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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-05-08
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Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14
Bad Temper.

Lavater, the famous .phisiCgnomist, though
an enthusiast was kind man and his wife tie
most amiable of women. One day his Ser.
want asked him, after dinner, If she should
sweep his room. Being in rather an irritable
mood, he assented pettishIy, telling her not 10
touch his books and papers. When the ser
want had been gone sometime, he said to his
wife:
81 am afra id she will cause some confusion
up stairs"
In q few moments his wife, with the best
intentions, stole out Of the room and told the
servant TO be careful. Lavater met his wife
al the bottom of the stairs on her return, and
exclaimed, as though secretly vexed about
something:
is moi my room swept yet?"
Without waiting an instant he ran up stairs
and, as he entered the room, the girl oYrturn.
ed an inkstand which was standing on the
shelf. She was much terrified. Lavater called
out hastily:
"What stupid beast you are! Have not
positively told you 10 be carefulP
What followed, we will let Lavater tell
himself
"My wife slowly and timidly followed me
up stairs. Instead Of being ashamed my anger
broke out anew. | took no notice of her; run
ming to the table, lame nLins and moaning, a.
if the most important writings had been spoil.
ed, though, in reality, the ink had touched
nothing but blank sheet and some blotting
paper. The servant watched an opportunit.
TO steal away. Ny wife approached me viii
timiL gentleness. "My dear husband" salt
she. stared at aer with veXation in looks
She embraced me. wanted TO get out Of the
way. Her face rested for moment on m,
cheek. At length, with unspeakabe lender.
ness, she said, "You will hurt your health
my dear" now began to be ashamed.
was silent, and at last began 10 weep. What
miserable slave 10 my temper | am! | dare
mot lift up my eyes. | cannot rid myself o.
that painful passion. My wife replied, "con
slider, my dear, how many days and weeks pas!
away without your being overcome by anger
kHelt down beside her, and thanked Got
sincerely for that hour and for my wife,"
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14
$l,50perAnnum in Advance.
VOl.l2, No. |.
NOVA. DAYS.

Alas how everything has changed
Since | was sweet sixteen;
When all the girls wore home spun irocks,
And aprons nice and clean;
With bonnets made of braided straw,
That tied beneath the chin,
The shawl laid neatly on the neck.
And fastened with a pin,
/ recollect the time when
Rode fathers horse TO mill,
Across the meadows, rock, and field,
And up and down the hill;
And when our folks were out at work,
(As sure as I'm sinner)
jumped upon horse bareback,
And carried them their dinner.
Dear NE! young ladies, nova days,
Wonld almost faint away
To think of riding all alone
In wagon, chaise or sleigh;
And as for giving pa" his meals,
Or helping ina" to bake,
Oh, saints 'twoull spoil her lilly hands,
Though sometimes they make cake!
When winter came the maidcn's heart
Began to beat and Hutter;
Each beau would take his sweetheart out
Slcighing in a cutter;
Or, if the storm was bleak and cold,
The girls and beauy together
Would meet and have most glorious fun
And never mind the weather.
But now, indeed, it grievcs me much
The ciTcumStance.tO mention.
However kind the young mans heart,
And honest his intention,
He never asks the girls to ride
Bnt such war is waged!
And ifhe sees her once a week,
Why, surely, they're engaged"
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14
JOB WOR X
SERMONS,

We have leard large number Of sermons
in our life, the majority Of The m not worth the
paper they were written on. Again we have
heard some exquisite ones, keen and uoinled:
but OF adj we ever heard, the following is the
| most sound, truthful and 10 the point. Who
ever delivered il immoralized himself and all
his immediate TelationS-thus: cal men are
liars, no matter what rank Of life they NAV oc
cupy-So it seems, at any rate, 10 me; for. nv
| flock, who OF you are sufficiently endowed
with the marvellous 10 credit anything unless
your optics reveal its reality, or your fingers
may ascertain its tangiblity. If you promen-
ade any of the popular lhorough ghlaTeS, you Will
find lies promenade the estreets-living, moving
lies! Tie beautiful lady that sits opposite 10
me is lovely lie; the color that mantleS her
cheek is red lie, the snowy whitenesS Of Ler
cheek is plaster Paris lie. Her rounded bo-
som is cotton lie with whalebone trimmings,
and the little feet thai peep jauntingly out
from beneath the dress Of Grocade that sweeps
The sidewalk, are squeezing, aching lies, as
the corn doctor knows 10 his profit. The Young
hypOcrlte, who GeSlaveS the rich widow with
his fattery or attempts 10 WOO her by aScrbing
10 her qualities he knows she does not possess,
is liar so base that the devil will appoint a
gang OF just such wretc rs to pod and toll
down in the lowest realm. The minister who
tells his flock 10 flee the wrath 10 come, while
at the same time he INDUCES his own propen-
Slty ior medlin9 with vermilion, silk, and
brandy cocktails, is lie with o white hand
kerchet around his neck. If he were in a
burning building, and surrounded by others
in equal danger, he would head The retreat,
and lun; but dom timagne he believes in Bel
zebub so long as he is not afraid of bis maies-
ty'S ptchiOrk. The doctor who administers
drugs 10 a lethargic patient, who only needs
an introduction to saw and buck, or a hod
and pile of bricks 10 insure an appetite and
digestion, is another lie-a tolcrably double
dyed one too. The temperance lecturer, whose
nose is sufficiently ruLicund 10 il!umne his
entire auditorium, is meaner lie, if possible,
than ala brother StigginS whom one day old
NICK will welcome so warmly that dsop OF
water would appear large enough 10 float a
naval armament or an armada. The Quacks
OF all professions swell up the ranks and fulfl
the assertion, that mankind banker after false
hood as bear after wild h neycomb. Wo-
manhood are no exceptions to The rule all
then garments are lies: their words ditto
They wear mourning when their lords have de-
parted, but there is many laugh concealed
III bombazine sleeve. Did you ever know a
woman grleve so deeply, but what she dried
her tears on perJumed handke!cIlef? Ab,
my friends, a sable dress is often like an auc
tloneer's flag protruding from parlor window.
1t only signal that the contents are for sale
to the highest bidder Ponder these thoughts,
my friends, and may the truth arise and grow,
and beautify your hearts Ike morning gloriei
: bloSSoming around a deserted well pole!-'
T men."-ButdlO Republic.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14
potttfal.
NO GOD!

The following verses by that sweetest o
american Poe:esses, Mrs. Lydia Huntly Sigour'
ley, suggested by the words in the l4th Psalm o.
David: 1.-THE fool hath said in his heart, There
no Cod" is one of the finest things in the Ian
yuage.]
''No God! No Cod !" The simple flower
That on the wild is found,
Shrinks, rs il drinks its cup of dew,
And trembles at the sound;
.'No God r'-astOnished echo cries
From out her cavern hOar,
And every wandering bird that flies
Reproves the Atheist lore.
'The solemn forest liGts its head,
The Almighty to proclaim,
The brOoklet, on its crystal urn,
Doth leap to grave his name.
flow swells the deep and yengeful sea,
Along his billowy track,
The red Vesuvius opes his mouth
To hurl the falsehood back.
The palm-tree, with itsprincely crest,
The cocoa's leafy shade,
The bread-fruit bending to its lord,
In yon fair Islands glade;
The winged seeds that, borne by winds,
The rowing sparrow feed,
The melon on the desert sands,
Confute the scorner's creed.
mo Godr' with indignation high
The fervent sun is stirr'd,
And the pale moon turns paler still
At such an impious word;
And from their burning thrones, the stars
Look down with angry eye,
That thus worm Of dust should mock
Eternal Majesty.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14
Gbe Democrat.

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Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

G7Ilow beautiful are the smiles ofinnoceGce
how enduring the sympathies Of love, how
sweet the solace Of friendship, how lovely
tho tears Of affection These combined are
all Characteristic OF woman. They are the
true poetry Of humanity, rich pearls cluster
ing around the altar Of domestic happiness.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

0JGenus, like ruta -boga turnp, will
flourish in almost any soil, and under the most
untoward circumstances. Ii is something that
overcomes obstacles placed before il some
thing that can never be crushed it lives long
after the opposing forces of the world have
died away.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

U'"ChiIdren," says Mrs. Grant, care first
vegetables, and then they are animals, and
sometimes come 10 people," But 1t is sad
enough 10 see how few now,a-days get beyond
the second stlge.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

-. A SINGULAR Musical FAcT.--Every orches-
Stra contains at least two musicians with mus
tacheS, one with specta cles, three with bald
head, and one very modest man with white
cravat, who, from force of circumstances, you
will observe plays on brass instrument.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

q The young lady who walked all over the
city in The vain pursuit Of pint of the milk
of human kindness, has been more successful
in getting little jam out of the jar of door.
She got the jam on her fingers.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

Gj7"So you would not take me 10 lie twen-
iy" said young lady to her partner, while
dancing polka, few eve, ings since
What would YOU take me for r. "For
betteror worse" he replied.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

u The eeditreSs ofthe Lancaster Literary Ga
zette says she would as soon nestle her nose,
in rats nest Of swingIe tow, as a low man
with whlSkers TO kiss her.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

o. The Adrian lMich.) Walchlower sates
that tape worm has been taken from the in
testines Of ~Oman ninety feet long. Very
long womtn.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

u There is family out west so lazy that
it takes two OF them 20 Sneeze--one TO throw
the head back, and the other 10 make the
noise.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

GTWhy should perfumer make good ed
itor : AnS.-Because lie is accustomed 10
make elegant extracts.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

MA genius remarked the other day with a
grave face, that however prudent and virtuouS
young widows might be, he had seen many q
gay young widow.ecr.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

II7In Rhode Island if person prts.on n
clean shirt once week, he is denounced az
an aristocrat by the populace.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

GTThe ESqumauxs, says Bayard Tayl lor, are
afraid to die on windy day, lest their souls
should be blown away.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

GFMen Of the noblest dispositions always
think themselves hnppiest when Others share
their happiness with them.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

U'"How is business with you now. DAYS
Jack2"
"Paith can't say, Tom; it is so long since
| have seen him that | don't know how he is."
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14
John Chinaman ahead of a Yankee.

A SanFrancScO paper relates the following
incident as having occurred lately in a shoe
store in that city. The parties concerned were
lhe proprietor Of The store nd John China
man. Examining pair OF boats the price OF
which was FIVE dollars, John inquired:
"Eiow muchee you axee for um bOotee"
In spirit Of waggerN it is preSumabe, the
owner replied:
"Two dollar and halfee, John. Very
cheap bootee, aintee?"
"Cheap bootee," said John, who thereupon
examined pair, and concluding 10 buy, offer
ed q quarter eagle.
"But," said the dealer in leather, 'this is
only enough for one boot. They are two
dollars and half apece-two boots cost FIVE
dollars"
John was somewhat nStonished; said he coult
not buy, and demanded the return OF lis mon
| ey, but the dealer was ineXorable.
"No, John" said the latter, "you have go
one boot and have paid for it. Now give mi
another piece like this, and take the other
John saw the drift Of the game and was a
once resolved.
r"Wel," said he, 'rhiS bootee be mine, ma
bel paid for um?"
"Yes," said the dealer.
"And you no give me the other bootee?'
asked John.
"No, without the money" said the other.
"Well," said John, al do um boo;ee whG
| please-I cuttee up"
And lhereupon John whipped out knife
, cut the boot 10 pieces, and threw it into Lh
, street, txclaiming as he departed:
"That am my bootee-that the other be !or
booee; you sell um 10 next fool Chlnama
what comes along"
Al last accounts the boot dealer was lool
ing for the man with q wooden leg, to who
he might sell the old boot, and thus save e,
, DrnStS,
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

GJ7An impudent editor remarks that the
panctce among the ladies Of holding up theM
dresses with both hands while walking the
streets, arises from love Of sLCp!
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

I'A painter declares in an Irish journal.
that, among Other portraits, he has a repre-
Sentation Of ''Death as large as life."
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

U7'Martha, have you hung up the clothes1'
mo, madam, placed them in state Of sus-
penSion-hung is vulgor.'
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

GTke man who made handle Of a subject
is getting up blade.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

" Why is a spendthrift's purse like
thunder cloud 7 Ans.-Because it keeps con-
| tinualy lighting.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

1JWhe the magistrate binds man over,
idVes the process make him last any longer :
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

rTIn order to give tone 10 lie stomach, i
is recommended 10 swallow The dinner hell
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

A SHARP IDEA.-Sooner than marry woman
OF fifty, Id take two at iye-aud-twenty.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

u "Wouldn't you call this the calf Of
leg2" sa id Bob, pointing 10 one of his neither
limbs, rather complacenily encased in repre-
sentoion of barber poles and running vines.
"No," replied Jim, 81 should say it was
The leg of q calf"
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

A. Life is fixed fact, a stern and solemn
reality. We are voyagers upon lis broad, wild
sea- Our bark is launched by other hands
than ours. The currents of this grea! sea are
all setting outward from the port which we
have left. The winds are off shore, strong and
unchangable. Go we must. Weca neither
stop or turn back, The journey we must per-
form, whether we will or not. Resistance is
aS vain as it isimpossibe. 1t becomes US, then,
to make The best of our voyage, to make it as
profitable, pleasant and delightful as we can.
Regrets are idle; sighs are useless; murmurings
are unwiSe. We can make it intensely de.
lighrul and almost infinitely prof abe-o
we can make it miserable, and proliga
waste Of the most precious means of enduring
Wcdper,
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

n The man that started for a walk in the
"feId of speculation" lost his way for want
of landmarks, and after a diligent search by
his friends, was restored to the bosom Of his
| family.
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14
PART III.

Through HE stiluess of the room the light
rusting of the summer breeze, the faint chrp
of the woodland birds, ane the busy hum Of
insect life were distinctly audible. Yetit was
not unoccupied. A lady in deep mourning sat
in cushioned chair Of antique workmanship;
opposite her, his arm resting on small table
and bali shading his face With his hands, wac
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-06-14

The hall was crowling 10 an oyerhowng al
an early hour. Many turned away dlsop'
pointed, as they caught glimpse Of the ser
ried multitude of dark forms that filled every
inch of the room on the hoor of,hat spacious
building. While the Autter of fans, the wa
wing OF plumes, the sparkling of jewels, made
the galleries, equally crowded with the beauty
and fashion of great city, like some enor'
nous and animated flower bed,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-24
DEATH OF A MISER.

On Saturday, Hannah Hall, a spinster, aged
s~ixty-six, distinguished by her miser habits, closed
her miserable career at Sheffield, leaving to the
Girls Charity School of that town between G5, 600
and 5000, amassed by a life of penury. In 1872
about which time her father died, she received n
legacy of GlOO under her grandfather's will. 1t
was Immediately after the acquisition of this sum
of money that Miss Hall first manifested those
penuriOus habits for which her subsequent life WAS
remarkable. Her penury led her thus early in her
career to discard soap as an unnecessary append
age of her toilet, and she Boosted that she had not
used any for thirty years. Her only income was
the interest on eco, and her own earnings. nv
making farm laborer's smock-frocks, but she con.
triyed not only to live out of this, but to save mon
ey. In connection with another woman, she com.
menced a system of lending money out at interest
though the medium of Guiuea Clubs, and this
proved so profitable that in five or six years she
was able to commence lending on MORTGAGE of
small lots OF cottage property. The shutters of
the lower rooms of her house was barricldel, and
she lived alone in the garnet, a miserable and
wretched lie, but every year increasing her hab-
its of penury and her hoard of wealth. Goals she
never bought, and frequently she sat for two davs
together in the depth Of winter without fire. Miss
Hall, although she would literally starye herself IN
death rather than part with her money, had no
objection to a good dinner at any other persons
expense, and during the last ten or fifteen years
of her life she followed out a system by which She
secured herself a good dinner and tea every dav in
the week, except Sunday, free of charge. ibis
class of friends she proDitiatcd by promises to
remember them in her will. To none of these
persons, however, has she left more than ten
pounds. Her attire was a thing of shreds and
patches" On her feet she usually wore a pair Of
cast-off mems boots, which were tied around her.
ANGLES with strings. She had worn a bonnet foy
more than thirty years. Summer or winter, she
wore pattens and carried an umbrella. Her habits
were very filthy. On a search being made at the
house of the deceased three wills were discovered
all in her own handwriting, and another drawn
up by a solicitor in 1919, in all of which she left
her property to the charity school. There were
also found mortgage deeds, Midland Railway
shares, dobenture bends of the Manchester, SheE.
field, aud Lincolnshire Railway, and banl,ers'
~deposite notes, in all amounting to 5000 to
f7,000. These securities were found secreted in
bundles of rags, tied up in old shirts, and some of
the more portable, ones such as the bank deposite
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-24
OHIO CULTlVATOR FOR 1856.
A REyEDY FOR "HARD TIMES"

The Eleventh Volume of the Ohio Cuiicator,
will commence Jan. LIST, 1855. The editors are
resolved to spare no pains to maintain the reputa-
ton and usefulness of the paper; and with the
benefit of ten years experience, and much travel
among the farmers of the West, they believe that
they can make the Cultivator for the coming year
of more value to its readers than ever before, and
better adapted for the soil and climate, and pro-
auctions of the region for which it is designed,
than any other paper of the kind.
AS A REMEDY FOR "HARD TINES"
The Ohio Cultivator will aim to impart knowledge
of improved methods of cultivation, how to avoid
losses by drouth, injurious insects, &C., the most
profitable kinds of crops, best breeds of stock,
condition and prospects of the markets, &c. In
short, the paper will be devoted to the interests of
the FARM, the SuoP, and the PRESIDE, and seek
the elevation of Labor in all its Legitimate inter
ests; opposing q~uackery and humbug in all their
forms, and filling the nobleIstation of a true
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