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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-06-08

A YOUNG husband in Baltimore is in q
nice pickle; from some cause he con-
cluded his wife did not love him as she
should, and he determined to test that
element. Therefore, he wrote note,
telling her he was going to drown him
self in the "raging canawP'-and that
before she read the contents of that
note his spirit would be lowering over
her, observing how she took his death.
The would-be suicide intrusted the
note to small boy, but the boy mis-
took the direction and carried the note
to a next-door neighbor of his wife.
Not liking to communicate the dread
full intelligence to the unlucky woman,
the lady handed the note to an officer,
with instructions, if possible, to prevent
the rash act. The officer hurried of,
and sure enough found the man on the
bank of the canal. Rushing up, the
off Ger seized the unlucky husband, and
marched him off to the station house,
Notwithstanding his protestations that
it was all ajo1e, and that he did not in
tend to commit suicide, etc. After the
incarceration of the husband the note
was handed to the wife with the infor-
nation that he had been saved. After
upbraiding the officer for not letting
the 81 darned fool drown himself" the
wife made a charge of lunacy against
him, and he barely escaped being placed
in the asylum.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-06-08
Strange Freak of a Weeping Willow

SITdHSe ETchh VI Weeping WhOHs
About seventeen years ago Major Erie
Locke planted a weeping willow near
his well on his California street prem
ises. Two years ago the water began to
taste bitter and otherwise unpalatable.
He hired man to clean it out, but it
has bothered him all along until yester-
day, when he sent Michael Large down
into the well to see what could be done.
Large went to work, and succeeded in
bringing up about six bushels of fine
roots, ranging in size from pin to an
eighth of an inch. The tree had sent
them down outside the brick wall dis.
tance of twenty-three feet until they
had reached water, when they had
forced themselves between the bricks
and literally filed up the well a dis
tance of three feet. They had formed
compact mass, just fitting in tightly,
and had to be raised out with hook
and lever. The workman thought
when it started that he was raising the
bottom of the well out of its place.
The mass is natural curiosity, and can
be seen in the Majors yard.-h Indian
apoES NeaoS.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-06-08
Death of Thomas Earle, of Worcester,
Massachusetts.
From the Worcester (Masg.l 81.

The death of Thomas Earle, which
had been expected to follow his terrible
mental condition since his stay at the
lunatic asylum, after his Intellectual at
tempt to recover possession of his chill
dren, occurred at an early hour Fri
day morning. On Tuesday, his bodily
strength seemed exhausted by his
maniacal struggles, and with physical
weakness seemed to come a compare
lively calm mental condition. The
straps that had bound him to his bed
were removed, and he was placed in an
other room, where few friends gath
cred to witness his last hours. He was
conscious that he approached the por-
tails of death, and with a calmness-the
more noticeable from his recent raving
condition-he awaited the end. He
recognized the friends around the bed
side, but spoke but little. He asked for
his children, and fondly kissed one of
his sons who was present. Word had
been sent of his dying condition to his
first wife, with a request that the two
children decreed to her care by order of
the court might, in compliance with
his wishes, be permitted to come to his
dying chamber. This request was sup
plemented by respectful letter from
DR.. Bemis, Superintendent of the Asy-
ferer, and asking that his desire to see
the children once more might be grant
ed. But no answer was received, and
death came to close the last scene in the
sad drama, without the privilege being
accorded to the dying man of bidding
q last farewell to the little ones whom
he SO fondly loved, and whose presence
in his dying moments he craved.
In the death of Mr.. Earle the commu-
nifty has sustained loss that all who
knew his worth and his many excellent
qualities will be ready to acknowledge.
Always public spirited, he was among
the foremost in all public improve
ments, and energy and fidelity were
marked traits in his character. He was
among the most energetic in procuring
enlistments for the war; and, although
he had been member of the Society of
Friends, his patriotism overcame the
peaceful element of his religious belief,
and he enlisted as private in the 25th
regiment Massachusetts, volunteers,
where his valuable services secured his
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant.
The history of his domestic troubles is
fresh in the public mind, and his devo-
ton to his home interests and his in
tense affection for his children were
well known. ...-
Mr.. Earle's services in the Massachu-
setts House of Representatives, last
year, were of such character as to win
the commendation of his constituents,
an ardent friend and advocate of tenn
perance and other reforms. He was
about 48 years of age.
4
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
MISsING-A YOUNG LADY.
A Detectives Story.

Among the potentates OF Wall street
few held il higher position In the csti
nation Of all than Mes Archbold
& Horton, and great was the sympa.
Thy universally expressed when the for.
mer, a man of middle nge only, died
suddenly at his residence, ia the vicini
~ Of Fifth avenue. For years previous
to this occurrence Mr.. Horton had
dwelt with his partner and his family,
and Mrs. Archbold, on her husbands
demise, could look to no tirmer friend
than he; so, after the accounts of the
firm had been settled, and she knew the
amount Of the income she would be en-
titled to eujoy, she begged him to still
stay her house Oh the same footing as OF
yore. This arrangement would be all
the more pleasin. to her, inas.nuch as
she was the the mother Of three daugh-
ters. who were just ripening into wo
manhood, and would feel the benefit of
male friend, almost old enough to he
their father, and who had SO long been
associated with them by terms of the
closest intimacy. Mr.. Horton was Il
man of about forty five years, who had
long been separated from his wife by
mutua! agreement, but did not suffer in
the esteem Of his neighbors Oh this ac
count, AS it was generally conceded that
the fault lay entirely with the lady, and
he invariably deplored the misunder
standing that had arisen. In word
Mrs. Horton was jealous, and yet was
unable 70 assign any cause for being so.
During the few years in which she and
her husband lived as man and wife, she
was continually accusing him ofinfidell
ties; Of which she could produce no
proofs, aud their lives had been renered
SO miserable by this continual bckering
that they had decided To live apart for
the future. AS they were separated by
no judicial decree, 1t was not legally
incumbent on her husband to ,provide
f>r his wife's maintenance, still he did
so, although the lady described the sum
paid her as being totally Inadequate to
her condition, aud was ever striving to
collect evidence Of Mr.. Horizons alleged
irregularities, that she might be enabled
to procure divorce and compel him by
law to contribute mole bounteously to
her support. This evidence, however,
was not forthcoming, and Mr.. Horton
was accounted man of excellent mora!
character and behavior by the society
in which he moved, and was blamed by
none, but piticd by all. Personally he
was handsome, Of tall stature and good
presence, aud possesse d Of a most win
ming tongue, which not only was of the
greatest service to him in his business
but made him . universal favorite with
| the fair sex.
When Mrs. Archbold yeprescn
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

The census reports show Us that in
population Iowa has beat all her sisters
in the relative order Of rank, having
jumped from the nineteenth, in 1860, to
the thirteenth, in 1870. In the same
time her population has increased over
100000, being now 1,l77,5l5. Many oi
the northern counties have during this
time gained from five to fifteen times
the number Of population they had ten
years ago. New farms are being opened
in every direction over her broad and
fertile prairies, while new towns spring
up as II BY magic along all the new line,
Of railroads
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
Saved by a Lady.

a lady, of good social position in
Cleveland, Ohio, while on her way to 4
meeting Of one of the Young Men y
Christian Association, saw as che passed
drinking saloon, young man about te
raise glass Of liquor to his lips. Fol-
lowing instantly the motion of the Spir.
it-would that Christians always did
this s!-she left l.er companion at the en-
trance, and stepping in, she said to the
youth.
"Oh, my friend, stop, don't touch it,"
Startled by the appearance of a we'll
dressed lady in such place, he turned
and asked.
"What brings you here?"
ITO save you from ruin,n she re-
piled. vt sg} .@ta=
"What do you want Of me?" he again
asked, confused by the uncxpcctedness
of the scene" .gHut
j" I want you to let me take your arm,
and 60 with you to the Young Mems
Christian Asseciation meetne,' she ans
wered.
"But you would be ash&'t.ed to walk
with me" he said.
Not in the least w5uld be rejoic-
ed to 60 there with you," she repll-
cd.
Enabled to resist her persuasive man
ner and heartfelt interest in his " elfare
the young man left the untouched glass,
and went to the meeting. Here prayer
was specially made for him, and her act
| Of immediate obedience resulted In ms
conversation. He become not only
Christian, but one of the most activ'
workers for the gosre, III Cleveland.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
The Fate Of a Fighting Dog.

IA r. BRET HARTE
! A man he owned a terrier dog
A bob-tailed onery cuss-
And that there purp got that there man
In many an ugly muss;
For the man he was on his muscle
And the dorg was on the bite,
SO to Kick the dog -goned anamile
Was sure 10 raise fight.
A woman owned a Thomas cat.
That 1T at fifteen pounds;
The other cats got up and slid
When that there cat was round.
Tile man and his dorg came along one day,
Where the woman she did dwell,
And the purp he grow,ed ferociousiy,
Then went for that cat like-everythinx.
He tried to chaw the neck Of the cat
But the cat wouldn't be chawcd.
So he lit on the back OF that there dog, p
And bit! and clawcd j! and clawed!
Oh. the hair 1t iiew aud the dog he youled
As the claws went into his hide,
And The chunks OF n.sh was peeled from his
back
Then he nummaxcd, and kicked and d cd
The man he ripped. and cussed, and swore.
AS he gathered big brickbat,
That he would be burned essentially
If he didn't kill that cat!
But the old woman allowed she'd be bless'd II
he did,
And snatched up an old shotgun
Which was fired and peppcred into his dia.
phragm
With bird shot number one.
They totcd him home on a window blind,
And the doctor cured him up:
But he never was known 10 fight again,
Or to own another purp.
Folks may turn up their snoots at this here
rhyme,
/ don't care a cuss for that:
All want to show is, that fighting dorgs
May tackle the wrong Tom cat.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
"MoTHER's FOOL"

" 'Tis plain to me, said the farmers wife. !,
Those boys will make their marks In life;r
They never were made to handle a hoe, 4 tEaetts
And at once to college they ought to 90; s.,,3
Yes, John and Henry-'tis clear to me- Il .1aa
Great men in this world are sure to be; ~ "
But Tom, he's little above a fool Il =, L, n
so John and Henry must go to school,"
" Now. really wife" "quoth farmer Brown,
AS lie sat his mug Of cider down;s h9tsTtsH
tom does more work In q day, for me, 10
Than bothof his brothers do In three. "a bnk
Book learnin' will never plant beans or corn,
Nor hoe potatoes-sure as you're born; 49, q
Nor mend q rood of broken fence:- q, s..n4s
For my part give me common sense" s-ss =.
But his wife the rooat was bound to rule, ssy
And SO 1.-THE boys" were sent to school: +. 4
While Tom Of course. was l.tt behind,
For his mother said he had no naind.
Five years at school the students spcn,, -. sx
Then each one into Deafness went: ~ Il
John learned to play the flute and fiddle.
And parted his hair (of course) in the middle.
Though his brother looked rather higher than
he, ...r -.t.,~.. 49,.
And he hung out his shingle-"H. Brown, II. D.
Meanwhile, at home, their brother Tom.
Had taken notion" into his head;
Though he said not q word, but trimmed his
trees ...- . 81" :"
And hoed his corn and sowed his peas;
But somehow, either "by hook or crook"
He managed to read full many q book.
Well. the war broke out +; and "Captail Tom"
To battle a hundred soldiers led;
And when the rebel flag went down
Came marching home as " Ccneroi Brown
But he went to work on the farm again,
Planted hts corn and sowcd his grain, vs.
Repaired the house and broken fence,
4 nd people said he had " common sense ~
Now, common sense was rather rare,
And the State House needed a portion there
So our family Ounce moved into town,
And people called him "Governor Brown"
And his brothers. that went 10 the city school,
Came home to live with mothers fool.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

A Boston laper expresses the deliber-
ate conviction that "a man who will not
do anything, by way of public improve
ment, ought to keep tavern after every
body else is dead"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
HOOFLANUS GERMAN TONIC.

Was compounded for those not inclined to extrems
bitters, and is intended for use in when some
alcoholic stmuiant is required in connection with the
Tonic properties OF the Ritcrs. Each bottle OF the
Tonic containing bottle of the Bitters, combined
with pure SANTA CRUZ RUN, and favored in such
overcome forming a preparation highly agreeable and
pleasant to the palate, and containing the medicinal
virtues of the Btters The price the Tonic il $3.50
per bottle. which many persons think too high. They
must take into consideration that the stimuant used
is guaranteed to be ofa pure quality. A poor article
could be furnished at cheaper price, but is not better
to pay little nlore and have good article9 me-
dicinal preparation should contain none but He best
Ingredients and they who expect TO obtain n cheap
compound and be benefited by II will most certainly
be cheated.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

Don't expect all advertisement to bear
fruit in one night. Like Ayers pills,
advertising will take effect, but it takes
more than one night to do it.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

Ofthc preparations of bpium, ,morphia,
or morphine, is all alkaloid extract with
the sedative property developed, and
the narcotic diminished. Good opium
will yield from eight to ten per cent,
or more. Laudanum is a spirituous So
luton. In connection with any form Of
alcohol. the gum operates with increased
energy. The "black. drop" is sour
tincture, NIcMunn's Elixir is laudanum
denarcotizcd. Paragoric is nothing but
a preparation of laudanum in connec.
ton with camphor. Morphine enters
largely also into the composition Of
Soothing styrups" and other domestic
nostrums.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN DITTERS

BIllC1S N1IHUul aIVVnV Ut cPlIIS Ut d! hIhu'
Is different from all others. 1t is composed Of the
pure Juices, or vital principle Of lie rbcs Il OOts
worthless or inert portions of the glesiientS not
being used. Therefore in one Bottle OF this Bttcrs
Will be found in several gallons OF ordinary mixtures
lie root &c, used in this Bitters grown In ter
many their vital prinnples extracted in that country
by scientific Chemist, and forwarded to the manu-
botted. Containing spirituous ingredients. this
btcrs is free from the objections urged against all
others desire stnlul.tnts can be induced from
their use, they cannot make druukards, and cannot
under any circumstances, have any but bon5iiclal
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

I -N,veRsALisM What is tt? Send for the STAR
I rs TIE WESr, Cincinnati. y large
page weekly; established 1877 II meets all the
wants of the family; S2,5p per year, 81 :? six
months Try it. Specimens fee. Address
WILLIiMsUS ( CANIWEI!., Cincinnati,
OHIO.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
Agents! Read This!

I'VE WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY of
w $50 per week and expenses, or allow
large commission. to sell our new and wonder
fuI inventions. Address NJ. WAGNER & Co,
Marshall, Mich.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

The use of telegraph poles is sold to
bill posters, in New Orleans, for $40 for
each pole.
When does All editor play singular
trick with grammar? When he declines
an article.
A contemporary gives notice of what
it calls the annual sale of the ladies Of
the Unitarian Society,""
He who loses money loses much he
who loses friend loses more; but he
who loses his spirits loses AL.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

i Among the various cxpedients for.
checking intemperance, the town Of
Canton Illinois, was hit upon one which
is novel, certainly, and, we doubt not,
effectual, SO far as 1t goes. A list 10
kept Of habttual drunkards, and no
liquor can be sold to them by saloon
keepers. This Is mahing law felt where
1t ought to be-upon the liqucr drinkcr
rs we'll IS the liquor seller. ,s., 49,. a..,t ..
Au unfortunate Indian missionary
has had his sermon reported as follows:
"The speaker was a deduction, and gave
= learned description of Satan and his
skill in saving trees" The unhappy
preacher wrote, a piteous remonstrance
to the editor Of the paper which had
published this resume, to say that lie
twas Dutchman, and not a deduction,
and that he had described Satan not as
saving trees. but sowing srres." ..[
I; When vii. people learn tte WORTH.
ness of the things that are unseen ana
eternal? There bAsafd to be aatown in
Vermont whose inhabitants number
900, but they maintain no church, save
by missionary aid. For tobacco how
ever, they expend annually over S., 900,
- more than highway, school, and
church taxes, all put together. It is
easy to draw the picture which such q
community will present fiftya years
hence, unless there IL reformation. ''
-,aF, ------s--D- --4-- ---+--tt' if7t8 p
nj a humorous writer in an exchanges
says that advertising goods ''is jest like
snorin' or tahin' a crying baby to church,
IF yen. Slee n in .ffhnrrh, and lop't snore,
hOW's folks on the back seats 10 Know
you are there ?-and in regard to the baby,
folks would never know you couM raise
one If, when nurse taakes him to church,
he didn't let off steam. But when he
yells out good and strong, every body,
parson and all, feel mighty good. They
look at him and sag to themselves, 'Fihc
baby that, by hockey! regular young
rhiuosser cow, by gum" The more he
bellers the more the people know it, and
the more they know II the more they
think about 1t :"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
A. ID. YOUNG.

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER CLARENCE,
" Iowa, viii pay particular attention To all
kinds OF building that may he entrusted TO
his care especially churches and school houses,
and viii guarantee all work to be done in the
hest mantcr. Also makes out plans ana spcci
ficatons 3i,l
WIN. NJ. KNOTT.
4 UCTIONEER VIII attend promptly to
n selling all kinds of property at Auction,
in any part of Cedar county. 4 list OF his sales
will always be found at the TIPToN ADHERTI-
SER office, where those desiring his services
can fix the dav for their sale without seeing
hn. s9s.r== a.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

When n child, or m adult, for that
matter, takes a heavy cold which settles
on the chest, or in the throat, or in the
head in the regions of the nose, one of
the first things to be done is to anoint
the affected with sweet oil. The oil
should be heated, which it can be easily
by pouring little into All iron spoon,
and holding the latte: over the flame of
lamp for a minute, ard then rubbed
into the skin Of the patient with the
hand. Fb this always at night, and at
other times in the day when the case
is n severe one. Itisa a certain relief, and
will not 10 little towards etiecting u
cure. Incipient Influenza and Group
may, not mfrcqucntlv, be warded off in
this way.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

A very good experiment to make with
onions is'to eatthem. Properly cooked,
so as to diminish in scme degree their
strong ador and flavor, they are a most
palatable and healthfui adjunct to the
dinner table. But New York doctor
has made some experiments Of a differ
ent kind, the results Of which lie has
recently publicly recorded, announcing
his conclusions thcrefrom as follows:
Onions should not he eaten during
prevailing epidemic. Sliced and fire.
quently changed. they make good dis
infectant And he urges that further
experiments should be made to tst
their hygenic usefulness.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16

There is a man in Camden, n. j.,
who is provoked. He is absent-mind.
ed. A few nights since lie went out to
drive his COW. Arriving at the pasture
ground, he found that THE COW was gone,
bat the ell which should have been
around her neck was lying on the
ground. He placed it in his pocket and
forgot all about it. Every now and
then it would give SIN othered jingle,
and he would THAI. it was his COW, and
would start oh'in fresh direction. He
followed the bell, rs he thought, until
twelve o'clock that night, and walked
twenty miles. When he reached home,
the cow-had been there five or six hours,
and his wife went over to the city to
advertise for him in the "Lost and
Found" column Of the Lcdger. Per-
haps he wasn't mad when he found that
bell IN his pocket: His wife thinks he
was little extravagant III talking about
the affair, but then she may be little
mistaken
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
EMPLOYMENT for ALL

100 SALARY PER WEEK. and expenses,
pOO paid agents to sell our new and use
ul discoveries. Address II. SWEET 4 CO.,
Marshall Mich
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-16
',IMETADI.E
a"SADI
OF THE
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN
RAILWAY,
IOWA DIVISIONS.

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1871-08-16

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