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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23

PRoUD bird Of the barnyard blithesome and free,
A Amurderous bludgeon is hoverng Ger thee
a Heet-footed urchin. a hard-heagted hub,
VIII hit thee a rap with mOren q stuffed club.
Make the most Of thy time, for soon thOult be
caught
And thy own precious head to the block'n be
brought.
Then gObblel and gobble! and g0bble away;
Thyself will be g0bbled on Christmas Day.
A rest to thy soul and peace to thy ashes;
A dinner thou'it make and suudry cheap hashes
A breakfast, perhaps, and light supper, teol
And then be dissolved in a thin carcass stew.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23

HFRE,s Christmas-let Us boldly greet him.
We may as well, for none can cheat him.
He viii steal on, and silly sprinkle
The first gray hair and hrst faint wrinkle
And vet msthinkB It little matters,
What SEED Of Ruin-moss he scatters,
So that amid it We cOntrivo
To keep Truths heaTteage st1ll alive
Within our breast
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23

GLAD the light Of Christmas comes,
Merry is the Christmas feast,
Through a thousand happy homes
North and South and West and East
Blithe the song the traveller sings,
Biiths the wish the rsyelar says
Lifting hearts to happier things
Through the Christmas hoidEy5.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23

EVERY child has a right to Christmas
aud all the happiness the word implies.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23
Examinations Of Teachers.

TryHE Board of School Examiners of Highland
county give notice, that examinations Of Ap-
picaHts for Certificates VIII take place IN the Hills
borO Union School Building the first Saturday Of
every month, and on the third Saturday OF FebTua
~, March, April, August, September and October.
the Examination fee prescribed by law Is so cts
By order Of the Board
sriQ4vI n. s. DOGGETT. Clerk.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23
NNRANA ESAE6ZE 60 q
DOWN THEY co!

GREfT BARGA ms in Watches, Clocks, jew
elry. silver Ware, etc. JACOB SAYLER is
now offering his Immense stock at the following
low prices. viz: Nickel stem Winding Watches, at
from $3.50 to so; Silver Watches at from SIn to
SIS each: Watches I'm Patent GOld-dllcd Cases at
from so to so; Gold Watches at from Sl5 to $50
each: Jewery in sets at from cents to so each;
Triple-Pated Spoons at from q cents per set up
Also Goods in Great Variety, suitable for Wedding
and Holiday Presents
n. BAH kinds uf Watch Repairing done cheap
al No 10 West Main Street, opposite the Public
Square. HILlshOrO, Q. Oc2lm3
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23

Wrspped in the folds Of comfortable clothing,
Dear little children, with sweet, tender eyes,
Gaze for a moment, then turn away loathing,
Under these wonderful, glad Christmas skies!
Under the burden OF sin, and Of sorrOw,
Is there hand that Is hidden, and warm2
Is there P sun that will rise on the morrow,
Over the clouds Of misfortune and Ftorm2
Ont from the mold viii the daisies and clover,
Into perfection Of color and grace,
Spring in their perfume, 10 glad the world ovsr2
Where is the bloom, then, for each little iac42
-YOHksrS Gazette.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23
Rational TreatntIIt and Pcs
live ClUres


Are what the afflicted seek for, and those
who resort to DR.. PieIce's Family Medi-
cines are not doomed to. disappointment.
So positively eficaeious is tins Favofite
Prescription in all cases Of female weak
ness, nervous and other derangements IN
cident to the sex, that this potent remedy
is sold under a positive gunranfee. FDf
particulars see Pieree's Memorandum
Book (siven away by druggists or see the
wrappers Of the medicine. Sold by drug
gists.
WAsEcA, Minn., April 5th, 1879
R. v. PIERCE, NJ. d.:
DEAR SRI feel that should be ne
glecting my duty were to isil irgiving my
testimony as to the value Of your medi-
cines. For years I have been a great sui
ferer from a complication of chrome dis
eases which cur physieiaRs treated lHvaln.
am now using your Fayorite Prescrip-
tion and find myself almost we'll GOm
medicines have done me more good than
anything / have ever used.
l remain, gFalsfGlly yours, G
MIS-. j. B. PARMALEE..
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23

Write, This Is the baby 8 stocking,
That hangs in the corner here
You never have seen her, Santa,
For she only came this year.
But she's Just the blsssedest baby
And now, before you go,
Just cram her stockings with goodies,
From the top clear down 10 the toe"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23
UNDER THE CuR1srnAs SKY.
BY HELEN NJ cOoKI
1Ernnnsd IN the folds Of comfortable clothing.

Ont in the cold they hunger and shiver,
Dear little children with brave human hearts;
Where is their God TO save and deliver2
u - 4 II. -r---lrrt EIr- rLiI- lrnn-r--l
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23
Family Groceries & Produce.
OHANGE EIRM.

The hfm Of Stroup & Bayless. Family Groceries,
has been dissolved by mutual consent, and the
business will be continued at the old stand, in
LiIley's Block, North High Street, by the under
sirned. under the firm name OF -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23
BQyLeSS d Brother.

The thanks of the old firm are returned for the
liberal patronage heretofore extended, and con
tinuauce of the same is respectfully solicited We
viii sell good goods at the lowest prices, and can
make it your interest to give US your patronage
Highest narket price paid for all kinds of Country
Produce. STUART BAYLESS,
DOvz5m2 JOHN BAYLESS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23
PAINE, GRAFTON & LADD,
AHoraeys at Ian, and Solicitors Of Americaa
and Foreign Patents,

H2 FnFH STREET, WASHINGTON, nc.
FPraetice patent law 80 an its brauches in the
Patent once, and the Supreme and Circuif Courts
Of ne United States. Pamphlet sent fres.
? row tWEa
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-12-23
GRAND BOULEVARD HOTEL
corner 59th st. and Broadway,
NEW YORK.

Fronting on Central Park, the Grand Boulevard,
Broadway and Ellty-Aiuth street, this hotel occu-
Tles e6utire Bguordi ald vas built and furnished
q I'd aEsu8e of over 500 900. Ills one Of the most
eleF1ul rau aE being the hnest locatPu in TIE
proVaments and it vi biu one square 0f the depOtl
Of the sixth and Eighth Avenue Elevated Railroad
cars and still nearer 10 the Broadway caEs-o0nFe'
nieut and accessible from all parts OF the clfy,
Rooms with buauds So per day Special rates toi
families ana permanent guegls.
euEeem9HAA r HASKELL. Proneletnr.
HALBERT 3. l7AYEE, ..-at
Late 00nlllissionsT Of Eaieats.
BENg. ?. GHATroS. STORY b. L.GDD.
PAT IA NJ TB.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
SHE WAS MISSED.

She was getting dinner when her
husband came in and announced the
death of a neighbor.
"Dead!" she exclaimed, holding
the potato masher suspended in the
air. "Ah, how true it is that in the
midst of life we are in death. Put
on some of the tomater pickles,
Tidy. They're spiling, and we may
as well eat 'em up; and when you
cut the bread, cut one slice around;
that is enough, or if it amt, you
can get some more afterwards. ]
hope the funeral will be at the
church. There was Simmons wife's
funeral. They would have it in the
house, andit was so crowded I
thought my dress would be spoiled.
Are going to have it in the house,
hey? I'll bet twas one of her
m others notions. She always was
as full of notions as an egg is fu /
Of meat. Make u good lot of gravy,
Tidy. III ey don't eat so much
butter when there is plenty Of gravy,
and l want to I'll that three gallon
croc'i this week.
"Well, l shall miss her. She was
what I call good neighbor. Not
so sociable as some, but middlin'
good neighbor. I borrowed a recipe
book just a little while ago. There
won't be no hurry about carrying
it back yet awhile. Likely they'll
be SO overcome they won't care for
nothing but common vittles. I Won
Ce' if the girls will wear black?
Well, the Lord gave and the Lord
taketh away. Come, set right down;
dinner is all ready. Have they
go. anyone to help him over theres
l believe I'll run over after Dime :.
How fun ny it'll seem not to see her
around. Ishall miss her dreadful.
will get married agin, of
course. One of the Stockwell girls
wonld n ak him coed wife. They
are all good housekeepers and used
to children. Funeral tomorrow,
hey! Well, hope it will be cool;
want to wear my black sacque.
There will be lots from the city
there. Let the fire 60 down when
the dishwater gets hot; hain't got
TO cook nothin' more; there is apple !
sass for tea. So she's deadl Dear
me, dear me, how shall miss her"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
A STORY OF WTrCHCRAFT.

When Lord Chief Justice Holt was
president in the Court of Kings
Bench, poor, decrepit, broken old
woman, almost ready from sheer
limitation to shuttle off this mortal
coil, was brought before him,
charged with degree of criminal
ity which merited the utmost rigor
of the law.
"What is her crime?" asked mis-
lordship with a look and tone which
plainly indicated that the forlorn
and hapless creature had enlisted
his warmest sympathies.
"Witchcraftl" said one. "She's
a witch, if ever there was onel'
chimed in another.
"Wbat is the proof against her?"
"She has charm, your lordship.
given her by the Evil One himself. "
Let me see it.
The red nosed, pimple faced
sheriff placed upon the bar before
the court the charm. which upon
examination-his lordship slowly
and methodically undoing it with
his own hands-proved to be a
small ball formed of bits of silk and
linen, of various colors, compactly
wound with threads of as many diff
ferent hues, and in the centre o,
which was found a slip of parch
ment on which was written, in
strange language, which had be.
come very nearly worn away BY
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
Hack Line!
RYROBERT BADON.

This old and popular carrier, connect
;nc with the Steamer ttupeEa, at Mande.
Vile. jacksonville and Old Landing, Is
carving the q. S. Mail and thereby IA
bled to distance all opposition. Every
one is treated courteously. and charges
are uniform, and no delay On account OF
aid horses and other vexation- Travellers
desirous of speed and safety, will look
out for Mr.. Badon.
Cov1NaToN, Sept. Is, 1877.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

you, your goose is cooked. If you
get welded to q femail of this sort
you want to hunt up the most ap-
proved method for washin' dishes.
tendin' the baby, and doin' a gen.
eral assortment of household duties,
for such woman will be off attend
In wimmens rite convenshuns, and
klckin' up a muss generally, until
Luclfer arrives with his ferryboat
to tow her across the river Sticks.
Boys, havin' told you the wrong
gait, let me tell you the right one.
Ii the fair promenader steps off
with a gentle movement OF the lower
extremities, her toes turned out,
just suffishently to fit between her
ieet when standin' still, three-;nch
piece of pie, as she steps off redo
lent with smiles, as if she thought
the world was made for all human
bein's, and it was a duty we owe to
each other to shed as much sun
shine about us as the Maker of all
nature had endowed us with.
With z kind word for all the af-
fiicted and needy, and a proper re-
spect for the aged.
With a heart so tender she would
rather step into the gutter than
tread on worm that was crawling
in her path; with her habiliments
neat, but not gaudy.
The roses on her cheeks sparklin'
rs if they were fast colors, and war
ranted to wash.
Bowin' as polite to the thread
bare passerby as to the queen in
silks.
Boys, when you run agin such
treasure, mark my words. her price
is above roobies and fine gold.
My advice is, get her if you can.
With such a woman your house
will be paradise.
Every button will be in its place,
your puddin' free from night-cap
strings and waste hair.
Instead of your wife bein' off at
tendin' hen convenshuns, she will
settle down to her legitimate bizzi-
ness in buildin' up the harth stun,
that will make the mouth of all hen
pecked husbands water like a thun-
der storm in July.
Git such wife, and after bizzi-
ness hours, 60 home to her, and
don't pass your time hangin' about
corner groceries and making con-
founded beast Of yourself generally.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
NO. 90.

much handling.
"An1 this is the charm, is it?" said
Holt, when he had seen It's every
part.
The prosecutors answered that
it WAS
"What other proof have youf"
THAT is all, your lordship."
The Lord Chief Justice then
turned to the terrified prisoner and
asked her how she came by that
ball.
Il can swear, my lord" she an
swered THAT a young gentleman
gave it to me to cure my child's
ague."
"And did it effect a cure?"
eyes, my lord. 1t cured my
poor child; and has cured many
others; and have blessed the youth
in my heart many time"
Upon this the prosecutors laughed
and declared that the prisoner had
no child.
"Ah, your lordship," she cried.
"it was five and thirty years agone
that the charm was given me. I had
children then"
The judge held the charm in his
hand, and regarded it for time in
silence, and then turned to the jury,
saying:
Gentlemen of the jury. look ye;
and look We and hearken, all
five and thirty years ago, with
a number of companions as giddy
and thoughtless as myself went to
this woman's house, where she pro-
vided for us literally; and when we
found we hadn't sufficient money for
the payment of the reckoning, I b. !
recourse to what I then thought an
innocent stratagem. Observing
sick child, bundled up in the chim-
ney corner, which the woman told
us was suffering with ague, I pre-
tended that l could fix a charm
that would Immediately cure her.
I wrote line of Latin upon slip
of parchment, and wound it up with
scraps of silk and linen which I
found in basket ON the table, and
gave it to her as sure curative
agent. She was deeply grateful,
and cheerfully gave US a receipt in
full, and we went our way, little
dreaming that we had left with the
honest dame a thing which might
in after years put her life in
jeopardy. That woman now stands
before me, charged with witchcraft,
and this ball., which is the alleged
charm and evidence against her, is
the self-same charm which I made
with my own hands and gave to
her."
1t is needless to add that the poor
old woman was discharged, and
went her way homeward with .
lighter heart.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
OMNIBUS LINE.
BY w. Ill. DAVENPORT.

Leaves Covington for the Old Landing,
connecting with the steamer New Came
Lin. VIII take passengers to any part OF
this or adjoining parishes. Terms mod
crate. ieoou
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

A lady told single gentleman
that his wit was pretty. "Why?"
asked he. Because" replied the
lady, lyon have SO little, and what
ever is little, you know. ii pretty"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
THE GAIT" OF WOMEN.
Whitehall Times.

|
has served his country for four
years as Justice of the Peace, give
you leetle good, sound advice.
Havin' been married goin' on 40
years, and carryih' the scars of many
Il hard-fought little family unpleas-
antness on my aged form, 1 think
I've seen enough of human natur'
to tell what kind of timber will
make you good wife.
In selectin' a wife, its a good deal
like buyin' hoss. You want TO see
her step. If she is good square
trotter, draw up your notes and
make her your property.
Ii she IS one of them critters who
pushes along pell-llell, first a trot,
then a walk, then a kinder of
double-shufie rackin' gait, payin' no
particular attention to mud pud-
dies, like runaway hoss, scootin'
along as if she had been creased
and then shot from a 100 pound
cannon-kpockin' over small chill
dreE as she swings her arms right
and left, to keep on her pins, not
even stoppin' to wipe the little
weepin' eyes and kiss away the
smart.
Boys, shun such stopper. Don't
marry her. If its bein' hitched to
a beam with halter round your
neck. or tied to such woman with
a matrimonial moose about you, an
old mans advice is, hitch to the
beam. OLD Nick would furnish you
cooler berth than such a female
az I've painted.
If she trots off as if every par
ticular brick was indebted to her
for the honor OF bearing up such an
exquisite being. bringin' down the
toe of her French gaiter in such a
manner that her mouth seems just
puckered up like she was going to
say: "How's that for high?"
Continually fndin' fault because
the bricks for her to tread on are
not made of gold instead of mud.
Boys. she hain't the critter to
hitch up to.
She wouldn't drive double worth
,ent.
Besides, you amt good enough
for her, and she'll tell you SO before
the weddin' guests leave the house.
The poorest cur that ever picked
a livin' about slaughter-house
would be king, compard to the
husband of such a piece of furn:-
ture.
A femail who steps off kickin' up
her slipshod heels to the middle of
her back-her shoe strings fyin' in
all directions, lassooin' the lower
extremities of hitchin' posts and
other bein's, deelin' out, in her per-
ambulashuns, shin scrapers to her
unsuspectin' followers, l would ad-
wise you to let such ose-jointed
calikers pass.
Ii you invest in such stock, but
tonless shirts, holey stockin's, dirty
faced young uns, puddin's favored |
with Scotch snuff, bed-bugs and the
thousand and one accompaniments
of a slatern, will combine to make
your life interestin'.
A woman with sudden, nervous
gait-whose feet turn in-when on
a trot she interferes with both feet
IS w,ll as interferes with every
body's business-whose counte-
nance looks as if she washed II
every morning with vinegar and oil
of vitriol-whose nose looks as if
modification had set in from too
much snuff takin'-who looks on
that beest, man, as dog on piece
of meat, only to be torn to pieces
and then devoured.
Boys, when in the course of
human avents snch a nonolonncrafc i,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

The society lady never sheds
tears. She knows enough to keep
her powder dry.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

As rule. the flower of the fam
lily does nothing towards providing
the daily bread.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

The biggest hustle of the season
was detected at the Custonshouse in
New York recently. A steamship
passenger had forty yards Of broad
cloth wrapped around her.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
Fur SALE.
aHo. / cRoNcHER SUGAR MILL

Rollers l0xls. Suitable for fifteen to
twenty acres of cane. With gearing for
v.ter. steam or horse power. To be sold
an account Of being too small for tie
present crop. For further particulars
.rply 0. ..chnbbs Hill Plantation"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

How TO, lish fpr artists 10 repre-
sent Cupid as the god Of love- whsa
" Iii Snow that an old stocking
ull of money has more inAnenee
than forty Cupids crowded together.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

"That puts q different face on
it, as the boy said when his ball
struck the clock"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

He who sows thorns should not
GO barefoot.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

OF a Toper-His nose has passed
the rubicun1.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

CovINGToN AND PoNcHAToULa.
Arrives at Covington every Friday, at
p. II. Departs Saturday, at A. N.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

The best way to rise in q lady's
estimation is not by stares.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

PEARL RIVER TO PEARLINGTON.
Leaves Pearl River Thursday, at SA. NJ
Arrives at Pennington by ii A. N.
Leaves Pennington Thursday, at l P.
N. Arrives at Pearl River by p. NJ
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

DEATH" says Talmage, never
takes bribe."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

rOVTNG TON AND SHADY GROVE
Arrives at Covington from Shady
Grove on Tuesday, at P. NJ.
Leaves Covington for Shady Grove
Wednesday. at A. NJ.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17
The Mails.

COVINGTON TO NEW, ORLEAES
ARRIVE. DEPART
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

PEARL RIVER TO COVINGTON.
Arrives at Covington on Tuesday, by
"a. NJ.
Leaves Covington on Tuesday, at
$50 A. NJ. Arrives at Pearl River Wednes-
day, by 4. N.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-17

PEARL RIVER TO RIGOLETS.
Leaves Pearl River Saturday. at $50
4. NJ. Arrives at Rigolets by l:30 P. NJ.
Leaves Rigolets Saturday, at 2 P. NJ.
Arrives at Pearl River by 6P. NJ.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-23
Terrible Accident.

DETROIT, MICH., July ga terrible 40.
cldeDt occurred about 10 o'clock last night on
the Detroit river somo nino miles below this
city. The excursion steamer Garland with 1900
persons 90 board under the auspices of the De-
troit mcljers uoioD, while going down the river
collded With the steam yacht Mamie coming ID ,
cutting her in two so that she almost Instantly
sank. The latte: had on board "a persons ODD
slstiog mainly of Father BIeycnbergh, pastor Of
Trinity Roman Catholic Church Of this city,
and number Of acolytes and boys, officiating
10 various capacities 10 the seryo, of the church,
They had been Oh their apnual excursion to
Monroe and were returning homo. Tho night
was bright With moonlight. and there would
seem 10 Lave b,en no reason. save that of
criminal neelrc! why the accident should have
occurred. OF those 90 board tho Mamie,
seventeen werc drowned