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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23

inquiring which one of these many
mines claimed for them was worth any
thing. They knew not the JOY OF learn
ing Ito labor and to wait"
THE COMPANY's DECLINE AND FALL.
The Inevitable died q natural and
easy death. 1t went out by degrees.
Perhaps the real cause of its decease
was the lack of encouragement from
the shareholders. Many of them did
not pursue me to pay in their assess
ments, and when l pursued them 1
could not catch them. The few who
paid regularly became fractions con-
cerning the many who did not pay.
Between the grumblings of those who
did pay and the labor of hunting those
who did not pay, felt the Inevitable
going to pieces. Yet, at the time of its
actual decease, would not to myself
acknowledge that it was really dead. l
called it merely a suspension of active
operations until spring, and believed
my own story. The shareholders ac-
quiesced readily in such suspension, so
long as it did not involve further assess
ments. The actual crisis and genuine
last breath of the company was drawn
when the Walker River man wished his
mare back. In point of fact the vital
power, strength and working force of
the company consisted of myself, the
man who owned the mare, and, if you
please, the mare. We parted forever.
Peace to her names. Though slow, oh,
SO slow, yet she was quiet, refined
female. Her keeping never cost the
company a penny. She foraged on the
sweet, nutritious bunch-grass of the
mountains. She never bucked or ran
away. Once she wandered off and was
gone fortnight, but one dark night
met her on the road between Monte
yuma and jamestown. She must have
been looking for rme.-Prentice Multcrd,
in San francisco Chronicle.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23
NEW YEARS EVE.

All nights are New Years Ewes for those who
For them there is no old, there is no new;
End and beginning undivided flee
As in flowing stream to human view.
Time would not be, but for the welLknown
OF days and hours-of morning. noon and
OF springs, of summers, and of winters cold.
Time is the stenograph that man must write,
A symbol faint OF mystic speech haif told
Yet since the rolling world goes round and
And since in earthly limits we are bound,
And we must plant lrcvermore our feet,
By Natures law, upon this earthly ground,
We take her thralldom with faith COM
plete.
Like soaring larks, we seek the skies of
Up in ideal sunshine we are caught.
And touch the empyrean with bold wings,
But sink again to en- tn, and feel that nought
Can wean US from the life of human things.
So, on our New Years Ewes we meet our
Beneath the all-movins Power. for whose wise
Our lives are rounded In by days and years,
Joyous and thankful for the love that blends
Its Omnipresence with our hopes and fears
Unfettered, yet instructed by the Past
To bear the molds in which our l YES are cast,
To tread with manly steps our future path,
~ uiuAc cstCu NtW octtef iuSe,
And, pat ient, reap old ages aftermath.
Time was and Is. and ever yet shall be.
He sets his royal al on all we see.
where'er we go his rec rd we must take,
When in the light OF full eternity,
Where days and years are lost, our souls
awake.
Then, when from dying eyes the crawling
spark
OF life goes out. and all at last Il dark.
Nobler ii were to leave above the sod
loved and honored name, than dread oui
bark
May founder in a sea unknown to God.
&C. p. Crunch, in ". I. Independent.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23

A Sacramento (CaL) paper bears tes-
timony that in Sacramento disastrous
and widespread confiagrations have
frequently been averted, almost solely
through the agency of shade trees. The
trees serve to prevent the passage of
burning debris through the air-the
embers of which would otherwise be,
blown from house to house and from
block to block, being caught in the up
per branches and falling harmlessly to
the ground. In the summer trees act
as screens between houses and blocks,
moderating the heat of fires and inter
posing barrier which is seldom passed
by the flames. When we add to these
very practical considerations the value
of trees in breaking the force of the
wind, enhancing the beauty of city
and affording a grateful shade to pes
destrians, it will be seen that trees.
planted along city streets. pay for
themselves many times and in many
different ways. A community which
acts on the suggestion thus enforced
not only ministers to its aesthetic taste
and promotes culture and the love of
beautiful. but erects q barrier against
fires and checks the spread of conda-
grations In one Of the simplest and
most common-ssnse ways conceivable.
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An AHable Sheriff.

There were three or four old codgers
seated around stove in the back room
of a Galveston saloon, toasting their
shins and spinning yarns. An old stage
driver, named Smoot, with a baldhead
and long yellow beard, which prob
ably owed its peculiar color to his habit
of chewing tobacco for the last forty
years, spoke up and said: 1.-THE best
hearted man ever knew in my life was
Bob Hinkley, who used to be Sheriff up
in Nebraska in the early days. He was
the whitest man 1 ever saw. He was
the easiest man on prisoners that ever
lived. VIXEN prisoners time was up
he always refused to GO; he had had
such a nice time in jail. In some cases
the County Attorney had to get out
writs. for trespass, just as you do in
cases where a tenant refuses to get out
of a house, in order to get those prison.
ers out of Jail. Bob Hinkley used to
feed the prisoners so well, and treated
them so gentlemanly, that men would
just shoot somebody for no other pur-
pose than to get in that Jail. 1 was in
there myself tor a week or so, waiting
to be vindicated on the charge of steal
ing a hog. Well, one day-it was aw-
full warm-we sent a man, who was in
lOE uuuEucTs dCIoSS tilc SlEccI W u SstlODu
to bring over a trayful Of drinks. We
waited for a good while, and one of us
hollered out from the jail window for
the murderer to bring over them drinks
quick, as we were suffering for them.
But he didn't come over worth cert.
When Bob Hinkley came in we said to
him: MIR. Sheriff, that murderer amt
got back yet with them drinks 1t was
limited around among us that the muir
derer had lit out, but old Bob wouldn't
listen to it. He burst into tears, and
said: Il know that poor boy hasn' t left
me. Somebody must hare kidnapped
him. / am sure something must have
happened to him. Come, boys, let's
hunt him up And all the jail-birds,
counterfeiters, and the like, turned out
and hunted that whole town over"
''Did they find the missing muir
dererf"
"Yes, we found him. 1t was just as
Bob said. He never ran away. He
had been kidnapped by avigilance COM
mittee and was hanging to a tree. We
all came back to jail, feeling very blue.
After that we prisoners quit strolling
about town and going out hunting, but
Bob Hinkley made it so comfortable for
us that we didn't care to stroll. He had
a saloon fixed up for us in the Jail, for
fear he might lose some of us. 1t amt
often you find Sheriff taking such
good care of his prisoners"
The speaker, having finished, got up
and strolled out. One of the other old
codgers spoke up, and motioning to the
retreating form Of the last speaker,
said:
"He amt at himself now, but when
he was a younger man, before he lost
his memory, he could lie some, 1 tell
you. He is losing his grip, powerful.
If he don't do better after awhile, peo-
pie will call him truthful Jeems. ~
GalUeston Net1s.
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A Little Speech by the Next President.

After casting their votes for Presi-
dent and President the Ohio Elect
ors paid visit to General Garfield, at
Mentor, and extended the usual felicita-
tions. The President-elect made the
following happy response:
lam deeply grateful to you for this call and
these personal and public congratulations. II
result merely in the light Of a personal strus-
gle and q personal success, 1t would prob.
ably be as ,gratfyinF ,,t;r as a;nytnfpg nv could d
conduct during the campaign has in any
way been a help and a strength to our
thing to behave well. If, under trying cir.
cumstances, my behavior as a candidate for
greatly sratified. But the larger subject, your
congratulations to the country on the triumph
Sa vast tns for e to enter 1poD noS. Venture
however, to mention reflection which has
occurred to me in reference to the election of
event has happened in all the course Of
the contest since the early spring which
Ga esIe so Oubo the
DENTAL election which was held yesterday at
The paid
Although you and an the members Of the
tionai and technical right to vote for any body
you chose, and though no written law directed
or suggested your choice, yet every American
public, the nine millions of voters, on an
early day in November had pronounced the
Omnipotent fat of choice, and that sovereign,
assuming as done that which he had order.
ed to be done, entertained no doubt that
IN she sne ~
the people were SO serenely quiet on yester-
day. They had never yet found an American
who had failed to keep his trust as Presiden-
tial ElectOr. From this thought draw this
lesson: That when that omnipotent sovereign
and orders him to do duty, that man is
under the most solemn obligatiOns of duty,
except those that the God OF the universe
might impose upon him. Yesterday, through
your votes and the votes Of others of the va
turns will show that our great political SOW
ereign has laid his commands upon me. II he
has done SO, am rs bound by his gre eat tn-
SD iratiOn and purpose as could be bound BY
any consideration that this earth can Inn.
pose upon any human being. In that pres
majesty and authority of such command.
In so far as 1 can interpret the best aspira.
tions and purposes of our august sovereign,
shall seek to realize them. You and and
those who have acted with US in the years past
believe that our sovereign loves liberty and
peace and prosperity, under the sway OF Just
and equal laws. =.
Gentlemen, thank you for this visit, for
this welcome, for the suggestions that your
presence and your words bring, and the hope
that you have expressed that in the arduOus
and great work before us we may maintain
the standard of nationality, and promote al
that is good and worthy in this country; and
that during the coming four years we may raiss
lust as large q crop Of peace, prosperity, jus
tice. liberty and culture as ft u possible fo9
forty-nine millions Of people 10 ra,sa.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23
NUMBER IA.
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The iron mines near Little Rock
will be opened soon.
Chattanooga new cotton factory
will be started soon.
1t is estimated that the postal serv-
ice of the United States employs no.
900 persons.
in the last week of October the
wrecks in Europe were almost unpre-
cedented in number. The approximate
value of the property los. is put at $780,
600. 900, of which S15, 600. 0Oo was Brit
ish.
AT least 10000 men are employed
on the various lines of railroad now
building in Mexico. A thousand men
are at once to be put to work on the
new road between San Luis Potosi and
Tampico.
Statistics of the British wheat crop
show that, while it will exceed the yield
of the disastrous season last year, it will
fall short of the average for the last fif-
teen years, and require the importation
of at least 12O. 600, 900 bushels.
The Great Eastern Fresh Meat Com
pany Qimited) with a capital of $780,
900, has been formed at London. 1t
proposes to bring carcasses from both
North and South America, and for this
purpose the steamship Great Eastern
has been fitted up with refrigerating
appliances. The public is offered $780,
900 of the company's Stockton subscrip-
ton.
-Four million two hundred thousand
tons of hot water, averaging 135 de-
grees Fahrenheit. are annually pumped
from the Comstock mines. To heat
| thsc ~ hxy ovfyfsnio1 mn q
would require a consumption of $4,000
tons of coal q year. The water from
some of the deepest shafts, 1000 feet,
has temperature of 157 degrees Fab
renheit-
Japanese paper air cushions are
said to have some advantage over those
made of rubber. They may be rolled
into q package of smaller dimensions
when not in use; they will not stick
together as rubber does after it is wet,
and for pillows they are better because
they have no odor. Their strength is
marvellous; a man weighing 160 pounds
may stand upon one without bursting
it. They are said to be waterproof,
and to make excellent Ife-preservers.
There are twenty freight-car manu-
factories in the United States, the
smallest of which will turn out at least
six cars per day, while several will
build from fourteen to twenty per day,
so that it is safe to state that that these
| nineteen establishments are building
220 new cars daily. and in. the railroad
shops of the country at least 100 more
are built daily, yet with this seemingly
| great increase in cars, reaching thou
sands monthly, there is general scarc-
| ity of cars all over the United States,
and likely will be through the entire
/ winter
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23
PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM UNCLE
SAM.

Which is why I remark
And my language is plain
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The Morey Chinee is peculiar.
Which the same I would rise to explain,
Barnum was his name;
And, scorning q duel,
I'll not say what the same
Might imply-'twould be cruel;
But his wink it was wicked and Truth-like,
AS frequently remarked to Marsh. Jewell.
Twas October he'd heard
From the vote in the West,
Which it might be inferred
To his temper gave zest;
And he played it that day upon CARRIED
And me, in a way detest.
Which we had a campaign
And Barnum took a hand;
1t was Fair Play: The same
But he smiled as he bossed his Committee,
With a smile that was Truth-like and bland
But to tell Of each wire
He pulled I'm unable,
And II kindies my ire
To think of his stable,
Which was crammed full of mules In barl,
And each wearing a bribery liable.
But the deviltry bold
OF that Barnum, dear! dearl
And the lies that he told
Were quite irghtful to hear;
And swore: THAT James wrote 1t Is clear
Then at Garfield looked I,
And he gazed upon me,
And rose with sigh.
And said, "Can this be?
We are swindled by Chinese cheap forging "
And we went for the Morey Chinee.
In the scene that ensued
All the voters came forth,
And on Barnum's fell brood
The fair-minded North
Sat down very hard and emphatic,
For, o, they were terribly wroth.
In his ears, which were long,
They inserted a flea,
And his dastardly wrong
That was aimed at Jim G.,
Turned into a petard that hOisted
This truth loving Morey Chinee.
Which Is why contend,
And stick to it still.
| That Fate shapes their end
Rough, Hewitt as they will,
| Who try to impose on the people
Which the same is a lesson not i'll.
| -Erchdn0e.
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z2I;Lz3;5EaISIa5;5I7:ISIys:
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

3 Ginger, Bleha, Mandrake, stilliaeia ard
kmany other Of the best medicines known are so
kskillfully combined In PARxKR's GNoEn TOXIC
kss 20 mako it the greatest Blood Purifier and
fRs Bsst Health and strength RestersF
Ever Csed.
So perfect u the composition OF PARKER's
Genera Touc that no disease can long exist
kwhsre e IL used. II you have DyspsP:is, head
e L;..r D;.srs... Or 4 xo1 need %ild tim tin
kicine for You, as Il q highly curative and In
kvigorating but never intoxicating.
II you arc slowly wasting away with Con-
kssmpt;ea OF any siclmsss, II you have q Painful
kCesSh or . bad Cold, PAkxEH's GrsoKn ToxIc
kWm surely help you. It gives new life and
kvigor TO the feeble and aged, and is . certain,
Rcure for ahsumstism and Cho1ssa onSaatu0.
SIS Has Saved Hundreds Of uvssS It Hay.
Save Tours.
II you arc feeling miserable don't wait until,
Byou are down sick, but use the Toslc to-day.
mo matter what your disease or symptoms may,
Sbe it viii give prompt relief.
Remember [ PAlxEa's Gnon Tosuo q not.
fa rum drink but the Best and Purest Fsmily,
Snlsdieiss ever made, compounded BY Q new,
Eproceas, and entirely different from Bitters,,
kineer preparations and an other Tonics- Try,
b soc. bottfe. Your druggist can supply you
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23
An Operatic Ragman.

Not all ragmen are inconsiderate of
the popular ear. Now and then there
is rag g-gatherer with mind above the
commonplace. In the colder part of
yesterday one of these merchants was
passing along Ninth street, towering in
his ancient wagon and pride of voice.
At his feet, half buried in the cargo sat
q wee boy: The humble vehicle and un-
pretentious horse moved with fhnereal
precision, All at once the man began
to sing:
~ take old stoves!
Itake old clothesi
take all kinds of rubbish!'
Then the small boy:
"We want old rags
And iron too;
Whateer you have,
Well make 1t d."
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23
MANHOOD
How Lost. How Reatored

Just published. q new edition of DR.. Culver.
welps Celebrated Es6ay on the radical
cure without medicine) Of SrERN AroRkH0A Semi
nal Weakness. Involuntary Seminal Losses 1Nro
IKncr, Mental ana fnyslc Incanacfty. lmpedmenfe
FRS Induced BY seif-indulgence sexual extrsNs-
g1nce, ETC.
The celebrated author. In this admirable Fs.sy;
clearly demonstrates from thirty years successful
practice that the alarming consequences Of abuse
may be radically cured pointing out q mode of cure
once simple, certain. and cnectual by means Of
which every sufferer, matter what his condition
may BE- may cure himself chespiy. privately, and
radically.
~ This Lecture should be in the hands of every
youth and every man I'm the land
Sent under seal In plain envelope. to address.
paid Of six cents or two postage stamps
Address the Publishers,
The cu1veywel1 Medical Co.,
once Boz, A0S6. Fly
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Our Railway Business.

Comparatively few people have an
adequate idea of the magnitude of the
business of railway equipment manu-
featuring in this country. Statistics
published by the RaiiIody Age of Chi
cago show that "the companies of
sixty-four roads have added to their
rolling stock since January /, 335 loco
motives and "a, 175 cars of various de-
scriptions, of which 295 were passenger
coaches. The value of these additions
to their rolling stock foots up total of
S13, $50, $50. The same companies have
in addition given orders for 103 engines
and 6,593 cars, to be supplied before
the close of the year, representing a
value of $3,65S, 725, the years outlay
for rolling stock alone making a grand
total of S17,3l5,725. Based upon these
reports, a rough estimate is made of
the outlay for the entire railway mile
age of the country and the figures are
most astonishing, viz: 1885 locomo-
tives. 1878 passenger and mail coaches
and 66, COZ freight cars, the outlay be-
ing S65, ,679, ,920. The reports from the
cluded the rails and ties laid since the
1st of January. Steel rails were laid
on 1,770 miles, requiring 156, 500 tons,
which, at an average of $50 per ton,
cost SO, ,37S, $780,. the iron rails laid have
been 673 miles, requiring 1862 tons,
costing, at an average of S45 per ton,
80. 1S9, 100; the ties number $500, 72S,
costing SO, 424, 290, making total for
rails and ties, Sl4.992.290 The i'm
portance of these figures as showing
the relation of our railway interests to
our industrial development cannot be
oyer-estimated. The hundreds of man.
ufactories all over the land, where
thousands of men are constantly en-
ployed, are alone a sufficient commen-
tary upon the benefits derived by the
country from our great railway enter
prises, to say nothing of the conven-
fence in travel and transportation"
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$500 Reward

We VIII pay the above reward for any case Of Live.
Complaint. Dyspepsia Sick Headache. Indigvsion
sveeetsble LIVER Pills when the DIRECTIONS arr
and never fail to give satisfaction. Sugar Coated
Large boxes conte ming 30 pills. IS cents For sale
by All DrugRists. Beware Of counterfetp and imiI
tfons- The genuine manufactured only by JOHN c.
WEST & CO., 1.-The Pill Makers" Isl q lsS w.
nall prepaid. receipt Of q 3 cent stamp
strcng; Cobb Co. wholesale Agents Clevelsnd
II
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Mp outnt sent free those Who wish 70 engage ir
Vsl the snd profitable business known
M Everything Capital not required Wcsvtn
VU furnish you everything SO day and upr@srds @
over night No risk whatever. Many new Sorksrs
wanted ut Many making fortunes at the
ousfness Ladies make as much AZ men. and youne
boys and girls make great pay No one who y wiiiins
bs made in week q .py ordinary employmens Tnoes
Address H. HALLErf Co., Portland. 0aiDa. eIvs
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23

D@- Paul Strabach, Republican, had
1000 majority for Congress in Mont
gomery County, Ala. which the Demo-
Gratis proceeded to reduce by throwing
out the strong Republican districts.
"Let Us have an honest count"
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Among the once powerful Indian
tribes of Oregon that are fast becoming
extinct are the Umpquas, the prehis-
toric inhabitants of the valley of that
name. These Indians are dying out
very fast. At the roll-call of 1856 there
were 2l3, In the present year there are
only six or seven left.
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Next the man:
"Your right, good son,
That's how it's done.
We take all hind.

Wet-a-ke all kinds Of rubbishT
This lively entertainment was kept
up until the attention of the minstrels
would be called by some thrifty house,
keeper. and the music was evidently
well received G al along the route, quite for
passed Walnut Street.-Louisritle Cou-
rier-.J0urnnL
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23

exquisitely perfumed and perfectly harmless
VIII Always Restore Gray or FADED Hair
DO is original youthful color and appearance. and d
warranted TO stop its ialhng. assist its growth and
prevent badness
Aiev applications Of the nAIsAn vin sohen shs
hair cleanse an dandrud and cure itching and hu-
noun efthe soap. Sold By al druggists II sr> seeea
DIV
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WELLINGTON PLANNING MILL Manufacture.
- dsaSsss b Sash. Doora Blinds. Brackets, Bat
slnGA Lanbef. shingles. Lath, Cheese and Buttel
DsssA Scroll Saving. Matching and Planning doas "a
sssR. y. L W.dsvorth. Prop. once. near rail.
soaA DspoG
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Mat MaxkeeaL

= O YuIzxR Dsalsr In YrssA and Salt Mssas.
os,aUn - Posk osnsags. aishese market ps1es
- - DssvsA ohesp. HogA HidsA Ete. AaEks4
oD1aA ~ LSbaty Street.
v. y. 2u 4. u. nn.
4H8B . SON. DsalGs in al kinda Il
ca nseR nusA snA sait Of . better qualify shaa
- hB0es1urs oeea soid n Wellington We have q
~ pofsas eooasr nd IN The appliances for doing
oW eao0 b1n1nesA Our prices are no hishsr than
- Isb9V oesssa
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Hysa want Arse-claa Shaw. Hair Cut or Sham
20 en- q Rohtnsons o. Z. Shaving Saloon. Liberty
oerose 4 fun assorsment Of Hair Oils, Pomades and
HaiS 1sseusskives. We also keep the best brand Of
AnssssI 81 warrant them. RAsors honed or grounA
OerdR. Z. T. ROBINSON.
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\. WADswoRrH = soN. Piaains Nm. Scroll
oav1nGs MatehiaG. Pianins. etc. done TO order
Osalen b Lumber. Lath. Shingles. Doors Sash.
Drn1A Msulding anA Dressed Lumber Of al sorsa.
Yasd nsas Hamiin's Fed Store. wsningtoa. o.
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LAvsry St.Als.
N. cusHoN soH. Isyszy and sale sssb,s.
CAs1ss tsmoses fu1nishsd snd charges reasonable.
osun - AssAanae eessa oas door sass ef Ansra.
- Uouoa.
q =. YoozI KIT Wxvvxn
1oofR = WAKNKR Livery md Sale Stable
yh1e-e3a0 tsans ~ turn 6 reason able rassa
00oo ooatA 49, L1nsy Street.