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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-29
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Dent GO Back 20 the WAR.

Many have died from Diarbna and Dys.
entery in your regiments; now take war.
ing and do no! return without supp,yiuo
your knap.acks win bottle o, Dr. St,irk
lands Anf-Choera Mixture--rememhpr
how many were saved last wear by taking
it after being discharged and sent rom the
hospitals as incurable. One dose viii i'm.
mediateIy relieve the most severe case of
Diar:hoGa or Dysentery, 1t is ucknowl,
e"ged e., to cure cure Chronic DiorrbGa and Dy5-
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-29

4th, ECONOMICAL
We not only secure CuEArNLs. by our systc.g
but QuALTY. We 10 not pretend tHui our
Watch can be b9ulh for less money tuar tns
foreign m1Ec-beligve. but that for its real val
uo ! is sold for one halt thj plicc
OURsvLDlER'S WATCH (namgd WIN, FL
.ler is what its name inGioalas- SO ID Sut,tan
dial and Away Reliable warranted o. stand
Gni amuuui % Marching Riding or Iigh..ng.
OUR SEXT HIGHEST QUALITY % T
.WAICt (nuncd ? s. Burtlett) il similar in
sizo and general appearance. but hua more lew
els, and more elaborate finish.
OUR LADIES WATCl, recently brought
.ont. Is pm upilo grsnt variety Of patterns.
many yut them pf rafe beauty and wGtknup
ship, Is quite small but warranted TO keen
:imo.
OUR YOUNG GENTLEMAN'S WATCH is
.ueat, not large AMI jus. the tlas fr .he pock
leg "i Young America.
|, llE PROOF Of the merits Of our watch NAV
hn found N Tie fact that We u.ar-tplo7 owe,
ave hundred w0rkmcn in our f.at.r.e-. 4r.
.;h.' wa are still unable to supple tbs constant
ly iuuaang demand.
OUR THREE-QUALITY PLATE WATCllts
thinner and Lighter than the othors we I..a
described. Its fine rhronometer ballHrcais de-
icately adjusted to correct the variation uursea
10y 'empartUre. These Watches are chronome-
'ricaliy rated, and are tho fruits Of the latest
experiments IN chronometry and are made by
our nasL wprkmcn, in separate department Of
our factory. For the finest time-kecpinp qunl
lue thcy challenge comparison with The best
works If the most famous English ind Swiss
makers.
ROBBrVR& APPLETON,
Agents for he nercap Watch Co.
Jan 2l-6l-im IS. kRoApv,tv NV
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-29
NOTICE,

Isaac NJ. Long Guardian of the persona
Estate Of Hclvatta Frazee has fled hi. acoou nj
and vouchers for inspection and partial settle
- an that said accounts will be for hear
ihen' dIyof S5p53 a)Jrt3ji.
jh!D
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-29
A FEW REASONS WHY THE
IN FiAk WAT 4
Is TIIE BEST.

II Is made on the hest principle while tho
foreign watch Is generally mad. on no prnci-
pie az all.
lie as look at the contmst. Tie foreign
watch is mostly made by women and boys, by
hand. while their labor Is cheap, their work
II d.ar at any price. Such watches are mado
without plan, and sold without guarantee. .-..
They are irregular in construction, and quite
rs irregular in movement. They aro designed
only to sell, and the buyer IL th1 party most
thoroughly sold. Those who have kept "an-
cres, " "lepines' and Swiss loversn in profess
ed repair fol q few years will appreciate the
ttuth of our statement
TIE PLAN OF THE AMERICAN WATCH
Instead ofbeng made ct several hundrellit
tie pieces, screwed together, the hoiy ortho
American Watch Is formed otSOLlJ PLATES
No jar interiores withth harMopv If its work
ing, and no sudden shock can throw lis machin
cry out Of gear. Secession 81 one rarS from
another is unknown IN its gon,tituN,1, AND in
riding or any business pursuit, It is all held to-
gaticr as irmlG Us a single peace of metal. II
isjust what all machiuery should be
lst ACCURATE
I'd. SIMPLE.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-29
IN LOVE AFFAIRS he NEVER
FAILS,
YOUR EUrUnE HUSBAND OR WIFE

He will tell you their circumstances and their ftun
prnspccts and what Is better than all, he tell yol
their thoughts and what their real" intentions are
What is better still IL tell yoG IL theyw Rake yol
happy.
br, Raphael is, therefore, sure dependence
Tualli In business ll4 advice isinyalablo lie can fore
tell with the greatest certainty, tho result of all
mgrci and business transactions and FlecuatiOus. Dr
Eiling accuracy.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-29
DIR. RAPHAEL,
BOX NO. 2E63, POSE OFFICE,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Caution TO the Pnblic.

Or W Raphael, tho Astroloser, has no connection
with PROFESSOR or DR.. w. m, Raphael, or With any
othcr gentleman Of the same name.
BC- Cut this advertisement ont When you come,
bring 1t with you aud show it the girl who opens Tia
door. To prevent mistakes, ask to
SEE TIE DOCTOR HIMSELF.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-29
LI TTERY NUMBERS
given without any extra charge.
MORE GOOD NEWS ~!

II viii guide hlO % wcalth, cmlnen6o and honor,
Thousands OF coal men, who were unoE'nate and IN.
successful In their luslucss--ucu who worked hard, and
who struggled Hra'r-t aiycrsty t7' misfortune the
greater pant of tiy lives and Who tcNad to they
tried to get forward IN The world the things went
Rgainst them; Ihcie men got Dr. llspnaals written
opinion upon their future prospects In llie. All those
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12
Protecting Young Trees.

While the weather continues favorable for
out of door work, no opportunity should be
neglected for putting the finishing touches
up.n everything in the garden or orchard
that is liable to injury during the winter
months. Young trees at this season Should
be guarded against the ravages of the field
mice. They do their mischief in the night,
stealthily, and without warning; and so
thoroughly sometimes as not to spare single
tree. A few years since we lost young
orchard of several hundred troes upon which
we had expended great deal of care and
labor in the setting, simply by a neglect to
protect the main trunk from the teeth of these
vermin. By that experience, however, we
learned a good lesson, and do not expect to
sufier loss from such cause in future.
1t is believed by some that heaping up the
earth foot high, about the trunk Of the tree,
Or tramping the snow about the roots when
it comes, is sufficient protection; but we
are inclined to distrust both these practices,
as being far from reliable.
1t will be noticed that tho mice always
work from the surface, about as high up as
they can reach with their teeth, and we
should take lesson from this well-known
habit, and cut short their operations by COW
ering the bark. For this purpose strips Of
tarred dsheathingpaper will be found extreme
ly well adapted. If cut into strips of the
right width and length, wound around the
trees at the base, and securely fastened with
a bit of annealed wire, the mice will give it
up in despair after single trial, and seek
for food elsewhere, whore tar is not included
in the bill of fare.-Farmer and Gardner.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12

cat this interesting iuncture | was
seized by the button by perhaps the most
perfect specimen of bore to be found in
the city, large as it is, and plenty as they
are; not one of your big pQd-auger sort,
but fellow that twists a gimlet into you
with his right hand, while he detains you
by the button with his left, taking it out
now and then, when he thinks it is going
rather hard, and forthwith inserting it in
another place. He was telling me in
loud voice, of shabby trick that had
lately been served him by man who had
just passed us, and what he had that morn
ing said to him:
"'Sirl' (said D. you are liar and a
scoundrelP 7
81 could see, as passers-by turned round
to look at us, that they thought he was ad-
dressing this complimentary remark tome!
| don't wonder, either, that thoy should
have thought SO, for my face must have
been good deal inAamed with impatient
endurance.
"Well, when 1 could stand it no longer
I broke away, to drop in upon the only
friend whom l thought could and would
'help me out;' and-what do you think !?
he had just lent every dollar he had to
Mr.. - (the very man whom my button
holder had been serving up to me in par
GELS, particular friend ?
GAS came out of his office, the clock
struck three / went home, more annoyed
move vexed, than remember ever to have
been before in my life.
II was now wrought up to the highest
pitch. I went staight to my bedroom,
and after long search, found the little
black rascal that had covered my back
and shoulders with thick oblong welts of
blotches and was glancing at the demon
iacal revenge depicted in my count Jnance
when / passed by the looking-glass, roll
ing my prisoner as "a sweet morseP of
revenge between my thumb and finger,
when the door-bell rang, and girl came to
say that "a gentleman wanted to see me-
II stepped below, with something of ex-
ultation in my manner; and in the hall
found the bank notary He handed me a
protest and walked out, and when he had
gone, said to him: you and your bank
may go to thunder! I'd rather have the
pleasure of torturing this little torment to
death, than to have my paid note in my
pocketp
"Aftor manipulating my victim with
due economy of enjoyment, thought I'd
see how he bore it. now, would you be-
liereiti it-,e0siat tae Hea after all 1t
was only little bit of bldch lint that had
worn of from the lower side of my stock ?"
This, to the complainant, was ''the last
hair that broke the camePs back"
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12

is the interest, at per cent, on 500 per
acre--or s17 so per tree-wkich may be fair
ly reckoned as the true value of the best
orchards. Poor ones, unoultvatea, unprun-
ed, enveloped in suckers, and of unsaleable
or unproductive varieties, would be indefinite
ly lower. 1--WE have sold good orchard at
5000 per acre, and the purchaser was abun-
dantly satisfed) The cost of such an orch.
ard may be easily reckoned. The 40 trees
and freight on them Sl0 transplanting, in
cluding thorough preparation Of the ground
So land, say, $l00 per acre; total SllS.-
The crop of potatoes, beans, turnips, Sc.
among the trees, until they are grown, or be
gin to bear, would pay interest on the laad
The net profit, therefore, per acre. would be
S5S2.
The orchard at eight years, or half grown,
would not produce more than one-f0urth or
one third the amount in eight years more,
but in view Of its constantly increasing value,
it would be safe to estimate it at half price.
These estimates, it must be particularly
observed, are for well selected and peU man
aged trees. 1t would be safer not to make
any estimate or calculation whatever on ne
elected ones, such as nineteen-twentieths are,
of all that are set out"
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12
Tae :farnrer's department.
Apple Orchard.

Thesfollowing, on the value of orchards, we
take from the Rural Annual:
"Those who are about toprepare the ground
and set out orchards, have mostly very indis-
tinct views of their real value. They know
that good fruit sells in market, but they have
never made any definite estimate of the prob
able income from ten acres of well selected,
well planted, and well cultivated trees
Whether there will be an annual return of a
hundred, five hundred, or Eve thousand dol
lars, they have never carefully figured and
those who have made calculations have per-
haps greatly erred as to the probable amount
to be reasonably expected, for want of reli-
able data.
Apple orchards are the most certain and
readable and their profits are very high
There is always an extensive market for coed
apples, because they are useful for every day
food, and are within the reach of all. When
more skill is generally acquired in picking
and keeping, the market will increase, be-
cause there will be no less loss by decay on
the part of the purchaser.
Forty years ago. good winter apples sold
fr 25 cents per bushel at tho orchard; and
it is remarkable that Notwithstanding the
millions of trees which have since that time
been set out, and the changes which have
passed over the country and its people, the
price has not at any time greatly varied
from this sum. During scarce seasons
it has been higher and when the crop has
been abundant, market has not been found
for all /; but even in the latter instance, Sc
lected fruit, from thrifty, well managed
orchards, would always command ready
price, and at higher rates than the average,
by special contract. Rare or fancy sorts, las
Northern Spy, Lady Apple, &c., would often
sell for several times mere than that we have
mentioned, but we do not take these into the
account.
What, then, is the value of a good, well
managed apple orchard per acre, and at diff.
ferent ages in growthl If well cultivated
the trees may be regarded as full grown al
fifteen years, and they will continue to beai
from 30 to so years more. Casualties, or
danger of dying, would not exceed 10 pei
cent, the owner spending not over one dollar
per acre yearly, yearly, in destroying borers
caterpillars, &c. The crop will vary with
the seasons, but on COED trees of proper J
selected sorts, the ayeragewill be eight bushels
yearly. lin abundant seasons it will be fire.
quently three times as mueh.) Forty tree
per acre will give 800 bushela. At 20 cent
per bushel, on the tree, an acre will yielt
S64. Deduct 10 per cent. for casualties, Il
moro as allowance for the limited duration o
the orchard, and 81 for assaults on insects
and the yearly return will exceed $50. Thi
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12
A CHAPTER OF ANNoYANCEs.

We don't know when we have met with
a more amusing series of Little Annoyan-
ceS, (Which are oftentimes more vexatlous
and almost harder to bear than greater
troubles) than in the following sketch:
81 went into my barber's this morning,
with my temper soured by letters from
the attorneys Of FIVE different bankrupt
creditors at the Southwest, postage un-
paid, of course, oh, yes; bankrupts don't
pay postage on letters to their dupes-oh,
no | was vexed, too, at a painter who
had been paid in advance to paint me a
new sign; but he must go sailing in the
Bay on Sunday and get drowned-just as
like as not on my money any how, he
died, and made no sign.
~ was in an awful hurry, for 1 had to
raise money to take up note, and was
short full one-half. There was young
sprig in the BARRIERS chair, who had pas
sed me, and got into the shop about half
yard before me, by acting as if he want
ed to speak to a man who was ahead OF
me-a contemplate trick
"Well, sir, there he sat, feeling of his
chin after every round Of the razor, and
asking for more, till his sparee beard
was close-reaped into the middle Of the
next week; reading the whole time the
only paper that ever do read, which he
continued to do all the while the man was
curling his hair and whiskers, evidently
just to spite me! 1t was an hour before
1 got away from the barber's; and then
the friend who would have loaned me five
hundred dollars in my strait, had taken
the morning cars for New York.
"After attending to some necessary bust
ness at the store, 1 sailed out for a shin
dy in Third Street, for the times were very
hard. 1t was not far from three o'clock,
and the day was of the 'nastiest August
kind-hot as melted lead-muggy and
sticky. Everybody was short to-day al
though each one could have done it yes
terday, if l had called, which struck me
as very curious. had on pair of new
boots, which my boot-maker, for the first
time in fifteen years, had made too small.
How they did bite at the heels, blistered
as they were from slipping up and down
in them ! My neck-stock was constantly
twitching around 'hind-side BEFORE and
couldn't keep my shirt down behind II
kept crawling up, and finally rolled into
an inaccessible lump, saturated with per-
spiration, and rested in the small Of my
back. This annoyed me almost as much
as flea-the first l had felt this summer
that was nipping me at his leisure, il
a secure position which he had taker
up between my shoulders.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12

The surest way to prevail ON a young
couple to get married is to oppose them
Tell them you would rather see them in their
graves, and twelve months will not elapsc
before their baby will pass you twice a day
in willow wagon.
The sententious Mrs, Partiugton, after
profoundly meditating upon the natureof the
serpent spoken Of in Scripture that seduced
Eve, says she is fully convicted that it must
have been boa Constructor"
"NsvRR be critical upon the ladies, was
the maxim of an old Irish peer, remarkable
or his homage to the sex ''the only way III
the world that true gentleman will attempt
to look at the faults Of pretty woman is to
shut his eyes,"
A DANISH writer speaks of hut 50 miser-
able that it didn't know which way to fall,
and so kept standing This is like the man
that had such complication of diseases that
ho did not know what to die of, and SO lived
on.
correspondent of country paper, rofer-
ferring to suggestion made by the editor
that the Supervisors afford relief to mea with
families unable to raise $500 asks; Are
not men with $500, unable to raise families,
also objects of commisseration."
A YOUNG lady out west, who had two suit
ors, engaged herself to one Of them, and then
sloped with the other. Her father didn't ap-
preciate it and disinherited her, and the ADAM
doned lover wants to shoot somebody.
"PoMPEY, are You willing to be damned, if
it should be the Lords wil?'' inquired a pious
friend. ooh, yes, massa and more too;
am willin' you be damned too, NASSAU re-
piled Pompoy.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12
CHE agady's department.

A TERRIBLE CONNECTION is at present
agtating the serenity of the feminine por-
ton of the community inhabiting one of our
fashionable uptown hotels. An edict has
been issued that has stricken with horror
many an DER tender heart. The fact is, the
proprietor of the establishment in question
has had the hardihood to levy tax Of 81
per day upon each of his fair patrons who
chances to be the possessor of a poodle, the
lately fashionable terrier, or any other equal
ly dainty pet. The board for such possess
sion is therefore in consequence 81 per week.
Thus there is CONSERVATION and rebellion
among mano fair danes and demoiselles, and
they feel themselves martyrs to mans pro-
verbal heartlessness and declare their in
iured pets to be "poor abused dears." We
would sympathize with them if it was in
ruo power.
YoUNG LADIES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT.
"A m )dern researcher for facts remarks =
Young ladies formerly studied Shakespeare,
and made themselves acquainted with Pope
and Milton, but nowadays all such nonsense
has been laid aside. Why should our young
folks study what is never talked off, Being
versed in floss and worsted yarn, entirely
posted up in the polka, with smattering OF
the piano, does more toward making up IAN
accomplished lady than all the old fogy elas-
sizes or scientific poetry ever written.
AMONG THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND there
we're, in 1861, 10 bankers, money lenders,
274 commercial clerks, 20 commercial ira
velers, So brokers, SO merchants, 20 iarriers,
4l9 printers, shepherds, 1894 outdoor
agriculturists /; l3 ladies were doctors, bone
settlers; were reporters or shorthand wri-
.ers, parish clerks, 4 choristers, 4 teachers
Of elocution, II dentists, 2 knackers, 4 con
Jurors, astronomer, 3 "naturalists." Ar
enterprising race, certainly.
A ROMANTIC FANcY.-0n the shores o
the Adriatic Sea, the wives of fishermen
whose husbands have gone far off upoa thu
deep, are in the habit at even tide of going
down - the sea-shore and singing, as femal'
voi,e, only can, the first stanza OF beauti
ful hymn and after they had sung it, the,
Ii. ten till they hear borne by the wind acrOs
the desert sea the second stanza, sung b.
their gallant husbands as they are tossed b.
.the gale upon the waves, and both are hap
py.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12

Mrs. PARTINGToN says that when she
was gal, she used to go to parties, and
always had beau to ex'ort her home. But
now," says she, "the gals undergo all sorts
of decliyities; the task of extorting them
home resolves on their dear selves" The
old lady drew down her speoks, and thanked
her stars that she had lived in other days,
when men could depreciate the worth of the
female sex.
THE QUESTION has been asked why is it
considered imrolite for gentlemen to go in
the presence of ladies in their shirt sleeves
while it is in every way correct for the ladies
themselves to appear before gentlemen with.
out any sleeyes2 II is still unanswered.
The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12

by the handle over your head with one
hand more than half minute and then
set it down again, withoutspilling one droI
of its contents, the ten dollars is yours. =
"Roscious" smiled pitying smile, and
walked up to the pitcher like hungry
hen to her dough but before he could
lay his hand upon it, "Specs" exclaim-
ed
"Ladies and gentlemen never before
attempted to try my strength against that
of John Rose, and should not now, only he
is continually boasting of his muscular
ability, and taunting his interiors with
their weakness and | made up my mind
to either pluck feather out of his car
this evening, and thereby put stop tC
his boasting, or lose ten dollars in the at
tempt"
This drew forth rounds of applause from
the gentlemen, and storms of Kisses from
the ladies', but "Specs" continued
"And now, before 'Roscious' attempts
this feat, to prevent all quibbling, l wish
him to state if he is not to give up the ten
dollars if he does not hold this pitcher
with one hand over his head for more than
half minute, and then replace he pitch
er upon the table without spilling so much
as one drop Of the contents p
eyes, yes," says "Roscious" as careless
ly as if he had been requested to lift to his
mouth hot whisky toddy; "that IS the
bet--so stand one side-boy !"
"Specs" face slightly tinged at being
thus called boy by one some three weeks
his junior; but choking his passion, he
stepped aside and exclaimed
"You'll find it, sir, a more difficult task
than you imagined. But try it, sir, if you
have the courage"
Such a speech was different from any
that "Roscious" had been in the habit OF
having addressed to him, and as he thought
of the last few words-''if you have the
courage" he grasped the pitcher and
swung it directly over his head with as
much apparent ease as if it had been a
child's brushbroom.
1t had not been there FIVE seconds how
ever, before the ladies screamed and made
rash to save their fancy man. But twas
too late The bottom of the pitcher, which
had been slightly cemented in for the oc-
casion, dropped out, and the contents,
which had also been prepared for the occa.
sion, being equal parts Of rum, molasses,
spirits Of turpentine and eggs, covered the
muscular hero from head to foot, making
him appear in the bright lamp-light like
the disturbed spirit of some silk-merchant
dressed in his own goods as there were
all kinds of stripes imaginable from his
hair to his boots, not excepting an occa-
sional tinge of gold and slate, formed by
the sudden mixture of turpentine and
eggs.
If there is anything that will kill man
in the eyes of the ladies, it is being caught
in trap, and so it proved in this case
"Roscious" lost his ten dollars, and his in
hu:nce with the ladies, and was cured OF
boasting; while "Specs" won ten dollars,
handsome wife, and the thanks of the
"boys."