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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-27
Compulsory Bible Reading" in the
Public Schools,

Our neighbors Of the Rep and Rep
are fairly committed to the doctrine
of compulsory Bible reading and
prayers in our public schools" They
held out we'll, but the clerical influ-
ence at last compWses them to make
theirs the organ of ilhberality and
intolerance.
In their issue OF last week they
give weak mess of twaddle on the
subject over the signature of IS. Cor
man." the Baptist Pastor of this
place. In his column and a half, Mr..
Golman does not inform US whether
he wants the usual protestant version
of the Bible. used in the schools, or
his late immersion edition which he
was so busy distributing hereabonts
agar or two ago. He thinks the
King James version is not strictly
correct, and he surely would not want
it used thus publicly, to mis-direct the
youth of our land on so important a
point as baptism.
But we leave tn reverend gentle
man to our correspondent "Z,'rwhose
excellent article will be found in an
other column.
In addition to Mr. Germans COM
m%unIcation, is a long editorial article
on the same subject, which gives moth
ing new in argument, but deals rather
in their usual slang &persOnal abuse.
Measure our neighbors this great
question can not be blaekguarded
down. Howis or hate & malignity will
no. meet and overcome argument on
this question.
Our public schools are established
to impart free instruction to the rising
generation. The children Of the un-
believer and the puritan-those of
every denomination existing in our
broad land, contributing as one and all
do to the support OF these schools,
have the same rights there. This is
justice and nothing else is justice.
The question then is-shall we per-
NIT a clerical party to secure a sort of
mortgage control over the public
schools? One step secured, another
might soon be obtained. The only
safety is then TO have public instruc-
'tion entirely free from clerical infu-
ence and continue this country a land
Of complete religious liberty. This
was the object of u Board of Edu-
cation in enacting the 18th rule.
We commend to these clerical gen
tlemen anextract from an able effort of
a most eloquent living orator who
advocated free instruction in Europe
against clerical influence.
"You speak Of religious instruction.
Know you what it is,-that veritable
religious instruction, which must ever
command our homage without awak-
/ ening our distrust? 1t is the Sister of
Charity at the pillow of the dying.
It is the Brother of Mercy ransoming
the slave. 1t is Vincent de Paul res
cuing the founding. 1t is the Bishop
of Marseilles ministering to the plague
stricken, 1t is the Archbishop OF
Paris entering with q smile that Tor
midable Faubourg of ST. Antoine,
elevatIng his crucifix above the smoke
Of civil war, and counting it little
loss to encounter death, 80 that ne
might bring peacel This is the true,
the real religious instructiou,-pro-
found, eficacious, popular ; and which,
happily for religion and for humanity,
makes even more Christians than you
unmakeip
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-27
Truths Worth Remembering

-
He that disssmbleth with God is not to be
trusted by man.
Submission is the footprint of faith in the
pathway of sorrow.
When we fancy that we have grown
wiser, it is only, in many Instances, that
new p~rejudices have taden the places of old
ones.
When you are angry don't write. Words
when Ipoken are air, but when they. are
written they are things.
The greatest, truest nobility is to be a SER
want of God. He is noble descended who is
from above. a
Forgive not the man who gives you bad
injury Cut the acquaintance as you value
your life.
Inever knew a truly cstimable man offer
a finger, 1T is ever a sign of cald heart
and he who is heartless is positively worth
less, though he may be negatively harmless.
1t is not until the flower has fallen off
that the fruit begins to ripen. So in life
it is when the romance is past that the prac-
teal usefulness begins.
Do not sit dumbin company. That looks
either pride, cunning, or stupidity. Give
your opinion modestly, but freely; hear that
of others with candor; and ever endeavor to
find out and communicate truth.
A successful book is often a greater event
than a successful campaign. There are
noiseless events in the history of the human
mind that do not scar the forehead of the
world as battles do, yet change it not the
less,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-27

ONE of the ablest papers read before the
meetingiof the American Social Science As
sociation in Boston last October, by Profess
or A. L. Perry of Williams College, and en-
titled Recent Phases of Thought in Politi
cal Economy" has just been printed, and
deserves the widest circulation, especially in
''protection"-loving Massachusetts. The
Professor believes that 'tAe tendency of
thought and action, scientific and popular
in all the world, is Individually, decidedly,
and irreVocably toward free trade" and that
Protection, " which is 'ta masterpiece of
sccursed deceit, =" is IAN old trick of the
devil to cover up a wicked thing with q
'tgOod word" How We are robbed under
the guise of protection" is shown in the
following paragraph:
No such duties, in point of high rates,
complications in the way of levying them,
or determinations in favor of the rich, were
ever laid on any ciilvized country since the
world began, as those UTder 1Uhich the
United States = nOI0 L06Oring. This
action of the national government is In spite
OF the most recent and best opinions of the
best authorities here and everywhere; in
spite of the present tendencies and example
of every enlightened nation on. the globe
1 hold in my hand the present tariff of the
German Zollverein, which went into opera
ton the first day of last June; also, the pres
ent tariff of the United States. Look at
them This is, at least, five times bigger
than that; and the average rates assessed in
this are, at least, ten times higher than in
that. The highest rate levied in this is ten
per cent, and that only on one article, rail
cars. I doubt if the average rate levied in
this, on the thirty-seven classes of articles
charged at all, be five per cent; the actual
rate paid on every duitable article imported
into the United States in the year 1866 was
48. 90 per cent. We are congratulated that
orr tariff is productive. Productivei Why
should it not bel It takes to itself bodily
almost one-half of the value of all dutiable
goods imported To say that such q tariff
is productive is only another way of saying
that it is hard Uork to destroy the com
meTce Of e. great people! If the people
trade at all, of course a tariff that takes
nearly one-half of the value of the goods
exchanged for will be in one sense ptoduc-
tive; but venture the assertion, in the light
of Greek, Roman, English, Belgic expert
ence, in the light of common sense, to say
nothing of science. that it is nothing like so
productive as a reasonable, almost burden
less tariff would prove.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-27

THE monarchists haye carried a ma
joTity of the newly elected members
of the Gortes of Spain. The Repub-
Gcans elected about n hundred
members.-ChicGgO Journal
Why, Of course, the people under
the power of the landed lords had to
vote as required. American monied
lords do the same. And the aristoc-
racy of Spain have been so long &C
customed to an ~aristocratic head as the
head power, q Ia Lincoln-as COM
mander-in-chief Of the army &c, that
they must have a king. 1t is some
thing in Spain however for the people
to know that they can get rid of an
infamous king or queen. The Eng
lish and French learned it sometime
ago. This is a great step in progress.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-27
Congress.

THURSDAY, Jan. 19.-SHNATE-
After the introduction of a number of
unImpOrtant bills and resolutions,
the Senate resumed consideration of
the Copper Tariff Bill, which was
finally passed.
HoUsE-A debate occurred on the
resolution to print extra copies Of the
Report of Commissioner WELLS on
Statistics, Kelly, of Pennsylvania,
showing especial hostility to it, on ac-
count of statements contained IN it,
showing that the condition OF the
labOring classes was better before the
war, &c. The resolution was finally
adopted. The bill to preserve the
purity of elections in the Territories
Vas passed. The Senate joint resolution
to raise acOmmittee from each House
to revise and fix the pay Of officers Of
Congress was concurred in, also the
Senate substitute for the House bill,
providing for the removal from State
to Federal Courts of suits brought
against railroad and express compa-
mics for property lost in transitu
during the war. The Senate bill,
granting lands to the Denver Pacific
Railroad, was taken up and ordered
to be printed, Notwithstanding the
good resolution of the day before to
grant no more subsidies to railroads.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20.--SENATE-
Among the bills introduced were the
following: To grant lands to the
Sioux City Railroad-ten alternate
sections to the mile, on each side Of
the road; to extend the jurisdiction of
the Court of Claims, and the claims of
loyal citizens for property destroyed
or appropriated during the war I; to
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An attempt to take up EdmundS' re-
solution relating to the public debt
was defeated, after which the Senate
occupied itself until Executive session
on the bill to establish three airline
Philadelphia and Cincinnati.
HoUsE-Schenck introduced a bill
again protesting the faith of the
United States to pay the obligations
in coin, legaliZing gold contracts, and
providing that before unmatured
bonds shall be paid the ~gpeenbacks
shall be convertible into coin, at the
option of the holders. A bill prohib-
iting the franking of mail matter
otherwise than by the autograph OF
the person entitled to the privilege
was passed. The House was again so
far forgetful of its virtuous resolution
of a day or two ago against granting
any further subsidies to railroads as
to consider a bill for that purpose in
favor of the Denver Pacific Railroad,
in which it spent the rest of the day.
THURSDAY, Jan. 21.-SENATE-
Mr.. Sherman introduced a bill
amendatory of the act relating tC
National Banks. The most of the
day was taken up in discussing the
bill to prevent the collection of illega
tax from railway passengers, and the
bill to establish airline railroads from
Washington to New York and Gin
cinnati.
HoUsE-A bill giving to presen.
Congressman the right 70 make the
appointments to the Naval Academy
due to the unrepresented States, wa.
passed. The contested election cas-
of 5witzler Democrat against Ander
son (RadieaD was up on the report O
the Committee on Elections declarins
SWitzler entitled to the seat but, tn
resolution to that effect embraced II
the report Of the committee was VoteS
down BY the majority.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-01-27

domestic telegraph of the city of Canton, to
wit:
First, To give an alarm of fire, strike if
teen (15) rapid blows; then the number of
the box where given, and repeat this three
times.
Second, When a station has a message for
another station, the first station shall call the
station which the message is for by striking
the number of such station, and signing or
striking its own number and repeat the same
six times. The station called shall answe
by striking twenty-five (22) and giving it
number. The station calling sha
then strike clever O1) and the station called
shall then strike twenty-five (22). The
station calling will then dominance the mes
suge, and when the message is sent except
the signature, shall strike eighteen 1S) and
after sending the signature, shall strike
eight and when the other station has re-
ceived the signature such station shall strike
twenty-five (22.)
Third, No station shall break in or inter
rupt another station while sending a mess
age unless in case of a fire.
Fourth, All conversation over the line is
prohibited unless it concerns the business of
the fire department, or of the city; except
ing also private business communications {;
but which shall, in all cases give way to the
business of the fire department or of the
city. -4
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any
person to give upon said fire alarm any
false alarm of fire, knowing the same to be
false, and any such person on conviction
thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than one
dollar nor more than twenty-five dollars
Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any
person Intentionally to break or cut the wire
OF said alarm and telegraph unless authOri
zed to do so by the chief of the fire depart
ment, or to break, injure, or in any way i'm
pair any box, instrument, battery or appli
ance connected with or used in the working
of said fire-alarm and dmestic telegraph
and any such person Violating the provis
IONS of this section on conviction thereof
shall suffer aaud pay a fine of Tot less thar
double the amount of damage lone to sucl
wire, box, instrument, battery or appliance
but not to exceed IN any case the sum o.
fifty dollars; Provided, that the recovery
and payment of such fine shall not be he'll
to be any waiver on the part of the city o.
the right to recover the amount of Sucl
damage in a civil action, in addition to sucl
fine.
Sec. 8. That the party SO convicted a
aforesaid, be imprisoned in the jail of Starl
county, Ohio, or calaboose of this city unit
the fine and costs are paid.
Sec. 6. That this ordinance take effec
and be in force from and after its passag
and publication.
WIN. H. WYANT, President.
Attest: JOSEPH Trout, Clerk.
japI3w3
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An Ordinance

To proUide for the Numbering of Build
i5ags in the city Of Canton
Be it ordained by the City Council of the
city of Canton, Ohio:
Sec. l. That it is hereby made the duty
of each and every owner of a building or
buildings adjoiuing or facing any of the SITS.
of said city, to cause the same to be num-
bered, as hereinafter provided, on or before
the first day of April A. D. 1863.
Sec. 2. That the Committee ON Streets
and Alleys of said Council shall declare the
numbers to be affixed to such buildings, and
they shall cause proper lists aud schedules
to be prepared and fled in the Council
that in numbering TuscaraWas and Market
streets they shall commence at the intersec-
ton of said streets in the Public Square, and
proceed from hat point, front number one
ascending each way on said streets respec-
lively; and that on all streets interesting
with either Tuscarawas or Market streets,
they shall begin with number one on each
side of said Tuscarawas or Market streets,
and ascending o N such interSecting street
each way and provided also, that all num-
bers on the west and north sides of streets
shall be even, and all numbers on the-south
and east sides of streets shall beSOdd.
Sec. 3. That said n mbers shall bdafixed
to said buildings in such manner that said
numbers may be distinctly seen from the
street on which such building may face
Sec. 4. That if any property owner here
by required to number his building, shall
fail to comply with this ordinance on or be-
fore April 1, 1869, said Committee on
Streets and Alleys may cause the same to be
done, and the cost thereof shall be collected
from such property owner.
Sec. s. That this ordinance shall lake
effect from and after its passage and pI bli
cation. -
WA. h. WYANT, President.
Attest: JOSEPH Trout, Clerk. no
lan20W3
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EGAL NOTICE.

Lewis Vernier, jr., who resides in the
Slate of Missouri, will take notice that on
the 10th day ofJanuary, 1859, Susan Ver>
nler filed her petition In the court ofcOm-
mon pleas within and for the county of
Stark and State ofOhiO, alleging shat some
time in the year 1864, h and her hus-
band, Louis Nernier (now -deceasedl, pur-
chased of Augustus Gachatte the follow
ing described real estate situate in said CO.
TO wit: Part of section %, in township 10,
of range z, and being lots c., d and X, in
Daniel Chappuis' Addition 10 the town Of
Louisville, in said county. Also four
acres of land adjoining said lots on tile
east, decided to said Gaehatte by Jean La
mielle and wife. Also two acres, beiAg
part of the west half of the southeast
quarter of section 81, in the aforesaid
township, decided by Xavier Pauuier
and wife to said Gachatte. subject to c-r-
tain rights ofthe Pittsburgh; Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railway Company. also
part of lot B in said Chappius' addition 10
Louisville, adjoininglot 8 in said addition
and decided to said Gacbatte by said Pau~
mier. That said plaintiff and her hus'
band each paid one half the purchase
mUney for said premises, and by agree
ment between them and SAID Gachatte. a
deed was to be made to her and her hus'
band jointly; that on the 30th day of Jan.
uary, 1864, a deed was made by aid Ga
chatte for said premises, but by mistake of
the sc%rivener by whom the same was writ
IClf ~ AaA4S vi Sdl0 LOUIS WERNER, uGT
husband, vas alone namedin said deed as
grantee, and the Dame of the plaintiff was
entirely omitted therefrom. That said
error and omission were not discovered
until recently-iOng after the death of her
said husband. That he departed his life
leaving Louis Vernier, jr., james WERNER,
n George Nernier, all Of whom are mi
nOrs, his only children and heirs at law.
The prayer of the petition is for an ORDER
and decree ofcourt vesting The title To one
undivided half OF said real estate in the
plaintiff, and forever precluding and bar
ring the said minor heirs from setting up
or claiming title to said undivided half o.
said property. Alsn for partition OF said
premises In such manner that the plaintiff
may have andhold her said undivided hal
ofsaio premises in ssVeralty and or other
necessary and proper relief.
The defendants are required to answer
said petition on or before the 10th day o
March, 1869, and said petition will be fol
hearing at the.Febraaryterm, 1869, ofsaiC
court. .aa GEO. w. RAFF,
jan20w6 Atty for Plaintiff.
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Deaf and Dumb asylum.

~
From the annual report of the
Trustees and officers of the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum it seems the expenses
for the year, including the money
spent in completing and furnishing
the new buildings, amounts to $780,
575 ~. The probable expenses for the
ensuing year are as follows: For new
building, $4,000; current expenses,
$50, 400 80; salaries, $19.5O9 81; total,
$s7, 919 IL. The number of pupils in
the Institution is 285 boys and los
girls. There are also IL instructors.
Five hours each day are spent by the
pupils in the school room, and two
and a half hours at work.
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EGAL NOTICE.

Ii -- s $3.50
John B. Stoufrsr N Mary c. Stouffer
his wife. who reside in the State of Mich
igan, will take notice that on the 2lst day
Off anuary, 1869, John Noaker flied his
petition in the Court of Common Pleas of
Stark county, Ohio, alleging that he is
seized in fee simple Of four undivided
fifth parts of the following described real
estate, situate in said county, to wit /:
quarters of section no. 81, in township nc.
10. of range nos, bounded as follows I:
Beginning at the southeast corner of said
section, themes north, with the section
line, 10 chains 50 links; to a part of said
section formerly belonging toJaccb Dear
dorff; thence west, with the line of said
Dearborn tract, 81 chains 5 links thence
south 10 CHAINS 5S links, to the section
line thence with the section line te the
place Of beginning; containing one humid
red acres.
Also, part of the south half Of said Sec
ton "a, bounded as follows On the east
by lands owned by SINGERS; on the moth
by lands of g.. Onding; on the south by
lands of w. Noaker, and running west
as tar as said Onding's land containing
thai the said Mary G. Stouffer is seized in
fee simple Of the remaining fifth part of
said lands,
The prayer of said petition is for the
partition Of said real estate in such mans
ner that said John Noaker may hold his
proportion thereof in severalty and the
same will be for hearing Oh the fourth
day of March, 1869, or as soon thereafter
as leave of court can be obtained.
SOC 4ser ~ GEO. w. RAFF,
jan20w6. Atty for Plaintiff.
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DARf1TION NOTICE.
Miehael zinsmeister. PPn.h


William Burkholder, Def.
Court of Common Pleas, county of Stark
and, State of Ohio
William B~urkholder, who resides in
the State, of California, will take notice
that a petition was fled against him on
this 18th day OF January A. ID. 1859 i n the
court OF commrn pleas within and for the
county CT Stark and State of Ohio by Mi
chael Zinsmeister, and Is now pending,
wherein said Michael Zinsmeister repre-
senting that he oW ms the undivided forty
seven fifty~sixth AZ -56I part, and that
William BurkholdeI owns the undivided
nineShfUy~si1Ih part thereof, demands
partition of the following real estate stu
ate in the county of Stark AMI State of
Ohio, to wit The northwest quarter of
section seventeen, township nine, range
nine, in Bethlehem township, said Stark
county, Ohio, combining one hundredand
sixty acres rsaretC
AT the next term of said court com.
menoing on the 22d day OF February A. D..
1869, the said Michael Zinsmeister viii APP
ply for an order that partition may be
made of said premises, and if this cannot
be done without manifest injury. that
such proceedings be had as are authorized
by law.
Dated at Canton, Ohio, this 10Th day of
January A. d. 1853.
MEYER & HENDERSON,
AtL'ys for Petitioner.
ian9nv-R .I
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FRIDAY, Jan. 22.-SENATEsThe
credentials of James A and Thomas
A BayaId, father and SON. Senator'S
elect from Delaware, were presented.
A number Of railroad land Jobs were
introducedsand referred. a Joint res
olution appointing Professor Bgassiz
one of the Regents of the Smithsonian
Institute was passed. An -unsuccess-
full attempt was made to take up the
resolution against granting any
further subsidies to railroads. A res
olutiOn to authorize the Secretary of
the Treasury to Withhold the sum of
$1,000 per mile from the Pacific Road
and branches, as security for the com
pletion of their lines according to law,
was introduced and laid on the table.
The bill to establish airline railroads
from Washington to New York and
Cincinnati was taken up, and Doolittle
addressed the Senate in opposition to
the bill. The report of the Committee
of Conference. on the bill to authorize
Registers in Bankruptcy to take tes-
timony in contested election cases,
was agreed to.
HoUsE-A bill to prevent the
huctnotions of gold, by Issuing not to
exceed $3.50, 900, 900 of gold notes,
was introduced. The notes are to be
I~eCclNdDL6 IOI dIl uueS.
The House, still forgetful of its
virtuous resolutionoflast week against
such things, again took up the bill to
grant a subsidy to the Denver Pacific
Railroad, after which the death ofMr.
Kinds, of Arkansas, was announced
and the House adjourned,
THE NEGRO SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
The Ohio delegates had a meeting
at the rooms Of General Schneck the
other night, at which anthe members
of the House were present. The
matters under consideration were the
suffrage bill of Gov. Boutwell, and his
proposed constitutional amendment
concerning suffrage. After dull dis
cussiOn, it was agreed that the dele
cation would oppose the present con-
s~ideratiOn Of the bill, and favor the
amendment with O change in its
terms, so as to make it provide for
universal suffrage without either
property or educational qualifications.