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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
The Niger cadet smith.

The Committee of Iuvestiga-
ton which has been appointed to
inquire into the conduct Of the
First Glass and the charges a.
gainst the niger cadet, report in
ofuhqnall1ed exPulsiou' of
the whole Glass, and also'thatlthe
charges against the "man ond
brother" are true. This "First
Glass" contains the sons of Ulys-
ses the besotted horse>jockey of
the White House stables, Admir-
al Farragut. and Adjutant Gener-
al Townsend. The Committee
discovered that Ulysses had here
tofore protected the First Class
in their rufhanism. on account OF
his own spaWn being one of the
privileged number.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
How to Make a Place Proc.
p0Fou9s

There can hardly be q greater sign of
prosperity in a community thnn a dispo-
sition to help one another, to lift a Hstle
when a ~neighbor's wheel gets stuck in
the mud.
I knew of a place where u mans barn
with all his winter stores of grain and
hay, we're consumed in the night. Inn
mediately all the men of the country
side mustered and hauled up timbers for
a new barn, and then o big raising came
of: After that the sound cftwenty or
more hammers was heard until the whole
was shingled and sided. But their deed
of kindness was not done yet, one or two
offered to take a head or two of his stock
and winter them for him, thus greatly
reducing his loss, and assuring his heart
of the more durable riches of brotherly
and ~neighborly good will No one'can
compute in money, the value from such
example Of noble liberaIity i'm a'commh'
nifty especially in its influence upon the
youn:. Where this spirit prevails there
Is sure to be progress in q place eren'if
all improvements are in their infancy.
People will like to com and settle in a
place which bears suth'a good name.
Now iayou desire to see your place a
hetowfng popular one. do what you can to
show yourself s'good neighbor, especial
Fly Z those who n9ed a little help.
n u man starts a tin shop or a black.
smiths shop in your place, dom hal
mess UP and drive off Ave miles 10 buy
YOUR pans and get , our horses snod, just
because you have been in the habit of
doing it PStroniEe the new
when you want anything done in his
line Speak encouragiDgly to him, and
reli Of him to your ~neighbors. Little
words of approval or censure go a long
way, and when once yon have spoken
them, you cpnnot call them back.
Help the sick. especially If they are
poo-, for poverty and illness are indeed
u heavy burden Perform all nets of
loving charity which fall day by day in
-FOUR path, remembering: "Ye shnl II in
no wise lose your reward
How far will that hypocritical Morris
extend such acts o~fik:rdness? Why, no
farther than he cam DO SO Without max.
ing something uns'of it,,or else slauGer
his neighber.-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

W,V7E shall advocate the aboli-
wv ton of the National Bank
ing System, as an unnecessary
burden upon the tax payers ofthe
country.
We shall insist upon the pay
ment of the five-twenty bonds in
Greenbacks, according to the con
tract between the bondE older
and the people.
We shall oppose the unjust and
oppressive Tariffs, by which the
Agricultural West is made to pay
enormous tribute TO the Manu-
featuring East; and shall demand
such notifications of the Inter
nal Revenue Laws ae will encour-
age industry and relieve labor
TIE w EEKJ.Y ENQUIRER
will not only be trEe 'othe pr nci
pies OF the Democratic party, in
it's editorial columns, but, as a
first class Family Journal, it will
be excelled by none published
in the United States.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

+. 7. Fo SIKH, having returned from
th- East, will be pleased to see the ola
patrons Of the Job Printing department
and ths-friends of the Democrat in gen
eraL. Also, be happy to show them sam:
pies Of printing which can be procured
at this Office, cannot be competed with
even in Cinci5haii. For Balls, Sup
pers, Private Parties &c, tits worth a
visit t. the Office to see them and, the
artistic skill displayed. and at ~prices-to
suit every one-the same with large Poe
tiers and Exhibition Bills. Az cali is sr
licItedI as no one in this. section has
such work; nor can they give it to you
Wedding invitations, MpnOsrams and
Plates furnished to order. The work
are gems of art ar NO sheddy speci'
MEMS.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
LEGAL NOTICES.
DIVORCE notice..

Henry Sheaier, pItf. Preble Common
Mary A. shsafsr, def, Fi for Divorce reset,0"
NIIE above named defendant, Mary
/ a S~Ecafer, is her,b by notified that
on the 18th day Of ID cember, 1870, tn.
above NAMED p%Inintiff, Henry Sheafer.
fled in the Clerks Office Of the Court Of
Common Pleas of Preble cou,ty, Ohio.
his petition against her, the SAID Mary,
wherein the said pl Until sets fsrth HIS
marriage with fbe said Mary, On or a.
oout the 18th day of May, 1863, and
charging the said Mary with grOsa neg
lect of duty toward the plaintiff. aud
praying to be divorced from the said
Mary, on the ground of said gross neg
lect Of duty. And the said defendant
is further notified that she is required
to answer sal dpetition On or before the
Bird Saturday alter the End day of Feb
rua:y, 1871.
J II. FOES
Atty for petiiiOner.
Attcs-D. B. MoRRow, Cl k,
Jan. 10, l87l-7t prf $1,000
INC. 2,925.1
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
STEEL ENGRAVING OF GEN.
ENDED1' TT


ROBERT F. LEE.
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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

The vishey, washey remarks of that
mn l. Morris Of the KEGIsTEE is like the
dutchman's cow getting no better very
fast. His speaking OF the delicious quar-
rel ut tEe Democratic headquarterSis
another lie frsm his cowardly lips, as he
is the villaiuous author and ra used n
quarrel with himself. Here again, last
week. his Islander on a Camden man
came near getting him n cowhiding-but
like all his mongrel crowd he takes
shelter under the folds of that christian
sheet, the Register. 1t was q pity the
Camden man withdrew his Card as it
would have pictured him. up splendid.
Morris says he is not responsibie-this
is in one sense a'trnth ,0nother a'false--
hood for, character BIZ is not RESPONSE
ble-butfor' e~mirat;ng. scandal he is,
as the whole fabrication came from his
hypocriticaI mind-and then he has the
i~mpudence to offer an apology to the
readers of the Register and the public.
A pretty way to chase the devil around
the stunt! He says it does no credit 10
draw others when he himself does all
the drawing-and then to do some more,
wants to raise 5000 on the strength of
this drawing. l am afraid he don't hold
the lucky number. 1t is n good deal
like that cake and the $500 gold ring
which, at Steinau Il Co =, 4th street,
Cincinnati, can be bought for Is cents,
81 80 per uozen. And the buying off OF
Ike Nc Clean, at Camden, to join church
and then go back on him-what a funny
fellow this sliding down the greasy
plank man Morris>is.-I wonder if there
is not some lunacy in him, we think
Bob Scheuck had better give him n
c~lerkship of legation; or" send him to
San Domingo where they Gas the 1sT-
6une reporter ssys) at quite an advAL ced
acc rear no clothes. which, of course
would mot give Morris a chance to hold
any, and get down that big Dictionary
to find words to backbite and Islander.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
THE ERA OF STEALING.

TIE ERA OF STEALING.
We can scarcely open a paper
any part OF the country, but
the frat thing that strikes the
eye is some exposure of official
corruption. In Nebraska it has
been shown that Governor Butt
Ter has cal tured $4,000 from
the school fund of that State for
his own use. He claims that the
State is secured but We all KIN w
now that turns out when officials
begin t. speculate with the pub
lie funds. There ia talk or i'm
peaching Bntler. The constant
repetition of 4. falcations by the
corrupt governments Of some Of
the Sontl. ern StuteR, grow weari
some and no longer interest the
public-The exposure made in
the House on :: onday Last, of q
fraudulent cain for halt a NIL
lion of dollara, engineered very
quietly through Congress, by that
unmitigated scoundrel, John Ces-
sna, of Penn, assisted by the late
Assistant Postmaster General,
and the law partner of Mr.. Ores
well, has created a ripple ever in
the Washington stream Of corrup-
ton, for the reason that it touches
very nearly the Integrity of a
Cabinet officer tie Postmaster
General. If the facts are az sta
ted, 1t seems likely that Creswell
will be compelled to retire, if the
President is at all sensitive as to
tie character of his official ad-
visers. Mr.. Dawes, in the House
and Mr.. Trumbull, in the Sncats,
characterized the claim as the
boldest imposition ever practiced
on the Government, whilo Mr.
Beck, a member of the House
Committee which investigated
the case, contended that if the
Postmaster General was not ac-
tually censurabls for malfeasance
in Office, he was guilty of great
negligence in not calling the at
tention of Congress to what he
knew to be a barefaced fraud.
The rogues expected to get off
with their booty-half a million
of dollars-before the steal was
exposed, but Messrs. Dawes and
Beck got on their track, and Sc
cured the passage of a resolution
directing the payment of the a.
ward to be suspended. The claim
is an OLD one, running back to the
Buchanan Administration, near
~ twenty yearr ago; was rejected
by Gov. Brown Postmaster Cen
under Buchanan, and by every
Postmaster General down to the
time when Nj. CreswelI's law
partner took it in charge.
It is a theory with many peo-
ple-and they are not fools eth
err that all republican govern
ments will in the end turn out
failures by the corrupt n of Of
fcials gradually sapping the
foundations of every principle of
a wise and just administration.
We seem to be travelling in that
direction pretty fat.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
When Theodorus vas Initiated

MOI DAY Eve aIteT Iull MOON.
When Theodorus was initiated
into the Eleusinian system of
spurious Freefhasonry, he ASKED
of Esrlclldes, the hierophaut,
what is the greatest crime q man
can commit; who replied, "to
speak eUH of the Mysteries" Such
was the sentence pronounced a
galnst th ose who ehould incur the
responsibility of treating such ga
cred subjects with levity, because
they were considered inefable;
and the offence was punished
with death. ISL 9uis arcane
mySteria Certris Sacra Uai9aSSet,
le0e MORT addioebatur." But the
crime WAS seldom co mmitted, and
therefore the penalty remained on
their statute books, not altogeth-
er as a dead letter, although it
was seldom brought under the
consideration of the judge. 1t
will be remembered, however,
that the spurious Freemasonry
was not only connected with, but
constituted an essential part of
the national religion in every
country where it existed; and
therefore b~lasphemy against he
mysteries, was blasphemy a.
gainst the gods, and punishable
by the civil magistrate, OF which
Socrates is an eminent example
Not so the true Freemasonry.
1t forms no part of the national
religion, although it coftipre
bends and teaches the genuine
principles of Christianity. But
this latter fact is not generally
understood by those to whom its
doctrines are a sealed book; and
t therefore it is no unusual thing
to hear Freemasonry vilified, be-
cause the experiment is perfectly
innocnous to the party using it.
And the objections to it, as a so
cial and beneficial institution; are
urged with greater I'ertinachy
by its adversaries, and received
with a more co-dial welco me by
the uninitiated world, than those
which distinguish an opposition
to any other science. Their OBJ
iect ia generally intended to show
that it's pursuits are inconsistent,
frivolous, and useless; that, as an
antagonist writer wittily observes
-"She processes to teach the
seven liberal arts, and also the
black art; profers to give n /"
wonderful secret, which is, that
she has none; who sprung from
the clouds, formed by the smoke
of her WI records, which were
burnt for the honour of the mys-
terry; who stood the shock OF
ages, and the revolutions OF
time, on the reputation of King
Solomon; who is always ard nm
changeably the same glorious
fraternity, whether of three de-
gress, ofse,en degrees, OF thirty
three degrees, or forty-three de-
grees, or fifty three degrees, or OF
ninety degrees. Such a flood OF
innovation has gone over the an
bient Landmarks, that Freema
sonry's own science, Masonics,
can never again run the lines,
aud establish the corners, with
out a very free use of the faculty
of Abrac."
One of the purposes Of these
lectures ia TO rebut such absurd
charges, by displaying the true
design and tendency of the Or
der. And 1 cannot describe the
process which has been used to
effect this important object more
appropriately, than by subi0in>
ing the correspondence by which
the design was originally an
nounced,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
HINT.

Did any one ever observe
with what extreme anxiety the
people who gather at the post
flee Watch the letter boxes at
mail time, and how impatiently
they wait for the little wicket to
be thrown open that they may get
their letters and papers! Iftheir
lives or fortunes depend upon a
moments delay, no greater anx-
iety could be manifest than is
daily witnessed at the Eaton post
office. How soon the room is
packed full Of boys and girls
after the malls arrives, and how
uneasily the mas waves back
wards and forwards while clerks
are engaged in asserting the
pile of correspondence and plac-
ing it in its various positions.
And when the word is given that
the mail is ready for delivery,
what a rush and what u confusion
eusues for a time. And the
young ladies, too, are as much
interested as 'any other man.
They come single and in pairs
with a lively skip and jump, and
very sweetly inquire, Is there
anything for me?' II answered
in the negative, who has not a
sympathy for the dear creature
when he reads the look of bitter
disappointment depicted upon
her countenance? She, no doubt
was certain of q sweet and ten
der efusion from her lover. Per
chance her companion is more
fortunate and receive a billet douX
See, che heaves q gentle sigh and
breaks the seal (woman's curiosi-
ty, you know.) before the street
is reached. How pleasant must
be the contents, for, as she trips
along her face is radiant with
smiles and bushes. The slinkey
looking iudiqidual you observe
standing there does not expect
anything through the mail. He
i'd very punctual in attendance
though. He comes to gaze the
ladies out of countenance and to
pry into other peoples business,
He can tell you just how many
letters every one has received
for the past six months, and n
good deal more. AL the bust.
ness he has there is to get the
mail for his master, and watch
those who are high above him in
social standing and to circulate
slanderous SORES. Now and
then he will slip an anonymous
letter in the box, addressed to
some lady whose virtue he Wishes
to a~ssail, or to some gentlemen
whose character he would de-
stroy il it lay in his power. Ones
reputation is in bad keeping in
deed, with this villanous hypo-
critic. That blue looking man
you see gazing vacant y al the
crowd, has been disappointed
He was looking for check for
a thousand o, 30 this morning
His note is due even now, and to
day the bank will protest it
His friends have lost confidence
in him, and refuse further essis.
lance. The sheriff will have him
on his books before the week il
out.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
Eaton. Thursday, March 2, 1871.
Government Outrage.

For several years an outrage
has been praticed by the govern
ment of the United States, which
has been born for IL long time
without complaint Mt the hands
of those who suffer thsrefrom.
We do not know wether there
is any party politics, connected,
nor to which party the infamy
of the outrage attaches, nor DO
we know and care that the evil
oxists and should be removed.
This evil is the erection of an i'm,
mense Stationery Shop within
the Post Office Department, by
which the Printers aid Paper
Dealers in the United States are
robbed of a profitable source of
revenue, and the mails converted
from their legitimate use into ve-
hicles for conveying huge piles
Of freight which should go by
the means usually employed FOR
that purpose. We find in the
report of the Post Master Gener-
al that the department has sold
during the year 36,0o0,S 1876 en-
velopes with business cards prln-
ted thereon IS, ESQ envelopes
without business cards, and 1895
$50, newspaper wrappers, max
ing in all SO 1899, 500 pieces of sta
tionery that should have been
sold by the paper dealers through
out the country, and the printing
done DO the typoes. Now the
evil thus shown is great, but
shows wonderfully in injustice
from the fact that this business
is carried on by the government
at a loss. This is easily seen by
the figures, for we see by the
same report that the govern
ment paid to the contractor 1892
for every 1000 envelops and the
boxing, and sold them for 81. 80,
loosing on every 1000 envelopes
sold 25 to SO cents, to which is
to be added the cost of printing
and freight, aud this last item
exeeeds-fe1f hundred tons.
The loss sustained by the gov
eminent, in the year ] 1859, in this
attempt to run a paper store, is
estimated at Sill 1924. What
makes it worse is that this loss is
sustained to supply one out of e.
very FIVE letter writers in the
county, AID we feel that this is a
monopoly which cries loudly for
reform.
Nor is this the only loss, The
merchants and shop keepers all
over the country who used to
keep this stationery for sale,
from which they derived a good
profit have had to abandon it,
because they could not compete
with the Post Master General
with the United States Treasury
backing up his stationery bust
ness, which he conducts at such
an enormous loss. The Printers
all over the country used to derive
n large trade from the printing
of cards on envelopes. bur this
ource of profit has been killed
by the government who does the
the work for nothing,
The only persons benefited BY
this government stationery shop
Rre the extra clerks needed tc
transact the business aud the con
tractor.
This evil should no longer BIZ
submitted to by the people, anc
we call upon them, and every
paper dealer and printer in Tho
land to cry out loudly to thu
present Congress to repeal th
law creating it.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

There are 5000 drinking saloons, Of
one kind or another, in Cincinnati
Pretty nearly every American city is As
we'll supplied in this respect. People
will drink. The art Of extracts g intox.
ieAtion from the products Of nature is So
universal we are almost inclined TO be-
lieve ii is innate, and not acquired. The
savage of Africa scales the trunk of the
palm tree, maNes an incision in its bark,
beneath which he hangs his calanash 10
receive the escaping sap Fermsptotion
in q short time iur~ishes him q rude
wine, upon which he gels roaring drunk.
The greasers of Mexico stab the blades
of the aloe, the fermented Juice cf W .ich
makes a mildly Intoxicating BEVERAGE
called pulqMe, and this submitted to dis
Gllation, yields she fiery mescal New
Englanders grow mellow by drinking
the fermented juice of the apple.-Thr
Korss, of Alaskan regions &c; up a Sal
isfactory drunk by eating y poisonous
mushroom. The West Indian c,ne vi yes
us the lark rum of Jamaica and the
white rum of Santa Cruz. The cereal
grains yield, on distillation, our native
drink of whisky. Submitted to the man,
ipulation of the brewer, the small grams,
with addition of the hop, yied lager
beer, which is doing much to ~supplant
whisky in the affections OF the American
people.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

~ Pomercy's Democrat
Published in New York, is M of
the most prominent and interes-
ting Democratic Paper published
in the country. Not only on poll
tics, but every other matter use
ful to the People, especially the
Masonic Fraternity every Mason
should take it whether he be Dem
ocrat or Republican. Address
NJ. Pomeroy. Pc. Box 5,217
New York. Jan 6 BINS
NJ. NJ.
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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

Early spring birds have already made
their appearances ,tSsi= CHEEKY tonE is
heard again, Farming us-tkat' hard old
~iHter is aboutto tskc his departure.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

"WhAt are you going to do af-
ter You GRADUATED" said q gentle
man 10 a Williams College stud
emit who is fitting for the minis
try" "Damfino," replied the
youth; "preach the GOSPEL, L
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

The editor who wrote his editoIisls
with chalk on the soles of his shoes, stfd
went barefooted while the printers set UP
the copy, is dead.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
Eat0m, Daguerrean
AND
Phntnnnanh Rnnms+

Havingtreturned to my old profession
as Daguerrean Artist L am nov pre-
pared to tahs sittings for pictures of
Families; GiCupes. Infants and sinvle
pictnres; and fafter myself from the
long experience devoted to- this hrnnch
and Phltograph'ng to vie with all com
petition; and solicit a share Of the pub
lie patronage. Room, newly refIti d in
Meals Block corrof' main a. cherry st,
Eaton o.,
SlHrEe MeCLEAY. feb2 6m.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02

Wauted-our friends 10 ex art
themselves in our behalf, and
help to increase our subscription
list.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-02
Do the People Endorse Our
Course.

The following letter is but one
among many that We have 9
ceived endorsing our course:
"GRovEs, Fayette Co., Ind,
January 81. 1871.