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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
PITH AND POINT.

A GERMAN life insurance company,
called Der Lebensversicherungsgeselis.
chaft, complains of the irregularity of
the mails. Yet one would suppose It
got all OF its letters.-Andret0's Queen.
A CORRESPONDENT wants to know,
" Can a woman ride bicycleP" Can
sheP Son, you ask questions like a man
who is not married. When you learn
Of any thing woman can't do when
she makes up her mind that she will do
it, let us know. How old, or rather
how young are youP-BurliHgton HdW5-
eye.
A FEW months ago an old gentleman
was seen mailing a notice on fence on
the south side of Galveston Avenue. A
friend, passing, said: "Why don't
you have the notice put in the paper,
where people can read itP" "Waal, "
said the old gentleman, "if tuck it to
the newspaper orice them newspaper
tellers would get it spelled wrong, and
then somebody might think l didn't
know how to spell" The notice read !:
"Howze fur rent inchoir on the prey
meysis. ''-G GalcestoH Ne1OS.
HERE is another straw: A man who
went through an excursion train of nine
hundred passengers taking Presiden-
tial vote didn't find single Hancock
man. 2. S.-He didn't find Garfield
man either, for the first person he ac-
costed Knocked him down, and dozen
others wiped up the floor with him and
wedged him so fast under a seat that all
the passengers escaped before he could
release himself. He has declared him
self in favor of the ant-Masonic candi-
date, his treatment in the car having
made him dead opposed to grips.-TToy
Times.
"TINrEs has changed since was a
gall" exclaimed Mrs Goodington, re-
flectively, laying down the paper in
which she had read of the large amount
of gold used annually in teeth-filling,
and pushing her ancient spectacles up
on to her corrugated and equally ancient
forehead. eyes times has changed
since | was a gal. You never heard such
a fuss about teeth in them days. That
was afore people took to feeding on cal
omels and bourbons and such trash.
They didn't have the toothache much,
but when a tooth did become defrayed
they had it distracted at once, and with
out taking chloroform or any of your
new-fangled esthetics either. And as
for sticking gold into their mouths, why,
bless you! they had all they could do to
get bread enough to put there to keep
soul and body together" And the old
lady's face assumed an unwonted stern
ness as she reflected on the degeneracy
OF modern times.-Boston Transcript.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
A Great Preacher.

The following graphic description
the preaching OF Robert Hall, who in his
dayw almost withouta rival in the pull
pit, is taken from some "reminiscences
which appear in the SUNDAY at Home.
The writer says: ave remember to have
heard departed friend tell how when
q boy he was taken by his father one
still summer evening across the North
amptonshire fields-I believe it was
to the little village town of Thrap-
stone to hear Robert Hall. 1t was one
of those old village chapels with the
square galleries. As in the instance of
Chalmers, the place was crowded with
plain farmer folks and a sprinkling of
intelligent ministers and gentry from
the neighborhood. The minister came
in, simple, heavy, but still impress
sive-looking man, one whose presence
compelled you to look at him. In due
course he announced his text The
end of all things is at hand; be sober,
and watch Quite unlike Chalmers,
his voice was not shattering, but thin
and weak. There was no action at all,
or only kind of nervous twitching of
the fingers, more especially as the
hand moved or rested upon the lower
part of the back, where the
speaker was suffering almost incessant
pain. As he went on beneath the deep
ening evening shade falling through the
windows of the old chapel, his voice
first chained, then charmed and fasci-
mated his hearers one after another; the
whole place seemed as if beneath q
great spell. AS he talked about the
end the spell upon the people seemed
to begin to work itself into an awful
restlessness; first one, then another,
rose from their seats, and stood stretch
ing forward with a kind of fright
and wonder. Still there was no
action, only the following on of that
thin voice, with a marvellous witchery
of apt and melodiOus words, but
through them the end of all things
sounded like some warning bell More
people rose, stretching forward. Many
of those who rose first, as if they felt
some strange power upon them, they
knew not what, got up and stood upon
their seats, until (when the great mas
ter ceased, closing his passionate and
pathetic accents) the whole audience
was upon its feet, intensely alive with
interest, as if each one had heard in the
distance the presages and preludes of
the coming end, and felt that it was
time to prepare. My friend used to
speak of that never-forgotten moment,
that summer evening in the old chapel,
as one of the most memorable of his
life -
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
A Strangers Mistakes.

A FEW days ago Western merchant
who wanted to do some sightseeing and
buy his fall stock at the same time, en-
tered dry-goods jobbing house on
Broadway, and accosted the first per-
son he met with, care you the proprie-
tor hereP" "Not exactly the proprie-
tor" was the reply. q" AT present / am
acting as shipping clerk, but am cut
ting my cards for partnership next
year by organizing noon prayer-meet-
ings in the basement"
The stranger passed on to a very inn
portant looking parsonage with a dia-
mond pin, and asked: care you the
head of the house?"
"Well, no; / can't say as l am at
present, but have hopes of a partner
ship in January. I'm only one of the
travellers just now, but I'm laying for a
1920 pew IN an uptown church, and
that will mean quarter interest here
in less than six months"
The next man had his feet up, his
hat back and 20-cent cigar In his
mouth, and he looked so solid that the
stranger said:
"You must run this establishment -
"MeP Well, may run il very soon.
AT present l m the book-keeper, but I'm
expecting to get into a church choir
with the old mans darling and become
an equal partner here"
The stranger was determined not to
make another mistake. He walked
aronnd until he found a man with his
coat off and busy with a case of goods,
and he said TO him:
"The porters are kept pretty busy in
here, see. "
I "Yes," " was the brief reply.
"But suppose you are planning to
invest in a Gospel hymn-book and sins
the old man out of an eighth interest,"
aren't youP"
"Well, no, not exactly" was tho
quiet reply. "I'm the old man him,
self
And all that the stranger said, after a
long minute spent in looking the mer,
chant over, was "Well, durn my but
tons nsi"-WdH Street NeOs.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29

hair; and as he sopped a four-inch
'swath, with a piece Of bread, across a
frying-pan, he repeated some lines.
"Them's they" nodded the poet.
"The Emp'ror Of Austry writ me a let
ter highly complimentin' them po'ms. !"
They're very tech'n'," added the
wiry man.
took no part in those remarks.
Somehow l did not feel like joining in.
The wiry man, having somewhat sat
isfied his appetite, rolled up piece Of
bacon-rind into a sort of single-barreled
opera-glass, and began to squint through
it toward the northern horizon.
"What yer doin', Dave?" asked the
stout man.
"Takin' observations on the North
Star. Want TO make some astronomical
Civilizations when 1 git inter SacSry-
menter."
"Well, yer needn't ter made that
telescope. could er TUX yo' observa-
tions for yer, bein' as haint but one
eye"
"Git out thar, yer burned ole carbon
ferrous pterodactyl!" yelled the hame-
Iawed driver to an OK that was licking a
piece of bacon.
81 give a good deal of my time to
'stronomy when was in Yoorup," re-
marked the tall man.
"Over thar longPn asked one.
"GOOd while. Was Minister to
Rooshy. Then l spent some time down
ter Rome"
"Romel" exclaimed the lank indi-
vidual. "Was born thar. My father
was a sculptor"
Good sculptorp"
Yes
"Well, one wouldn't er thought it, ter
look at YER"
81 never was in Yoorup," remarked
the one-eyed man. 'sWhen ocypied the
cheer of ancient languages in Harvard
College my health failed, and the fellers
that had me hired wanted me ter 90 ter
Ioorup for an out, but l concluded ter
come West ter look-hold up thar, yer
internal old hee-bitten ichthyosaurus! /"
he bawled to an OK that was chewing a
wagon-cover.
l felt hot and feverish, and long
way from home.
~ got ready once ter go ter Rome
wanted TO complete my studies thar
but give it up" said the one called
Dave.
"What forP"
"They wanted me ter run for Guv'-
ner in Virginny."
eyer beat emp"
"Thunder, yes"
"Why didn't yer stay tharP"
"Well, when my Job as Guv'ner give
out they lected me Episcopal Bishop,
an hurt my lungs preachin.' Come
West for my lungs"
"Found 'emP'i
"Well, I'm improvin'."
l did not rest well that night. AS day
came on, and the men began to turn over
in their blankets and yawn, the tall one
said:
Hello, Bill. How yer maxim itP''
go, I'm Indigenous"
cam DavePn
"I'm endogenous.n
torP"
"Exogenous."
elbow do you feel, JakeP" inquired
one of the three who had responded.
"Cryptogamous, sir, cryptogamous. "
walked out a few steps to little
stream, to get a drink. / felt thirsty,
and | ached. Then l heard a voice
from the blankets:
"Wonder If them burned ole dinother'-
ums of ourn are done grazin'Pn
Then a reply:
81 guess they've got to the tertiary
period"
| walked little piece on the road, to
breathe the morning air.
kept on.-7he Californian.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29

In giving the yield of crop upon the
farm, no matter what, let us have the
exact result, and then the public will
know just what to believe. But the
" estimates" and calculations from
one acre, one or two rows, dozen or
two hills, etc, are worth nothing.
They simply mislead. We see every
year, and already this season, estimates
of what a field of ten acres yielded by
simply thrashing and measuring the
yield of a single "land.n In doing this
the best land is of course taken, and
the product of ten acres given from it,
which may not even approximate the
actual yield of the whole. Such an at
tempt to apprise the public of what the
crop amounted to is almost an insult.
The least that could be done by any
one who might desire to let the public
know what had really been raised upon
an acre, would be to measure the acre,
select it from an average part of the
field, thrash and weigh it as an honest
man would like to do. Then give the
variety of the wheat and the mode of
cultivation, and in doing this all will be
done that is necessary, right and prop
er, and the result might be of real ben
eft to others, 1t is a poor sort of credit
to acquire it by species of deception,
and we should say that it would not
rest upon ones conscience very lightly.
-Germantol0H Telegraph.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29

the boys whom he found on the river
wharves, 10 teach and talk TO them This
work he continued for thirty years, until
the time Of his death. He had a pc
culiar aptitude for interesting lads, and
the experience Of his own life gave n
force and pungency to his appeals
which they would have lacked coming
from happier men. But he was in the
habit of regarding his life's work as ut
terly destroyed by his misfortune.
God" he would say, perhaps will
allow me to be of some use hereafter.
! cannot see that 1 have done anything
here" When he died a letter came
from one of the most influential and
wisest statesmen Of our country; man
whose strength has urged many re-
form which has helped to elevate
and civilize the Nation. Whatever
l am he said, land whatever
have done, owe, under God, to John
b. 1t was he who took me out Of
the slough and made a man of me-"
Let no boy who reads this be dis
couraged by any circumstance, how
ever hard. If God forbids you to plant
an oak, plant an herb. 1t is He who
will give the increase, and only the
future can tell how great the harvest
will be.
"Do thou thy work. It shall succeed,
In thine or I'm anOthcr's day,
And II denied the victOr's need,
Thou shalt not miss the toiler's pay"
-YouthS Companion.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
Not Useless.

THERE died lately in a Western State
a blind brush-maker, whose story is
worth telling for the truth it illustrates
and the practical lesson it conveys.
At the age of sixteen, John B. was
a bright, ambitious, hopeful student in
an Ohio college. His parents being
poor, he worked on the farm in summer
to pay for his winters schooling. He
was an earnest follower of Christ, and
it was his intention to become a mis-
sionary, and he hoped to 60 into
the field in Africa, his attention
having been drawn to that field
of Christian labor A violent at
tack of fever destroyed his health
and left him with disease of the eyes,
which in a years time rendered him
stone-blind. Whatever the boy suffered
in this destruction of all his earthly
hopes, he kept to himself. lie was out
wardly the same cheerful, light-hearted
fellow. As soon as he had strength he
began to learn brush-making, and sup
ported himself by that trade. A year
after he was established at it, he began
to gather into his little shop on Sundays
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
A valuable Building.

THERE is very valuable brick build
ing In Cheyenne. A few days ago
resident of that town noticed shining
yellow particles in the bricks, and, inn
agining that the colors were gold, he
took out brick from the wall for the
purpose of ascertaining the facts. This
brick he first pulyerized, and then
'panned OUT the colors. He could moi
get rid Of all the dirt, and concluded 20
send the residuum TO an assayer In Dem
yer. In few days the assay certificate
arrived, and showed that there was
thirty-eight cents worth of gold in the
brick, The gentleman then took out
two other bricks in different parts of the
building, and pulverized and panned
them as he did the first The same as
sayer gave his certificate as follows
Sample No. l, gold, forty-seven cents
sample No. 2, gold, twenty-four cents.
With remarkable secrecy the gentleman
proceeded 10 learn whence came the
bricks. After considerable INQUIRY ii
was learned that the bricks were made
In yard that was formerly situated on
Crow Creek, near Cheyenne, but which
is now oblterated. Further investigation
among the oldest residents divulged
the fact that placer mining was at one
time carried on along Grow Greek.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
DAIRY ITEMS.

THE New England Farmer says;
"While all the well-deiinod breeds of the
present day show instances of remark
able milking qualities in particular ami
mails, IL may be claimed for the Jerseys
that they are pre-eminently the milk
ing breed, or, in other words, the lead
ing dairy breed.n
The statement of the Eigin Adrocate,
recently published in this column, that
the make of cheese in New York is
fully one-third less than last year, is
cOntradicted by the Utica Herald, which
says, Judging from reports received
from the chief cheese producing dis
tricts of the State, the make will GER
tainly equal. and probably exceed that
of last year.
PACK SOME BUTTER.-This is a good
month in which to pack some butter for
winter use. Extra pains should be
taken to work out every particle Of but
ter milk. The best and purest salt
should be used. Pack in the best fir
kins, pals, or crooks and put a clean,
white cover over it; on this put a heavy
coating of salt and set the package in
the spring house or cellar, where the
air is untainted by decaying vegetables
or obnoxious odors of any kind
GOATS FOR CHURNING.-Those per-
sons who have tried them say that
goats are the best of all animals for this
purpose. Being natural climbers, the
uphill movement on the power used
for driving the churn, does, not tire
them as it does other animals; in fact,
they rather like the work as being
special fun for them. Fewer or more
goats can be put on to the tread power
to operate it as a less or greater churn-
ing may require. As goats will subsist
on cOarser herbage than any other graz
ing animal, they are doubtless the most
economical of all to use for churning;
and those who have dairies of only a
moderate size cannot do better than to
use them for this purpose. If, in addi-
ton, they select them from milking
breeds, they will be well repaid for
their keep from this alone. Goat-milk
cheese is a delicious article when prop
erly made, and commands high price
in the European markets, being consid-
cred there a great luxury. Goats make
handsome teams to draw children's
wagons and sleighs, and are much sought
after for this work. 1t will thus be seen
that the goat can be utilized both profit
ably and pleasantly for quite variety
of purposes Ne,O Yorker.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
Management Of Dairy Stock.

The common cows of the country are
treated unfairly by writers on cattle,
generally. Epithets designed to reflect
severely and uniustly, are used by those
who ought to be honest with the cows
that supplied them in infancy with a
good and generous supply of milk,
cream and butter The truth is that the
so-called scrub dunghW are grades, and
very frequently grades from ancestors
of right royal blood. In fact, there
would be fewer scrubs if the general
cow was treated better-housed better,
fed better, handled better. These are
elements which help greatly to make
up the good and profitable dairy stock
for cheese, butter or milk production
If we depend upon the common stock
we must weed out the weedy and only
cherish and keep the best. A good
COW of any herd or breed ought to
pay a fair interest on her cost and
keeping; otherwise she should be dis
eharged-should be sent to the butcher
Where the dairy stock is raised-and
this is the quickest and surest way to
create, improve and perfect dairy
only good cows calves should be raised,
and the sire of calves should be son
and grandson of good COWS. The law
of selection is potential in results. By
this plan we have seen dairies of great
excellence from common stock. Com
mon stock is, in such relation, hardly
fair to the improved herd, for indeed
# we have been thorough, every COW in
the dairy should be an uncommonly
good animal.-.AmericdR DaiTgadn.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
Experiences of q COllege.bred Visitor
in BullWhackers' Camp.


PERHAPS every person who is some
what advanced in life can remember
some incident of his early years which he
would really like TO forget, something that
resulted from the freshness and vast in
experience OF youth. l remember one
which have spent a good deal of time
trying 10 forget. just before the Union
Pacific Railroad reached the Bitter
Creek Country, | made my first over
land trip TO the Pacific Coast. / staged
il from the then terminus of the Union
Pacific TO the Central Pacific, which was
then pushi < east. The stage broke
down on Bitter Creek, and the passen-
gers had TO walk TO the next station. l
grew tired of walking before 1 reached
the station, and coming, late in the af-
ternoon, TO where some teamsters were
camped, | concluded to stop with them
for the night. On asking their permits
sion TO do so, they assented so heartily
that felt at home at once. Life in the
West was something new TO me. was
young and buoyant, and Just out of col
lege. | was fond of talking. Thought
il would be novel and delightful to sleep
out with these half-savage ox-drivers,
with no shelter but the vaulted star
gemmed heavens. There were four
teamsters, and as many wagons, while
thirty-two oxen grazed around in the
vicinity. OF the teamsters, one was a
giant in stature, and wore a bushy black
beard another was shorter, but power
fully built, and one-eyed the third was
tall, lank aud hame- -jawed; while the
fourth was Il wiry, red-headed man. In
my thoughts pitied them, on account
of the hard life they led, and spoke to
them in a kind tone, and endeayored TO
make my conversation instructive |
plucked flower, and, pulling it TO
pieces, mentioned the names Of the parts
-pistil, stamens, oalyX, and so on-and
remarked that It must be indigenous to
the locality, and spoke OF the plant be-
ing ondogenous, in contradistinction to
exogenous, and that they could see that
Il was not cryptogamOus. In looking at
some fragments of rock my thoughts
wandered off into geology, and, among
other things, spoke of the tertiary and
carboniferous periods, and of the ptero-
dactyl, icthyosaurus and dinOtherium.
The teamsters looked at me, then mt
each other, but made no response. We
aquatted down around the frying-pan to
supper, and as the big fellow, with his
right hand, slapped or larruped, long
,'iece of fried bacon over piece Of bread
IN his left hand, sending a drop of hot
grease into my left eye, he said TO the
one-eyed man.
"Bill, Is my copy OF Shakspere in yo'
wagonP | missed IL to-day"
"No, My ronnersOn and volum' Of
the Italian poets is In thar-no Shaks-
pere.n
The lank looking teamster, biting off
a piece Of bread about the size of q sau.
Ger, said to the big man, in Voice
which came huskily through the bread,
Jake, did yer ever read that volum'
of po'ms that / WRIT"
"No, but hev often hearn tell on
7em.
eyer mean 'AIusin's of an Idle
AianPn spoke up the red-headcd man,
addressing the poet.
Yes"
- Hev read every line in it a dozen
Gmes, said the teamster with the red
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
Religious.
THE PROMISE.

WHEN the Cross, It's shadows throwing,
Looms upon the way,
And our hearta, so bruised and broken,
Will not see It's Loves sweet t.Aen
Dimmlng thus the day;
When our prayers and tears are frultless
With NE God Of all,
Doubt and anguish ure before us,
Deeper grow the shadows DER us,
For the Cross must fall
FAN, and bury meath its falling
Sweetest hopes we knew
Ger the grave where Joy lies sleeping,
Pray we now I'm bitter weeping
For one glimpse Of blue.
List Through oil the by-Pono ages
Floats His promise, true for aye;
Blessed are the hearts Of sorrow-
They viii know the glad tomorrow;
II will wipe their tears away"'
Not on earth, o tender Saviorl
May Thy promise be fulfilled;
But, when life Is from us stealing,
Then our hearts will know their healing,
Then the weary pain be stilled,
And, where all Is bliss for aye,
Thou wilt wipe our tears away"
Chicago Tribune.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
Sunday-SchOOl Lessons.

FOURTH QUARTER.
Oct. 31-Joseph Sold into Egypt
............... ........ Gen. 37;1-5 ;28-36
Nov. 7-Joseph in Prison Gen. 30 81; 4O:l-S
Nov. 1l-Joaoph the Wise Ruler. Gen, Al: 4l-57
Nov. 2l-Joseph and his Breth-
rem. ................Ge Gen. a: 3034; 45 :l-s
NOV. 2S-JacOb and Pharaoh. ..... Gen. AZ l-l2
Dec. 5-Last Days OF jacob. b....... Gen. 48; So
Dec. l2-Ihe Last Days Of Joseph. Gen. 50:l4-26
Dec. l9-Review Of the Lessons.
Dec. 25-Lesson Selected BY the School
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29

NJ. AMAT recently gave the French
Academy an account of some remark
able displays of atmospheric electricity
observed In the north of the Sahara.
Without insulating himself to prevent
the escape of the electricity into the
ground, he could, by passing a pocket
comb through his hair or beard, produce
sparks of nearly two inches in length
Even more striking electrical phenom-
ena were exhibited by the tails of horses,
the horn of the animals hoofs acting as
insulatOrs.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
Exports Of Butter versus Oleomargarlne.

A communication was recently ad-
dressed to Secretary Sherman by the
President of the New York Produce Ex-
change, at the request of merchants in
the butter trade, asking that clearances
of oleomargarine should be distinguished
in Custom House returns from those of
butter. The following reply has been
received:
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29

A BnL-ooLLEoToR in Memphis went
out to the suburbs on horseback, and
was returning with his pocket filed
with small silver, when the horse be-
came frightened and ran down the
street. scattering the money in all
directions. 1t was hastily gathered by
the small boys, and the collector was
poorer by $3.50.