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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22
IN 4 CORNFLELD.

A GREAr brown field whore the planters go,
Steadily walking to and fro,
Aud each one curries "a broad, bright hoe:
A bed IN the waiting enrth Il made,
And there the kernels of corn are laid.
Ten days-and green Is each long, straight
row
That show whero the tiny corn blades grow
And then the plow must begin to go.
For the weeds are ready 20 play their part
Like evil thoughts In the human heart,
That never wait Tor the good to start.
Twenty days morei and the field that was
bare
Now looks like a meadow, wide and fair,
As the corn leaves wave in the changing afr.
Yet fourscore dnys-and the forests stand
In tall, srruight ranks like an army grand,
On the self same spot OF brown bare land.
And the columns are clothed I'm fine array
OF nodding plumes and of tasses gay,
And swords Of green that have grown in a
day.
OF the wonderful mystery who can tell7
For this no less Is u miruclc,
That every year is wrought so well.
We talk of the sun, the air and the rain,
And the action of heat ON the soil and grain,
But the reasoning yet is fur from plain.
This beauty must bow to the frost and snow,
And soon the stubble alone will show
Where the stately corn plants proudly grow.
For the time Of gathering I'm smear,
And the rtpened stalks and the golden ear
Are the full reward for the toilsome year
-COuBfrU Gentleman,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22

In her arms and kissing them one bv one
and crying. They had never seen wed.
ding, although they had been present at
many funeral. Hence II was considered
safe, as they would not understand the pro.
ceedings subsequent 10 the lesson. that they
should De present The school. .ma'am wore
her lavender cOlored SILK, and looked even
gretter than ever, n that were possible.
They were married In front Of her old teach
er's desk before the little platform, where
she had spent sO many Of her days, and
where, too, she had first learned 10 love.
They had no ring. The ceremony was some
what hasty, and soon over. The fee was
paid Gan unusually large one), the blessing
given, and 1.-THE most important afterpiece), (,
kiss Of congratulation from her humble
servant.
/ got into the buggy, the school-ma'am
kissed the children for the last time, locked
the old door, gave the key 10 the minister,
who "a kindly, benevolent gentleman) was
20 walk 10 the sargents and announce, gem
tly A. possible, the marriage.
She got In by my side. Tho handsome
student got up behind (he was quite willing
20 do so now. We rode rapidly away, and
the little Vermont school-'us disappeared
behind the bills forever. .-.JOsiah JiidsOH,
IN the Springfield CNass.) Republican.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22

often told Of the young man who read
through Macaulays History Of Eng
land, and was surprised at ending 20
som, by a habit OF reading few pages
each day while he was waiting for his
dinner. OF course, the same rule ap-
plies TO other things as well as 10 read
ing.
DO not imagine, after all this, that
simply because you are always doing
something you are industrious. You
may be worse thanidle K you are vast
ing not only time but eye-sigbt and
materials. Work mast be 10 some pur-
pose 70 be worthy Of the name. 70 may
be better to be idle all day than to be
reading trash or straining your eyes
and nerves over some intricate and
useless piece Of needle-work, "red
with the blood of murdered time"
Many Of these things are made only
"tO give away because people are
too indolent to think Of any gift more
useful or appropriate. A simple, mex
pensive present, which shows that you
Rave thought Of what your friend would
like best, Is better than a very costly
and elaborate one which is only made
from a wish to get rid Of an obligation,
and which misuses time in the making.
Whatever you do, do il with all your
might, whether il be croquet, or arith-
metic, or baseball, or worseted work
II boy IS thinking Of his Latin lesson
when he ought 10 be striking a ball, he
will probably be thinking Of the game
when he ought to be saying " Sum, IS,
est and the result will be that he will
have neither a good lesson nor a good
score.
Now, perhaps, you will say that all
this advice is Of no use to you, because
you have all the time you want now;
but you must not forget that there are
a great many people in the world who
find it hard work to crowd into day
all that it is necessary for them 10 do,
and they would be very glad to have
you give some Of your leisure to them.
Unemployed time is a sure indication Of
neglected duty. Even the ant, in the old
nursery rhyme, says:
always find something or other to do,
IL not for myself, for my neighbOr.'
When you have not enough TO occupy
you, look among your circle of ac-
quaintances, and see who of them needs
to have you "lend hand. Susan A15-
ma Broom, IN 50. Nicholas,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22
Our Young Folks.
~ EAslLHsoLHED Riddle.

RIDDLE yei ridde mei ridne-mcresi
WhO rW nHrrrsl mn ridne fDr mel
a monster, a terrible monster Il seems
DID sec 4 while waking, or only Ia dreamsf-
IhHt hics ON lts track
With crash aud a thwack
And g roar ~ u thunder aud lightning, good
ono eye In H. head
Glowing brilliant and red.
Twas a thing 10 look nt with four and dread!
With mouth that feeds upon coal an coke,
And breath that belchc8 out hame aud
with y body ~ long. and thick. aud black,
And bell light fastened above its back
u was tougher 20 look at than bone and
And whenever II spoke II could only whistlei
Twelve great feet, both black aud strong,
Carried its terrible frame along
siH on the left and six on the rlzht.
Running together with all their might,
With a mighty sound ~ n winds we're rushing
Aud tempests crushing;
With mOnstrous rumbling
And awful vrumbling:
Win mighty wheeling
OF breathing and snceZing;
With whistle aud squeak,
And snort and a shrek,
And terrific pOther
OF noise and Of bother:
With a wonderful rattle. and din. and shaking
As u every bone In its body were aching;
With jerk on heels and n bounce On toes
his d toe way that the monster goes
But In spite Of his strength and noise and size
The creature is really kind and wise:
At single touch, or a single click,
HC.ll 60 Ike rocket, or stop Ike a stick:
Hc.ll carry some hundreds u boys or more
Out 70 picnic, or down 10 the shore;
~ girls Just ask him, the Jolly old duucr
VIII drop thom at grandmas In time for their
supper;
Give him a drink, and Just tighten his Vrth.
Hen bring you your friends from the ends OF
the earth.
Give him his fayorite meal Of Goals,
Aud fast and as far as the telegraph poles
He II bring you sweet oranges up from the
south.
Grapes from the east that will melt In your
mouth,
Wine from the south that will hy 70 your head,
Corn for your mullins and wheat for your
bread
Everything beautiful. precious and sweet,
Everything wpndrOus % see and 70 eat.
Everything useful % sell and 20 buy,
This monster Will bring In the wink II an eye!
AgiC R.ddls ne! ritidic ne Tfldlg-ms-rge!
HhD WM unTdJe Ms riiIs fOr mel
-Wbdg-AWdie.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22
Where Did Potatoes Come From 2

NOBODY knows precisely where the
potato came from originally. 1t has
been found, apparently indigenous, in
many parts of the world. Mr.. Darwin,
for instance, found it wild in the Chonos
Archipelago. Sir w. j. Hooker says
that it is common in Valparaiso. where
it grows abundantly on the sandy hills
near the sea. In Peru and other parts
of South America it appears to be at
home; and it is noteworthy fact that
Mr.. Darwin should have noted it both
in the humid forests of the Chonos
Archipelago and among the central
Chilian mountains, where sometimes
rain does not fall for six months at a
stretch. 1t was to the colOnists whom
Sir Walter Raleigh sent out in Eliza.
beth's reign that we are indebted for our
potatoes.
Herriot, who went out with these col
onists, and who wrote an account of his
travels, makes what may, perhaps, be
regarded as the earliest mention of this
vegetable. Under the heading Of
"Roots," he mentions what he calls the
"openawk." "These ROOTS" he says
"are sound, some large as a walnut,
Others much larger. They grow on
damp soils, many hanging together as
if fixed on ropes. They are good food,
either boiled or roasted
At the beginning of the seventeenth
century this root was planted, as a curl
GUS exotic, in the gardens of the nObili-
ty, but it was long ere it came into gem
eral use Many held them to be poison
Gus, and it would seem not altogether
unreasonably so either. The potato is
closely related to the deadly-nightshade
and the mandrake, and from its stems
and leaves may be extracted a very
powerful narcotic. In England preju
dice against it was for long time very
strong, especially among the poor
Harper's Young People.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22

All communications fOrtha paper should bo accom-.
panied by the name " the huthof not nocenarY for
publication, but An evidence Of Tu0d faith on the
part uf the writer Write ONLY one side " the pa
per be particularly careful I'm giving namca and dates
t0 hayn the letters and figures plain and distinct PROP
ornnmes often dcut ta dociphef, because Of ths
careless manner Ia which they are written.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22

DIR. TANNER crops up in the pages OF
nearly every English periodical, and
will be referred to in every new encyclo-
pedia and thousands of medical works.
If he has not got money, he has got in
six weeks as worldwide a reputation as
Wellington or Byron in as many years.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22

TEACHER with reading olass.-Boy
(reading) "And as she sailed down
the river -" Teacher-"Why are
ships called she'p" Boy (precOciously
alive to the responsibilities of his sex):
because they need men to manage
them,n
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22

"He lies down at my feet, stretches
himself out, and With a plaintiye CRY l.
dead. "--OetrOH 6'res fFssS.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

Nutmegs grow on trees which look
like pear trees, and are generally
over twenty feet high. The flowers
are very much like those OF the lilly
of the valley. They are pale yellow
and very fragrant The nutmeg 10
the seed Of the fruit, and the mace
is the thin covering over the seed.
The fruit is about as large % . peach.
When ripe it breaks open and shoxs
the little nut inside. The trees grow
on the islands of Asia and in trop-
ical America. They bear fruit for
seventy or eighty years, having ripe
fruit at ell seasons. A fine tree in
Jamaica has over thousand nutmegs
on it yearly. The Dutch used to
have the nutmeg trade, ~ they owned
the Banda Islands, and conquered
all other traders, and destroyed the
trees. To keep the price mp, they
once burned three piles of nutmegs.
each of which was a. large rs .
church. Nature did not sympathize
with such meanness. The nutmeg
pigeon, found in all Indian islands,
did for the world what the Dutch
had determined should not be done.
carried those nuts. which are her
food, into all surrounding countries.
trees grew, and again the world has
the benefit.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

This is not only leap year, but .
leap year of sort which occssrs only
once in forty years. FEBRUARY of this
year has Ave Sundays. That is the
popularity to which we alluie. But,
speaking of leap year, is it either
necessary or gallant to remind the
unmarried fair Of the quadrennial
privilege which it brings with itf Il
it not more to the point TO put our
Bachelors on their guard. and to
coach them in the duties and respon-
sibilities which devolve upon them,
now that they are no longer suitors
but sought? In the fret place, what
constitutes an eligible lady sutton :
She sbould not be over hasty or bold
in her wooipg. On the other hand,
her attentions should be received
with certain bachelor-like coyness;
but not with prudery, and not with
too austere reserve. In every case
ask for time for consideration.
Should you find your affections
really touched, refer her to your
parents. They will look after your
material interests, means Of support.
settlements and the like. These last
are very important conditions. Love
in cottage is all very we'll. but you
can't carpet the aoor With noonshine.
or pay the baker with heneysuckles.
It may happen that your suitor has
q very small bank account. or none
at all; but if she is engaged in lu-
crative business with future to il,
and If her habits are steady and
good, you may venture TO accept her
oaer-aways provided there 10 moth
ing better in sight.-N. o. Pic.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

Attention is called to the notice
relative to the passage OF a bill be-
fore the present Legislature permit
ting the location of the parish seat
at such point Is the people may de-
termine. Under the notice Of bills
in the eighth days proceedings OF
the Legislature we see that Major
Mccain gives notice of the introduce
ton of bill "for the repeal OF Sec
ton 6 of act 81 of 1869, locating the
parish seat of Grant parish at OF
near the mouth of Cane river on Red
river, and provide for special cleo
ton locating same"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

We The People hopes, "now that
Goodwin has become his own boss
he will be a better boy than he used
to was" and "let the rings 60 to some
one else for barney" In which
pious hope our friend is doomed to
disappointment, for We always expect
to belong to the ring" that is backed
mp by the majority Of our people.
We have no independent proclivities
whatever. and recognize the fact that
true journalism is dependent upon
correctly representing the best inter-
ests of the. masses, and in this fight
it will be found all the good men OF
the commonwealth are engaged upon
the side we have cast our lot with.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

- Just published, new edition
va of DR.. Culverwells Celebrated Es-
" say on the radical care without
medicine) of Spermatorrhea or Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses,
Impotency, Mental and Physical Incxpacity,
Impediments to Marriage. ETC.; also. Con-
sumption. Epilepsy and Fits, induced by
self-indulgence or sexual extravsgsnce, etc.
The celebrated anthor, in this admirable
Essay. clearly demonstrates, from thirty
years successful practice. that the alarm
ing consequences Of self abuse may be rad
icalIy cured without the dangerous use of
internal medicine or the application Of the
knife pointing out . mode OF cure at
once simple, certain, and effectual, BY
means of which every sufferer, NO matter
what his condition may be. may cure him.
self cheaply, privately, and Medically
This Lecture shcud be IN the hands
Of every youth and every man In the land
Sent under seal, IN plain envelope, to
any sddress, postpaid, on receipt Of six
cents or two postage stamps
Address the Publishers,
THE CULvERWELL MEDICAL 90.
II Ann g., New Ymk, N. T.; Pcst Omcs
Box aGe6 jxQAfy
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

The following deserved tribute is
paid to the outgoing Governor by
the City Item. The people of Louisi-
ana to a man echo the sentiment:
Gov. Nichols has withdrawn from
the Executive Mansion into shades
of private life. and carried with him
the golden opinions OF all classes 81
our people. His term of Office COW
cred transition periosl, when it was
difficult indeed to satisfy either
friends or foes. and be certainly made
as near an approach to the golden
mean as can be expected OF human
nature. May health and happiness
attend him.
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Value Of Country Newspapers

It is Q mistaken idea for business
men to suppose that it does not pay
to advertise in country newspapers.
True their circulation is small when
compared to the great metropolitan
dailies, but it should be borne in
mind that in a city paper an adver-
tIsement is swallowed up. as it we're,
by the cards of competitors, and the
whole advertising department is usu-
ally presented to the mind in sort
of overwhelwingness that it is hard
for the average conDtryman to with
stand. so he passes it by at one fell
swoop. without giving it the second
thought. Not so with the country
newspaper, where the chances are
the advertiser has the entire field to
himself, and stands before the pub
lie as the one single representative
of his particular traffic. Another
good feature of the country newspa-
per is that every substantial man in
the parish takes the paper. They
are the men who trade, and not the
shiftless fellows who never have the
money to spare for their home pa
per. Thus it is by advertising in the
country newspaper you reach the
very men from whom comes all the
country trade; and it is only through
the country paper that they can be
reached, for three-fourths OF them
seldom if ever see anything but the
parish paper.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

MoxraoxxRY Ala, Jan. Is. 1881

MONTGOMERY Ala, Jan. Is, 1880.
Editor Chronicle
Have you ever travelled from New
Orleans by rail to this pretty city
After leaving Mobile, near the juno
ton of the Pensacola road--a stone q
throw from Flortda-it is like the
marsh between New Orleans and the
Reggoletts. The balance of the way
till near this city is like travelling
through our own piney woods land,
only the lsnds here look inferior,
with now and then q stream like Big
Greek, minus the productive bottom
lands of that and like streams with
rs. Yet, strange to say, the people
seem more prosperous along the road.
The houses and out-buildings look
neat and comfortable, the houses
being painted and fences permanent.
The railroad undoubtedly has much
to do in making up the difference,
bat i fancy there Is . greater reason
than this. I think permsnency of
location is very strong factor. I
inquired of an intelligent farmer who
entered the train if the people chang
ed their residence often in these
piney woods. He replied, ear more
come in than leave" Pointing TO q
comfortable farm house we were
passing be said: "That family has
lived there for three generations /
was born twenty miles from here.
and my father also. None of my
family have emigrated. / have six
brothers and sisters, all settled within
few miles of each other" "How
do you make out to live on these
poor lands ?" I'VE buy manure and
raise cotton and corn. Last year we
did better than usual"
How different with as. I have
seldom seen piney woods man that
was not willing to sell. Often for
less than he had expended on build
ings. The idea Of o permanent home
must fix itself before the true value
of our lands will be secured. A
home in the true sense of the word,
with schools and churches, aud all the
accessories that make home desirable.
I feel confident that our parish
possesses lands that will be most val
liable in the future.
In ten hours after leaving New
Orleans came to this pretty pros
porous town-my first visit. found
it far ahead of my expectations. As
you know it is situated on the Ala
bama river. and by it has steamboat
communication with Mobile and the
Gulf towns; besides, number Of
railroads center here. ANXIOUS.
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NOTICE..

Whereas there has been petition pre-
sented to the Police Jury of the parish Of
Grant, from ward No 2, asking for an ad-
ditional polling precinct at the Iatt church,
to be called precinct No. of ward z; and
also Q petition from ward No. asking for
the removal Of the precinct from Liberty
Chapel to Days Mill, This is to notify all
whom it may concern that unless there be
legal opposition filed within sixty days
petitioners prayer will be granted
s. G. CURRY,
mis- President Police Jury.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

A woman gives in San Francisco
paper her impressions Of Salt Lake
as follows: There are hordes OF
women in shaker or slat sun bonnets
and calico dresses in length,
bredth and thickness; whole tribes
of half grown boys and girls. hood
lums with hardly an exception; young
men, sullen and vicious looking;
young women, care worn and de-
graded; every woman with baby at
the breast and two or three hanging
on her skirts; more halt. blind and
lsroe than I ever saw in all my life.
But the grave of Brigham is dilapi-
dated to the last degree. Not wife
has planted . shrub or seemingly
shed ter. A commonplace, fat
little granite slab marks the spot
where the great prophet rests"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

The Clement attachment, which
converts cotton directly from the
seed into yarn of q superior quality
to that made after the cotton has
been pressed into bales, is attracting
a great deal of attention at the pres
en-. time. It is claimed that it will
revolutionize the cotton world fully
as much as the invention of the gin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

EIGHT LIVES LOST.

The news of the i'll fated burning
of the Charmer reached this place
Monday, creating much concern
among us all, most particularly so
on account of two passengers on
board from this place, about whom
it was uncertain as to whether or no
they were among those that persisted
in the flames. They were MIR. A. A.
Dean and Jno. H. McNeely. Later
news, however, brought the iDiorma-
ton that they escaped unhurt. The
boat caught fire on Sunday about the
middle of the day. From Mr.. Nash,
who came up on the Yazoo Valley,
we learn there were eight lives lost,
all of whom were drowned by jump
ing overheard. The first intimation
of the fire was given by two raftsmen
in a skiff, who called to the Captain
as they passed that his boat was on
fire. The cotton was covered with
tarpaulins, and upon their removal
the fire blazed up and began to spread
rapidly. AS soon as the alarm was
given the boat was headed for the
shore. and by the time she got there
was in full blaze, giving the passen-
gers barely time to escape with their
lives. leaving all baggage behind.
The boat was burned to the waters
edge.
Much praise is given to the pilot,
who stood to his post till the last
minute. We regret not being able
to give the name of this man who
proved true to his sacred trust and
saved the lives of his fellows by rum
ming the terrible risk of roasting
himself. May the gallant fellow live
long to enjoy the honors he has won.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

The agitation in Ireland over the
rent question has become matter of
great interest, and mass meetings
have been held in various parts OF
the United States to secure aid for
the destitute Irish, who made little
or no crops last year, and are forced
to the farthest extremity by the
grasping land owners.
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'.nesy Of Others.
LAST on TRIMMINGS.

ey Of others.
Asr or rannrmos.
bv,.. u'mmed' stove has the fol-
-. one oval boiler, copper bot
4 saaespan. copper bottom; one
49,. .ass, two iron pots, one tea ket-
= -: - iron heater, two skillets, two
~ sa's.' one sridiron. ons gridiron
-. =. Meet iron pans, one pudding
49, s.'apsr. one cover litter, three
,ss,.r ps g ssesA one elbow, two
~ IS Pisces in all.
I'd "a, .aa y No. "a Magazine street
ns,h..,. goods and prices before
'"nere, ja25-ly
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-01-31

John ii. Waite and NJ. b. Gould,
both prominent business men Of
Chicago, thinking to llay practical
joke upon . colored janitor. disar-
ranged the contents Of MIR. Waites
room and concealed themselves in a
closet. The jsnitor becoming excited
at the condition of the room pro-
cured q revolver. Hearing = noise
in the closet be tried to pail the door
open, snd failing in that fired through
the door. The shot passed through
Mr.. Gould's hssd, killing him-