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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
Ohio politics and POli,icinn..

The Columbus correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial makes rich expose
of the maneuvers of Ben Butler, in his
proposed attack upon Mr. Schenck, of
Ohio, as well as those of q number of Ohio
Radical politicians, almost insanely intent
upon the SenRtOrship that becomes vacant
with the expiration of SheTman's term. ii.
In speaking Of Ben. Butler, the writer
says that it will be remembered that some
time since the combatiVe Butler announced
to the world that st an early day he pro-
posed moving on Schenck's WOrks-bY
which he meant Schenck's unseen deeds
connected with whisky aud other iniqui.
ties. Suddenly, after this declaration of
war, Benjamin collapsed, and in an infor-
NAL diplomatic note informed the world
that public men had other duties than those
connected with q promiscuous pitching
into each other. It seems that after the
threat made by B. 3. in lhe House to un-
cover the Chairman of the Ways and
Means, and subsequent to Roberts inVi-
tation on the floor to pitch in, when the
combstive old cock eye did not pitch, he
procured, through Mr. Delano, the ap-
pointment of a creature of his own, one
Colonel Hannah, disgraced soldier, to
the place of detective, and had him sent 10
Schenck's district to work the Congress-
man.. ---....
Mr.. Schenck, however, is not only a
doughty warrior, but politician of deep
and wonderful resources. He gave din
ner at Dayton, whereat gathered the nigh.
ty msgnates of the whisky ring. Hannah
also looked in upon that festive group
He cast about him and kindly inquired of
Mr.. Schenck as to whether he had any en-
emies in that district whom he wanted
punished Schenek responded that he
had none, and ali he wanted of the detec'
tive was that he should do his duty. The
fellow found the dinner myth, and fail
ing in the confidence game did nothing so
positively, that Schenck called upon Della
no through letter to dismiss hisdetecti4e
And he was dismissed, WhereupOn Ben
jsmin B, forSook the war path, and patri'
otically devoted himself to the higher duty
before referred 10. - ..5., e. .s...,
The question naturally arises why did
Delano appoint on Buffers nomination :
Did he have an eye upon the Senatorship,
and give Benjamin = rowing commission
to do his fighting for himG If 80, it wo'd
seem that Schenck was the happy posses
sOr of sufficient number Of spoons, OF
some other potent charn, TO disarm the
hero of the Dutch Gap Canal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
Put Your Hease In Order

The Cleveland Herald (Rep.) of the 10Th
inst, gives ulterance to the following stric
lures on the financial condition of the
country: -.''...-.
|, "ThOse engaged in business cannot fail
to have noticed the unmistakable signs
pouring 70 close financial -fimez aheAd.=
Money is getting tighter and creditors are
pressing their debtors with greater urgency.
Banks are charyi of lending and prudent
business men Ere less inclined to borrow
The heaviest dealers are shortening the
time of their paper and lessening the area
OF their operntonS. The Standing of pur'
chasers is looked into with more scrnpu'
lousz care, and purchasers count their
greenbacks in hand and IN prospect more
th0ughtfully before laying them out or in
curing obligations Expenses are beng
1essened, and5on ali sides thsIoperation of
taking IN sail Is proceeding steadily, and
with as-much rapidlty as possible. q :
In spite of this apparent prosperity there
il an uneasy feeling. The business man
'feels II in his bOnesn that there is hnan'
clal change of weather coming, as the in
vailed feels the coming storm before there
are any visible signs of its approach The
numerous rdmofs, whether well or III foun'
ded, of an intended early resumption of
specie payments, the thickening cloud OF
specuIatiSns concerning q change in the
condition of the national debt, by the fun
ding 1t into long loan At 8 lower rate OF
interest, the approaching session of Con-
gress with the doubts concerning its action
on revenue and financial matters, all these
consplre to produce feeling of uneasi
mesa, and to lead prudent men TO take in
canvass and look to the condition of the
| pumps, lest stress OF weather should drive
then on the rocks.
i'sAll hands, shorten Ealli"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
SHOCKING MUIR DER Ar
HUNTINGDON.
A Whole Family Killed and the
House Robbed. .4.


On Wednesday evening last, q
most brutal and bloody tragedy was
enacted at Pleasant. Grove. seven
miles from Huntingdon, Hunting
don county, Pa. Two Germans nam
ed Oliver Bradenburg and GOttleib
BOhrer, visited the house Of q farms
er named John PerghtaI, residing at
Pleasant Grove, while the family
Ihree in nnumber-Mr, Perghtal, his
wife Sarah and her son. Scott Gard,
ner, were seated at the supper table,
and taking aim through the win
dow, shot the man and boy through
the head and instantly killed them.
Mrs. Perghtal was also shot, but not
fatally, when 1t become necessary to
diApetch her with a hatchet The
dread work of death having been
consummated, the work of plunder
was begun. After searching the
house, which it is supposed contained
S., 900 in gold and greenbacks, the
muroererS made an attempt to hide
their awful crime by placing the
bodies in the middle of the floor, and
piling clothes upon them for the
purpose of burning the bodies with
the house. They had evidently cal
eulated that the bed clothes would
bnrn slowly for q while, and give
them time TO escape from the neigh
bOrhoed before the people would be
attracted by the flames. The fire
did shoulder, but fortunately il
smouldered longer than the assas-
sins intended. While they made
good their escape from the vicinity,
the bodies We're not consumed, the
fire was easily extinguished, and the
murder and robbery were manifest
from the appearance of the deceased
and the condition ofthings in the
house.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
The New Way.

The Pendleton Democracy propose
to pay the national bonds now by
promising to pay at some indefinite
future time. Who could not ''liqui'
date" IN that way Toledo CONNER
cidL. .----.s,sz- r.Ez e- ssFo
+ This is not anew way" The
Federal Government has been "liqui'
dating" in this way ever since It was
in Republican hands. When the
Democrats werein power the Gov.
erRment PaId everybody IN gold.
Now it pays gold to bond holders,
but pays every one else sin pr'mises
tOpay at some Indefinite future time.
The''PendIeton Democracy" propose
to pay the bond holders IN the cur
rency which every body else receives.
1t Is miserable stuff, we know. Rags
and lampbIack OF the most worthless
sort. But IL is all we haYe; it Is all
Republican ruIezhas left u.s. and the
bond holder is better able TO wait ian
Indefinite future time" than the day
labOrer. This is ttPendletOn DemOc-
racy- ~ Is il not right T-DeD1ocTGtic
NOTthIneSE. O. --.-T tg e--s
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
WIDOW LINCOLN.
Something About Her and Herr
SchneIdenbatEen. g.

SchneIdenbatzen.
The "happy dog" as our readers have
already been advised, Is Count Schneider :
butzen, Grand Chamberlain to the Duke of
BADEN. Although this title ia rather impo-
sing, it does not, In the Counts own home,
imply either an impressive weight of dig
nIty or purse noticeably heavy. The
Duke Of Baden has small cash to spare,
and none to bestoW on Grand Chamber
lains, who have little to do about his court,
and who "cOme cheap" in q land where
every fourth Dutchman is Count or Bar
on. Indeed, moderate bellyfull of kraut
and pumpernickel every Sunday Is the only
kind of government pap" that ever dis
tends the shriVeled skin of Schneidenbut.
zen, who is an uneommonly sorry speci-
men of the Teutonic nobility. The poor
fellow is said to be in ecstasles over his
good fortune In securing an heiress for q
wife, and to be especially joyous in the
prospect of falling into the vacant shirts,
socks, breeches aud shoes of the slate Ia
meated, large number Of which have
not yet followed his coats and hats TO the
junk shop. A pair Of the t'mGrtyr's" trow-
sers Is being cut down for Schneidenbut>
zen by Count Kotzenbratzen, the Grand
Dukes tailor, s. Being short legged lit
tie fellow, while the late A L., as every
body knows, strobe the land on pair of
natural stilts 1t will be funny sight.
not however, without some melancholy
suggestiVeness, to behold poor Schneider
butzen leading Mary relief. of Abraham
Lincoln, deceased" to the altar, clad in
the verltable habiliments of his ilIustrious
predecesser-his breeches shining with au-
tographic grease spots left by White House
dinners of the past-hls little feet shaking
about loose in q pair Of Illinois boots 3
mile too big for them-and his tiny hands
incased in pair of enormous yellow kids
In which the Est of the martyr was said to
have striking resemblance TO . convassed
Cincinnuti ham. Poor little 81 Eor ouI
part Nc doA't begrudgs him Stich of the
sacred wardrobe. He viii have earned il
al before he is done with Mary L., and 81
she only reserved after her bereavement
those garments which nobody would
buy, her new husband viii begin his mat
1monial career by falling into uncommon
bad habits.-l Portland (he) Eastern Ar
gus. -.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
THE MURDERS.

Rumor was qnickIy at work, and
many were the surmises as to the
cause of the deed, and who had COM
mitted it, but suspicion at once res
ted upon two sinister looking men
who had been seen lurking in the
neighbOrhOod during the day. AS
sUOn as this suspicion gained ground
q messenger. was hurridly dispatched
to the depot, and by dint Of inquiry,
soon ascertaiDed that two persons
answering the description which he
gave had taken the night train west.
He then telegraphed to Altoona to
intercept the parties on the train, If
they han gone that far
Not long afCer the train arrived at
Altoona he was gratified by the re-
ception of q telegram announcing
that his request had been completed
with, and the parties placed under
arrest. At noon, Thursday, they
were taken to Huntingdon, where
they were recognized by, q number
of persons as the men who had been
lurking about the premises of the
murdered family. On the persons OF
the prisoners was found two hun.
dred and seventy dollars, part in
gold, and part in greenbackR. -
The balance of the money is sup.
posed to be concealed in the neigh
bofhoOd of the murder, where, it is
thought, they intended to return fOI
il after the excitement attendant on
the deed had blown over. The meI
are Germans. Bohrer had been con
| victed, there, about three years ago
Of larceny and served his time in thC
penitentiary..{ Bradenberg has made
q partial confession, but without this
the evidence issufficientIy strong t
convict them. -l,. --.a ..''-er .
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
Biography oran Ok.

I was born in Nebraska. The farmer
to whomI belonged paid 6 tax upon me
as part of his income during my veal
hood. he sold me when was three years
and paid an income tax upon what bro't.
/ was nicely fstted until weighed nearly
q ton, by democrat on Weeping Water,
who paid the government eighteen cents
for the privilege of selling me to butcher,
who pays tax for the privilege of selling
me to the public. The butcher sold my
tsllow to the chandler, who made me, by
paying a license as manufacturer, into
candles for the poor people, who pay
five per cent tax, to read by. My hide
goes to the tanser, who pays a manufac-
turer's license, and is made into leather,
upon which an advslorem tax of five per
cent is levied. Tine tanner will sell the
leather to q wholesale dealer, who pays .
mercantile license and an income tax, and
he will sell 1t to the shoemaker, and the
shoemaker will make boots for the labor
er, farmer and mechanic, and charge
enough for them to cover all the taxes emu
merated, together with his own rnanufae
tursr's tax. ..r .,-.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
old S1Orv.

It is said that at one time, when
Lorenzo Dow preached under a
large spruce pine in South Carollnr,
he announced another appointment
for preaching in the same places on
that day twelve months, The year
passed, and as Lorenzo was entering
the neIghborhOOd, he overlook col
ored boy who was blowing long tin
horn, and could send out q blast with
rise and swell and cadence, which.
walked the echoes OF the distant hills.
Calling aside the blower, Dow said
to him: A T'". .
What is your name, sir ?'' -
my name? Gabriel, sir, replied
the brother in ebony. 80 ,-e..
"Well, Gabriel, have you been to
Church Hill?" ...t ~
''Oyes, massa, Use been dar many
time" az. IL 80
s'DO you remember a big spruce
tree on that hill ?'
/ 90 yes, massa, / knows dat pine"
"Did you know that Lorenzo Dow
had an appointment to preach under
that tree Tomorrow
30 yes, massa, everybody knows
dat
"Well, Gabriel, am Lorenzo Dow,
and if you'll take your horn and go
tomorrow morning and climb into
that pine tree and hide among the
branches before the people begin to
gather, and wait there until ] call you
| by your name, and then blow such q
blast with your horn as heard you
blew d minute ago, III give you 3
dollar. Will you do iG, Gabriel ?" r
| ''Yes, masSa, takes dat dollar"
GabrieF, like Zseeheus, was hid a.
way in the tree top in fine time. An
immense concourse, of all sizes and
cOlors, assembled at the appointed
hour, and Dow preached on the Judge
ment OF the last day. By his power
of description he wrought the multi
| tude up to the opening seene- of the
resurrection, of the grand assize, al
the call of the trumpet peals OF the
nations. Then, said be, suppose,
my friends, that we should hear al
/ this moment the sound of 3abrieli
| trumpet" Sure enough, at that mo
ment the trumpet of Gabriel sounded
The women shrieked, and many
| faintedi the men sprung up and look,
| ed aghast; some ran, others fell and
called for mercy, and all felt for 8
time that the Judgement was set and
| the books were opened. Dow stood
and watched the driving storm till
the fright abated, and some one dis
covered the eolOred angel who had
caused the alarm quietly perche6
Ton the limb of the spruce, and want
ed TO get him down and whip him
and then resumed his theme, saying
AZ forbid all persons touching thai
boy up there. If a cOlored boy with
a tin horn cap frighten you almost
out Of your wits, what will you dc
when yeshalI hear the trumpet Of the
archeanRsl25 How will ye be able t
stand inlthe great day of the wrath o
God ~, He made very affecting ap
plleati0nccD -ars- ..-.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
The Discovery the Circulation
-. Ofthe Hood. ,s.-. .----

. r-.--r Oh the DAoO0s. F.g. ---
= Galen, who was born A. d. 1SJ,
and went to Rome In is5, was the
first to form any true idea Of the pro-
cess; for he asserted that the arteries
carried blood and not air. Vesalius
~ a. the next Ia -tlssA- -Aela- was
born A. d. 1914, and was appointed
Professor of Anatomy at Venice A. /
d. 1887, and showed (abOut the mid /
die Of the sixteenth century, that no
direct communication existed be-
tween the right and left sides of the
heart. He WAS most enthusiastic
and philOsOphic investigator, and suf
fered under the religious prejudices
of the period; for not contenting
himself with the examination of the
bodies of the lower animals, he on
one occasion made, as he thought, q
"post mortem" examination of a
young nObleman. Judge Of his hOrS
tOr and establishment on finding,
when the chest was opened, that the
heart was still moving. This became
nOised abroad, and he, poor man,
was obliged, in penanee, to undertake
mission to the Holy Land, and af-
terWards fell into disgrace and tenn
pOrary oblivion. r = yE-srF ..- q
The next was Servetus, who, with
tOlerable distinctness pointed out
that the blood was carried from the
heart 10 the lungs, and then returned;
but he came toan untimely end. He
was = divine, and published this
physiological discovery in 4 theolOgi-
cal work. he was born A. ID. 1853,
aRd was executed A d. 1863, mar
| tyr to his zeal in science. A few years
subsequent CRsalpinus, q distinguish
ed boIanist, first coined the expires
sion Circulation of the blood" and
described the circulation thus: 'In
animals, we perceive the food,
brought by the veins to the heart, and
| il is distributed over the entire body
by the arteries.p Next, we observe
that, ,Fabricius, who was born A. D.
! 1868 aud died A. D. 1885, discovered
the valves in the veins. Harvey,
who RashOrR A. d. 1873, appeared
IN tho arena and gave publicity to
the new, doctrine of circulation. He
claimed the merit Of esta blishing the
discovery OF the circulation Of the
blood about the year A D. 1929.
! Harvey, however. was unaware OF
the manner in which the fluid passed
from the arteries and veins, and this
hiatus remained unfulhlled till the
discovery Of the capillaTies by NAL
pighi IN 1669-a discovery which
is 3 proof OF the immense advantages
accruing to physiology from the use
of the microscope 80. g-Er-5-r- -,t1
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01

NUMBER 95.
lFromthe N. Y. Post.l
Church nnd State.

Those who believe that the civil
Government ought to establish reii-
gion, and that virtue, truth aud inn
mortality must fall unless formaIlV
countenanced by rulers and laws.
generally hold to despOtism as q d.
vine ordinance. But sOnle Of them
believe In q Government at once free
and a patron of heaven; and such
men are only logical in insisting that
the endowment of ereeds end church
es by government should be equal
and Impartial. The London Spectd-
tor will doubtless startle many ofits
readers IL taking this ground which
it does in these words:
+ "In the COLONY of Victoria grant
of 200, ,000 year has hitherto been
made " in aid" Of religion. but 1t is
now to be gradually withdrawn, de-
creasing slO, 900 every year until it is
extinguished. The cause of the
change of feeling on the subject is not
a little curious. The grant is to all
denominations, and even the Jews,
after severe fight, got some;i but
then came the Chinese and pnt in
their claim, and the Australians
could not stand paying for joss-hOus-
es. 1t never seems to have occurred
TO them that to tax Cinnamon to
support churches was just as unfair
as to tax Christians for the support
of joss houses. To refuse help to all
alike is easy craftsmanship, but we
do not see why it is more righteous
| than to give it TO all alike. Buddh-
| ism is not a creed clearly inimical to
| civilization"
One day it will be admitted by all
that ''easy craftsmanship" if sim.
plicity aud consistency are meant by.
it, is the only sort much worth haV-
ing; and that q conception of govern
1 ment which leads to taxing Christians
and idOlaters together, for an indis-
criminate support of the religions of
both, is radically unsound. If the
craftsmanship of Great Britain could
be relieved to-day, from ali questions
/ which connect the state with religion
they might still find enough to do in
extending freedom; building up
/ prosperity and destroying. pauper-
ism. Can it be that there Is any
class of politicians in the United
States who. are willing TO complicate
our system of government by intro
ducing religious questions into poll.
tics? .f -..F--.i..-. .-.-t.--fI r-.-.-.l u
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
]. A. EEYRR,

DEALER In AMERICAN AND
IL Foreign Watches, Oeeks, Silver
ware and Fancy 6Oods-NorthWest corr
nor OF Public Square Repairing neatly,
oxpedltTously and satisfactorily done.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01

The following letter from the Com
missioner Of internal Revenue; ad
dressed to General WOodall, assessor
of United States internal revenue for
Delaware, Is published for the infor'
nation of all cOacerned -s.
Office Of Internal ReUeItEe, Washing
ton, November 9Th, I860-Sir: Your
letter of the fourth inst inquiring
'ff farmers who go to market reGu
l0rly twice week aud sell their pro-
duce from the curbstone along the
market. at any place they can find
not already occupied, should be re-
garded as produce brokers'" is re-
ceiVed. l reply that they should be
regarded as produce brokers, and
required to pay special tax as such.
Farmers are exempt from special
tax when selling their produce at
the place OF production, or in the
manner OF peddlers, but selling at
the market place, even thOughatrregu-
lar time, is not selling In the manner
ofa peddlGr. -.--
The farmer who Is IL the habet OF
going to the market and selling In
the manner above indicated makes
It his business SO to sell, and should
be required to pay special tax accord
ing. Very respectfully.
]. w. DoUGRLAsS,
Acting Commissioners.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
RLOWING nUnRLEs.

As 1 loitered through the village,
Isaw children at their play,
Blowing bubbles in the sunshine,
From penny pipe of clay;
had passed them with a greeting,
But their gladness charmed me so,
That turned to watch their bubbles
Sailing through the summers glow.
Though they seemed not halt so brilliant,
As in bOyhOod had blown,
When the smallest of my bubbles ...
Held rainbow of its own,
Yet my little friends grew merry,
As each tinted air blown toy
F10ated upward, and the baby
Clapped its chubby hands for joy.
And the girl-her arms outstretching,
As if begging them to stay
Said, ''I'm sorry, very sorry,
They so quickly fade away !"
But her brother looked right manly,
As he shouted with delight
SIT is easy, very easy,
To blow others just as bright"
And he blew with such good fortune,
That, before his task was done,
You might count score of bubbles
Floating gaily in the sun;
Then her eyes with pleasure sparkled,
AS the crystal phantoms played,
And she quite forgot her sorrow
That they each 80 quickly fade.
And she paused where I.was resting
In the shadow of yew,
And in tones of laughing wonder cried
Cant you blow bubbles, tool"
And knew not how to answer;
So left them at their play,
Blowing bubbles in the sunshine,
From penny pipe of clay.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-12-01
Labor md Capital.

The following extract is from an able
article of Hon. Charles ReeIaelin, in the
Cincinnati Commoner, reviewing one in
the Crawford Co. Forum, Mr.. Reemelin'S
remarks are Just and pointed:
ssNC. man can be friend to labor Whe
is not q friend to capital, and vice versa
Capital, with privileges annexed Is the
deadly foe of labor; but capital, pure ct
simple, is its beat friend. So, on the other
hand, is privileged labor an enemy of cap
iIal, and free labor its best auxiliary. All
arbitrary privileges or exemptions are des-
polio acts, and any public authority that
grants them is tyrannical. We do not Of
ten see the Forum, but from the specimen
number before Us, We Gpprehend that Gov
ernment should aid labor in 8 two fold
way: first, by taxing capital, and second,
by eXempting labor. Both are errors. In
= Government like ours, where universal
ngh.s exist, there must be universal duties;
and the man who wants to live under such
Government As ours untaIed, be he 8
banker or q wOrkingmAn, he is mean
citizen. Those seeking to grow wealthy,
can not, in this country, under the very
nature of things, while gaining it, contrib
ute as much toward public expenses as they
are benefited; and Government should
not strain things to reach them fully, but
70 leave entirely exempt from taxes, wOd
be fatal to their own liberty. The wrong
now is, that they are taxed not so much
too high, but clGndestinely, and for false
objects. The Federal Government does.
in its taxation, what LycuTgus7 ordained
for the Spartans in sexual intercourse-it
gets by stealing what it should take openly
and by fair and equal rule. 1t does more
than this, 1t not only obtains its revenues
by stealth, but it sends AL over this broad
land privileged class, who rob and pill
lGge every man through the purchase and
sale of goods protected by tariff. No
man knows how much he pays, nor does
the Government know how much is col
lected from the people under its laws
This if the quintessence of corrupt and
cOrrupting Government.