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Year: 1869

FIVE CENTS WORTH OF ORANGE
PEEL-A man from the country invested
five cents in Hartford, Conn, in the pur-
chase Of an orange, and preparatory to
getting himself outside OF it, threw the
peel OH the sidewalk. Soon after a young
woman came along, slipped upon the
peel fell, breaking her leg. The. woman
was 10 have been married the next day,
but wasn't. The man VII, was to marry
her had come from st. Paul, Mimi, and
was obliged to return on account OF ousi-
ness, to await the recovery OF the girl.
On his way back he unfortunately took
train on the Erie Railroad which ran
off the track, and his shoulder-blade was
broken, forcing him to stop at Dunkirk
for repairs. On getting back to st. Paul
he found that his absence had upset a
business arrangement which he had ex-
pected to complete, at pecuniary loss
to him of $4,000. Meantime the injured
girl suffered relapse, which so enfeebled
her health that her marriage was delayed,
which had bad effect upon the young
man, and he finally broke the engage
ment, and married wido" in Minnie
sofa with four small children. This so
worked upon the mind of the girl that
she is now in the insane hospital at Mid
dletown, Conn. Her father, outraged
by the conduct of the young man


brought suit for breach of promise
and has just recovered $4,000. The
anxiety and expense of the whole affair
thus far have been enormous, as anybody
can see. Similar cases are likely to oc


cur, so long as people will persist IN
throwing orange peel around loose.
Year: 1869

Some one classes marriages under
three heads: Love matches, money
matches, and last leg matches. The
love match is nearly obsolete in high
life, clothes and fine establishment be-
ing now the chief end of woman. The
money match is now the joy of matrons
and fathers, and has come very gener-
ally to be the ambition of young maid
ems who are not too much impregnated
with romantic notions. The last leg
match OH the part of man is that
which is consummated between an old
bachelor and some penniless damsel
whom he chooses to nurse his weakness
and soothe his gout, and who is able to
be very atiectiouate to him because she
knows she won't have do it long. The
last leg match on the part of woman
is that between a young lady of thirty
five or thereabouts, who has passed as
many courtships unscathed, and who
finally becomes panic-stricken lest she
should never marry, and SO lavishes her
self on the first antiquated masculine
who thereafter bids for her hand.


There is another kind of match, which
is better than all or either of the above
the Sensible Love Match. Love and
Good Sense are the foundation of these
matches. The parties love, and love
wisely, those who are worthy to love
Aud marry when Prudence says it Is
prudent to marry. In these matches
wealth is no object; but sure means OF
u sufficient and comfortable support is.
For no matter how much two persons
may love each other, marriage demands
reasonable and regular supply OF money
to maintain it. .......-...I
Year: 1869

The FOREST LEAVES OF HUMANITY
Forest leaves are, we all know, turned
by the wind of circumstances, each at a
different angle to the light Of God, and
the shadow of evil. And the leaves kiss
or clash; the light glistens aslant on
this, quite full on that; these are sent
away and vapish; those hang golden in a
still sunset and drop-some little, but
little sooner than the rest, .'i.'
Year: 1869

'An unlovcd wife, who ought to
know Of that which sho has so
much experience, says that tho
reason why ladies look so much
to money in tho mattor Of mar
riago, is that nowadays thoy so
seldom find anything olso in man
worth having
Year: 1869

But few days intervene between this
and the spring election for Corporation
and Township officers, on Monday, the 9th
lay Of April. All are aware that thcse
Officers are Of goat Importance, affecting
the interests and we'll being Of the several
communities very materially In their
goo or bad management. 1t is Vel
worth the attention and exertion required
to see that good and trustworthy men are
selected for each and every Office. In
every township the Democracy have the
hest Of timb,. to I'LL the bill and We hope
that they will see to il that it 10 done
Nomipste none bat good men, and get
out full vote, making success sure
while perfecting your organization for
the battle against the Congressional Me-
gro Suffrage Amendment, 10 be fought in
the county and State next fall Don't be
caught mapping where you have the ma
jority, nor show the white feather where
YOU have hsretofors been in the minority.
Remember that the rule Of the Radical
tricgsters cannot stand the test of time,
but that as the hurhens laid upon the
people by 'hem become more oppressive
and their bold and devilish treachery
clearer TO the minds Of the mAse of the
people, they must 60 out Of power every
where Up and at them, Democrats Of
Vinton, every time, and in every town
shin
Year: 1869

The Democrats and Con-
servatlves Of Elk Township
will meet at the Auditors
office, on Saturday Evening
next, the 9th, for the pur-
nose of nominating a Town
ship Ticket to be voted for
at the Spring Election, on the
9th of April. Let the Dem
ocrats and Conservatives in
every School District in the
township see to it that every
man attends this Nominating
Convention. One of the most
important campaigns into
which the Democracy of Ohio
ever entered is fast approach
ing, and every Democrat
should go into the hard work
now. Let there be a large
meeting. Let us place in
nomination q good ticket.
Year: 1869

GRANT may have been an expert
tanner in Galena; but he is the
worst bungler at cabinet.making
that has ever commenced business
in Washington. His failure in the
attempt to make secretary from
bale Of Scotch ginghsms was not
more indicative of an unskillful
workman than the doubt which
seems to have at once possessed him
as to his ability to find any moro
suitable material for the purpose
Running for President 10 q. matter
chiefly Of muscle; but being presi.
dent dent Is an employment that takes
brains. pa ~ " .i iis.slFe 80
Year: 1869

Il don't make any difference whether
the turnpike is built or not DAN WILL &
BRos will continue to uudersell all the
Dry Goods Houses in VinIon county
Just 60 and see what an immense lot Of
fresh and SeaSonablo goods they have
now on their shelves and counters, and
learn the low prices at which they are
Offering them. Their reputation for keep
ing the most complete and attractive
goods and dealing fairly and squsrely
with every body, is firmly established.
Year: 1869

will be found on the second page Of
this paper. 1t is rather weak and


moderate in its tone, considering
its source, although he desires the
ratification of the proposed negro
suffrage Amendment. He contem-
plates the use of the veto privilege
to defeat such laws as he may object
Year: 1869

On Saturday night, it is reported that
disguised band OF armed men stopped
railroad train on the Memphis and Louis
vile road for the purpose, probably ofrescu.
ing a prisoner on board in the custody of an
Internal Revenue officer. One of the band
was killed by the officer in charge of the
prisoner, and it is supposed an assistant Of
the officer was fatally shot in the freing.
The train was put in motion as soon as pos,
sible, SO that no more details are given.
The assailants are supposed to belong to a
gang Of Illicit distillers who are said to in
fest Tennessee, from the Mississippi river to
the mountains of East Tennessee.
Year: 1869

Old Uncle Ben Wade has not responded
to the proTered appointment to director,
ship in the Pacific Railroad, rice Webster
He ought not to conclude that Grant wants
to put him where he may be gobbled up by
the Indians, aud thus removed from this
mundane sphere. Let him feel assured that
Grant intended to honor him ss he did Dana
by a profTered Subordinate position in the
New York Custom House. He means we'll,
aud if what he does is not well it is more
his misfortune than his fault.
Year: 1869

The prospect of an early reunion of the
two schools Of the Presbyterian church are
said to be favorable. The committees ap.
pointed By the two branches Of the church
have held harmonious session to consider
the matter, and there is but little doubt that
a reunion will be the result,
Year: 1869

The strikers at the Scranton coal mines,
a few days ago posted notices At the shafts
of the mines, inviting any euterprisjug man
who should descend the shaft to work. to an
immediate death. But few of the miners,
wishing to court the grim monster IN the
mouth of a coal pit put in their appearance
AZ the uiups
Year: 1869

join with us in the struggle for happiness and
prosperity. .


Resolved, That we do not consider it "be-
meath the dignity Of American citizens" to
raise our voices in defense of rights guaranteed
to all who own that honorable title, for we
claim that our citizenship is of more value to
the nation, and our interests and welfare para
mount to the tolerated rights of horde of
poems, mere transient dwellers on our shores,
whose only aim is to drain the land Of its sub
stance and leave desert waste where peace
and plenty now reigns.


ReSolued, That 10 the papers OF the State
who have spoken kindly word for our cause
We feel deep gratitude; those who decry us We
will hold in merited contempt.


Resolved, That these resolutions be published
in the Territorial Enterprise.
Year: 1869

The young lady was much alarmed, and


ran for assistance. The family all ran into


the room and proceeded to open his shirt


collar, thinking he was in a tainting fit And


that the usual restoratives would suffice.
In undoing his vest it was found that the


needle had entered his side very deeply, a


circumstance which the young lady neysr


noticed in her fright. The doctor was sent


for. He administered what remedies ba


could. Partial consciousness was restorad


and the young fellow enabled to waIk Tbe
scene between him and his first, las. love
was extremely affecting. She weptlike one
who feels that all happiness on earth ia lost
he consoled her by saying that she would
get another lover soon to fill his place, who
would be more worthy of her than he could
ever hope to be, aud who would make her
happy This but increased her SORROW
she sank down on the floor beside him and
cried aloud.


When he was becoming worse, and the |
doctor gave the opinion that he could not |
liVe, she started suddenly to her feet, and, |
running into another room, swallowed a
heavy dose of laudsuum, which was kent |
.nere Tor the use of young member of the
family that was sick. 1t was some time be.
lore she was discovered, and it was with the
utmost difficulty that she could be brought
back to consciousness. The first word she
altered was, 80, where is he ? let me 20 to
iim will be with him." At the same in.
tant the young gentleman was resigning
MS spirit into the hands of its Maker in the
.ccJoining room. He died about 10 o'clock.
'he is still in precarious condition, and
Vinces symptoms of insanity.
Year: 1869

WE do not think that any boy ever
put on his first long-talled coat without
q sense of shame. lie first twists his
back half Off Tlooking at IL in the glass,
and then when he steps out # doors,it
seems as if all creation was IN broad
grin. The sun laughs.i in the sky, the cows
stop to look at him; there are faces at
every window; his very shadow moclls
him. The very boards creak with con-
seriousness of the strange spectacle, and
the old pair ofpantaloons that stop alight
in the garret window nod with derision.
If he is Obliged to pass a group of men
and boys, the trial assumes its most
terrific stage. His legs get all mixed
up with embarrassment, and the ilap
ofthe dangling appeudage is felt against
them, moved by the wind OF his own
agitation; he could not feel any worse
were it dish rag, to be worn BY him
rs a badge of disgrace. 1t IS happy
time for him when he gets to church and
sits down with his coat tail under him.
but he is still appreheasiye with think
ing Of the Sunday School, and wonders
if any of the children will ask him to
swing his long-tailed blue.


The entrance into society may be
said to take place after boyhood has
passed away, yet a multitude take
the initiative before their hearts are
presentable. 1t is a great trial to a
tender or tough age. For any otergrown
boy to 20 to door, knowing there arc
a dozen Of girls within, and knock or
ring with absolute certainly in two
minutes all their eyes will be upon him,
is severe test Of courage. TO go be-
fore these girls and make a satisfactory
tour of the room without stepping on
their toes, and then sit down and dis
pose of ones hands without putting
them in ones pockets, is an achieve
ment of which few can boast. If a boy
can get so far as to measure OF ten yards
Of tape with one of the girls, and cut it
short at one end, he may stand chance
to spend a pleasant evening but let
him not flatter himself that the trials
of the evening are over. There comes
at last the breakup. The dear girls don
their hoods and put on their shawls and
look SO saucy, SO mischievou5 and uu-
impressible, as if they did nOtwish any
one to go home with them; Then comes
the pinch, and the boy having the most
pluck makes up to the prottic5t girl, his
heart in his throat, and his tongue
clinging to the roof of his mouth, and
crooking his elbow, stammers out the
words: "Shall see you home?" She
touches her fingers to his arm, and thus
they walk home about a foot apart,
feeling as awkward as goslings. AS
soon as she is safe inside her own doors,
he starts home, and really thinks he
has been and gone and done it.
Year: 1869

A HEIFER or COW will make beef ear
lier than steer. An old cow or an old
sheep, will not fatten nearly SO well
with hay as with grass. The longer the
straw of any kind, the worse rs fodder;
short straw is said to be,invariably, the
most nutricious. Cattle always prefer
that which is fresh threshed, day ev-
en- making difference.
Year: 1869

A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. - The
Bridgeport Standard says, The follow
ing singular occurrence is narrated by
an eyewitness rs having transpired
some time last summer on the farm of
Mr.. VIM. II. Bibbins in Fairfield. The
narrator was spreading hay in field,
when his attention was attracted to
clump of tall grass at some little dis
tance, from which weasel was con-
stantly springing into the air. APP
preaching cautiously nearer, ne diScov-
cred the cause of this singular conduct.
On little mound of hay a large cop
perhead snake, at least three feet long,
was coiled up, and with head erect, dar-
ting tongue, and exposed fings, was
watching the weasel, who Was making
a series of springs at the reptile, cvi-
IDENTIFY with the intention Of selling il
by the throat. The snake lodged, and
the weasel continued his attack till at
length by a sudden spring he caught
the snake by the throat, and furious
struggle cnsued. The weasel held on,
and the snake wound himself about the
body Of the animal, almost entirely
covering it, and seemed about to crush
it to death, when his weaselship let go
his hold ON the snakes throat, and
popped" in true weasel style out Of
the embrace of his enemy, springing at
least two feet in the air. The snake
then crawled under the mound of hay,
and in few moments the weasel reap
peared and crawled after him and from
the tossing of the hay desperate fight
seemed to be going on beneath it. 1t
ceased in short time, and the weasel
came out dragging the snake after him
dead, with his throat bitten open. The
weasel dragged the snake into a neigh
boring fence, and there they both dis
appeared.
Year: 1869

To heal the wound n bee had made
Upon my Nellie's face,
Its honey to the part She laid,


And bade me kiss the place.
Plcased,I obeyed, and from the wound
Sucked both the sweet and smart;
The honey on my lips ! found
The sting went through my heart.
Year: 1869

CHOOSING A WIFE. Keep your eyes
open, boys, when you are after woman.
IF the little dear is cross and scolds her
mother In the back room, you may be
sure you will get particular fits all around
the house. If she apolgises for wiping
the dishes yoR need girl TO fan her
If she bushes while at the washtub with
her sleeves rolled up; be sure she is
goldfish aristocracy has little breeding
and little sense IF you marry a woman
who knows nothing more than to commit
manslaughter on the piano, you have
got the poorest piece Of muslin ever got
ten up, Find the one whose mind is all
right, then pitch in Don't be hanging
around Ike sheep thief, as though
ashamed to 90 around in the day time, but
walk up like chicken to dough and ask
| for the article like man.
Year: 1869

& despatch to a Boston paper says
that a geogra phical discovery that viii
rather astonish map publishers. has been
made in the country north of Lake Su-
perior, by party under Prof. Bell, which
was recently engaged in geographical
survey in that region. Lake Neepigon,
living only thirty miles north Of Lake
Superior, hitherto considered too insig-
nifcant to find place in American atals-
es, is announced by the professor to be
larger than Lake Ontario or Erie. He
had traversed five hundred miles of its
coast when the approach of winter COM
PEELED the party tc return to Canada.
This lake discharges its water into Lake
Superior by the Neepigon rivera broad
rapid stream, and is the seventh in num-
Der and possible the second in size Of the
chain of lakes which form so remarkable
a feature in the geography Of North
America. That the existence Of this in
land sea should have remained unknown
to this time is most remarkable, consider
ing how near 1t lays to Lake Superior.
As it receives its waters from upward
of dozen considerable rivers, it is not
improbable that the system Of lakes be-
gining with Lake Ontarior, may extend
miles further to the north. This will add
one more link to the great lake change
and damage the nomenclature Of Lake
Superior, surprising it also in interest
iu q swarm picturesque little island
which dot the surface of its water.
Year: 1869

= Boston has temperance dog. One
day last week the ANNALS master got
tight, for even in the prohibitory hub
men will indulge too freely in whisky.
The master went out on a regular spree,
with no companion save his faithful dog
Finally, the moment arrived when the
reasonable canine made up his mind that
his master had taken enough of the
''critter. The master was about to en-
ter another drinking saloon. when the dog
caught hold of his coat and pulled him
back. The inebriated biped spoke angri-
" to the sober quadruped and the AMI
nal, with a sad look and a tearin his eye
released hi: hold The man entered tho
saloon followed by the dog. He called
for drink, but had no sooner done so
than the dog raised himself on his hind
feet, and. placing his paws on his master:
breast, made dumb, but eloquent plead
to the man not to drink any more. Thi:
was too much even for the drunken mas
| ter to bear. He clasped the dog around
the neck and kissed him repeatedly, anc
aid not take a drink. That night he at
tended temperance meeting and signet
the pledge.
Year: 1869

A printer is the most curious being liv
ing. lie may have bank and coins,
and not be worth a cent; havo small caps
and have neither wife nor children.
Others may run fast. but lie gets swifter
by setting fast. He may be making
impressions without eloquence; he may
use the lye without offending, and be
telling the truth; while others cannot
stand while they set, he can set standing
and do both at the same time; have to
vse furniture, and yet have no dwelling,
may make and put away pi, and never
see pie, much less eat it during his
life; be a humane being and rat at the
same time; may press great deal and
not ask favor; may handle 4 shooting
iron and know nothing about cannon,
gun or pistol; he may move the lever
that moves the world. and be as far from
mo1ing the globe as hog under mole
hill; spreading sheets without being a
housewife, he may lay his forms on q
bed, and yet be obliged to lay on the
floor; may use a dagger without she'd
ing blood, and from the cath he may
handle stars; he may be ola rolling dis
position, and yet never desire to travel;
be may have a sleeps foot. and not be
deformed; never without case, and yet
knows nothing Of laws or physic; he is
always correcting errors, and be grow
ding worse every day; have embraces,
without having the arms Of girl thrown
around him; have his form locked up and
at the same time be free from jail, watch
house or other coRfne ment; his Office
may have he'll in it. and not be bad
place after all he may be plagued by
devil. aud be Christian Of the best kind;
and what is stranger still, be honest or,
dishonest. rich Or poor, drunk or sober,
Industrious or lazy, he always stands up
to his bQ siness.
Year: 1869

How TO KEEP APPLES. How to keep
apples through the winter so as to have
them fresh and sound in the spring and
summer, is a question often discussed,
and seldom answered satisfactorily It
is well known fact that large proper
ton of the fruit stored in our cellars is
lost by decay. This IS doubtless due to
the fact that the apples which the farmer
saves from his orchard for home use. are
generally stored in bulk,in bins, on shelv-
es, or on attic floors When stored in the
cellar, the moisture generated by their
contact soon infects them with decay,
and when stored in the attic, if not froz-
en- outright, they are SO injured by the
effect of unequal temperature as to suf-
fer scarcely less than in the cellar. The
editor of the Germantown Telegraph has
been experimenting in regard to this
matter, and recommends the following
as the best method of preserving apples
yet discovered.


He would have shelves erected in the
cellar expressly for fruit Let them
be about two feet wide and one foot
apart, and as many and as long as de-
sirable. The shelves should be formed
of Stats two inches wide and one iuch
apart, and the fruis laid on single layers.
The tier should have a close board bot
tom to be covered with an INCH of fine
fresh lime, which should be renewed two
or three times during the winter, The
fruit should be frequently sorted over,
and that which EXHIBITS signs Of decay
| removed. In cellar well ventilated he
has had no trouble In preserving winter
apples and pears until late in the sea-
son.


OF course it will be necessary to apply
this method only in the keeping of the
fruit which is desired for late use, and
the quantity to be thus cared for need not
necessary be large The trouble attend
ing the process is represented az being
comparatively little-certainly notienough
to counterbalanee the pleasure derived
from tie use of the fruit-Utica Herald,
Year: 1869

"A lady at Williams port, Pa, has
been unable to sleep wink in month.
Examination into the cause by eminent
physicians reveiied the terrible truth
that her night-gown was out of fash