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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-06

seauently was very crooked. We followed the ''Bue
Jun!etts'' fer n hundred miles more. and at one
place We could sec ends of the train and It
said the engineer and rear breasman could exchange
tobacco boxes Some large towns are crowded down
among these hills. but the country f. almost worthless
for farming purposes The wagon roads wind around
the foot of the mountains where the immense craggy
rocks threaten destruction TO the traveller The old
Pennsylvania Canal follows this stream for many
miles This great work, which ccSt the State mil
lions of dollars seems TO he nearly abandoned. On
reaching Harrisburg reach the Susqusiisna river
where We cross beautiful bridge mile and aquarter
long. Here We begin to see the grandest farming
country In the world From here TO Lancaster We
and the grand old Pennsylvania farms with their huge
barns and houses match. few miles east OF Lam
fellow passenger pointed out the old home of
James Buchanan. This famous Old place, kno
whea,iaud, stands rising p zee OF ground tbs
north side of the railroad. The grounds look
what neglected. being covered with large trees. The
house Of brick and painted yellcw large green
house is attached TO the house. and cOnmodous
barns the Along the east END OF the grounds
| runs a beautiful rocky walled stream. From here
| TO Philadelphia the scenery Is beautiful-summer
residences peach and other orchards manufactures.
which properly belong TO that Quaker city. The
wealth hercabouts is manifest every side. and a
home along the banks OF the Delaware river should
| satisfy the most ambitious. j. u. L.
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What Do They Mean?

Nessrs Lynch, Morphis, Buchanan and Deason. the
defeated Republican candidates for Congress- surely
do hope to obtain the seats to which they were
not elected 1t suspected that their motive 10 to
keep up agitation and strengthen the Republican
organization Another object is to induce Congress
make investigations in order that testimony may
be manufactured furnish that body pretext to IN
terfere with local and Congressional
elections In future.-Thc Clarion. Jackson, Miss.
They certainly mean to prevent their
Democratic competitors from enjoying the
results of their fraud by which a fair Re-
publican majority of from 6,OO0 to 10000
votes was made to elect Confederate Briga-
diers by an apparent majority almost as
large. Your suspicion is undoubtedly cor
rect If the next Congress does not refer
all such fraudulent elections back TO the
people, and continue to refer them back
until an honest expression is obtained, they
will fail of their duty and fail to meet the
expectations of the great North that, by its
vote at the November election gave un.
mistakeable notice that that great Demo
cratic doctrine, "A free vote and an honest
count" would be expected to be enforced
at the South as well as the North in future
elections. Your local selfgovernments
come pretty near being fraud and sham,
and the general Government may insist on
its right to guarantee Republican form
of government to each State, including the
great State of Mississippi.
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A Christmas Reunion.

To the Editor of the ESTEVPEIsE.
The annual reunion OF tho descendants of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. u. Howk. took place usual Christmas
DAY. At their pleasant home on East Main street
There were nfy-siX persons present, only two, MIR.
and Mrs Oscar II1wE. OF Sedaa, Mo-, being absent.
Miss Hattie Howk. who was among the absent ones
last year, came Unexpectedly from Ypsisnta, Mich.
where she Is Intending the State Normal School By
noon the guests had all assembled and the house
rang with the gleeful laugh of childhood, and the
queter, though the less Joyous talk OF the older
ones. Grandfather and grandmother, who So
much improved I'm health sinc. last Christmas, the
happiness OF ALL enjoyed the in their quiet way
At two o'clock oystcys served, accompanied by
the ususl rich pastries ete. ndc, the tables fairly
grosneG beneath their weight OF goodies, to which the
hungry company did ample Justice. At an carly bOur
the house daFkcned. lamps lighted, and the Tee.
which, course. the chief feature OF the day.
posed to view. Although this large. mrny cf the
gifts reed upon Iables. The host AMI lostess
made the recipients. by their children, OF some
handsome prescn:s, the former with fine six hat,
and the latter a dozen silver knives Amors the
other presents fine sewing m chice recei'ed by
Mrs. Elsie Wilson, elegant dOlman by Mrs. \.
Howk a handsome set OF fGTs by Mrs. L. HCwk, Il
beautiful chandelier by Mrs c. Hull from her chill
value of the leass hundred dollars.
The company then dispersed. Wishing many happy
OF the day the AGED pair under Whose hos
pitable roof many Merry ChristTescs" have been
spent. II NJ.
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TIE appointment of Gen. O. o. Howard as Com
mander West Point is an excellent one. He is n
good soldier and Q with grand character.-Ober
lin News.
Let MS see the General was prominently connected
with the Ffeedmans Bureau and Bank Swindlc.-
Elyria Constitution.
We wonder if the conscience (supposing
that he has one) of the editor of the Con-
stitution did not give him some twinges of
pain when he made that mean and un-
truthful insinuation against Gen. Howard
He knows, or ought to if he don't, that a
Congressional committee investigated that
matter of the Freedmen's Bureau and
Bank, and not only failed to make any of
their charges good, but were obliged, by
the testimony, to exonerate him from every
suspicion of dishonesty in connection with
those matters. The United States holds no
purer or better man than General Howard,
as the Constitution well knows. Can it be
supposed that Democratic House and
Senate would confirm the appointment of
Gen. Howard to the command of the Mill
tary Academy 1t West Point if he was re-
garded by the Democracy as the scoundrel
the author of that paragraph would have
you believer Better take our advice, Mr..
Constitution, make a humble confession of
the injustice done Gen. Howard and your
rest will be more peaceful. And, by the
way, in view of your many exhibitions of
fairness and justice would it not be well
to omit for q while, your high-toned lee
lures on political morals which you have
been reading the Republican party.
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Cheese shipments for 1880.

The total shipments of cheese from Wei
lington Station for the year 1880 amount
to 149, ,3O7 boxes; 5,7s6, ,s35 pounds. In the
year 1879 the number of boxes was 1S9, ,791 !;
the number of pounds 1855, ,341, showing
falling off for this year of 4O,4s4 boxes !;
2, ,101 ,5O6 pounds.
The shipments of butter for 1880 were
1888 pkgs.; 973,25s pounds. For 1869
they were IL 500 pkgs.; !, ,139 $3.50 pounds,
falling off of 576 pkgs., 166,731 pounds.
This result has been brought about by
the very low prices that ruled the two or
three previous years, and the generally un-
profitable and unsatisfactory results OBJ
tanned. Great numbers went out of the
business entirely, and many more reduced
the number of their cows one-fourth to one
half, and took up general farming instead.
But rs we predicted at that time, the change
was made too late by two or three years.
We were then on the eve of one of the most
profitable seasons for the dairy business
known in the last twenty years. There is
no fact so well settled as that dairying
brings larger returns in this section than
any other kind of farming. and we presume
the favorable results of last year will re-
store this industry to its former magnitude.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-06

IT is said that our commissioners who
were sent to China to negotiate a treaty,
have brought home one very advantageous
to this country. 1t gives us lower tariff
than any other nation to put our manufac.
tures into China, and a reasonable modifi-
cation of the treaty permitting the impor-
tation of Chinese people. On our part we
agree to forbid opium and nicotine from
being sent into China-articles which the
British forced upon them many years ago.
Gath says "some of this good result we
owe to General Grants effective visit to
the Chinese. Grant also made peace be-
tween the japanese and Chinese, and
taught them to look toward each other for
counsel and assistance-perhaps the most
remarkable personal service private man
ever did to such immense nations"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-06

THE Cincinnati Enquirer's correspond
ent, Gath, says: at can be said for Hayes
that he has never lost sight of the dignity
of his position, either to quarrel with Sem
ators and Congressman on ole side, nor to
allow his associates and subordinates in
the Government like Gen. Sherman ON
the other, to assume powers above their
sphere" Democrat, and Republicans
alike, whatever may have been their opin-
ions or prejudices, are compelled to ac-
knowledge that Hayes has given the coun-
try one of the cleanest and purest admins
trstions ever known in our history, and
that he has shown independence of charac-
ter, wisdom and administrative ability that
commands the admiration of every impair
tial observer We can but regard it as
providential that he succeeded Grant, in
stead of that sly, tricky, dishonest IRE
former" s. ]. Tilden, who has given un-
mistakable proofs that instead of having
been deffauded he is himself one Of the
worst frauds known in the nineteenth
century.
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The Human Figure.

The height of the human figure is six
times the length of the feet. Whether
the form is slender or plump, the rule
holds good; any deviation from 1t is
departure from the highest beauty in
proportion. The Greeks made all their
statues according to this rule. The face
from the highest point of the forehead,
where the hair begins, to the chin, is
one tenth of the whole stature. The
hand, from the wrist to the END of the
middle finger is the same. From the top
of the chest to the highest point of the
forehead is seventh. If the face, from
the roots of the hair to the chin, be d.
veled into three equal parts, the first
division determines the place where the
eyebrows meet, and the second the place
of the nostrils. The height from the feet
to the top of the head is the distance
between the extremity of the fingers
when the arms are extended.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-06

THRoUGH the medium of the Enquirer
the Democracy arc getting some very
liberal and advanced ideas on national and
political matters, and a very just and i'm
partial estimate Of leading Republican
statesmen. As the unterrified rank and
file do not often read other than their own
party papers, and, ifthey did, would regard
rs heterodox anything savoring of Repub-
lican doctrine, it is gratifying to know that
they arc likely to get some of the sincere
milk of the word from sources that they
will regard as entitled to respect and con-
fidence. The Enquirer may be regarded
as doing very effective missionary work,
and its very large and rapidly increasing
circulation is a matter of satisfaction
among Republicans as well as to its en-
terprising publishers.
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Elyria.
ELYRIA, JAM .. 1881.
The holidays were passed unusually plea

ELYRIA, JAM ., 1881.
The holidays were passed unusually plea
SAINT.
Atprescnt there IL only one city ~ in Ohio
of any commercial or manufacturing i'm
portance; viz. Lorain.
Court adjourned last week after very
long term.
The Sheriff received another visitor at the
Jail last week. 1t was a girl, and New
Years gift.
On Friday evening Mrs. f. W. Darling,
sister Of ]. W. Cary, the general ticket agent
of the l.. s. x NJ. 8. Railway, died very sud
denly of heart disease. Mrs. Darling was
ouly sick one hour, and was alone when she
died. Sac was a very estimable lady and
about sixty years old. Her funeral took
place to-day.
Last Thursday morning between the hours
Of three and four O'Clock, the residence oil
Mr.. Abel Perry, father OF DR.. E. {. Perry, on
Broad street, was destroyed by fire. Mr..
Perry and his wife being aged people, found
great difficulty in escaping the flames, ard
some members of another family who lived
in the same house, only escaped in
their night clothes. The weather was in
tensely cold, and all suffered more or Ices
from the exposure. Mr.. Perry was con
siderably injured by suffoca;ion. The ruins
presented beautiful sight, being one mas
sive coat of ice.
+. A. Beckwith's residence on East Ave.
took fire yesterday from kindiiug wood in
the cellar. Little or no damage was done.
Elyria business men never saw better
| holiday trade.
Elyria people enjoy an usually large num-
Der of concerts and theatrical shows this
winter.
A Miss Strowmyer committed suicide a
few evenings since by shooting hers elf in the
| breast Long continued sickness was
supposed to be the cause. A. W. y.
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Public Opinion.

There are said to he sym ptoms OF
fresh negro exodus from the South.
The methods o. the last election might
we'll be proyOcat on for it.-Tribuue.
If Inda were eligible for cfiice,
what COOL Democratic Congressman
those two Sioux chiefs, Bull-head and
Don't-Know-IIow, would make.-Tri-
bunc.
As the country increases in happiness
and prosperity, the Democracy grows
in hopelessness and misery. This isn't
exactly Change" but it is a great
and good thins.-Tribunc.
The Democratic newspapers were
sure that Mr.. BIajnc's defeat at Chicago
was his political death; yet they are
now engaged in Il lively discussion OF
his chances for the first Cabine. position
un lcr President Garfield. For a man
who died last June, Mr.. Blaine displays
astonishing vigor. He may yet attend
the funeral of the Democratic party.
Col. Mcclure, in his account of visit
to Hon. Jefferson Davis, speaks of him
as man without u country. Owing
to the proscrIptive spirit of the party
that dominates the country, this may
be so, but he has home in the hearts
of the Southern people of the Anglo
Saxon race, who are proud to claim
him as their rcountryman.-The Clarion,
Jackson, Mississippi. ...
Blaine has the literary spirit more
than any body in public life. His friends
believe he will lie Secretary of State,
though they have some difficulty in
making him appreciate the place. He
would make remarkably popular Sec
retary, and his freedom from all vim
dictiveness, haughtiness and offensive
ness, anu his iino soaiability woiIId
greatly popularize this country in Eu-
roDeln court circles.-Gath.
The papers are calling Sparks, of III
inois, San ass" The sams term is APP
piled to Myers, of Indiana, and it is too
much TIE habit whenever Il man makes
a fool or a nuisance OF himself to call
him an ass. We object to this-not on
behalf of the nren, but of the animal.
There is not more digniiied, steady,
and well behaved individual in all the
animal kingdom than the ass, and why
he should be dragged mas The represen.
tative of every shallow-pated, buster
ing demagog, bully ana fool i'm the
country, we never could understand.
Who ever knew OF an ass making a fuss
or raising arrow about anything: where
as his patience, good sense, and general
amiability have always been proven
bial. And this sedate aud exemplary
member of society is as wise as he is
amiable, and discretion has always
been one of his chief characteristics.
In fact, the modern ass might exclain,
like his brother of holy wit: "What
have done that l should be compared
with all these foolish people, That ass
is more deserving aud more wise than
BilIam, and .ho modern ass Is better
behaved aul more discreet than Sparks
or his kind. We insist the ass shall
have more respectful treatment here
after.-kansas City Journal.
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VANDERBILT has made $100, ,000, 900 in
speculation outside Of the inheritance, and
its appreciation was worth $500 ,O0o, 900
more. We are glad that Vanderbilt's ef
forts promise to be so successful as, before
long, to place him beyond the reach Of
poverty and want Three hundred million
dollars il pretty good beginning for a
poor man; but, pshawi an editor would
regard that sum mere "bagatelle" 1--WE
think that's what they call it, An editor
who is not worth twice that sum does not
think he has a, comfortable working capi-
tai. We have been asked whether the pos
session of such sum of money would not
be burden and an oppressive response
bility. Well, yes; we presume it might
for some people; but for us-wel1, we
should try to have grace to endure it.
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The Wheat Crop of 1880.
From the Ohio Crop Report.)


Lorain County cut this year 1854
acres, which, threshed, yielded AZ, ,1l3
bushels. an average of 20.2. 652 acres
were winter killed and unprod uctive /;
2i,3l0 acres were sown this fall.
Medina County cut % Al acres and
has put in 24,272 acres this fall.
Huron County leads off with yield
this year of S9s, ,792 bushels from 80,
9I3 acres, and has put in AZ, ,4O4 acres
for 1881. ksrE -EFT
Ashland County cut 3O,Ss9 acres,
which yielded 67s, go bushels, and has
sown for the next crop 32,123 acres,
Where wheat drills measure the land
and threshers measure the wheat the
tabl must be nearly correct.
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THE imports of New York City for the
year 1880 were $544, ,0O0, 900 of goods, while
every port in the United States besides
were only $217, 100000. Her exports were
Sss9, 200, 900 as against s445, ,000, 600 for all
other ports. Two-thirds of the provisions,
and nearly one-half the breadstuffs, went
out from New York. 1t has sent away
two-thirds of the oil and nearly the whole
of the tobacco, and, if we could truthfully
add that every particle of the accursed
stuff-leaf, plant and seea-were sent
abroad never to return, we should be
measurably happy. The foreign commerce
of New York has increased in the past
year nearly $3.50. .OO0, 900, while the increase
for all other ports put together has been
$411 ,OO0, 900.
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subscriber

TIE most alarming move Of the Republicans IL the
plain attempt to buy the leading Democratic news
papers Of the country Jay Gould IN said TO own the
World and to have bought an interest in the Sun.
Possibly money will buy the brains Of the men who
run thcm.-Youngstown vindicator.
Pshawl Money WIN buy anything, nowadays except
q seat in giory.-Eiyria Constitution.
The editor Of the Constitution speaks
confidently and authoritatively, and, we
have no doubt, thoroughly understands
the power of the almighty dollar over the
average Democratic editor; but it does seem
little queer that he should "give himself
dead away" by publicly announcing the
fact in his paper. If it was intended as a
bid for purchaser it is profigate waste
of effort, for no Republican cares to invest.
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Scientific Miscellany.

An electric railway experiment Is
proposed for Paris.
1t is seriously asserted by French
scientist that the application of mag
netic sand from the Isle of Bourbon
rapidly revives diseased plants.
Herr Reuleax, n German ritter, has
described an elevated wooded valley in
the Rhine pro-ince, in which the pas
sage of the wind produces musical tones
wonderfully like the Ginning of bells.
A scientist of japan has found that
the skin-furrows at the tips of the
fingers vary in different individuals
aud he thinks it quite possible mark
ings may be traced in these burrows
Asculiar to different races of people.
A great Russian cavern, l45 feet wide
and Is feet deep, has been explored,
aud found to contain the remains of a
prehistoric workshop for the manufac-
ture of stone implements, the whole
he.onging to two distinct periods in the
development of primeval man.
According to Mr.. f. S. Peel, several
varieties of ants possess the power OF
producing distinctly audible sounds.
He has heard some Of these insects at a
distance of twenty or thirty feet, the
noise being produced by the scraping of
the horny apex of the abdomen three
times in rapid succession against the
dry leaves OF the Lest.
The solar engine, invented by NJ.
Mouchot, has been so improved by NJ.
Pifre, that eighty per cent. of the suns
heat is made advailable for use, while
NJ. Mouchot has never been able to
utilize more than fifty per cent. This
increase of efficiency is due to change OF
form of the rcfiectors and heaters.
With receiver having a surface OF
about one hundred square feet, under a
clear sky, Nj. Pifre bOils twelve gallons
of water in less than forty minutes.
The phenomenon of phosphorescen,
fresh meat has been observed In France
Some cutiles of raw pork shone 81
brightly in the dark that it was posi-.
BILE by the aid of the light thus fur.
nished to tell the time bv the watch
The meat did not otherwise differ in
appearance or odor from common
meat. The phosphorescence disap'
peared on the sixth or seventh day
Entire freshness seemed to be con
difion of the luminosity, SO that when
the meat began to smell its brightness
ceased.
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Brighton.

BRIGHTON, Jan. 8, 1881.
The week Of prayer is to be observed by
the Churches here. Services will be held in
the Congregational Church.
sacramental services were held here yes
terday. The Methodist sunday.school was
recognized yesterday by the appointment Of
Rev. r. Wilcox, as Superintendent; Charles
Free, Assistant; Ebert j. Ward, Secretary
and Treasurer; Geo. Green, Librarian; and
Mrs. E. Clark, Organist-
The new conner at 8. Myers is q fine boy;
some one has said he is almost a. large as
his papa
The baby ct George Burr's Is also boy.
The religious services ut East Clarksdeld
are continuing with much interest Six
persons united with the church week ago
last Sunday.
Two persons were baptized yesterday In
the Congregational Church here, and taken
into church fellowship. Rho.
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THH prospectus Of the Cleveland
Leader will be found in our advertis-
Ing columns to which attention is call.
ed. The Leader is one Of the most en-
terprising wide awake Republican
journals in Ohio, and is justly deserv-
ing its rapidly Increasing popularity.
Subscriptions will be received at this
office as usual and taken in connection
with the ENTERPRISE at reduced rates,
A valuable premium will be given each
enhScriher 49, ! - - IL
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Guilty. Of Wrong.

Some people have fashion of con-
fusing excellent remedies with the large
mass of ''patient mediclDes," and in
this they are guilty of a wrong. There
are some advertised remedies fully
worth all that is asked for them, and
one at least we know of-Hop Bitters.
The writer has had occasion to use the
Bitters in just such climate as we
have most of the year in Bay City, and
has always found them to be first-class
and reliable, doing all that is claimed
for them.-Tribune,