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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-11-24
NUMBER "a.
Free Trade

Columbus, Ohio, November 1G,
A large and enthusiastic Free Trade
meeting was held in the City Hall
this evening. Hon. Geo. w. Meek
or, Mayor, presided, and the editors
of the city newspapers were appoint.
ed secretaries. Prof. Perry gave a rap.
id sketch of the visit of the lecturers
to the principal cities ofthe West and
the cordial reception they experience
ed. He then unfolded in 8 clear and
mpressiVe'manner the distinction be.
tween tariff for revenue and one for
protection, and depicted in the ade'
quacy OF the present tariff a means of
revenue and its oppression of the
masses by greatly enhancing the
price of the necessaries of life. The
people had then several times decid'
ed against protective tariff and had
never voted upon this, it was sprung
upon them while they were intense
~ occupied with National questions.
Gen. BrinkerhOff demonstrated
that every important industry in the
State whether mechanical or agricul-
tural, was vastly injured by the
present tariff (; 1t would relieve from
duties on raw materials and at once
the consumption would be doubled
ana therefore workshops ana the de-
mand for labor would be doubled.
The increased demand for labor
would increase instead of ofdiminishinR
the price of labor. Free.trade would
double the purchasing power of
wages. Professor Perry leaVe- for
home tomorrow, but other speakers
are prepared to address the people,
whenever an audience and a hall
are rendered. Invitations should be
sent to Mahlen Sands, Secre tary OF
the Free Trade League, New York
city.
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Riding Two Horses.

Now that the resignation of Gen. But
terfeld, as Assistant Treasurer at New
York, has been accepted, because of NAL
administration in his Office, what is to be-
come of him as a Colonel in the United
States Army9 The construction of the
law by General Grant, which permits him
to bestow another Office upon the same
person, while he is yet an officer of the
army, is without precedent, and Is deci;
dediy questionable. Butterfeld's record
was not irreproachable while in active SER
vice. What is to be done with the Colo
nelcy which many an incoTuptible veter-
an would be only too glad to hllF Anoth-
er of these two horse equestrians who is
an officer of the army, and also Secretary
of Legation at the Court of St. James, is
passing the winter at Washington, ''gath-
ering material, +" 1t is said ''to complete the
second volume of the history of his patron,
the President.'elCin. Commercial, 18th
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SCENE IN A JUSTICES COURT
Dramatis Person@-Lawyer who is
fond of his "tod," Witness, likewise
with a weakness; the Court and Op~
posing legal tight; and spectators.
Lawyer to witness-''Did you
d ink anything at the bar of the de-
fendants?" ''Yes SIR" "How many
times?" "Once." "Any more?"
eyes sir" "Well, how many more?"
emphatlcally. perhaps twice or
three times" ''Did you, sir, drink
as maay as ten times?'' 81 don't
know, may be I did," ''Well sir,
how did you feel after the first drink p
Witness muses. awhile-''I felt like
sunflower 7" 'tAb, you did, sir."
allow did you feel after the second
drink? ?" Witness smiling blandIy-
"I-I felt like two sunflowers!" More
laughter, and lawyer slightly irrita-
ted. 'tNow sir, with great gravi.
ty and severity of look-''after ten
drinks how did you feel?" Witness
to lawyer-''Squire, you have been
there, you know, pretty often, and
understand that language is not equal
TO the occasion. Really, you must ex-
cuse mev' "Silence in the Court, "
thunders the Justice, and of course he
is obeyed-in a horn.-KiR1StOa A'-
Gus.
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GENEaxALITENS,

We quit this world as we enter it
compulsively:and unconsciously.
The mind is that which feels,
thinks, wills, hopes, fears and de-
sires.
Day is the period of action-night
the season for meditation and repOse.
Detroit claims the taIIest chimney
in the country. 1t took lS5, 900 bricks
to build it.
When a man gets drunk in Zanes-
vile. Wis, they say he has ''mlssed
his demeanor.
Angelina Honeysuckle Thistledo~n
is a beautiful young lady of ProYi-
dence, r. 1.
Geneious is the gift of nature and
the developement does not depend
upon the time and circumstances of
its birth.
Negotiations for the renewal of the
Canadian Reciprocity Treaty are
said to haYe begun.
A man who saw Major Andre exc
cuted is still living at Hanover,
Rock county, Wisconsin.
Everything in Its place. Don't
attempt to shave with a hoe or cut
your hair with hatchet.
Audacity isn't courage any more
than bone is meat. A man NAV
have a great deal of face and very
/ little backbone.
An architect gets his living BY
building up, and an auctioneer by
knocking down. Each is equally
valuable TO live community.
The human mind is never so stronj
as when it is called into action b!
some great and overwhelming Occa
sion.
A recent invention that has beeI
patented is a head rest, attachable L
the pews, and called the snorer'
companion.
Folly-to think thatyo can max
pork out of pig-irOn, or that you cal
become a shoe maker by drinking
sherry cobblers.
The appellation of unbleached do
mestics is now applied 10 negro sci
wants.
A country girl rode into Me-
Albany, Ind, to do some shopiDl
. When the clerk asked if there VIZ
anything else he could do for he
; he was amazed by her reply, "Ol
no, sizi unless you will be kin
enough to go out and milk the Ol
, mare, for l rode her from home witt
; out the colt"
TIA flock of geese see one of the
: number drink, they will all drinl
/ tDO. Some men imitate this habit.
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A Country Home.

I have seen a young farmer who
knew little of the arts of the school
tame the Wildness of nature, and
write the poetry of his heart upon
the soil. He chose a hillside over
looking a lake. Elms which time
had tOstered, he preserved. He
graded the hill to picturesque de-
cliVity. He set out orchards, and
planted a garden. out of a flowing
spring and pearling stream he fash
ioned q pond, and its waters leaped
up from a graceful fountain. Sheer
and cattle r0amed about his fields.
In autumn, grain and mellow fruits
brought him profit, while they gave
new color and variety to the scene.
His barns were neat and comely.
His walks were graded and graveled
and led by pleasant paths to his
modest home, overlooking the whole
and halt hidden in leafy wealth.
Industry and taste have made the
most of nature there, and that hills
side in this rich autumn sun is
| brighter than the colors of Claude
Lorraine.
Of the humdrum of life we all
have full enough. By the sweat OF
or brow we must all earn our daily
bread. Most OF our time must go in
| caring for crops and the dairy, in
providing for daily necessities. If l
| have not spoken of such topics, 1t Is
because a more practical matter has
| arisen before me. 1t Is grave evil
that our young men drift away from
production, and that people OF al
ages desert the country for the town
| Youth has a reason for 1t. Business
and professions, and science, and art
are paiuted in glowing colOrs. Bui
has not science its first sphere where
soil is made and vegetation COM
mences? Does not art begin in
transforming barrenness to beauty,
and decorating earth with fOliagt
and flowers and fruitP Well as i
may be to an artist, Is it not better
TO be both producer and artist?
BY such tone and temper o
thought, mingled with the practica
toll of everyday life, it seems to MT
the largest profits may be made gu
of agriculture. New value will b.
given to the farm, and a higher IN
; terest thrown about our rural life
Fields will be better titled; and tn
harvest more plentiful. Better yet
l the crop of men and women on tn
: soil will be improved. Our bes
youth will be kept at home; ou
9 prosperous families will vie wit
: each other in beautifying the oil
homestead. Pardon me, then, II
have used this hour in suggestln
: how agriculture may cOnduce mos
j to the culture of men; how worth
youth may become interested
i raising good crops; how souls a
well as fruit may grow ripe an
: mellow. This is the true search II
s the golden fleece.
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BURIED ALIVE.
A Sad Rcminiscence of the year
1883.

The laborers engaged in removing bod
les from the old city cemetery, on digging
into full sized grave, struck iV0 inch
plank box in an excellent state of pTeser-
walton. The singular circumstances OF
burying person in such coffin ct once
engaged the attention of by ISLANDERS, and
their curiosity was heightened to pain
when, on removing the cover, the remains
of a human body was found, with the
skull resting upon its face, showing be-
yond question that it had been buried ahYe.
On further examination there appeared
the remains of what was evidently at one
time clothes, and this indication was made
almost a certainty when the cover OF the
| box was entirely removed 50 as to expose
the opposite end of his remains, when a
pair of shoes, perfect in form, but SO de-
eayed as to crumble at the touch, were ex-
posed to view. They were low cut lace
shoes, apparently of a superior quality,
and fashionable make, indicating that the
wearer, who from their size and cut, must
have been q female, was not of the poorer
classes of society.
| The feet that this body was buried IN
plank box, without coffin or case, In the
clothing worn while living, leads ineVita
bly, to the conclusion that it was cholert
patient of the terrible year 1888, wheI
people died as the leaves fall in Autumn
and were buried almost before life had let
their bodies, in order to stay the progres
of that fearful pestilence, the cholera
Detroit Union.
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shrsxd Paris Detect1re.

Paris papers tell detective story.
A legacy of SOC, 900 francs was recent
ly left to a lady who had long lived
with her daughter in extreme power
ty. Unfortunately this sudden en-
riched couple were nowhere TO be
found, and the affair was put into
the hands of young detective. He
asked for fourteen days TO prosecute
the search. At the end of that time
he had been unsuccessful. and he
begged for fourteen days more. Still
he was apparently no nearer his OBJ
ject. and he requested that the time
might be extended to a month.
| When this period had elapsed, and
he presented himself, unaccOmpanied
by any one, before his superior, the
latter upbraided him with his in
efficiency. It was obvious, the in
dignant official remarked, that he
did not sufficiently know his Dusi-
ness. every well, my dear SIR
was the calm reply, "but I have
now to inform you that I have been
eight DAYS married to the daughter
of the lady have been searching fol
land 1 shall thank you to hand Ovel
the SOC, 900 francs, which are the
property of my mother-in-law."
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Hard Times in New York.

The New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Ledger under date
of the 9Th, says:
A gloomy feeling prevails among
the merchants, owing to the failure
Of their Western correspondents to
pay up, the difficulty Of obtaining
discounts at bank or from private
capitalists here, unless at ruinous
rates, together with the suspension
this morning of the old established
wine and liquor store of BiningCr s.
Co., and rumOrs of difficulty among
some of the dry goods (wOOlen) firms.
All this while the stock SPECTATORS
are supplied with funds to almost
any amount at rates as low as 4a5
per cent. and from that to z. It
never seems to occur to the banks
and private lenders that if they thus
keep on pushing the business COM
munity to the wall commercial
crash will inevitably result, and then
where will he their stock values and
| the securities for their ''call'' loans ?
To-day the rates for their best paper
ranged from II to 20 per cent No
sound business can endure that for
and length of time.
Messrs Binninger & Co., state that
their assets are double the amount OF
their liabilities, and that their en-
harrassments are entirely due to their
inability to borrow money, even on
first class security.
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at is from him ~ he faltered. He tore

''It is from him /" he faltered, He tore
the envelop open.
It contained a slip of paper, of well
known shape and appearance, upon which
was scrawled single line, in an equally
we'll known hand writing, which the ban
ker exhibited to his wife and the physician.
The line was follows:
august ., 1868. At six I will callI"
A shock of wonder and horror shook
the three simultaneously.
"Will call /" cried Mr.. Preble, starting
to his feet, and glarinC wildly around.
''Is coming herei" cried Mrs. Preble,
also arising.
''It seems so, a." said DR.. Hutton, his eyes
again reVerting to the message. He will
be here at six o'clock, and see it is six
already
Even as he spoke, the clock on the man
tlepiece commenced striking the appointed
! hour, and at that instant heavy footsteps
resounded in the hall, approaching the IL
brary.
sit is he!" cried the doctor, arising.
AS the last stroke of the hour resOunded,
the door from the hall again opened
One long and hsrrife6 glance cast the
banker and his wife in that direction, anC
then she tell heavily to the floor.
Her senses had left her. The above we
publish as q specimen chapter, but the con
tinuation of the story will be found only
in the New York Ledger. Ask for tht
number dated Dec. 4th, which can be haC
at any news Office or bookstore. If you ar,
not within reach of news office, you caI
have the Ledger mailed to you for ont
year by sending So to Robert Bonner
publisher, 1872 William street, N. Y. Th
Ledger pays more for original contribution
than any other periodical in the world. l
will publish none but the very best. 1t
moral tone Is the purest, and its circu'a
ton the largest. Everybody who takes
is happier for having it Teon Lewis, Mrs
Harriet Lewis, Mrs. Southworth, Mr.. Cobb
Professor Peck, Mary Kyle Dallas, Fam.
Fern and Miss Dupuy.
Mr.. Bonner, like other leading publish
ers, might issue three or five papers an
magazines, but he prefers to concentrat
all his energies upon one, and in that wa
TO make it the best. One Dexter is wort
more than three or five ordinary horses.
| One science only can one genius fit,
| So vast is art, narrow human wit.
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MARINE DISASTER.
Terrible Suffering ofaCrcv.

ACEEEDAC 7bAACEAA5 u - OEC"@
CHICAGO, November 1.-THE fol-
lowing IRE the details of the loss of
the bark Naomi, on the 4th inst,
near Manistie, Michigan:
The vessel struck bottom up duringa
gale, and water soon rushed in, driv'
ing all on board to the roof of the
cabin, where they were exposed to
the furies of the wind and waves.
Captain Carpenter lashed himself
and wife to a mast. A sailor, at the
Captains req uest, set out to swim a
shore, but his strength gave out and
he was drowned The boats have
ing been washed away, no means of
escape seemed attainable. On the
next day, however, Captain Galway
of the schooner Toledo, with num-
ber of other volunteers, took boat
and put out for Manistie to the wreck,
though with great peril to them
selves, the boat sometimes filling,
Reaching the bark they found the
Captains wife dead from exposure
and the Captain barely alive. After
two or three trips they succeeded in
rescuing the rest of the crew, sever
in number, but the Captain had died
before they could take him of, Ano
the two bodies were left on the wreck
which soon went to pieces. The res
cued men were nearly dead from
cold, but were finally revived.
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NEVER MIND.

What's the use of always fretting
AT the trials we shall find
Ever strewn along our pathway
Travel on and never mind.
Travel onward-working, hoping
Cast no lingering look behind
At the trials once encountered
Look ahead and never mind.
And if those who might befriend you,
Whom the ties of nature bind,
Should refuse to do their duty,
Look to Heaven and never mind.
Friendly words are often spoken
When the feelings are unkind;
Take them for their real value,
Pass them on and never mind.
Fate may threaten, clouds may lower,
Enemies may be combined;
If your trust in God is steadfast,
He will hold you, never mind.
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THE New York HERALD says,
editorially, that Mrs. Stowe beats
Barnum. She is possessed of the
genius for advertising in an eminent
degree. Her vampire assault on By.
ron's sister is comprehensive, new
that she explains that she has book
in press relating TO Byron. She
aims 10 make a grand excitement in
order to attract attention to her
book, aud does not care what wo-
mans good name might stand in
the way. What must the world
think of q moralist who thus delib-
erately sacrifices the reputation oi
another woman simply to put mon.
ey in her own purse.
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THE WORLD rs WHAT WE
MAKE HI.
BY W. Il. SHELDON.

o! call not this vale of tears,
A world of gloom and sorrow;
One half the grief that DER US comes,
From self we often borrow.
The earth is beautiful and good;
How long will man mistake itg
The folly is within ourselves;
''The world is what we make it."
Did we but strive to make the best
OF troubles that befall US,
Instead of meeting cares halfway,
They would not so appa US.
Earth has a spell for loving hearts;
Why should we seek to break it?
Let's scatter flowers instead of thorns-
"The world is what we make It,"
If truth, and love, and gentle words,
We take the pains to nourish,
The seeds of discomfort will die,
And peace and concord flourish
Oh ! has not each some kindly thoughts
Then let's at once awake it;
Believing that for good or i'll,
'"THE WORLD Is WHAT WE MAKE IT."
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A SUB COMMITTEE of School Board
not thousand miles from Lynn. were ex-
amining class in g primary school. One
of the Committee undertook to sharpen
up their wits by propounding the follow
ing question: IF 1 had mince pie, and
should give two wo-twelfths to John, two
twelfths TO Isaac. two-twelfths TO Harry,
and should keep half Of the pie myself,
what would there be lefIG" There was q
profound study among the scholars; but
finally one held up his hand as signal
that he was ready to answer. ''Wen, sir,
what would there be left3 Speak up loud.
so that all can hear, a." said the committee
man. "The plate /" shouted the little
fellow,
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Jolly PART1cULAR.-A sailor COM
planned of the power of the captains, and
spoke bitterly of the character of the
shippers of the day. ''Why," said he,
'tnot long ago, on the coast of Afriker, e
cp'n was going to throw o. the crew that
was dying overheard before he was dead.
sa the man says, ''You ant a going to
bury me alive arc your" "Oh," says the
cap'n, "you neede't be 80 jolly particular
TO few minutes ="
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STEADY Increase of Expenditures

There does not seem to be much rom
for the increase of the civil expenses of the
Government, but under Radical rule the
tendency is upward The expenses of
the clvil department of the Government
have been as follows: In 1866 they
were S41, 900, 900. In 1867 they were
$5I, ,OOO, ,OOn. In 1s67-S, $53, 200, 600
In 1868 9, S57, 900, 900. In four years
there was an increase of $4,000, 900 in
the annual expenditures, and, the Indian
apolis Sentinel thinks, it is very natural
that the tax payers should enquire why
this advance, when there has been but lit
tie if any increase in the services to be
performed in the civil department of the
Government. The enquiry is suggestive.
How does it comet Do the various Con-
gressional Travelling Committees, pecu~
liar feature of Radicalism, increase the
civil service expenses four millions anHu-
ally9 It would be supposed that II re-
trenchment and economy were intended II
the public expenses, that the Radical ad
ninistration of the Government would di
minish instead of adding to the outgOes,
but otherwise there has been steady in
crease since the close of the war. How L
it7
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A LIVELY demand for tracts at West
ern settlement recently encouraged the
hopes of the Tract Society that an i'm
mense work of revival must be going on
there. The cry was constantly for tracts
more tracts" At last it leaked out that
the settlers were using these promoters of
faith, not for moral comfort, but to paper
their log cabins with. The Tract Society
since the discovery, is wiser, but sad
der institution.
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GEN. PRINI when with Mcclellan
in the Peninsula gathered military
knowledge and in Washington OBJ
tanned valuable information as to the
manner of conducting government
affairs during war. Heshould now
recommend Stanton or Holt for the
Spanish throne as they are familiar
with the principle ofgovernIng with
the rope at short notice. Always
provided Grant has no relatives to
serYe.-Pitts. Post.
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LITTLE things sometimes produce
great result. A drcp Of water, a lit
tie frosted, will explode the NOM
moth rock in twain, a match will
fire whole city, and little busy
dody gossip of woman, with lit
tie tOngne and no brains, will set a
whole neighborhood by the ears.
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HON. LOT NJ. MORRILL, has been
appointed United States Senator
from Main in place Of the late sena-
tor Fessenden. The morals OF the
Senate have been getting rather low
of late, and it Is pleasant to know
that there is to be a new lot OF them
coming in from away down East.
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y G. WILLARD,

(,OUNTY SURVEYOR-Ofice il
the County Recorders office N th'
Wfkidal Building, where he can o
found when In the city II not, any ou
sIuess wanted can be len Win Jacoi
KsnIinrer. ESQ, County Recorder, WI
will give due notice to me.
The law authorizes the County SurVes
or TO take the acknowledgment OF sr.
instrument OF writing he Will theretcr
write and acknowledge Agreement
Mortgages, Deeds, &c, &c at fail Pr'e'
and a pen the shortest notice.
Naofon Ian is lS6S.
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]. a. MEYRR,

DEALER In AMERICAN AND
Foreign Watches, Clocks, Silver
SSore and Fancy GOOds-Northwest cor
80 of Puhlfc Square Repairing neatly,
sTpeditiously and satisfactorily done.
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ghgsifizu aud Surgeon.
TH PHILLIPS, n. D.,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Oaace and Residence on West Tus-
carawas Street. next door to Lutheran
Church. All durable acute and chronic
diseases treated. Prompt attention 10
DrOfassional calls 1uEeIoyH
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IT was happy thought to Jersy
lover that his blood and that Of his
sweets cart mingle in the same mus
quito.
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sgatfhts, sewtIry, etc.
nTTo WINTERHALTER,

PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
and Jewel or, and Dealer in Watcnes'
.ClocKs, Jswelry and Silyervare. ne
pairing neatly done, on short soSiee.-
No. 2 Eagle b lock. feoo 'oSu
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A. ]. DOUDS.
Bauksrs.

GEO. D. HARTER & BROTHER,
DANK ERS-East TuscarAwas st.
ID Receive Deposits, Loan Money, buy
Gold. silver. Bonds and Compound Ins
tersst Notes Exchange Bough. 4 Sold
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L1 BARTLETP. M. D.,

physician AND SURGEON
Ofice-corner OF East Tuscarawas
and Walnut Streets, (Winterhalter
soru0r1 Canton, Ohio. naayooSts'
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nFnp1R = RRoTHFR,

nEALERSTN HE'S,
Clocks, J0WelEy, SilverWAr, &c
East side OF Public Square. Repairing
done on short notice.