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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-07
Samuel Shin Squelched.
IExtract from Recent Proceedings of Detrt
Iimekfln Club,1

Extract from Recent Proceedings of Detroit
Limekfln Club
Samuel Shin had for some time been
moving about in an uneasy manner,
and as soon as the President sat down
he jumped up and presented the follow
lowing resolution:
"Resolred. Dat de present great need of dis
kentry am an airly spring"
Brother Gardner waited half a minute
to hear if anyone favored the resolution,
and then said:
"Brudder Shin, you am good man
behind buck-saw, an you kin handle
a white-wash brush wild grace an STRAIT
egy, an it makes me sorry to see you
bite off more dan you can chaw, when
it comes to regulatin' the weather.
How do you know what dis kentry
needsp In de course of a day you move
ober four or five miles of groun', an
YOU go home wild de idea dat you know
what de hull world am sighin' arter.
When de Lawd gifts ready to resign de
maxim of de weather into de hands of
man dis club will present your name
an vote fur you, but until dat time
comes you had better put yer airly
spring resolution in yer pocket an sot
down.
Brother Shin wilted away like a pansy
hit by the breath of an iceberg, and the
President continued:
1--WE will now go home. We will let
natur' go ahead wild her rain an slush
an snow or mud, or she kin send us
gentle breezes an red roses. We am
simply dead-headed passengers, an il
am not fur us to blow about how de
masheen am run. Let de lights be put
out, de stove shet up. an all remember
dat de fo'th stair from de bottom am
liable to smash out if you b ar yer full
weight on it. ."-DetroI Free Press.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

about is fair play in q circus.
Eve was side-splitting joke to
Adam.
. Why cannot we solve the problem
of life? Because we all have to give it
up.
The fellow made a bad bull when
he went to steal a squash and got
gourd.
kerosene oil will fuddle as well as
whisky. Anyhow it makes a locomo-
tive's head light.
What is an island? A body sur
rounded by water. Give an example:
A boy in swimming.
You can tell a merciful farmer as
soon as he stops his team at a post. He
takes the blanket off his wife's lap and
spreads it over the poor horses.-Detroit
Free Press.
-"Been vaccinated, Miss Blackp"
"Yes, indeed, Mr.. White. I should
just hate to die of that nasty smallpox.
Why, they say that if you die of it you
must be buried in the middle of the
night, and nobody goes to the funeralT'
"'How very, very sad it is for the
corpse, to be surer'
The New Orleans Picayune thinks
it great pity that some of the few
ladies who paint their pretty faces do
not devote little study as TO where
the coloring should be put. They should
know that upon the cheek bones is the
place for the rouge, not along the line
of the jaw-bone, and they should also
know, as perhaps they do, that their
artifce generally fails to deceive.
Colonel Hamilton Milton is cele-
brated at Galveston as being able to
eat more without rest than any other
two men in the city. Of late his eye
sight has become affected. Gilhooly
asked him the other day if he expert
enced any serious inconvenience. 81
should say did. 1 can't read the bill
of fare like l used to. Yesterday over.
looked two kinds of soup and slipped up
on the custard pie. l can never tell
now when l am through dinner"
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NUMBERED.

of twenty thousand men, women and
children, all eagerly gazing at the novel
movements of these aerial monsters,
that one moment 60 whizzing and
whirling past ones ears and the next
are soaring gallantly among the clouds.
A Chinese is very apt to bring his
religion into everything he does or en-
joys, and his kite-fying is no exception
to the rule. After long days intense
enjoyment of the sport, many, just be-
fore returning home. will inscribe on
their kites the name of one of their gods
or of deceased relative, and. after
sending it up, cut the string and leave
the kite to soar away to realms un-
known. bearing with it. as they honest
ly believe. all evils of poverty, sick
ness and, indeed, every calamity that
may be impending over the kite-owner
and his family-Fannie Roper Feudge,
in N. Y. Independent.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-07
WELLINGTON, O., THURSDAY, APRIL Z, 1881.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
There are $4,000 feminine farme
in Great Britain.

There are $4,000 feminine farmers
in Great Britain.
"A Philadelphia candy factory uses
seven tons of clay per month.
About 100, 900 bushels of hemp seed
are annually consumed tor bird food in
the United States.
"A rich discovery of gold and silver
quartz has been made on Vancouver's
Island, and specimens have been sent to
San Francisco to be assayed.
The price of railway ties for the
past three wears has ranged from 25 to
30 cents. The price for 1881 will be
from 80 to So cents.
The Postal Union, according to a
report from Berne, now includes 50
States and Colonial groups, possessing
a population of 100000, 900. of which
2SO, 10000 are British subjects.
In the matter of telegraph poles,
Chicago furnishes 1906 annually, or
one-half of the entire number consumed
in the United States. These are shipped
from there to as remote points as Mon
tana, New Orleans, Wheeling, Va, Buff
falo and Syracuse.
Large quantities of pottery are
manufactured in Brazil from the hard,
silicious bark of the caraipe tree. In
the process the ashes of the bark are
powdered and mixed with the purest
clay that can be obtained from the beds
of the rivers-this kind being preferred,
as it takes up larger quantity of the
ash, and TINS produces stronger kind
of ware.
1t is affirmed by the collectors of
statistics in regard to intemperanceth that
~, th4 e<~v-
Intoxicating drinks by the people of
Germany the sum of $3.50, 900, 600, and
by those of France $3.50, ,0O0,0 of
Great Britain $3.50, 900, 900, and of the
United States S72O, 900. .OOO-making q
grand total of 81, 700. 100000.
When Mr.. Edward Whymper was
on this side of Chimborazo, in the
course of an exploration of the peaks of
the Andes, in Ecuador, he saw a grand
eruption of CotopaXi. Ashes rose in q
column not less than 10000 feet above
the rim of the crater, and then expand
ed over an area of many miles. Two
million tons of matter were elected in
this single eruption, and the particles
of the ashes were so fine, in some sam
Piles, it required not less than $4,000 to
make grain in weight.
The Davidson County mines in
North Carolina have yielded half of all
the gold dug east of the Mississippi
River, and the iron deposits are re-
garded as inexhaustible. In asking for
the emigration of skilled laborers the
State points to &c cotton and woolen
millsf 260 tobacco factories, 20 iron
foundries, 10 furnaces, and the founda-
tions of more mills to be built this sum-
mer. North Carolina is only fourteen
hours ride from New York City, and it
is claimed that the cost of a journey
from here to the West will buy a good
fsrM down there.
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Youths Department.
KING WINTERS LAMENT.

All. me! All, me! what will they do
The little ads and lasses?
For th"m piled the snow-banks up,
In ridges and in massesi
For them / built the solid forts
For them the crystal spears;
And now I've got to leave them ALL
What will they dO-the dears?
Twas that g I'VE them all the slides
They've had this blessed season;
Twas that made them laugh and shout
As if they'd lost their reason!
Ahi when they coasted down the hill,
They were SO glad an6 merry,
That whats the matter with them ALP"
Was everybody's query.
What will they do, what will they do,
The precious lads and laSses?
l frOZe the river clear across
And gave them all free passes!
The sunbeams and the mountain, too,
Beheld alike their pleasure!
dealt it out, right royalty,
In an unstinted measurel-
And now I've got to make my bow,
Aud tell them all good morrowi
Ah, me! ah, me! who ever did
Conceive such bitter sorrow?
Well, well, my little friends and true,
I'm sure you must be grieving,
For 1 have packed my well-wOrn trunk,
And soon l shall be leaving!
-R. N. Turner, in Christian Union.
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LARRIE ODEE.

Now, the Widow McGee
Had two little cottages out on the green,
With Just enough room for two pig-pens be
The Widow was young and the Widow was
With the brightest of eye. and the brownest
And-it frequently chanced, when she came
With the swill for her pig, Larrie came with
Andsome Of the ears that he tossed from his
hand
In the pen of the Widow were certain to
land
One morning said he:
"Ochi Mlsthress Mecca,
It's a washte OF good lumber, this runnin'
Wild p fancy petition betwane our two
pi2s!'
" Indade, sure it isr' answered Widow MCGEE.
With the sweetest of smiles upon Larrie
And thin it looks kind o. hard-hearted and
Kapin' two frindly pigs so exsaidin'ly near
That whnevcr one grunts thin tho other can
And yis iape cruelpesition betwaner'
4" shwaf6 Widow McGee,"
Answered Larrie ODee,
II ye fsle in yer heart We are name to the
Amt Es name to Ourselves to be runnin' two
Och! il made me heart ache whin paped
through the cracks
OF me shanty, lasht March, at yez shwingin'
yer nX.
An a.bobbin' yer head, an a-sthompin' yer
tate,
Wild yer purity white hands jisht rs red as a
bate,
A-shplittin' yer kindlin'-wood out in me
shtorm,
whin one little shtove it would kapc us both
warmv'
" Now, piggy" said she,
!" Larrie's courtiu o. me,
Wild his dilicate, tinder illusions to you:
So now yez musht tell me jusht what
musht do.
For, II I'm to say yes, sthir the shwll wild yer
shnout;
But IL I'm to say no. yez musht kape yer
nose out
Now, Larrie, for shamel to be brfbin' a pig
By a-tossin' n handful of corn In its shwig?
!" Me dariint, the piggy says pes!" answered he
And that was the courtship OF Larrie O'Dee
W. W. FdLk, IN ". Y. Independent.
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Phenomena Of the Sky.

Much can be done in the way Of judg-
ing of the weather by the phenomena
of the sky. The character of the wealth
er to transpire in the next few DAYS, as
well as for some time in advance, is
shown: first, by the appearance of the
sky; second, by the movements of the
winds; third, by the changes as shown
with instruments in pressure. tempera-
ture, humidity, etc. This list, forming
storms, moving across the country gem
orally from west to east, is noted by
the observers of the Signal Service and
forwarded to Washington by telegraph,
and from thence passed over the coun-
try. A proper knowledge of this mat
ter will enable any one to judge for
themselves at least one day in advance.
The clouds are distinguished by their
positions, their forms and the forces
they reflect, as well as the weather
characteristics they exhibit. With re-
spect to position and elevation, the
divisions are frozen clouds, snow
clouds and liquid clouds. The frozen
clouds occupy the higher regions of
the atmosphere. They are never seen
below the summit of Mount Blanc, 49,
IA feet. They are seen above the
peak of Chimborazo, 81, 424 feet, and
OdlOOu aSceuIS TtdcHlHS 10 q uclSAt VI
23, 900 feet do not reach them, and they
may exist visible at the height of ten
miles. Moisture in the atmosphere is
invisible SO long as it does not break
the passage of light waves. When it
thus breaks, and when the moisture re-
fleets waves of its own, then we see
clouds The frozen clouds are formed Of
minute spicule of ice floating in the
upper atmosphere. These minute
prisms of ice by refraction show halos;
while corone, are formed by light pass
ing through the interstices by diffrac-
ton. The simplest ice-crystal is right
prism, whose section forms hexagon
with angles of sixty degrees. When
these spicule are joined in numbers
then we have snow. The snowflake
presents numerous forms. The spicula
is not always a hexagon, but at times a
cube. These forms occur by reason of
the form of force that joins their mole
cules; and the flake attains its forms
from the same cause.
The line of temperature of thirty-two
degrees Fahrenheit divides the snow
clouds from the liquid clouds. 1t does
not snow from a liquid cloud. Liquid.
frozen, forms size known as sleet.
Light passing through liquid moisture
gives the rainbow. E. j. Couch.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-07

To grow radishes, select light.
rich sofia deep, moist one is the best, If
you can get it-spade it deeply without
manure and Immediately thereafter.
while the soil is moist and fresh, sow
the seed thickly broadcast; rake it in
and leave it alone. Radishes like q
moist season to do their best, and if you
can conveniently give them frequent
and abundant waterings after the seed
is up. you will be well repaid. For
succession, seed should be sown two or
three times at intervals of two or three
weeks. A very important considera-
tion in all seed sowing is TO sow when
the soil is freshly turned.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-07

-Joubert, the head of the Transvaal
Beers, is man about fifty-five years of
age. He is of medium height. is dark,
and wears rather a long beard. He
rides well, is an active man. and is the
brain of the whole Boer community.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-07

Good feeding and care are best
with even scrub stock. but improved
stock makes the best profit in proper
tion to the food and care. as it natures
more rapidly and is of much superior
quality.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-07

New YoRk, October 8.-The Trustees Of
the Peabody Educational Fund began
their annual meeting yesterday, X. G. Win.
throp, President Of the Board, In the chair.
EX.Pfesldeht Hayes was pre- enL The OH.
nual report spoke favorably Of The advance
tnent In educational plattefs In tho South,
and revealed at length the work accom-.
plished, AZ great and gratifying had
been the provress, both In public sentiment
and educational Systems, The report said
II must not be concluded that the free
schools were established beyond the posi-
bllity Of repeal or destruction. The In.
stftiction Of the Board 10 apply q greater
portion Of the income Of the fund hereafter
10 the education Of teachers for Tile public
schools has met with a general and decided
approval. Tie income distributed since
February isl, al, amounted 10 $j0,375.
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TR4NSYAAL TROUBLES.
THE SITUATION OF BRITISH POSTS.
The psaaaSi Of the Beers on the Convention.
Psrnsll's DOGai,Ie Ruls-FrsS Trade In Great
Britala-Laaa mn for StOtlAAd-Gsa.
sral ROFslsn News Notes.

LONDON, October GA dispatch from
Pietermontezbury, Natal, announces that
orders to stop all movements Of troops
have been received, and that General Sir
Evelyn Wood will stop transports at Sim
On's Bay; It's believed in military circles
the Boes will yield, II tirmness is shown,
A correspondent doubts this, and Is con.
WINGED that the Dutch thrtu hout South
Africa will consider their claims Just. The
crucial point Is the native question. II Is
believed that o Modification OF the Conyer-
ton in the direction Of trusting the Beers
more, relative to the treatment OF the M
tlyes, will have u great effect,
The Times in Us leading article says: "If
the convention with the Beers should not
DO ratified by the 9th OF November tho
British garrls0ns In Trunsyaal would again
he nominallyin q state Of siege, and com.
munication between them and the rest Of
the country be suspended, II not on tho
Initiative OF BoeFS, at all events on that of
the British, sooner or later General
Wood, after sending another ultimatum,
must advance TO relieve British posts but
the deliberate choice Of the Beers will
surely not be for war, when they may,
without risk, enjoy honorable peace.
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sENsATIoNAL llARRIAGE.
Governor MamIItOn's daughter Mar
ries Against the Family Wishes,


WAsulSoToS, D. c., October 6.-The
family Of Governor Hamilton, Of Mary
land, have just been surprised to learn that
their young daughter still residing at
home; has been married since the middle
OF August The following dispatch from
Westminsterte tells the story:
To-day Mr.. +, W. Mealy, of Hagerstown,
u friend Of Governor Hamilton, came to
this place to investigate report published
to tho effect that Miss Clara Hamilton,
daughter Of the Governor, had met young
gentleman named ]. II. StanhOpe ut Pen
Mar, and was there married to him by a
minister of this city, Rev. DIR. Murray,
OF the NJ. p. Church. The friends
OF the Governor had denied the mar
rage, and had stated that the young Indy
was now ut school ut New York, Miss
Hamilton has been for several months re-
ceiving attentions from Mr., StanhOpe, u
young man twenty years old, and 1t was
well known In society here, 1t was equally
well known that the HamiltOns frowned on
the courtship, first because they considered
ClaR too young to marry, and secondly be-
cause OF StanhopG's inferior social standing
and lack Of means to support wife, The
lover was forbidden heIlamilton mansion
about the LIST Of August, but the young
people frequently met at social gatherings,
1t WINS learned to-day that OH August II
they went to Pen Mar, resort on the SUM
init OF the Blue Ridge Mountains, and
were married on the topnlost peak by
Rev. DIR. Murray. The spot where the cere-
mony took place in tie highest point in
Maryland, After the marriage, Mr.. and
Mrs, StanhOpe returned to their respective
families, and no intimation Of what had
been done was received until lust Saturday,
when u friend of Governor Hamilton dis.
coved the marriage license Of the couple on
file in the Clerks office Of Carroll county.
The young lady was charged with the mar
riagc, and, after many teilrs, admitted she
was Stanhope's wife, The groom made
several efforts to sec his little wife without
success, rs she hOs been secluded In her
fathers house here. Stanhope Is the son
Of u canal Superintendent, quite boyish In
appearance and rather good looking. His
vile has $26, 900 In her own right. She IL
seventeen years old, and is the iavorlte
daughter of her father who isyery wealthy,
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Twelfth Annual Meeting OF tho AmerI.
Cnn AhAnclnIInm.

LEXINGTON, KY, October 0,-The twelfth
annual meeting of the North American
Beckcepers Association commenced Ia
sessions this morning. The meeting Is well
attended. Promincntamong those who ar-
rived to-day and participated in the open.
ing ceremonies arc DIR. A. Jones, Of Cana.
tla; q, o. o, Pappleton, Iowa; DIR. j. =, II.
Brown, Georgia; +: Dllla, Terra, Mary.
land; @. 9. CoiIinberry, Chicago, and
NIessrs, Vincent, Louis and Judge An
drews, Of Texas; NJ. Perkins, OF Minnesota;
and Mr.. BattlesOn, OF Tennessee, and q
very large number Of the prominent bee
keepers Of Kentucky A number Of ladies
were also interested spectators this after
noon. The trains that arrived this evening
also brought large delegations, and the
prospects for an interesting and harlnoni-
Gus convention are tlattering.
An interesting curiosity In the shape OF
a beehive, presented in 1854 to Prof. Rob-
inson, Of baltimore, Md, is on exhibition.
II was presented by the King Of Greece.
Jones, OF Canada, has II splendid lot OF
Italian, Holy Land and Cyprus queen on
exhibition. Another CurlOsityin the shape
Of Albina, Palestine and other queens and
bees, are on exhibition and excite great
interest among the bee raisers Of Kentucky.
The meeting was held in the Odd Eel.
lows Temple Nnd was called to order at 10
a. NJ The reports Of the Vice Presidents
were road and ordered spread on the min
utes, The reports go TO show that the sup
ply OF honey Is fur short Of the demand,
notwithstanding the increase OF beekeep-
err.
Judge Andrews, of Texas, gave quite an
interesting description Of Bookkeeping in
the Lone Star State, lie said bees In Texas
need no wintering nothing but something
to cut. The great surplus Of Texas honey
Is produced from horse mint, which has
the peculiar strong flavor Of the plant
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INDIAN APFAIRs.
A Change OF Commanders Ia Arizona.
queer Developments,

queer Developments,
San FRANCISCO, October CA Tucson
dispatch says; 1t has been reported that
change Of commanders in Arizona has
taken place, Col. Mackenzie succeeding
Gen, Wilcox, and that Mackenzie has put
Major Biddle under arrest upon the repre-
sentations Of agent Tiffany that the Majors
action llad caused the lat6 outbreak Of the
Chicuhaus. A Sar special from Wilcox,
says; Major Biddle llas not been placed
under arrest either by Mackenzie or any
one else. Gen. Wilcox Is commanding the
department Of Arizona and not Mackenzie.
Col. Mackenzie, who Is Gen. Wilcox's
Junior, was sent to the department with
part OF his own regiment, the fourth cav.
airy, being senior officer, except Wilcox,
in the department, was requested that he
should be placed In personal command OF
the operations on the feld under Gen. vii.
cox, who retains command OF the depart.
ment, which, OF course, includes Col. Mac.
Kenzie and his operations.
A special from Benson says: Two men
were found murdered this morning about
three miles south Of Benson, west ofTomb-
stone road. II Is supposed that they were
killed by Indians. The indications are
that last Tuesday evening the dragons had
completely demoralized the hoStiles and
CAUSED them To break up into small strag-
Cling bands, which, OF course, can be Of lit.
Tie danger and can be soon annihilated.
A dispatch from Wilcox, A. T., says the
following has been obtained from one OF
Bernard's command, who came lin this
morning from escorting the wounded: He
says from the time the command left Dra.
COON Station the troops went on gallop
until the Indians were discovered In Foot
Hills They drove them toward the plains,
when the Indians commenced throwing
away their property. On their trail were
found provisions, blankets, moccasins and
money, In buckskin bags but no dead In.
dians were found. Two Cavalrymen were
wounded and are nov, here. One was shot
through the leg and The other through the
wrist Reports received this morning from
Dragon summit say that wounded In.
dams came there to the section lotise say.
ing that the troops and Indians were fight.
Ing again last night back OF the first range
OF mountains. tH