of voice, IN knowl-
edge Of sacred song, his eulogists pro
nounced him superior to Orpheus, to Nero,
and to one yet more illustrious in the
Bury clOister though obscure to us, the
Breton Belgabred. John was in
dustrious and subtle" and subtlety and
industry found their scope in slit after
suit with the burgesses and farmers
around him Faithfully he strove,"
says the monastic chronicler, with the
villeins Of Bury for the rights of his
house" The tOwnsmen he owned spec
ially as his adversaries," but it was the
rustics who were to show what hate he
had won. On the 18th day of June, the
day Of Wat Tyler's fall, the howl of a
great multitude round his manOr-house
at Mildenhall, brOkeroughly on the chant
ings of Prior John. He strove to fly,
but he was betrayed by his own servants,
judged in rude mockery Of the law by
villein and bondsman, condemned, and
killed. The corpse lay naked in the open
field while the mob poured unresisted
into Bury. Bearing the Priors head on
a lance before them through the streets,
the fenzied throng at last reached the
gallOws, where the head of one of the
royal Judges, Sir John Cavendish, was
already impaIed, and pressing the cold
lips together in mockery of their friend
ship, set them side by side. Another head
soon Joined them. The Abbey gates
were burst open, and the cloister filed
with a maddened crowd, bowling for a
new victim, John Lackenheath, the
warder, Of the barony. Few knew him
as he stood among the group Of tremb-
ling monks, but he courted death with a
contemptuous courage. " I am the mar
you seek, " he said, stepping forward; and
inaminute, with Almighty roar Of Devils
son Monk Traitor" he was swept to
the gallows, and his head hacked from
his shoulders.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

The latest sensation in Cincinnati i
over the death Of Mrs. John Church,
Jr., the wife of a Well-known music
dealer. Some time ago she and her hus-
band were separated, and under the
agreement, the father took one Of the
children, a daughter 10 years old, stipu-
lating that the mother should see her
frequently. Soon after, the father sent
the child to Boston to live, and the
mother was thus deprived of the privii-
lege of seeing her. A short time before
Christmas, Mrs. Church. was taken i'll
and pined so for the child, the only one
now living out of three, that at the
urgent intercessions of physicians and
friends, he sent to Boston for the child,
who came to Cincinnati, and was sent to
see her mother Christmas morning. At
the end Of two hours the girl was taken
away, and never brought back. For
two days the mother worried about her,
becoming constantly more excited, until
at last she became insane, and after sew
eral days died, her friends claim, solely
from grief at the loss of her child. Mrs.
Church was a very beautiful woman, a
niece Of Hon. Thomas Corwin, the cele-
brated statesman, and her case has ex
cited great indignation among all classa
f citizens.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
From District No. 4, Penn

Tp.
The teacher in District No. 4,
Penn Tp., gives prizes for improve
ment in writing. In order to secure
good specimens at first he resOrted
to the following arti6ee:
CAT the opening Of the present
term Of school, q first premium was
offered to the pupil who would pre-
sent the best specimen ofpemanship
on the copy Lost time is gone for
ever, and a second premium to the
second best.
The specimens, 25 in number,
were referred to Al. Hixson, he be-
ing the choice Of the competitors,
and his decision was in favor Of
awarding the first prize to Cary 7.
Hixson, and the second to Isabel
Edwards. The prizes were present
ed to the successful competitors on
Friday, Dec. 20, 1873.
J. E. OCKERMAN, Teacher.
The first prize was a finely bound
book, entitled the Beauties Of
Shakespeare" the second, the illus
strated edition Of Jean Ingelow's
Shepherd Lady"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

POINTS FOR BUSINESS MEN.-An
exchange thus puts the " true canons- Of
advertising
1. All men in business must advertise
in some way. All men in business do
advertise, somehow.
2. Newspapers afford the best general
medium.
3. The object Of advertising is simply
to bring buyer and seller together-suc-
cessful advertising must, therefore, do
three things:
A. Be Ineligible and explicit as to
the things on sale.
B. Itmustreach the class likely to buy.
G. It must persuade them that it viii
be to their advantage to come and buy.
4. The interests of sellers, buyers and
advertising medium are mutual.
5. Sellers, buyers and newspapers are
all three equally interested in sustaining
this mutual relation.
6. The common notion of patronage
as regards newspapers is faIlacious. As
all persons are buyers, all sellers should
be advertisers. As nearly all persons are
sellers, allbuyersshould takeneWspapers-
in both cases for their own sake, not the
newspapers sake.
Z. The profits of well-conducted news
papers are a measure of the business pros
perity Of a community. We all thrive
together by contributing to the support
Of one another.
This is truth in nutshell, and needs
but line OR two to make it perfect, to-yit:
Nearly every successful business man in
the country who has made large fortune
in trade, has been a liberal advertiser in
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

Daniel Webster once told q good
story in a speech, and was asked
where he got it. 4 have hadit laid
up in my head for fourteen years,
and never had a chance to use it till
to-day, said he.
Many teachers have made their eff
forts much more effective by telling
their pupils choice treasures which
they have laid up in their previous
studies. We wonder how many
teachers think of this. Many things
are occurring every day which can be
laid up for profitable use in the fu-
ture. In our rural schools, where all
grades are under the instruction ola
single teacher, a large share of these
choice cuttings are absolutely neces-
sary.-C Students Offering.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
Va, therstOry AboutNIr.LincoIn

The death of Mr.. Denton, of Delaware
county, Iowa, recalls story which he
used to tell. In the early days of the
Illinois Central Railway the line was
not fenced, and one day two COWS belong
ing to Methodist clergyman were killed.
Being sued for damages, the company
resolved to make test case of it. The
President of the road directed Mr.. Den
ton to take $500 in gold and go to
Springfield and retain Abraham Lincoln,
whom he knew well, for the company.
Mr.. Lincoln replied to his request: "Tm
sorry you did not come yesterday, Nick,
for 1 have been retained by the preacher
and bis friends" Denton explained fully
the Importance Of the case to the com
pany, and then pulling two buckskin bags
filed with gold out of his pockets, he
put them down on the table before the
lawyer with a startling chink, saying,
Mr.. Lincoln, the President Of the COM
pany authorizes me to hand you this re-
tainer of $500 to take our case" Mr..
Lincoln jumped to his feet flushed with
anger. Nick Denton, " he said, 81 have
given my promise to that preacher and
his friends, and the Illinois Central hasn't
money enough to buy me away from his
side. I don't know that l shall ever get
dollar from him-but I'll do my best
to make your company pay for those
cows" Denton said be never felt so
mean and small in his life as he did at
that moment. And in 1860, though
Democrat, he used to say, during the
Presidential campaign, that Lincoln was
the nOblest man in America.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

We are pleased to learn that
Teachers Associations" have been
. organized in various parts Of the
county, and we hope to hear Of good
work being done by them. We know
that much good may be done in that
way, if we meet as teachers, for mu-
tual improvement, but if they should
degenerate into mere gatherings for
social enjoyment, we think they
should not be dignifed with the
name of Teachers Associations, for
they would become a disgrace to the
profession.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

The visitors to the Paris Exposition
numbered 1902, ,725 against a total
of 9,910,966 that visited the Cen
tennial Exposition at Philadelphia.
The price Of admission to the Paris
Exhibition was much lower than that
at Philadelphia, but the receipts Of
the latter were about so per Ct larger
than those Of the former. Besides,
Paris had all Europe in close prOX-
unity to draw visitors from, while
America is isolated from the popu-
lous portions Of the world-bUt few,
comparatively, came across the wa
ters to visit our Exposition.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
The GrOcer's Gift to his sPreacher

A Covington, Kentucky, correspondent
tells this:
A country merchant visited the city
a few days ago, and, going to Cincinnati,
purchased, from a dollar store, a table
castor, which he took home with him,
and, after putting tag on it marked,
S14, made it a present to Methodist
preacher, whose church his family at
tended. The reverend gentleman took
the package home, opened it, and ex-
amined the contents The next day he
brought the castor with tag attached)
back to the groceryman, and said to him:
I am too poor in this worlds goods to
afford to display so valuable a castor on
my table, and, if you have no objection,
I would like to return It and take $14
worth Of groceries for my family in its
stead The merchan could do nothing
but acquiesce, but fancy his feelings.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

"WHAT FATHER TAKES" - There
is food for thought in the story that IS
told Of a young lad who, for the first time,
accompanied his father to public dinner.
The waiter asked him, "What will you
take to drink ?" Hesitating for a mo-
ment, he replied, 'I'lI take what father
takes" The answer reached his fathers
ear, and instantly the full responsibility
of his position flashed upon him. Quicker
than lightning, various thoughts passed
through his mind, and in a moment his
decision was made; and to the astonish-
III f those who were acquainted with
h.L, ne said, Waiter, III take water"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
Teachers Column.
DAVID BAILEY, EDITOR

Communications for this department are solic-
tied from the teachers Of the county. All COM
municattons 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, 1879-01-09

Some one said that the milkman's favor
ite tune should be, Shall we gather at
the riyer?" By some misadventure the
Methodists lost their church building
and land in Hoboken, whereupon a wicked
wag remarks, "They may read their title
clear in heaven, but they can not in HO-
bOken."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

The REMEDY" What is the best
remedy" asked a preacher of shrewd
observer, for an inattentive audience p
90 Give them something to attend to, :"
was the significant reply. Hungry
sheep will look up to the rack if there is
hay In it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

How HE GOT HIS CAPITAL.-The
late Wesley Harper, of Harper, &
Brothers, began business on capital
secured for him by the prudence of his
father. About the time when James and
John Harper set up for themselves, a
younger brother, Wisely, also wished to
become a printer. The father removed
from Newton to n. Y, so his sons might
have home with him, and Wesley was
set to work in the office of his brothers,
at first as q compositor, then as a proof
reader. All the time the father charged
him for board, to the boys surprise, for
his father had no special need of the
money. Soon after arriving of age, the
reason Of this apparent harshness appears.
"I think you should 90 into business
soon, said the father; the money you
have been paying US for your board for
six years has been saved you. Its your
capital to start with" With this money
Wesley Harper bought into the firm, be-
coming an equal partner.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

ENIGMAS.
MOL.
/ am composed of 80 letters
My rs, rs, %, %, IO is what some of US de-.
My6 ST, Is girls nickname.
Ny 9, 8, . is a boys name.
Ny Z, 20, q, ~, no is a city in Georgia
Ny "A. IS, q, 26 is something belonging tO a
church.
Nv n, y, n, 80, %. 3e, Is is kind Of a weed.
My Us, -, IS, 10 is 8 boys nickname
Ny whole forms the names CT a lady residing
near New Market, and gentleman near Pleasant
Hill. BRIDGET.
New Market TP., o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09
TWO SIDES OLA SENTIMENT

When two years old May Blossom
Comes down in clean white dress,
And runs TO find dear Auntie,"
And claims her sweet Caressi
Then Auntie takes up Blossom,
And her eyes, they glow and shine,
Oh, pretty Baby Blossom, if you were OHty mine!
When Blossom in the pantry,
High mounted on chair,
Has uibbled at the icing,
Until half the cake is bares
Then Auutie pulls down Blossom,
And her eyes they. glow and shine,
Oh, naughty Baby Blossom If you were only nine "
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1879-01-09

Girard College has been enlarged so
as to accommodate 900 students, and IS
now open to nOn-Tesidents.