The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-07-19

July 10, 1889.

Mr. Alf Dun, Of Sabina, is having
rock hauled from the quarry south OF
this place to Sabina. He is going to
erect fine residence in that place.
We believe there is more lime and
rock shipped from this point than
any other Of its size in southern
Ohio.
The leading question among pol
iticians now is, "who will be nOmi-
mated for Congress ?" It's a conun.
drum A whole host of men want it,
and we wonder who will draw, "Thou
art the man ?" We hear some Of the
old warriors whispering of a darl,
horse. Clinton has four or five can
didates. She has had her Savage
and Smith can't she let Highland
show the people at Washington, d.
c., what kind Of men she produces
Down in front
Saturday afternoon our town is
full of all classes of people. With a
certain class of farmers, it is a Gus
tom to do no work on Saturday af-
ternoOn; the weeks work is ended
Saturday noon, and the husband,
father and boys come to town to loaf.
This is especially true of the boys,
who have no business whatever to
attend to, but come merely to pass
away the afternoon in idleness and
gossip. There is another class of
men who come to town on Saturday
afternoon to get their stock of grOCe-
ries, merchandise, etc, for the com
ing week. As a general rule you
will find this class Of men acCOmpan-
led by their wives, who attend to
their affairs and hurry home, to
Ground up the corners" of the week S
work On Saturday afternoon the
young people Of the town are on the
streets, and it seems to be 4 custom
made rule that nothing can be done
on that evening in the way of labor.
This loafng was unusually noticeable
last Saturday evening, on the street
corners, where the young men and
boys Congregate. Smoking and chew.
ing tobacco seemed to be the lead
ing occupation, and if our scentina
propensities did not deceive us, some
of these young men and boys had
been drinking from a Bacchanaliar
fountain. This is a natural result
arising from the habit of going tC
town on Saturday afternoon. We
are aware Of the fact that there are
''harvest times" and the laborers few
thereby commanding high wages
thus making them have plenty o.
money. We make due allowance
for time and place. We know "po
must nor call kettle black" but i
does appear it is high time for some
measure to be instituted to stop thi.
alarming evil We can point to Z
number of cases where bright, intelli
gent young men have been ruined by
this and attending evils, and we alsc
know of older men who have brought
sorrow to their families and friends
by following the evils consequent tc
this habit. The farms Of men who
do this speak for themselves. The
gates and fences are dilapidated; the
house lacks paint on the outside
decorations within; weeds ont mum
Der and over run the grain; the neg
lcclcd, mistreated wife and mother
tolls hard and late to make things
look as bright as possible; but with
all her toll, passers-by can readily
discern there is something lacking
something wanting to make that
home look bright and cheerful, as il
should. No vine is over the door.
no books on the center table; news
| papers are strange things there, and
little children play without bright
toys-all because Of this habit o
loafng Saturday afternoon.
The following is the report Of the New
| Lexington market, for the week ending
Saturday, July 8, 1882:
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