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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

FoUND.-The unfortunate one armed
soldier, who lost his arm in "battle for his
country" and was about town exciting
the sympathy of our benevolent people on
the "4th't suddenly found it, when Police
la Brown got on his track, it only hay-
ing accidentally got out of his sleeve and
down by his side into the body of his
pants. Beware of impostors.-AHianee
Taa1T
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

KmLED.-Dr. John Eagle, a wellknown
farmer, who lived near R~eedsburg, Wayne
county, was Instantly killed on Wednes-
day evening, just within the city limits,
and on the Mansfield road. He was aged
about f~fty-three, and was returning to his
home from here, where he had been fitting
some repairs for his reaping machine. The
horse he was driving was blind. He sud-
denly became -unmanageable from fright
near a little embankment on the road side,
backed, foundered, and fell and in his
struggles Mr.. Eagle was thrown from his
carriage and the horse stepped upon the
back Of the unfortunate man and fractured
1t. When assistance came, the horse was
standing with his foot on the mans neck.
-MnnsfeZR Rnnler
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

QUITE A SERIOUS MIsTAKE.-Mr.
O'Rourk, living six miles east of Mans
field, was almost fatally poisoned by
strychnine on Friday last. Some months
previous he had purchased it to kill rats,
and having laid it by without the label,
and forgotten it, he mistook it for quinine,
from which it is impossible for any one to
distinguish it without chemical tests, as
they look and taste exactly alike. We
hope this will be a warning to people
purchasing poisons His life was probably
saved by drinking largely of sweet milk.
Ibid.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13
SETTING UP THE MACHINES.

Having gone the rounds of the shops,
we are naturally curious to witness the
various processes brought to our notice.
We retrace our steps to the second floor
of the first building explored, in the east
end Of which workmen are employed in
getting up the machines. The various
parts are brought here in piles, fitted to
.gether, placed on the elevator at the east
end of the building, and lowered to the
first floor. Here the cylinders are laid of,
that is to say properly set, the spikes in
serted, taken back to the proper depart
ment to have the journals turned off, then
brought here, balanced and subjected to a
severe test. They are then fitted to the
machines, geared up, and the machine is
thoroughly tested, when it is ready for
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

Since the Radical party came into pow
er, it has given away to railroad corpora
lions as much land as the whole of the
original thirteen States Of the Union. 1t
has been the greatest land robbert the earth
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13
variety and News.

The Washington Capitol is discussing
the momentous question "Shan We have
a better White House to put our Presi-
dent in, or a better President toputin our
White Housa 9'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

We learn that a colored man. by the
name of Mines, a former resident of this
place, was arrested in Youngstown on
Wednesday last on the charge Of horse
stealing, and brought back to Canton, to
amait frial- AMno,ce TncnI
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

Pass the news around.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-13

ToRNADo.-A violent storm passed 4
miles south of Youngstown, Ohio, Thurs
day afternoon about 4 o'clock. Its course
was from west to east. At Boardman
Centre the Disciple church was moved
around about six inches on its foundation.
Trees, fences and chimneys were blown
down. A barn was unroofed, &c. At
Garfield and Poland damage was done of
a like nature. 1t crossed the Erie and
Pittsburgh railroad at Wampum, and the
evening train from Pittsburgh was delay
ed about an hour, to cut away the trees
which had fallen on the track. Heavy
rain and sharp lightning accompanied the
wind.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29
Independent in all things.
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1871

model Of virtue. lie is idle, vain and
quarrelsome. lie keeps his head well
combed, but there is very little venera.
tion in it. ale evidently thinks he is
"cock Of the walk" and does not hesi-
tate to say so in his noisy way. About
all that can be said in his favor, is that
he is All early riser, and does not stay
out late a: night. His quarrelsomc hab-
its, or something else, is almost sure to
get him into trouble, and, as general
rule, he dies early, of broken neck.
lie is gay gallant, weais fine feathers,
has many wives, lives fast and dies sud
denly.
Thus we pay our modest tribute to
the acknowledged worth Of the hem
Were we poet, we wotfd chant her
praise in verse, but not being any more
of a singer than the hen herself, we
must needs be contented with these few
paragraphs of prose. Too pussy for
beauty, with forehead too small and
slanting to admit Of profundity of
thought, she yet instructs us by the vir-
tue aud simplicity of her life, and glad
dens us with her morning lays.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29
A Home.

II we were 60 tell number Of our
friends that they don't know what n
home is, they would grow somewhat in
dignant; perhaps use hard words. And
yet il may be remarked that the number
Of persons who know what n genuine
home is, by experience. is surprisingly
few. One man in COOL circumstances
will tell us that he has fine house Of
his own, in which every comfort and con
venience aie provided. lie has wife
and children there also, and they give
lie to the place. Very true. But does
he prefer that home, thus furnished and
thus enliyenea, to every other place in
the world Does he sigh when the hour
for parting comes, and smile when he is
permitted to return ? Does he love to
sit by the cheerful fire and fondle the
children, entering iuto all their disputes
with curious interest ? Docs he take
particular note of the bird in the cage,
and the bird near the fire ? If not he
has no home in the dearest sense of that
dearest of words. Ii his mind is alto
gether absorbed in the dusty ways Of
business if lie hurries from the house
in the morning, and is 10th to return at
night if, while he is at home, he con-
tinucs to think of the Journal and ledger,
and rcpulses the advances OF the pratt
Ting children. he has no home he only
has place where he lolges and takes
his meals.
All happy is he who knows and ap.
preciates the full bliss of home, whose
heart is warmed and hurnanizeA by its
cheerful influences, and who feels how
superior in purely and pleasure are al lis
cnioymcnts to the turmoil and delights
of out door lie. Thrice happy is such a
man. He has discovered the InIy para
disc this world can now afford. 1t is
ouly such i man that can have a deep
sincere pity for the unfortunate creatul es
who are homeless. He regards them as
being cut off from the best influences of
earth, and exposed to the action Of all
the darker ways of life. lie feels keenly
for him who has no fireside--no dear
ones to welcome him with smiles, and
prattle over the little history OF the day,
no tongue to soothe when heavy cares
have troubled the mind and rendered the
heart sore and the sympathy of SUCH a
Ilan Is nOJ SLOW W ONeIHo" III dCtS vi
benevoencc. y good home is the source
of the fountain of charity in the heart.
Our advice to those who have no homes
such as we lave described above, is 10
get them as soon as possible. They can
never be contented and substantial citi
zens, nor thorough happy men, unit
they follow this counsel. Get homes
Fill them with the objects of love and
endearment, and seek there for the pure
delights which the world beside cannot
| afford.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29
A Glorious Record.

The Democracy nowadays are en-
deavorlng to impeach the record Of the
Republican party, aud make this arbila-
ry impeachment the basis Ot their ap.
peals 70 the people in favor Of a cnahgc
OF administration But "the uuterrifcd"
will have to present more potent rca-
sons than their nakel sayso before they
can produce any change in the general
sentiment of the people.
The grand results achieved by the Re
publican party, stand in the past like
pillars Of fire illuminating all surround
ings with bright add patriotic fire
Nor can the record be denied. There
stand the facts and there they will stand
forever
The following is happy abridgemcnt
Of the work Of the past decade:
A gigantic rebellion has been crushed.
Armies of million raised and dis
banded.
Four millions of slaves set free.
Labor made free and honorable.
Free homes.eads offered to all set
ers.
The Pacific railroad built.
Universal liberty and equal, civil po-
itical rights for the first time secured
by the constitutional amendments.
The States that broke their conncc-
ton reconstructed and restored.
Taxation freducntly reduced, the last
reduction being eighty millions a year.
The national debt greatly reduced,
two hundred millions of the reduction
taking place under the present admins
trattion.
The national credit raised at home aud
abroad.
The price of gold brought steadily
downward.
The revenue vig:lantly collected and
honestly disbursed.
The perfect citizenship of all adopted
citizens for the first time perfected
by settling the doctrine of expatnation.
The Monroe doctrine vindicated, in
the case cf the French invasion of Mex
leo.
Peace maintained, and the national
charter KEEP. in the highest respect thro'-
out the world.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29

The hollow mockerv of American
funerals finds singular illustration in a
case in one Of our courts in which an
undertaken sues to recover the amount
of bill for an expensive funeral speci-
ally ordered by the corpse-ot course
before arriving at that condition Of NOR
taltv. The deceased was of course a
woman; and, resolved, like POpe's lady
of fashion, not to look trighttul when
dead, she had ordered ga brown cloth
robe, trimmed with gros grain silk" as
a shroud, and San extra size, square built
coffin with plenty of room IN it," up
holstered in satin and trimmed in
splendid STYLE" the whole, with acces-
sories, costing 1895 ll-'such coffin,'
in fact, 'as was never seen in New York
before" The undertaken emphatically
declared, indulging in something as near
akin to an oath as undertakers are sup
posed to employ, that SHE got IT. mean-
ing the coffin and it appears she also
got such funeral as New York will
probably not see again in hurry. There
were in the solemn procession one four
horse hearse, cheap at S35, and eight
coaches at $3.50, each driven ard follow
ed by 5 pair of black kid gloves bought
at wholesale for 81, and in which (the
coaches, not the gloves were thirty-two
sympha,hiziug friends filled with amaze
lnent, admiration, or regret at the eX-
travagance of the eccentric corpse. The
offensive displays OF upholsterers and
undcrtakers on these occasions are not,
however, the only violations of decency
or good taste which are to be witnessed.
1t frequently happens that the burial
service itself, beautiful and impressive
chiefly because OF its simplicity and sol
emnity, is burlesqned by ministers sum
moned in haste, and unacquainted with
the character OF the dead or the circum-
stances of their life and death. viii
ministers, friends and undertakers never
learn that great grief breads display
and that it is when he is with his dead
that the man who truly mourns, most
wishes for silence, solitude simplicity
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29
SELECT POETRY.
Never Prove False to a Friend.
ny MARY p. TUCKER.

Never prove false to friend,
In love and in friendship he true;
Never prove false to q friend
SO long as he's faithful to you.
lie may be dishonest: knave
In Others opinions; but then
To you he is generous and kind,
And one of the noblest Of men.
Is any man free from each fault,
All righteous and good in his ways?
Lives there woman so perfect on earth,
That she can be named but in praise?
Never speak III Of friend
To gossipers keep closed your cars.
An excellent rule in the main,
Is TO credit one-tcnth thatyou hear.
Stand by friend in distress,
When you know he is really in need;
What matter il even he fails,
There is honor for you in the deed.
That one may deceive You It's so
Then his, and not yours the disgrace
Because we find one man untrue,
Shall we wrong or distrust whole race
Censure a man for his faults,
Give him honor, when honor is due;
But never prove false TO friend,
So long AS he's fl ithful to you.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29
Absence.
BY FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE.

What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must he counted ere | see thy face?
How shall charm the interval that lowers
Between this time and that sweet time Of graceE
Shall in slumber sleep each weary sense,
Weary with longing! Shall flee away
Into past days, and with some fond preteIce
Cheat myself to forget the present day
Shall lcve for thee lay on my soul the sin
OF casting from Gods gilt of time
Shall | these Tists of memory locked within,
Leave and forget lifcs purposes sublimer
oh how. or by what means, shall contrivc
TO bling the hour that brings thee back more near
How may touch my dropping faith to live
Until that blessed time, and thou art here
I'll tell thee: for thy sake will lay hold
OF all good aims and consecrdte to thee,
In worthy deeds each moment that Is told,
While thou, beloved one art afar from me.
For thee will arouse my thought to try
All heaven ward flights all high and holy strains;
For thy dear sake | will walk patiently
Through these long hours, nor call their minutes
pains.
will this dreary blank of absence make
a noble task-iime; and will therein strive
To follow excellence and to o'crtake
More good than have won since yet live.
SO may this doomed time build up in me
A thousand graces. which shall thus be thine;
So may my love and longing hallowed be-
And thy dear thought an influence divine.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29

\ MUD VoLCANo-While returning by
a new route to our camp, dull, thunder
ing sounds, which General Washburn
likened to frequent discharges Of dis
tant mortar, broke upon our ears. We
followed their direction, and found them
to proceed from a mud volcano, which
occupied the slope of a small hill, embow-
cred in a grove of pines. Dense volumes
of steam shot into the air with each re-
port, through crater thirty feet in di-
ameter. The reports, though irregular,
occurred as often as every five seconds,
and could be distinctly heard half mile
Each alternate report shook the ground
a distance Of two hundred yards or more,
and the massive jets of vapor which ac-
companied them burst forth like the
smoke of burning gunpowder- 1t was
impossible to stand on the edge of that
side of the crater opposite the wind, and
one of our party, Mr.. Hedges. was re-
warded for his temerity in yenturing
too near the rim, by being thrown by
the force of the volume of steam violent
| ly down the outer side of the crater.
From hasty views, afforded by OCCASION
al gusts of wind, we could see at depth
of sixty feet the regurgitating contents.
Scrijner'S for May.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29

LEGAL TENDER AcE-I'wo cases in
volving the constitutionalitv of the Ie-
gal Tender act are TO he rc-rpencd in the
Supreme Court, says the Tribune of the
lSth, that new arguments may be heard.
They had already been submitted, but
not decided, though in similar snit the
CoIrt year ago decided tLat the law
was not constitutional as TO contracts
made before its passage in 1862. Never
thcless, arguments are to be heard on
thit point, AID also as 10 lis applicable
ty to contracts made since 1862. Since
the decision on the first issue two new
Judges have taken their places on the
Supreme Bench, and will hear the pres
ent arguments. 1t is well known that
theae officers, just previous to their APP
pointment, were heavy stockholders in
railways largely interested in the decis-
ion now to be made, and for this reason
the cases thus re-opened attact an unu-
sual share OF public attention. A re-
versal of the former decision under
these circumstances, and in the haste
which has been apparent, will naturally
cause comment not altogether compli-
mentary to the Judges thus called upon
to decide issues they were arguing as
paid advocates less than year ago.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29

lie that fears you present will hate
you absent.
Good manners are blossoms of good
sense.
The wife's secret-her opinion of her
husband.
The greatest bores are always persons
Of the smallest calibre.
The only organ without stop is
gossip's tongue.
Poiteness, like running water, ,smoothes
the most ruggid surface.
Can lover be called suitor when he
don't suit her ?
A poor equestrian should always keep
his eye on the name chance.
Gail Hamilton thinks the trouble with
the woman's rights is, that they want
to live like women and be paid like men.
A young man wrestling with his first
mustache, proposes to name it alter two
leading base ball clubs, because there
are nine on each side. s is ~ --. =
"See here, Grips, | understand you
have superior way OF curing hams l
should like to learn it," "Well, yes, |
know very well how to cure them but
the trouble with me just now is 70 fjnd
out way to procure them p
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29
WHOLE NUMBER 1ll3.

THE DEVILS SLIDE, MoNTANA--After tray.
cling six miles over the mountains above the
canon, we again descended into n broad and
open valley sSirtcd by level upland for sew
eral miles Here an object met our attention
which OBSERVER more than casual notice. II
was two parallel vertical walls of rock, pro-
jecting from the side of mountain to tho
height Of 1875 feet, traversing the msuntain
from base TO summit, a distance OF 800 feet.
These walls were not TO exceed thirty feet in
width and their tops for the whole length
were crowned with growth of pines The
sides were az even asif they had been worked
! by line and plumb-the whole space between
aud on either side of them having been COM
/ plctely croded and washed away. We had
! seen many Of the capricious works wrought
by erosion upon the frlable rocks of Montana,
bat never before upon 50 majestic a SCALE
Here an entire mounlain.sde, by wind and
water, had been removed leaving as the evi.
denccs Of their protracted toll these vertical
projections which, but for their immensity,
might as readily be taken for works of art az
OF nature. Their smooth sides, uniform width
and height, and great length. considered in
N'hh'''i"'' WIN 'iiO OauS'S "hlCh Hhu "IouSht
heir insulation, excited our wonder and adj
miration. They were all the more curious be.
Cause Of their dissimiarity to any other strk,
ing objects in M ural scenery that we lal
ever seen or heard Of. In future years, when
he wonders Of the Yellowstone are incorpo-
rated into the family of fashionable resorts,
there will be few Of its attractions surprising
ia interest this marvellous freak of the ele-
mcnts.-lScyibBer:
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29

THE NECESSARY QUAIFIcATIoNs. -
The Boston Times says ''One of our
smart city lawyers was surprised the
other day by an old lady entering his
Office, leading vicious looking youth.
She said-'Squire, | called to see if You
would like to take this boy and make IA
lawyer of him. the boy appears rath-
er young, madam said the lawyer,
how old is he? 2 Seven years, sir He
is to young, decidedly to young. Have
you no older boys?' oh yes, sir, have
several; but we have concluded to make
farmers of the others. l told my old
man thought this little fellow would
make first-rate lawyer. and so called
to see if you would take him. 'Nc,
madam; he is too young yet to com
mence the study of the profession. But
why do you think this boy any better
calculated for lawyer than your other
sons ? 'Why, you see, sir, he's just sew
en- years old today; when he was five,
he'd lie like all natur; when six, he was
sassy and impudent as any critter could
be; and now Fe'll steal anything he eau
get his hands on"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29
My First Newspaper.

The following is the experience of me-
chanic, concerning the benefits of u newspa-
per:
"Twenty years lived in the town Of
d., in Indiana. On returning home one
night, for am a carpenter by trade, |
saw little girl leaving my door, My
wife met me at the door with smile,
which is encouraging to a tired mechanic,
after hard days labor. She said Mrs.
II. had sent her little girl after their
newspaper, which she had borrowed.
We sat down to tea. We had only been
married six months, and Of course had
no children. My wife said to me, calling
me by my given name, Il wish you
would subscribe tor the newspaper, for
it is so much comfort to me when you
are away from home My answer was !:
i would like to do so, but you know |
owe little payment on the house and
lot. 1t will be all | can do to meet IT.
She said, 'if you will take the paper |
will sew for the tailor to pay for it. l
subscribed for the paper. 1t came in
due time to my Office. While resting
one noon and looking over it, l saw an
advertisement of the County Commis,
sioners to let bridge that was to be let.
/ put in bid for building the bridge,
and l got the job, on which cleared
$500, which enabled ME to pay for my
house and lot easily, and also for the
newspaper. If l had not subscribed tor
the newspaper | would have known
nothing of the bridge contract, and could
not have met my payment on my house
and lot. A mechanic never loses any
thing by taking his county paper.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-29
Is He Fat?

One of the most remarkable cases of
sudden cure of disease was that of a
rheumatic individual, with which is an
amusing ghost story.
There were couple of men, i'll some
old settled part of the country, who
were in the habit of stealing sheep and
robhing church-yards of the burial
clothes of the dead. There was public
road, leading by meeting house, where
there was graveyard and not far off a
tavern. Early one moonlight night,
while one of the miscreants was robbing
a grave, the other went off to steal Il
sheep. The first one, having accomplish
ed his business, wrapped a shroud aroHnd
him, and took seat in the meeting
house, to wait for his companion.
a man OH foot, passing along the read
toward the tavern, took him to be a
ghost, and, alarmed almost to death, ran
as fast as his legs would carry him to
the tavern, which he reached out Of
breath. AS soon as he conld speak, he
declared that he had seen ghost, robed
in white, sitting in the church door.
Nobody would believe his story; but
incredulous as they were, no one could
be found that had courage enough to
go.
AT length man, who was so Afflicted
with the rheumatism that he could
scarcely walk. declared he would go if
the man would carry him there. He at
once agreed, took him on his back, and
off they went. When they got in sight,
sure enough, it was as he had said. =
Wishing to satisfy themselves well, and
get as near view as possible of his
ghostship in the dim light, they kept
venturing nearer and nearer.
The man with the shroud around him,
took them to he his companion with a
sheep on his back, and asked, in low
voice.
SIS he fat? 2"
Meeting with no response, he repeat
ed the question, raising his voice higher
"ls he fat p
Still no reply.
Then, in vehement tone, he called
SIS he fat 2"
This was enough. The man with the
other en- his back, replied:
STAT or lean, you may have him."
And dropping the invalid, he Travelled
back TO the tavern as fast as his feet
would carry him. But he had scarcely
arrived there, when along came the III
valid, on foot, too.
The sudden fright had cured him Of
rheumatism; and from that time for
ward he was well man.