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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

and clSed over the planGs, He
could ho longer see but he
could Rar. He says that the
flames made no halt whatever.
nor cea ed their roaring for an
instantj jbuE lie had hardly got
the OPT ming closed before The
house Ind lmill was burning
like til der, and both were
down h FIVE minutes. The
smoke come down to- him
powerfully, and his den was SO
hot thj It he could hardly
breathe. He knew that the
planks dbove him were on fire,
but, re nembering their thick
ness, hewaited till the roaring
of the flames died away, and
then, W Ith his head and hands
turned them over and put out
the fires by dashing up water
with hi ) hands. Although it
was a cold night, and the
water lad at first chilled him,
the hod t gradually warmed it
up .un III he says, he felt very
comfor able. He remained in
his deA until daylight, fire.
quentlyturning over the plank
and putting out the fire, and
then the worst had passed.
The earth around was on fire in
spots; house and mill were
gone; leay les, bushes, and logs
were sw' 'pt clean away as if
shaved Of and swept with to
broom, al d nothing but ashes
and ashes were to be seen,
After the fire had somewhat
cooled of Weaver made an
vestigatbn of his caches and
found that considerable Of the
property buried have been
saved, altl ougb he lost all his
provisions except a piece OF
dried beef which the fire. had
cooked as II au oven, without
spelling it He had no other
resource ii an to remain around
the place that day, during the
night, and the greater part O
the next dAy, when the ground
had cooled enough so that he
could piek his way to the si.t
of the burned village. HI
was nearly twelve hours going
the twelve miles, as trees were
falling, logs were burning, ant
the fallen timber had in some
places heaped up a breast.
work over which no one coult
climb.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13
Tss,res of 1879.

A great deal of speculation
is being INDUCED in by the
press, not only in regard to
the availability of candidates
in the approaching Presidential
canvass, but also as to the prob.
able issues will be presented,
and that the political elements
arrayed'against Grant will be
in accord upon some such plat
form as the following, which
we find stated by the N. 7.
Sun:
|. One term of office for
the President, and no more; the
Constitution to be amended to
secure this reform.
II. Both Grantism and
Tweedism to be abolished in
national affairs, by laws for the
prevention and summary pun
isment of present,taking and
bribe-taking, as well as of pub
lie robbery.
III. Universal amnesty and
restoration of political rights
to all persons concerned in the
late rebellion.
~. Reform in the civil SER
vice, so that appointment to
office will no longer depend on
party patronage and cannot be
used az means Of corrupting
the politics Of the country and
perpetuating unworthy men in
high places.
'. Reform of the revenue;
reduction in the number of rev.
enue officers and the expenses
Of collecting duties and taxes;
fixed salaries for all revenue
officers in large seaports aud
elsewhere; the abolition of i'm
port duties on all the necessa-
ries Of life, and the reduction of
other duties, to a consistent,
rational and moderate system;
the abolition of unconstitutional
and supcrfuous internal taxes,
leaving only tobacco and dis
titled spirits as the subjects Of
such taxation.
VI. Legislation to prevent
the levy of blackmail upon
clerks and other public officers
for party political purposes,
and for the summary punish
ment alike Of those who de-
mand and those who pay such
contributions.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

Clloroform is taxed by the
tariff law $1.0o- per pound in
gold. 1t costs in Europe rs
IL cents per pound. The rev.
enue derived from this article
by the u. S. Government in
the year 1870, was $l39,50,
Very little Of course is impor-
ted. 1t is manufacturedeaaly y
in New York, and those who
nse it are forced to pay four
times the price they could get
it for if the tax was abolished.
The government gets no reve-
nue from it, for it costs more to
collect the $139.50 than The
government receives. A great
many other articles are taxed
in the same way, with similar
results.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13
Payment of Small Bills.

The payment of small bills,
is q matter of more Importance
than is usually attached to it.
There are not q few in times
when business is a little de-
pressed, and the prospects Of
the future seem more than
usually unsettled will hold on
to their cash in hand, tell all
creditors who wait on them
with overdue bills to ''call
again." while the payment
would not give any serious in
convenience, and would accom-.
modate q large and deserving
class of creditors. Indeed we
know nothing that in a quiet
way would go,so far to- give
animation' to- the markets
throughout the country as the
universal fulfillment of the OBJ
legations at the first opportuni-
ty. If all the little debts for
the discharge Of which the
debtors now have the cash ac-
tually on. hand, were paid at
once, the wheels of business
would be fabricated, and jolity
soon prevail throughout the
land.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13
TO CONSItMPTTYES.

The advertiser, having been permanently
cured Of that dreed disease, Consumption, by a
his feilow sufferers tho means of euro. To afl
who desire II, he viii scnd copy Of the pro.
scrlptlon used Gree OF charge, with the, dlrcc-
tions for preparing and using the same which
they will find sure CURE For CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA, BRoSCnIrIs &c. PARTIES wishing tho
prescription will plensc address q
Roy. EDWARD A, WILSON,
e0f South Third st. Wlllinmsburgh MY,
Nov, 9g-5ylj
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

For burns or frozen flesh,
cover an Indian meal poultice
with tea softened by hot water,
and apply as hot as can be
borne. !
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

Among the things talked Of
from W ashington is a general
reconstruction of the Cabinet.
BUTT is doubtful whether this
will end in anything else than
talk. Tn fact we doubt every
much whether an appreciable
per cent. IF the people of the
country care whether there is
a change in the, Cabinet or
not. While they have but
little hope that q, better one
will be selected, they feel
satisfied that it would De
almost an impossibility to
improvise q worse one.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13
For the Macarthur Enquirer
The Skirnish.

| hf' AsuttW'
With your permission / write
a few liucs for your columns,
AS the very worthy editor up
street from you has pitched in
to me couple times in his dirty
SKI 0 sheet,T think it is no more
than right for me to reply, al
though I do it reluctantly,
knowing at the same time that
the longer a fight is made with
a skunk the more he will stink
He accuses me with being
irritable. This is false. / never
get angry unless l am satisfied
| am insulted.
He says ] sold J. S. Hawk
sausage which was unfit fol
food. That is lie No. 2.
He says Mr.. Payne told me
lie had no oil to soothe my
troubles. lie No. 3.
That I asked d. B, Shivel
what he would take to put Am
brose through. Lie No. 4. Five
| dollars was the reply. lie No
5. That I.said I'll give it. Lie
No. 6. BY thunder, is lie No.
Z. And forthwith they went
to Justice Payne, is lie No. 8.
There the attorney drew up an
affidavit, is lie No. 9. After
giving the case a thorough hear
ing. Lie No. 10. Justice
Payne fined Ambrose. Lie
No. II. Randall gave Shivel
a five dollar bill. Lie No. r.
Now, there is about as much
truth in the slang referred to
as there is in most of the 8x
10. Mr.. Raper and his cub
(don't know his cubs name
have been bullying me for al
most two years to take their
8xlO; so last fall | gave one OF
them a dollar for six months
subscription, just to get rid OF
him. This seems to be my re-
ward. This 9x10 Record is a
sheet we can't well do without.
1t contains so much important
news. It tells how many squir-
rels Mr.. Brunton kills, and
with whose gun he did it with,
too. Why, it even tells the
last baby that was born. How
interesting! o, how interest
ing! For only $2.C0 a year!
Now about the sausage.
Some five or six years ago last
March we killed a hog which
weighed over 200 lbs, dressed.
Wishing to sell the meat |
incurred of Mr. PAYNE before.
hand, whether I could cut up
meat and sell it in the market.
He said l could, but must cut
it at home. We cut the hog
in small pieces for market, took
the points Of the shoulders, the
under jaw, and tender loins for
sausage. Next morning before
daylight the girls cut a fry off
of the liver, laying the balance,
not more than a pound, on the
table by the side of the sausage
meat. My son, who is now
deceased, was grinding the
meat, and they said through
mistake, be threw in andtground
the piece of liver. My wife
knew oft, but did not suppose
If woul(l hurt the sausage.
while I new nothing about it
until after I had sold the
sausage. Mr.. Ambrose made
a great fuss about it. Now |
can prove my statements to. be
col rect by at least five
witnesses. I will now leave
the world to Judge whether it
was unfit for food-there not
being over one pound of liver
in 26 pounds of sausage meat
I ask any sane man if it is not
enough to iritate any man to
be slandered in that way
Now, all [ ask. of the man who
did it, is to go and pay tha'
Negro Wench what he owes
her. J. B. RANDALL.
Among the things talked o
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

Would Not Be Burned to
Death.
A man named Allison
Weaver, who reached Detroit
from Port Huron recently, had
a curious escape from being
roasted alive in the north
woods. His story is thus
told in the Detroit Free
Press:
Weaver isa single man,
about fifty years old, and
served all through the war in
an Ohio regiment Of infantry.
Up to two weeks ago he was
at work for a man named
Bright, ten miles from Forest
vile, as fireman in a single
mill. Two or three days
before the approach of the
flames, which eventually
destroyed that section, Bright
and his family left for Forest
Vile, and the next day all the
men employed about the place
either followed his example or
made haste to reach their
homes. On leaving, Bright
informed his men that the fire
would sweep that way, and
warned them to lose no time
in making their escape. Hav-
ing no property to loose, no
family to take care for,
Weaver determined ! as he
says, "to stay and see the
circus out" meaning that he
intended saving the mill if
possible. He had a stubborn
sort of a spirit and the fact
that every body else went
induced him to stay. AS
soon as the men left, he set to
work and buried all the pro,
visions left in the house, aud
during the day also burned the
knives, belts and other light
machinery of the mill, as well
as a stove and q quantity of
crockery-ware. There was a
plenty of water in the vicinity
Of the mill, and he filed
several barrels full, beside
wetting down house, mill,
stock, sard every thing which
would burn, scattering several
hundred barrels of waiter on
the grounds around the build
ings. When night came on,
and the fire had not appeared,
he began to jeer his absent com.
rades. But his selfconceit
soon left him, About ten
O'Clock the heavens were so
light that he could see the
smallest object around him,
and there was q roaring in the
forests which sounds like
waves beating against rocks
on the shore. He began to
suspect that he would soon re-
ceive the visit predicted, and
accordingly made preparations
for it. In leveling up the
ground avound the shiugle
mill, earth had been obtained
by digging here and there and
Weaver went to work and
dug one of these pits deep
enough for him to'stand up in.
He then filed it nearly full of
water, and took care to
saturate the ground around it
it for a distance Of several
rods. Going to the mill, he
dragged out a four-inch plank,
sawed it ia two, and saw that
the parts tightly covered the
mouth of the little we'll. l"
calkelated it would be tech and
CO." At midnight he had
every thing arranged, and the
roaring then was awful to hear
The clearing was ten or twelve
acres in extent, and Weaver
says that for two hours before
the fire reached him there was
a continual flight across the
ground Of small animals. AS
he rested a moment from Civ
ing the house another wettiug
down, a horse dashed into the
opening at full speed, and
made for the house, where he
stopped and turned toward the
fire. Weaver could see HIM
tremble and shake in bis
excitement and terror, and felt
nitv for him. After 9
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

When G. G. Bowen present.
ed his credentials in the State
House Of Representatives last
Saturday, las member for
Charleston, objection was
made that he had been con.
victed Of an infamous. ..crime,
but on a vote being taken he
was admitted by 73 to- 22.
A Wisconsin Justice of the
Peace granted himseH a
divorce.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13
HERIFF's SALE.

- -
State Of 0hic, Vintsn CoWNty.
Lantz q Pearce, plaintiffs,
against, ,,,,, ,aL..-
r. Loamon and William II. Cramblltt, Defts
In Vlntoii County Court OF Common Pleas. On
Execution.
Pursuant ID the ommand OF an execution IN
the above cause, issued from the Court OF Uom-
mon P1oas bf Vinton county, and 10 me dlrec'
ted, rs Sheriff OF said county, VIII oner ioi
sale
UpO1, the Premises OfIN0s.
M. Bag,
In clinton township vlnton' county, Ohio, on
Saturday, the23d Day Of December,
AID 1871,
Al the hour Of O'Clock r. M. OF said day, the
following persons nj property, to.witi
One Portable Saw MIL and Flxurosi oeing
all the machinery necessary ior running 'ne
snmo. .
levied upon as improperly off Lenmon 70
satisfy Judgment OF said Court In favor OF
Lnntz 4 Pearcc.
TEnhs OF sAbEi-Cash IN hant; ant;ooru
sheriff OrNluton Co.
George T,aptz, ATTY FOR rlalntiGsi
Iiar IN 'I67lln
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13
G U N DU R A NGO.
BLISS KEENE g CO.'S EIuid E,tr,ct

Ills, SCROFULA, ULCERS, and SALT
RHEUM and ALL CHRONIC BLOOD
DISEASES, is prepared from tho Genuine
CundurapGo Bark, from Lnjas Ecuador, secured
by all Druggists in pint bottles having on them ol
name, trade mark and fnl directions for use. Send
fera circular. Office and laboratory No. CO. Cedar St
New York.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13
ChiGaGO aaathe Great CONFEDERATION

A concise history Of tho PAST OF this most
wonderful OF cities, and detniletT y oircuIn
stsntjal and vivid account Of iis drstiu
tion hy fire: with Weucs ire'd: uts, &c. by
McssrG. Colbert & Chamberlain, City Fdi-
tors of Chicago Tribune. Fully illustrate d.
from phot, graphs taken on the lpot. ACES1g
WANTED. Address Z. f. VENT, SS ". 4h 81,
Cincinnati, o.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13
CHICAGO 1sD yss DESTRUCTION

A spl rnd complete history Of Chicago. her past.
present and future with graphic scenes, incidents
and full details OF the disaster, by Geo. p. Uptor
aud w. sqeahad, e,li orS Of the Chicago Tribune.
1t Ia now ready fol delivery,
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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

IN OF OHIO. Size, 2sx36 inches. Bail
roads, Townships, &c. Sells rapidly. Small
capital required. Very large, profits. Send
for circnlar to u. G. BRlDdMAN, 3 Barclay 81,
New York
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

AVOID QJACKS.-A victim Of early indi'.'e
N tion, caIsing nervous debility. premature dee
cay etc, having trcd IN vain every advertised rem
cdy. has discovered n siinp'c means of sell nrt'
which he will send 10 his fcllow.Nf 'rafr. Ae Si'r
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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-12-13

De TE D OF The Dec. No. price SOC has
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ano Music, worth "a In sheet
form, We will mail two back
AAll@lnkI Nos. for 50c., four for 90c., or
WUObUFAA Jan. to Dec. III, for S225, (reg.
ular price $3). Bound copies
FOR 1871 gilt sides and edges
MNNTlll vSh The music is by. Hays,
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AddressJ. l.. PETERS, 500 broadway, New
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AGENTS Wanted Agents make more mon
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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-03
A Manufacturing city.

Rockville, Conn.,, sixteen miles east of
Hartford, manufacturing city of 5000 peo-
pie, with water works, gas, opera house,
banks, churches, schools, etc, has every as
pect of abounding life and thrift. Schneipsit
Lake, raised tweuty-three feet and covering
], 500 acres, is the immense reservoir of mo
tive power for the machinery of sixteen man.
ufactories grouped within 8 ZOO yards, whose
annual product is $, 100000. Belding, Bros
" Co. have added a large amount of new ma
chinery to their sewing silk factory here, un-
der the management of A. n. Belding, SO as
to increase its product to $500 900 a year, and
the three mills they control in Mansfield will
produce as much more, so that they are by
far the largest manufacturers and Wholesale
dealers of sewing silk and machine twist in
this country. Their houses are managed, ut
No. 325 Broadway, New York, by NJ. M. BEL
ding and G. ID. Wood at No. 20 West Fourth
street, Cincinnati, by ID. w. Belding, and at
Nos. Sc and 5S Wabash avenue, Chicago, by
III. III. Belding, W. A. Stanton and G. III. All
len. Their sales have largely increased the
past year. During the past eighteen months
| they have distributed TO their retail custom
ers over 5000 of their unrivalled patent silk
| cases for the display of various colors, at a
| cost of $4,000. They are now running q
newly invented machine for cleaning finished
silk and making it perfectly even and glossy.
From nothing, in twelve years they have
grown to be the controlling silk house in the
Union, by combining enterprise, perseverance
and skill wi II the inflexible rule of making
| all their goods perfect, and warranting all
| silk with their label to correspond with Its
| mark in length, strength and weight. Theil
motto is, the best silk is the cheapest, and the
public say Amen.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-03
Green Vegetables, etc., as Manure.

In order to sustain or increase the fer
tility of the soil, compensation must be
made to it for the ingredients absorbed
and carried away by the crops which are
raised on it. The practice of housefeed-
ing stock has tendency to increase the
productiveness of land by providing a
large quantity of manure of the best quail
ity. In addition to barnyard, which can
not be expe cted to reach more than part
of the farm every year, there are various
kinds of mineral and artificial manures
which are very useful for supplying at
least part of the ingredients which are
necessary to sustain the productiveness of
the soil.
A great deal may be done toward in
creasing the fertility of land by judicious
use of green manures; such as clover,
buckwheat, etc. Changing from tillage to
clover or grass, giving the land rest, and
then breaking up, increases the fertility
OF the soil, for the roots and stems of the
clover, when decomposed, give back to the
soil large part of the various substances
which they had extracted from it. One of
the great advantages arising from this
mode of manuring is that the crude in
gradients of the soil have been elaborated
by the plants and brought into suitable
condition for aHording nutrimept to the
ensuing crop. Green weeds, potatoe
vines, decaying vegetables should be ad-
ded to the manure heap, and converted
into manure. Flowing stubble land in the
fall and allowing it to remain in fallow all
winter, is very effective means of chang
ing weeds, grass, and stubble into useful
manure Western RatrGI
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-03
The Democratic Party.

THE prospects Of the Democratic party
are not very flattering Mr. Vallandig-
ham, by his bold departure, revived for
time the dropping spirits of the rank and
file, by brave attempt to incorporate the
Republican policy into the Democratic
platform. But Vallandigham is dead, and
from all parts of the country there are as
surances sent to Stephens and Davis that
never will the Northern Democracy admit
or treat the Thirteenth, Fourteenth or
Fifteenth Amendments to the Consti-
tuition as having any legal force or
authority.
The New York riots have also had a
demoralizing effect upon the Democratic
party. The Democracy in the city of New
York, of native and of foreign, other than
Irish birth, refuse to submit to Irish domi-
nation. They rebel. The entire German,
French, and foreign population n, other
than Irish, in the State Of New York, and
in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio,
refuse to be any longer the political asso--
ciates of the intolerant, overbearing, and
revolutionary Irish. They have been
Democrats, and would, perhaps, have con-
tinued Democrats, but they Indignantly re-
fuse to belong to mere Irish party. Al
the election this fall, in the State of New
York, the anti-Democratic majority will
probably be larger than 1t has been fol
years. The same feeling rules among the
native Democrats of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and will be shown in the elections
this fall. As the 18th of July will come
around again before the Presidential elec
ton, the Democracy will have to peremp
torily stifie every kind of opposition to
the Orange parades, or they will have to
permit and protect them. Either course
with that party is fatal to it in the State O
New York, if not in every Northerr
State. 1t has the American people on tht
one hand to satisfy, and on the other the
Irish population
Apart from this domestic conflict with
IN the Democratic party, its main relianc,