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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
Transplanting Apple. Trees.

I One cannot be too careful in trans
planting fruit trees, as on this depends
much of the future growth and pros
perity of the tree. The process in itself
is not hurtful, but to set out tree pro-
perly is to set it rs near as it grew in
the nursery, and in hole that conforms
to the shape of the roots. If the trees
when received are much withered, bury
them in moist earth for few days, or
set them out temporarily in a shady
place, and keep the roots well moisten-
ed, until you are ready to transplant
them permanently.
In setting out your trees, the holes for
them should be neither too deep nor
too shallow, and large enough to accom-
modate all the roots without bending or
twisting them. Having placed the tree
in position, do not shovel in the stones,
hard humps and sods first around the
roots, but cover them carefully with the
most pulverized earth, until the hole is
about one quarter filled; then pour in
as much water as may be necessary to
cause the earth to stick to the roots, and
pack firmly around them. Now fill up
the hole with good earth, adding as
much water from time to time as may
be needed, and press down the soil care
fully but firmly about the tree. If the
weather should prove dry for a few
weeks after the trees have been set, wa
ter them occasionally, and mulch them
with coarse straw. o. S. TEMPLER.
Hamilton Co., Iowa ...--
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
NJ 5peeT,t Win EalE. ] IhAJiU

You may get through the world but twill be
1fyoH fEz iSt6s saOS q ali that is said as you
You'll be worried. and fretted. and Kept m q
For msddissOme tongues VIII hevs something to
o0' For people will talk.
1souiet and modest. you SyS II have 1t ptesamed
T6s: yG1s GaIy 9ssS2sS
ButdOn't get excited. keep nsEfsstIy5 SOaluo r.-
slam For peoPleStil tAlk.1Ess ~ Iirsyjsib 10
If ssnsrou. and noble tnsyn enE 10 6Sut,9;thsir s9h
You'll hear sOnslOud hints! that you're selfish
4 upright, honest. and fAir as the day., In -
They'll call SST peOSIe TSsrs % IL fy 'neerns way
And then; if you show the sleAsts eOsdeess of
Or q slight Inclination to tax ks yous own part.
They viii call you an upstart, eoneeited and
But keep straight ahead, don't stop to explain.
For pSOpleiwih talk Ees!2
If tATSsdbars Sss y0sr s'S's' or OLD
Some one will surely take notice of that, =,
And hint rather strong that YOU can't pAs SOar
But don't get excited. whateveSr: they saysV'1 s'
For people will talk ls-Tsl
IF yOu dress in therfashiOn. don't think to e.
For they critioise then in diSFent shape Z, =, u
You're ahead of your means. or your tailorss M
But mind your own business. there's nauEht to be
For people viii talk.
For your mind. II you have one. win then be at
of course you will meet with lfSorts of abuse 2
But don't think to stop them. It amt any uses.s
For people will talk. ~ edo .g 70
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
.g2% EATON OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL

reausefor rejoicing rather than mourn
ing. Chevalier Morelet thus describes
what he once saw in that city: One
day, While in The vicinity of the ceme-
tery,I heard, at a little distance, the
sound of music, gay and animated as
group of young people, bearing in their
midst d litter, apparently covered with
flower: Every face wore cheerful ex-
preston, and all entered the inclosure
with light STEPS, as if going to aiwed-
ding. ) instinctively followed it, until
it stopped at the edge of one of the deep
fosses which always stand yawning for
the dead. L approached one of the
party, and inquired the occasion of such
a merry gathering. We are burying a
baby = was the simple response, and he
looked at me with an expression of sur
prise, as much as to say, What a singu-
lar question ?'mi, =. a. r...4
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
Family Gehealogy, According to
1 I Hn' u. DarIEin 80

luv :tFrom the Newark IN. ~ Advertiser.
o., If there be any truth or sense in the
new and wonderful theory advanced by
Darwin, then the genealogical table of
some particular family traced back to
about the time of the transition state
from monkey to man, would be curious
and interesting. 1t might read some
what as follows: "The human foun-
der of our family was the illustrious
Colonk, well known. warrior of his
day, and the first fully developed man
| m our line of ancestors. Colonk was
the son of that Bodinka who was one
sixteenth monkey and the rest man
monkey proportion only perceptible on
the closest scrutiny. Bodinka's father
was Longolib, one eighth monkey and
seven eighths man. He could speak
human language but imperfectly, had
rather hairy phiz, and was altogether
too much addicted to human tricks to
be of much account in society. Longo-
| lib was the oldest son of Chimpo, who
was one quarter monkey and the rest
man. Although bearing only, the. pro-
! portion, of one quarter monkey in his
composition, there was, nevertheless, a
good deal more monkey than was really
desirable. As man he could never at
tain distinction, and he was no. kind of
4 a ASA fOSAAaI tSOA-
! lila monkey either in the forest or in a
fight Chimpo'si father was Gwinob,
half man and half gorilla monkey, a
very curious specimen . He spoke q
broken human Language. one half of the
time, and chattered- the other half ;
walked erect one day, and on all fours
the next; one evening, clad in a pair
of boots and cap with q tall feather in
it, he would sit in a chair, smoke his
pipe, and drink rum like man; and
| the next evening, doffing his cap and
kicking his boots off, he would scour
the woods like brute. Gwinob was
the second son of Koboo, full-blooded
gorilla monkey, with not particle of
the " human" in him. He was a ter
ribly strong, vicious old fellow, and
could, crush and smash the bones OF
any unlucky hunter he happened to
meet in the forest, just as if he had
beed an infant" r'' ~.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

THE organ of the Zurich Society OF
Natural History publishes a curious ac-
count Of the travels of the glacier of
Monte Rosa during the last sixty years.
For fifty years it steadily and surely ap-
preached the town of Zermatt, moving
at the rate of about three feet a week
during pastures and grain fields, over
which it passed like a devouring pesti-
lence. Its approach was heralded by
great powders which it kept constantly
moving before it. Serious apprehen-
sions were at one time entertained for
the safety of the town, which lay di-
rectly in its track. But during the last
ten years this ice monster has changed
the direction of its movement, and thus
the danger has been averted but the
fields through which its track lay can
never be again cultivated on account of
the many immense fragments of stone
by which its course was thickly marked,
and which are deeply imbedded in the
soil.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
A Readers Notes.

TALKING prevents doing. Silence is
the great fellow-workman.-A
HELPS.
The subject needs to be considered in
all weathers of the soul, for it is very
large.-ARTHUR HELPS.
The origin of parvenu is forgotten if
he remembers it, remembered if he for
GETS Co'ceits and Caprices. g. @
LEssING, when he was a librarian at
Wolfenbuttel, prepared to start a re-
view which should only notice forgotten
bocks.-MAx MULLER: Chips.
THE wise man acquires with each ac-
cess of learning an increase, at least, of
one special sort of knowledge, that,
namely, of his own ignorance.-BLAOK-
LEY: Word Gossip.
THE chiefest and sublimest end of mu-
sic is the graceful return of our thanks
to the gods, and the next is to purify
and bring our minds to a sober and
harmonious temper.-PLUTARcH Nor
ais. ....
IL the works of the great poets teach
anything, it is to hold mere invention
somewhat cheap. 1t is not the finding
of thing, but the making something
out of it after it is found, that is of CON-
sequence.-LoWELL; Ny Study VIM
dosos. &. r,~ .lfcf tr-.
OUR men of art, contemning it's an,
cient majesty, instead of that manly
grave, heaven-born music, so acceptable
to the gods, have brought into the thea
ter a sort of effeminate musical tattlmg,
mere, sound, without substance. Ply.
TARCH: Morals. ..----.)r...
WHAT strange, desperate notion it
is of men, when they have erred, that
things are at their worst-that nothing
can be done to rescue them; whereas
Judas might have done something bet
ter than hang himself.-ARTHUR HELPS:
Companions Of My Solitude. p ---1 e
To contrast the size of the oak with
that of the parent acorn, as if the poor
seed had paid all costs from it's slender
strong box, may serve for a child's won
der; but the real miracle lies in that
divine league which bound all the forces
of nature to the service of the tiny germ
in fulfilling its destiny.-LoWELL My
Study Windot0S.
To dig in the mellow soil-to dig mod
erately, for all pleasure should be taken
sparingly-is a great thing. One gets
strength out of the ground as often as
one really touches it with a hoe. There
is life in the ground it goes into seeds,
and it also, when it is stirred up, goes
into the man who stirs it.-WKRREN
My Sumner IN Garden.
ALL really great and honest men may
be said to live three lives there is one
life which is seen and accepted by the
world at large, a mans outward life
there is a second life which is seen bya
mans most intimate friends, his house
hold life; and there is third life, seen
only by the man himself and by Him
who searcheth the heart, which may be
called the inner or heavenly life.-MAX
MULLER: Chips.
VINO can say that other weeds, which
we despise, may not be the favorite food p
of some remote people or tribe. We
ought to abate our conceit. 1t is possi-
BILE that we destroy in our gardens that
which is really of most value in some
other place. Perhaps, in like manner,
our faults and vices are virtues in some
remote planet. / cannot see, however,
that this thought is of the slightest
value to us here, any more than weeds
are.-WARREE My Summer IN a Gar
den.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
WHOLE NUMBER 217.
A Fairy Tale.

Once / loved a pretty fairy,
Jennie Jay;
Graceful walker, stepping airy,
Looking gay;
But the charming little kitten
Gave to me one night the mitten;
Strange how cruelly hearts are smitten.
Well-a-dayl
But found another fairy
On my way
Handsome, little bright-eyed Mary.
BIithe and gay;
And I learned to love her dearly,
For she cherished me sincerely;
We got married--ruined nearly
Well-a-dayl
Six small fairies now surround me,
All at play;
Another one to confound me,
On the way;
Sure. mans life is full of trouble,
Every year his sorrows double.
Till he dies out like a bubble,
Well-a-dayl
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

CERTAIN books inform us that candles
and lamps for illumination have been
employed from the earliest historical
times. Both are mentioned in the
Bible; and, indeed, it is difficult 10 un-
derstand from Scripture narrative
whether candles or lamps are indicated,
lamps burning olive oil being ordered to
be placed on candlesticks Lev. xiv. J.
Pliny, referring to rushes and TO fax,
describes parts of them as adapted for
lamps and candlewicks. Although this
author minutely describes the process of
wax bleaching, he does not state what
materials were used in his time for the
manufacture of candles. Doubtless,
however, both wax and tallow were used
by the ancients for this purpose in
deed, Apuleius distinguishes two sorts
of candles by the names eera and
sebacei. In the middle ages wax candles
of various sizes were made, and, IL is
said, in moulds-though wax candles
cannot be now moulded-the wicks
being twisted tow. At the command of
King Alfred, chaplains made wax can
dies in such a manner that time was
measured by their burning six candles
lighted in succession burning exactly
twenty-four hours. Several records re-
fer to the trade of wax chandler as early
as the sixteenth century. The first de-
scription of rushlights seems to be in
Whites Natural History of Selborne,
published in l775.-BeLgTdvid
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

SOME one has said I" a gold mine will
make you poor, a silver mine comfort
able, and a coal mine rich" The expe-
rience of those who have invested in
coal mines will, no doubt, show the
truth of part of this. The late Gov.
Tod, it is said, was in the habit, at the
beginning of the year, of calculating
how much money he would need for
the next twelve months, and of increas-
ing or decreasing the force in his coal
mine so as to produce the required sum.
If he needed 100000, he had only to
put on a sufficient force of miners to
mine hundred thousand tons. Coal
was as necessary as bread and meat, and
there was not tithe of the competition
in its production.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
A Clergyman Refunds Small Marriage
tf -..s.f" Foo


An association of Congregational min
listers met in Oswego, N. T., last week,
and the points of one unofficial report
made at the gathering are thus given
by the Binghamton Republican
A few days ago, one of the clergymen
said, young man called upon him and
asked him to officiate at his wedding,
saying that the young woman whom he
intended to marry lived twelve miles
away, but the marriages was to be at the
house of her uncle, only four miles from
the minister's house. The breyet groom
gave a moderate fee in advance, bor-
rowed the good mans buggy to bring
the intended bride to the rendezvous,
and at the appointed time the clergy
man reached there, as best he could,
and found all ready. But just then the
young lady concluded she would not be
married. The groom told the minister
that he thought he could some day in
duce her to change her mind, and if so
he should be brought in. In few days
he came around, the /" gal had come to
her oats,p but he was afraid she might
retract again before he could take her
to her uncle's, and to avoid all risk he
had called in clergyman right there,
and made all fast. "And now, Elder"
said he; how about that fee ! gave
yau; you did not do the job ?" The ell
der intimated that he had loaned him
his carriage gratuitously, and had put in
an appearance at the time and place
named, at some cost to himself, and it
was not his fault that he did not do the
job. Wall, Elder" was the response,
in a triumphant tone "and so was l
there, too, and it wasn't my fault
that you did not do the job, and L
want my money" And he got his money.
BLACK silk stockings are the latest
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

4 A CORRESPONDENT, describing the Gu
riositiss of San. Domingo city, writes /:
But the most singular Of all are the
spotted chiIdren; that IS, white children
turning black, and black children turn
ing whiter You may believe either, ac-
cording to,your politics. Whether this
is freak Of nature to show that the
black and white roses can live in har-
mony together on the island, or whether
it is the beginning of q system to intro
lduce white labor here and exterminate
the black race, leave for, Democrats
and Republicans to discuss IN Congress.
The spotted children are icertainly Gu.
rious specimens of Santo Domingo pro-
duetions. There are not many of them,
but enough for Variety There are chill
dren- also here that have learned much
of our coinage system, which fisr aston.
ishing in creatures so young! They
stand on street-corners all over the city,
and continually say to Americans who
pass them, Five cents p or Ten csnts2'
according to the extent of their English
or the knowledge of our coins. They
also plead for cigar stumps, for believe
that unfortunate children Of tender age
here are brought up , on nicotine in
stead of lacteal fluids. They all smoke
from the time they walk, without re-
gard to sex, race, color or previous con-
B 80 - as-.s.1 asa -TF .-... q go
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
Singing OF Swans.

In times, ancient and modern, sing
ing of swans" has been reckoned by
natursistS among HXplgar eEreFs1, and
,groundless superstitionsA U5gVG ~
- In a small shallow firth of Iceland,
hundreds of swans gather together ali
the year round except during the winter
months, when the firth is covered with
ice, and inCthe month of August, which
is their moulting season. el7iL = "a sci
During nine years L have heard the
singing of the hundreds of swans which
gather togethersinsGufnfj in the
morning and ieVening their singing is so
loud that it can be heard miles away,
and the mountains on both sides ring
with the echo of it, for at that time ev-
cry individual swan seems to join in the
chorus. This is, indeed, wonderful
concert. The singing of the swan has
not the least resemblance to the cack-
ling of geese or the quacking of ducks.
In fact. its voice is unlike the voice of
anyzother bird that / have heard 81 il
seems so clear and full, and has, a. il
were, a metallic ring in it. The tradition
of the singing of the swan being sweet
est justrbefore its death, is well known
in Iceland, but q am unable either to
deny or to confirm this tradition, be-
cause 1 have never been present at the
death of a swan.-John Il. Hjaltalin IN
Nature.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

AGAIN and again nations have sesn
their noblest descend into the grave,
and have thought it enough to, garland |
the tombstone when, they had not
crowned the, brow, and to pay the honor
lare bidden, amidst the tumult and the
dazzle of their busy life, to listen for the
few voices and watch for the few lamps
which God has toned and lighted to
charm and to guide them that they may
not learn their sweetness by their 81
Ience, nor their lighs by their deery.-
f'usKlN Modern Paioaters. 30 1-s7. 7-o.s-I
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

In Guatemala, as in some other places
where the Spanish language is spoken,
the death of young child before reach
ing the Year, Of sin, is regarded as q
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
Playing a Trick on the PedagOgue.


The young misses of certain institu-
ton of learning in the city, few days
ago, sought relaxation from the care of
study, by concocting a scheme to sur
prise one of the gentlemen connected
Herewith. The design was speedily
followed by execution, and in a few
minutes pile of books, two or three
shawls, a veil, hat, pair of gloves
and two remnants of chignons were
magically- transformed into the SEM
blance of woman, occupying chair
in the teachers room, ostensibly await
ing his arrival The teacher lifted h1s
hat as he entered, bowed and blushed a
little as he spoke pleasantly to the lady,
doubtless wondering who she was and
what her mission. But the. lady az
spoke not in reply, neither moved,
which astonished not little the polite
pedagogue. A second bow, and a Vigor.
Gus "ahem," tended to somewhat in
crease his embarrassment, particularly
as his visitor remained stat.l quo in severe
was found, and induced to make
inquiry of the strange visitor the nature
of hers visit, but failing to elicit re-
sponse, suspected the genuineness of
the article, and Immediately thereafter
discovered the sen,' which intelli-
gence he promulgated to the mingled
Joy and chagrin of the dumbfounded
knight of the rod. The efigy was re-
moved to a closet and there put under
lock some of the girls fingered for some
time after dismissal, but at last saun-
tered homeward, two or three of them
without shawls, one bareheaded, and
several partially shorn of their hirsute
adornments.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

ooaI7a dakEE :, are doubtless as many good
peoPiez IN towns as there are in the
MULocH FAIR France.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

WRINKLED SLK.-It may be rendered
nearly as beautiful as when new by
sponging the surface with weak solu-
ton of gum arbic or white glue, then
iron on the wrong side.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20

BLACK silk stockings are the latest
Novelties in London fashionable society.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-15
4 Modern Palace in Gotham.

New York now may, with truth, be
called the Paris of the New World. 1t
is the commercial centre, the home o.
none y and of art in America, and a sort
of Mecca, for pilgrims in search OF
pleasure. 1t also has the finest hotels
in the world. A New York Journal
describes the New Grand Central Hotel
on Broadway, as "the grandest hotel
edifice on the Continent. The magnl-
tude of its dimensions, the splendor and
perfection of its appointments, and Its
locality in the heart OF the metropolis,
render it eminently worthy of its name,
the GRAND CENTRAL 1t is, without
doubt, the largest hotel in the world
For nearly two years, three hundred
or more men were continual employed
in its erection. 4 gigantic work for
this huge structure swallows almost an
entire block. About two million dollars
were expended to rear this superb edl-
flee. Within its spacious walls are &C.
commodatons for nearly two thousand
guests, a number unparalleled by any
hotel on either hemisphere. With all
its magnifcence, it will be found a home
tor it's guests. convenient proximity
to the principal places of amusement,
the chief lines Of horse-cars and stages,
and the most celebrated retail stores,
afford ladies the most desirable facilities
to do their shopping Contrary to gen.
eral expectation, but most agreeably to
a public want, its terms are unusually
moderate, being only from three to four
dollars per day, according to the loca-
ton of rooms: Its proprietor is Mr.. ii.
Lyman Powers, the master hotel keeper
of the land. A guest of his never fails
to esteem him. Travellers can find no
better quarters than the Grand Central.
In fact it is already the Gotham resort
of the principal men Of our state.