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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03
Some Hints Tor Boys.


Avoid that which you see amiss in
others.
Follow the examples only of the good.
Keep your ears open to all that is
worth hearing, and closed to all that is
not, s..,t 81 fE
% An older persons experience is of no
value TO you unless you profit by it.
You are not building on the future,
but on the past and present, ,.z
Evil communications corrupt good
manners.
g7 Nobody wants t., deal with a adouble-
minded boy. r.. 's;1us :r.-ic.5 a. 3
!. Be Industrious; the world wants boys
who are not afraid of hard, steady work.
=. The empty. vessel make, the great
est sound.',E i.s7s s-Ia a4E
Some boys inherit golden fortunes,
but no boy ever inherited 3 scholarship,
a good character or a useful life.
!, If you would be capable, cultivate
your mind; if yoh would be loved, cul-
tivate your heart. f--.
Meyer rexcuse-sssfongs action by say
in5some one else does the same thing;
this is no excuse at Exchange.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03

garden walk, where it will be sure to
break the first time.'''
He let it fall but it did not break.
"a That Is stranger' said Mister Crow.
II must try again" = -gs f.--ss
!. So he did. He few up higher in the
air, and let the egg fall right on some
stones. It did not break this time.
,'s"The third time never fails" said
Mister Crow. 9 l. try once more"
Again, he flew, up with the egg and let
it fall. It did not break even this time,
but Just bounced like rubber ball on
the stones. s-iz--I s1.zs, =.
a,eNow, this is -strangs.n- Mister
Crow. 90 Il is the hardest egg I ever
saw. Perhaps it has been boiled for four
minutes. nil5 .s-lf rTsE eTt s-ii 1--7, 3
& He flew. down and looked at the egg.
1t did not look like hard-boiled egg.
and he took it up again, and flew as
high as the wooden rooster on top of
the barn. hs.t -ls-k. s+'s- a@s l.'
: ..This time it must break - said Mis-
ter. Crow. And it only bounced higher
than before, and was as whole as ever.
i "I never saw such an egg" said Mis-
ter Crow. :. -Iamafraid ft is not good.
an very hungry, and this is tiresome
work. III sit ON the top of the barn
just then the dairy-maid came along,
I,and seeing the egg on the path. she
/ picked it up and said; :. Gracious me!
Here is one of those China nest-eggs
out in the garden" :" st. Nicholas. - "a
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03
WIT AND WISDOM.

The pastry cook is not able to make
q magpie.--M o. Picayune. ., s-.,.
Lets consolidate" is what the
bashful telegrapher says to his best girl.
Detroit Free Press. reg ..nrrI
The first thing to do when an Arctic
exploration expedition has been fitted
out is to hit out an expedition to go in
search of the first one, and SO on
LoDeH Courier. f..,r- s..s s-'gt' .
-"Lend me your ears,"- quoted a
Chicago orator, and a wicked st. Louis
man who was present said it was a big
loan to negotiate in Chica9o.-Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
Whenever young ladies learn so to
stick pin in their apron strings that it
won't scratch fellows wrist, there
will be more marriages. Turner's Fails
Reporter. tf.... .t,.. ......... fr;..f..s q
An Iowa clergyman regulates his
marriage fees by weight, the rate being
four cents a pound for the bride.
Should Sarah Bernhardt ever conclude
to marry she can make money by hav-
ing the ceremony performed in Iowa
Philadelphia Ne,os. ....-.... -.aa ..
There are so msny inventions that
"cannot get out of order and Twill
last lifetime" that anybody who shall
discover something that Uiit get out OF
order and will only last long enough to
be carried home, will supply long-felt
want.-Bost07s Transcript.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03
The Pleasures Of Freezing.

Jasper Perley, q Cattaraueus County
On. Y. farmer, nearly froze to death
recently. When found he was insensi-
BILE in the bottom of his sleigh. He
was rubbed with snow and otherwise
treated to revive the circulation. After
a good deal Of thorough manipulation
and rubbing Perley was brought
around, when a few doses of whisky
sufliced to restore him to nearly his
normal condition. He thanked his re-
storers very heartily, and gave an ac-
count of his misfortune. which affords
some inkling of the sensations of peo-
pie who freeze to death.
When he felt no longer able to hold
the reins with any grip he determined
to seek shelter in the first house until
well warmed. His tongue became stiff,
then his arms, sharp chills ran down
his back, and finally it seemed as
though his whole body was being con-
gealed, causing an almost total cessa-
ton of the hearts action. This condi-
ton of extreme suffering and despon-
dency speedily gave place to a feeling
of grateful warmth, suffusing the sys-
tenn and causing an exhilarating glow.
BY this time he had reached q house.
but he drove on, thinking that nothing
was now to be feared. The sleigh. in.
stead of crawling along at snail 8
pace, appeared to glide through the, air
with great swiftness, and the horses
fairly few like pigeons. A sense of ex-
ultation filed the Cataraugus farmers s
breast, as he urged the horses to still
greater speed, and the woods on either
side were passed so quickly that they
became indistinguishable black lines.
Then the sleigh bells sounded fainter
and fainter, until the chimes dispa-
peared in the distance, the farmer fell
which came near being the sleep that
knows no waking, and he knew no more
uutil brought back to life under the
vigorous treatment. Bedford (Pa)
Era.
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The Louisiana Fraud.

The complete census returns from
Louisiana show that the white popula-
ton is 455. .063 aud the colored 4S5, 200.
Thus the blacks outnumber the whites
80, 137. 1t being notorious, and con-
ceded by the most candid people in the
South, that the colored population uni
formly vote the Republican ticket 10
that section, it would seem that thera
should be no question about Louisiana
being q Republican State. As matter
of fact, it is Republican State. Moth
ing but successful frauds of grave char
acter could make it otherwise, and it
was only by such frauds that the Demo-
Gratis at the last election counted IS, ,067
votes for General Hancock against 49,
Ole for General Garfield. A compare
son of the election returns by parishes
with the census furnishes strong proofs
State is $40, 263. Rd the total Novem-
Der vote was los, ,522. or only in of
the population. In the whole country
the vote was equal to 1 for each 81 per-
sons. But allowing that in Louisiana
were fully 1000 voters in the State
whose ballots were uncounted. At the
rate of to 6 the colored vote of the
State should have been 80, S66, or A.
$50 more than were returned for Gar
field.
That a Republican victory would have
been the result of free vote and fair
count is also shown by the returns from
some of the parishes where no frauds
were practiced:
In Ascension Parish the colored pop
ulation is 1O,930, and the Garfield vote
l ,643, or vote to 6 6-10 colored peo-
pie. In Assumption the colored popu-
lation is 8.O73, and the Garfield vote
1,45S, or to 81. In Iberville the col
ored population is 1875, and the Gar
field vote was 2,211, or one vote to
7-10. In Lincoln the colored popu-
lation is 1900, and the Garfield vote
was 1,698, or to $40; in this parish
the whites outnumber the blacks by
1,275; nevertheless the Republicans
carried the parish by 5S3 majority. The
returns from these parishes show: l.
That the colored people, where un-
cheated and unintimidated, attended
the polls in full force and voted the Re-
publican ticket. 2. That, as in Lin
coin Parish, not few whites must have
voted with the colored people. for Cen
eral Garfield.
Now compare these figures with the
returns from IA of the bull-dozed par
ishes in which the white populationA And
Democratic vote is given and contrasted
with the colored population and Repub-
lican vote:
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03

general suspicion two is safer num-
Der than three, but at q party of two
there is more security still.
1t may appear selfish, but something
may be said in favor of the simple unit
being a good number for festal and
prandial enjoyment So long as he
can trust himself the solitary diner has
no cause to fear for his company. II
he likes his own humor and wit, and
most men have aleaning that way, they
are secure of a cordial, though voice.
less applause. There is no quarreling
at his table, unless he is a prodigy of
captiousness and self-hatred.
The society where none intrudes'
may be monotonous. but it can scarce
ly be discordant to the man who cult
Yates it.
Lucullus, the greatest epicure in an
cient Rome, spent q fortune on the Ia
BILE. When he dined with himself and
one else he dined at greater charge and
higher luxury than when he entertained
friends.
Hayden, the great German musician
and composer-the father, indeed. Of
modern orchestral music-used to dine
alone, occasionally, in order to enjoy
five dinners at one sitting. In Shakes
peare's words, his great revenge had
stomach for them all" Once upon q
time, he ordered q dinner for five, at q
celebrated restaurant, much frequented
BY foreigners, in Leicester Square, Lon
don. He made his appearance, in the
private dining-room. precisely at the ap-
pointed hour. How is this?" he
asked. rather angrily. 1T is five
o'clock, and the dinner not on the ta-
bleP' ..
The waiter ventured to deprecate his
wrath, by stating that the company had
not arrived. Pooh" he exclaimed.
:" You are Won foolish man. You say.
where's the gompanyP tell you
served. and Hayden disposed of it, wine
had done noble deed.
!. Something in the same line is the
anecdote told of Handel, the composer
of the oratorio of The Messiah. He
entertained some friends in his own
house. every now and then quitting the
table, to retire to the next room, and
significantly saying as he touched his
forehead, 81 have thought" This
occurred so often that his friends be-
came suspicious, and watched him.
The result was that, in his retreat, he
had a closet well-stored with far more
deliciou swines than it had pleased him
to give to his friends.
Z There are records of some celebrated
persons who were "de company" The
famous Cure de Braquier ate q leg OF
mutton, and 3 Westphalia ham, with
bread and vegetables. at his lonely Ia
BILE, in forty minutes. The no less ia.
nous President of the Tribunal at Avig.
non found q large turkey just sufi.
cient dinner for two, when the bird and
the man alone had to discuss it. DIR.
Darwin. of Shrewsbury. England, son
OF Erasmus Darwin, the poet, and faith.
er of Dr. Charles Darwin, of "evolu-
ton" notoriety, was an enormously.
stout man, with appetite to match.
Once during dinner, when only him.
self and a Michaelmas goose were pres.
ent. he observed, "a goose is foolish
bird-too much for one not enough fol
ttOo. DIR. Shelton Mackenzie.
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How ito Succeed.

A gentleman who had risen to great
wealth was very poor when he was a
boy. When asked how he had obtained
his fortune, he replied; MY, father
taught me never to play till my work
was finished, and never to spend money
till had, earned it. If had but half
an hours work to do in q day., L must
do that the first thing, and in the half
hour. And after that was allowed to
play; I could then play with much more
unfinished psi % task, < before > fore my my mind. / had
thus early formed. the habit Of doing
everything in its turn, and it soon be-
came perfectly easy to do SO. It is to
this habit 1 owe my prosperity"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03

nn,..; - ..S aoUse ~ ParlsneS ST. the coioreo
pUp s.r,a ,ar;sha. ~ .sn. EI, Eo; anu G, tne
onIv stI vo.as Co. onJ .noh &c oaInela saIna
rarsons The ,..t t. s ,,U''In.;s u Go'o.su ee
iS6 and tho HancncH pp" wa,a ne .as 20, Oo,
to sS'1o whites Th. hIoots o, o.,, Ur !
hereS the whites rearIv % 70 ou.a "na III
Whites ontwo,aS ,he hio 70. - anu u .ne
oan Ia -. .ooanmead e oSas sasa - W. ~ l. now
.ha. io 90. o1NS @ ao hy Is II
P.r;sh Iii hmt pps peopss III Saooo
nannna-,. p "a .h.; o1s., ouislana
their ;ntsrast in the haIIot Pm. ~. o.
not go +, = J;s,saoS .iS %
,,,Si;o.n -. :, ISa.u;,,a tne ne
70 1os ,s M n IL. 'n l a.isa wnere
:. 'y oo.o.eu PIoPi1 Pou 1,-iI votes.
.L o otner parishes
n.reS to the coiored rnn,,o,;o Io,H, q" ;.a oo.
aaa,,.I ~ tho ev.r. .;" e - dui.e
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03
Elephants Playing P0ssum.

''There are some very cunning fel-
lows among our twenty elephants" said
Mr.. Durand. "The other day Chieftain
and Maudrie, the top mounters in the
pyramids, and the most cunning of the
flock, suddenly took shivering chill at
rehearsal. The keeper sent out and
bought four gallons of whisky, which
the monsters devoured rapidly and with
great relish. The bill came to Mr.. Bar
mum, whose strong temperance predi-
lections you know. After paying the
bill Mr.. Barnum insisted that nobody in
his employ, not even his elephants,
should drink whisky under any circum-
stances. In alittle while the elephants,
when the effects of the liquor had died
away, commenced shivering again, and
apparently had another chill. They
looked longingly at the keeper. and at
tempted to caress him with their trunks,
as much as to say, Give us another
drink The keeper shook his head,
and told them positively Mo- In five
minutes every appearance of ague had
vanished, and the animals were quietly
munching hay. as usual. They had
been playing 'possum. IN Y. Sun.
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!cAGWOnderfui Escape.

On Tuesday last. says the Portland
i(Oregon) Standard, Henry Thielson,
assistant engineer OF the railroad
division of ythe Oregon Railway q Navi-
CATION Company, with a party of four
men, left the mouth of the John Days
River f0f the purpose Of going down to
Cello. Shortly after starting d dense
fog appeared on. the river, which rem
.dered it impossible for the men in the
boat to distinguish the shore line. and
the increased swiftness of the current
Of the river carried the boat along at q
speed not realized by the occupants
until the harsh, dull roar of the water
as. it dashed over the head of the cas-
cades below Cello was heard, and an
awful fate seemed inevitable. 1t was
useless to endeavor to bring. the boat
out of the whirling eddies that now
encircled it, and the rushing waters
seemed to be but PLAYING with the fraii
bark as every moment it was drawn
nearer and nearer to an almost certain
doom, while the wild roaring of the
waters, as they dashed down into the
seething abyss below, seemed to hiss
and sputter and laugh in a perfect car
l-nival of horrible, expectant pleasure as
the terrified inmates of the boat APP
UfOdCucu tuC 1dedh oPO1. LihC q ho>oAA
the boat suddenly darted out of the
eddy straight to<the fall&one minute
and the boat would be dashed to pieces.
but, as. if guided by the hands of
Providence, the boat caught on a SUM-
ken rock Just ON the verge of the fall,
and lay there swinging with the motion
of the water, but leaving the men pow
erless. facing death, and, while saved
from it, still unable to escape. 1t was
at this moment that, a new danger,
and one that made the. certainty of be-
ing carried over the falls inevitable.
presented itself. Coming down the
river and almost on top of the boat
was discovered an immense foe of ice.
The almost certainty of death, either
by being. carried over. the, rocks or
crushed to pieces in the ice, was only
left to choose, and, before the engineer
and his party could realize it, the ice
was upon them, and one immense cake
had shot under the boat, lifted it over
the sunken rock, and ice, boat and men
were carried over the. falls down into
the basin below, and not q soul injured.
It. was feaful experience, an event
that not one of the party will ever for
get, though they live to be numbered
with the centenarians of future years.
Once in the basin below, the party
iwent to the shore and reached their
adestination by overland route.
Il -.
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DEATH IN CoLoRED SToCKINGs.-A
fatal case of poisoning from wearing
colored stockings has just occurred at
Port JervisL N. 7. Gertrude, the six
yearLold daughter Of A. G. Thornton,
of that Village, . little over a month
ago wore a pair of stockings colored in
brown and old gold. The day being
warm; s.e perspired freely Soon
afterward .unmistakable symptoms of
poisoning appeared, and DR.. Sol Van
etten was called. He said the illness
was undoubtedly caused by poison abb
stockings: She suffered the most in
oould % be- % heard r some m ss distance e from the
house. She died after an illness of
thirty-nine days ase-z a: 7.sazr-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03

Speaking of our great wheat crops,
the american Mailer, remarks that few
people in our own country realize how
inexhaustible our resources are for
wheat-growing. The, total area of
lands available for wheat culture in the
United States is not less than 470. .000.-
600 acres. Our entire wheat crop of
the past year would not supply seed
enough 70 SOW so vast an area Of wheat
land,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03

"A lady while in passenger rail-
way car in Philadelphia had her atten-
ton attracted to a very handsome dia-
mond ring on the finger of gentle
manly looking passenger beside her.
She left the car and went to q store
where she made several purchases. but
on putting her hand in her pocket for
her purse found it had disappeared,
and in its place found the diamond ring
that had attracted her attention. TAX
ing it to q well-kuown jeweler he pro-
nounced it worth $500. 1t is supposed
the setting of the ring caught in her
pocket and it was stripped from the fin
ger of the thief. The pocket-book con.
tanned about $40. and the lady Is the
richer by eS9o,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-03

H@The South sighs for Northern
men and their capital. What it needs
more is Northern ideas with the stamp
Of Hail Columbia upon them.-DS.
sroH Ppys AND zribvSS,
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.,,.,h, rorHsgaz 81 x sora5oog y :
Sharp County record., 1881-04-28
Three steam tow boats, each hav

Three steam tow boats, each hav-
ing in tow five barges, passed down
the Mississippi from St. Louis 10
New Orleans, recently, with $4,000
bushels of wheat-eQual to 1900
car loads, which would have required
60 trains Of 20 cars each TO transport
it. Besides the wheat, the boats
carried 1900 tons of miscellaneous
freight. 1t is thought the MisSis-
sippi and It's tributaries will in a
few years bear the greater portion
of the products of the Mississippi
Valley to New Orleans, whence it
will 60 to Europe, instead OF by rail
to New York and other Eastern
seaports.
Sharp County record., 1881-04-28

While in a fit of insanity, one day
last week, a Mrs. Mutt, residing
near Camden. Arkansas, killed five
of her children, by throwing them
in q we'll. She called the oldest
child, a boy II years old, from the
field, where he was plowing, struck
him blow on the head, and threw
him into the well where she had
previously thrown the other four.
Finding that one of the children
was not drowned, but was clinging
to the side OF the well, she descended
and tore away its grasp and thrust
it down into the wafer; thus com.
pleung her horrible work.
Sharp County record., 1881-04-28

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Sharp County record., 1881-04-28
AT EVENING SHADE, ARK.

Come and examine our mammoth spring
and summer stock of goods, selected with
care by us in person, and at the lowest cash
prices, the advantage of which we pro
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We are grateful to our patrons for past
favors, and will endeavor to merit con-
tinuation of the same. Come and see Us.
WILLIAMS & METCALF.
Sharp County record., 1881-04-28
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Sharp County record., 1881-04-28

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Whooping- cough and Consumption
there is no other remedy SO etficacious,
soothing, and helpful.
Low prices are inducements to try some OF
the many mixtures, or Syrups, made OF cheap
and ineffective ingredients, now offered,
which. as they contain no curative qualities,
can afford only temporary relief, and are
sure to deceive and disappOnt the patient.
Diseases Of the throat and lungs demand
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Sharp County record., 1881-04-28

The propriety Of an extra session
of the Arkansas legislature, to per
feet the revenue law, is being urged
by a number of our exchanges.
y good idea. With good revenue
law enough would be saved to the
state during the next two years to
more than pay the expenses of an
extra session, provided the members
are restricted to the consideration
of this subject alone, and will do
their work promptly and then
adjourn.
Sharp County record., 1881-04-28

"Arkansaw Rocket is the name
of spirited little sheet published at
Morriton, Ark, two copies of which
reached our office this week. The
editor seems to be remarkably fond
of what may truthfully be termed
the country publishers greatest
earthly inheritance, amusement.
Sharp County record., 1881-04-28

Tho Tennessee state debt, as re-
Gently compromised, will bear inter-
est annually to the amount OF about
S72O,OOO. 1t will require heavy
taxation to pay this amount and
defray the expenses of the state
government besides
Sharp County record., 1881-04-28

The Wisconsin house Of represent
ativeS has rejected bill making the
crime Of murder punishable by
death, by vote Of 81 to %. The
female suffrage amendment was re-
Gently lost in the senate of that
state, by tie vote.
Sharp County record., 1881-04-28

Fayetteville, Ark, was visited 10y
a severe wind and hail storm on the
llth inst, damaging the town to
the amount Of $1,000, and the uni
vcrsity building about 81 900.