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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
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KEEP out of hasty mans way for a
while, out of sullen mans way all the
days of your life.
= THE ruin of most men dates from some
vacant hour. Occupation is the armor
of the soul.
HE who has not learned the lesson of
resolute self-help has made little pro-
gress toward real manhood.
LITTLE deeds, not miracles, nor bat
ties, nor one great, heroic act of mighty
martyrdom, make up the true Christian
life sr.. -..r.....
TRUST him little who smilingly praises
all alike him less who sneeringly CEN
sures all alike, him least who is coldly
Indifferent to all alike. .. ,.....
He only is advancing in life whose
heart is getting softer, whose blood
warmer, whose brain quicker, whose
spirit is entering inta living peace. .,
WHEN fame is regarded as the. end,
and merit as only the means, men are
apt to dispense with the latter, if the
former can be had without it. .....
MANY are on their death-beds before
they think rightly of life. They are
going into the world, while they begin
to know wherefore they came in it.
WE gain nothing by being with such
as ourselves. We encourage one an
other in mediocrity. am always long
ing to be with men more excellent than
myself Land.
No process is SO fatal as that which
would cast all men into one mould.
Every human being is intended to have
character of his own, to be what no
other is, to do what no other can do.
Our common nature is to be unfolded
in unbounded diversities.
1 NEVER love those salamanders that
are never we'll but when they are in the
fire of contentious. 1 will rather suffer
thousand wrongs than offer one. ]
have always found that to strive with q
superior is injurious with an equal
doubtful; with an inferior, sordid and
base; with any, full of unquietness.-
Bishop Hall.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
He Couldn't Tell a Lie.

Alf. Burnett, in one of his letters to
" The People," of Indianapolis, relates
the following anecdote
"By the by, good story is told OF
Ben. Butler and his notorious honesty.
A short time since, Ben. Butler and
Wendell Phillips had business with the
President, and, arm-in-arm proceeded
to call upon him. The President was
busy, and sent word that he would see
them presently. Phillips and Butler
strolled out into the conservatory, in
the rear of the White House, thence
into the garden. Butler and Phillips
were engaged in an animated converse
ton upon some topic. Butler became
slightly excited.
IA large hatchet, belonging to the
gardener, was beside a tree; Butler
casually picked it up, and, while talk
ing, he made several deep gashes with it
into some of Gen. Grants favorite trees.
just at this juncture, the President ap-
pearing, Butler hastily secreted it under
his coat tails.
"After the compliments of the day,
the President spied for the first time his
mutilated tree, and, with tones of vehe-
mence, inquired who had been cutting
and gashing that tree2 After few mo-
ments' pause, Butler stepped bravely up
to the President, and took him by the
hand, saying: Mr.. President, l cannot
tell lie; / cannot tell a lie; Wendell
Phillips did hI''
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
Why Like Farming.

1t presents me to the open sky, the
winds and the sun. 1 smell the fresh
mold hear the birds, the brooks, and
see the grass and waving grain. l am
in the midst of the harvest after having
enjoyed seed-time. This it does-my
love for farming. Were it not that /
loved it, should not enjoy it; but it
takes me nearer to the bosom of the
earth, where lie the great strata where
the wonderful miracle and mystery of
the world are. 1 work miracle myself
yearly, by the growth of grain from this
soil, these tracts, so mysterious, so an
cient, so full of history Here at this
late hour of the world great changes
are taking place-grain instead of ferns
and trees, and water and marine animals.
The farmer is in all this. He is sur
rounded by it. He is the lord and the
king of the soil (; plain, common, like
beasts of the field, like his own quiet
herds, giving bread to thousands, feed
ing a world and he might feed another
were it necessary, so much matter has
he for bread; the rocks are filled with it.
He treads this free, fruitful earth. His
family is like him, free and happy that
is the true farmer, who loves his voca-
ton. Here virtue thrives most. All
the graces have root here, along with
the flowers and the shrubs; the brooks
cast their spray around the rude rock
and image the clouds. Such delicacy is
nowhere else. Here are the trees in
blossom; and is this nothing2 Here
they cast their fruit. The rich wealth
of autumn is here-its "sphere of gold, u
its yellow grain; the brown autumn
covers all, a season that none so we'll as
the farmer enjoys-enjoys because he
loves it-loves his calling which brings
him out among these things.
Health, honesty, peace, enjoyment
these are the birthright of the farmer
F. G. IN Country Gentleman.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

BOILED AND SCRAMBLED EGGs.-During
the winter of 1869 a drummer visiting
Wilmington, N. c., stopped at one of
the first-c class hotels. At the breakfast
table he gave an elaborate order to the
waiter, and included in it "two soft
boiled eggs"
Sambo went off to the kitchen, but
soon returned, and asked: or
"Mass' Boss, did you want dem eggs
scrambled?'
"No," said the drummer, al want
them soft-boiled.'
CAN right, sar," and off he trotted
again. ..
In few moments he loomed in again,
and remarked, in a most persuasive
tone:
'Mass' Boss, you better have dem
eggs scrambled ..
what do you mean ?" roared Harry.
"well," said Sambo, Mass Boss, I'll
tell you; dem eggs amt very fresh, and
they'll look better scrambled"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
Concerning Babies and Feeding Bot
ties.

The London Chemist and Druggist says
The latest lead poisoning sensation, for
which certain Liverpool chemists are
responsible, reveals the horrible fact
that we are now training our babies TO
the use of this addition to their nutri-
ment, by feeding them through tubes
composed of India-rubber dissolved
in 10 per cent. of bisulphide of carbon
and thickened with white lead, resin,
and sometimes oxysulphuret of anti
mony, from which, when it comes into
contact with the milk, sulphuretted hy-
drogen is evolved, and lactate of lead
formed in the stomach. The fact that
several millions of infants have not only
survived this treatment, but have to all
appearances thrived on it, somewhat
diminishes the horror which we ought
to experience on learning this report.
But we remember, and now for the first
time intelligently comprehend, the
touching American epitaph in a grave
yard very long way out West:
" Grim death has taken darling little Jerry,
The son of Joseph and Syrena Howels, .
Seven days he wrestled with the dysentery.
And then he perished with his little bowels.
Most likely it was weaning injured little Jerry.
His bottle seemed to hurt his stomach's tone
But with the angels he'll get plump and merry,
For there's no nursing bottles where hes
gone"
The fact that some millions offnfants
have thrived on one form or another OF
feeding bottles, is indeed capable OF
forming consolation, but the comfort we
derived from that reflection will be ma
teria1ly diminished by calling to mind
the many millions who have perished.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
A Feeding Machine.

There has recently, been invented and
is now at work, in New York city an i'm
proved feeding and registering machine.
The invention combines an automic
feeding apparatus with an adjusting at
tachment, by which a perfect registry is
secured. 1t is constructed as follows
A movable table, on which the paper is
laid, oscillates backward and forward by
means of cam, working from the main
cylinder. Directly above the table is
suction apparatus. consisting of an os-
cillating pipe, with series of cups Or
short tubes, with oblique edges. At
each upward movement of the table the
air is exhausted from the pipe by COM
mon air pump, and by reason of the
vacuum the top sheet is sucked up from
those beneath, and adheres closely to
the mouths of the cups. Owing to the
inclination of the cups only a single
sheet is allowed to adhere; the front
edge of the tube being above the paper
at an angle Of AS degrees. To complete
the operation, second tube is placed
parallel with the oscillating pipe, and is
provided with several perforations oppo-
Site the table, from which currents of air
pass underneath the raised sheet of pa
per and separates it from the othersheets
living on the table. At this instant the
suction of the pipe ceases by the action
of cock cutting off the communication
with the vacuum chamber, and the pa
per is released from the cups and deliv-
cred to the adjusting apparatus. The
latter consists of a series of grippers and
clamps by which the sheets are adjusted
and delivered to the printing press with
out manual assistance. The sheet is
seized by travelling carriers moving hori-
lzontaHy and if oblique. OF out of place
on the back table, the front edge is
drawn squsrely upato the gauges by
means of guides, while at the same time
side-cramps, acting at right angles to the
carriers, seize the lateral edge of the
sheet and adjust it according to side
gnages. A rest-bar prevents the edge OF
thepaper from curling upy and the sheet
is delivered to the grippers of the print
ing cylinder. In this way, printing pa
per of any size, placed in any oblique
| position upon the oscillating feed-table,
is perfectly adjusted and delivered to the
press. The machine is selffeeding and
self-adjusting, and requires no supervi-
sion whatever. The apparatus, is not
adapted to printing presses alone, but
may be used in connection with rolling,
| folding, cutting, and all other machines
which are fed with paper Its speed is
$500 sheets an hour, which fully equals
the capacity of any rotary press.-Nel
4 York Tribtiae.T on sA rEfF
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
Humorous.

How DID Adam go out of Eden2 He
was snaked out.
Is Ton MAST brother of the dis
tinguished gymnast?
A GOAT is good as a mixer, but sue
ceeds better as a butter.
The man who "couldn't find his
match" went to bed in the dark.
BEFORE man enters the state of mat
rimony he should ring the belle.
THE nearest an old bachelor gets to
the matrimonial harness-A sir single.
To CONVERT an artless maiden into a
heartless one, there is only wanted a
che"
How TO make time go fast-Use the
spur of the moment.
"NoNE but the brave deserve the
fair" and none but the brave can live
with some of them.
WE are told that there is nothing
made in vain. But how about a pretty
young girl? Isn't she maiden vain?
THE Kentucky horse, which lately bit
off his drivers ear, is thought to have
enormously applied the test, All flesh
is grass"
YOUNG swELL-"I say, boy, what do
you do with your old clothes when
you've worn them out 2'' Boy" Wear
'em home again."
Why are black eyes called piercing2
Because they can look daggers when
they ike.
"HAvE you seen my Descent into
He'll p" asked Heraud of Jerrold,
meaning poem of his, so-called. "No,"
the satirist spitefully answered, " l wish
had"
MY DEAR" asked John, on observing
new striped hose on his only heir,
"why have you made barber's poles of
Ernest's legs ?'' because he's a little
shaver" was the reply.
MEDICAL SOCIETIES are warned not to
ask Western minister to preach for
them. He has this text ready: ain his
disease Asa sought not to the Lord, Dut
to the physician. And Asa slept with
his fathers"
"ToM, where's that counterfeit ten
dollar bill you had a while agoW
"Well, / never was quite clear in my
mind about dat are bill. Some days 1
thought it was bad bill, and other
days thought it was a good bill and
| one o. dem days when thought it was
a good bill / jes' passed it away"
l."I SAY, boy, is there anything to
shoot around here p inquired sports
man of boy he mot. Well" replied
the boy, Iothimg Just about here, but
our schoolmastoI is just over the bill
there cutting birch rods; you might
walk up and I'op him over"
A YoUN6 lady at Indianapolis was en-
deavoring to impress upon the minds of
her Sunday school scholars the sin and
terrible punishment of Nebuchadnezzar,
and when she said that for seven years
he ate grass like COW, she was aston
ished by little girl who asked, " Did
he give milkf'
A HOMER (La.) exchange tells the fol-
lowing: We were called on late one
night by gentleman-we knew he was
gentleman by what he said-who
wanted some advice. "What could be
DONE" said he, with a man, who, to
get license, should swear that the girl
was more than 81 years old 2" Our re-
ply was that it would depend somewhat
upon the fact whether she was 81.
"Well, suppose she is not" Nothing
could be done in such a case, we replied,
with the party swearing, but to send
him to the penitentiary. If that is
So" said our interrogator, reckon
I'd better keep on to Arkansas"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30


The challenge rings far to the SnOw-bound
The locking trembles-"Up. ye warriors
forthl "A
Hear ye the swift-winged chargers cleave the
-- An army comeP' Nay, but a maiden fair
s--''- Smiles on the Winter King in his despair; .
-.., And he his death1fraught sceptre throwing
Kisses her Qut-stretched hand. and yields his
And through the mountain gorges sounds her
..err .gvoice-5Eg s@sursfT $40 Eus
COmi1gI Q death chained chained Eaters-livel re-
The Easter of the year is come-wake to
LIQUID murmur, like the west wind stroke
- . e or Eous ON the silver lutte -strfngs: broke
The silence ;then cadence Wild and sharp,
Like to mad, ftfnl chords on nntuned harp;
f-a5t And with n passionate and laundering -.
From q thousand rocks the swelling waters pour,
TIL. tuned to melody they sweep along, ~,
Awake ye buds and blossomst Perfume sweet
Steals through the air. her dainty steps to
Bursts forth the dappled gloom from orchards
ir Earth primrose stars shine out. The cluster
FrOsts Der the green grown hedge with sudden
Pure Easter-Earb after the long death-night.
Loi at her voice fair Nature bursts the tomb,
And rises glorious in fresh beanfy bloom, =
..s Type of a fairer spring time yet to be, -. ,..
When mortal shall wake up to immortality.
%, all ye living ones, lift up your voice.
Comingi o dull. dead hearts arise rejoice!
The Easter of the year is come-wake up to life
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

The ATTENTION of the musical world
has been much attracted by the inn
provements in organ making introduced
by GEORGE WOODS e. Co., in their NEW
STYLES of Parlor and Vestry Organs.
They invite the attention of all inter
ested in music, and the elevation of all
that pertains to it, to their advertise
ment in another column. All organists,
teachers, and music dealers are invited
to examine into the merits of their in
struments, particularly as shown in their
latest style of Number Thirteen Celeste
Or1dn
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

A SCHOOL TEACHER was locked up in
the calaboose for being drunk, and was
fined on the following day. He ex-
plains the occurrence in this wise A
negro and an Irishman had been arrest
ed for drunkenness, and the Irishman
had club and the negro knife. The
police were afraid if the two were left
alone in the calaboose that they would
kill each other. So the school teacher
was requested to go inside to keep the
irrepressibles from butchering each
other. On the following morning, to
carry out the farce, he paid a fine,
which was quietly slipped back to him
by the magistrate, together with IS for
his services.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

FINAL REMOVAL OF THE BRITIs Troops
PROM CANADA.-The sum asked for the
maintenance of the troops now stationed
in Canada, by the British Government,
this year, is el3,000, whereas if it were
intended to continue to garrison Que
bee the amount required would be at
least e8O,O0O. All the troops, therefore,
with the exception of a company of en-
gineers to complete the forts, will evil
IDENTITY be Withdrawn; from Canada in
June, unless some fresh discussion arises
and the present plans of the War Office
undergo change.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

Mr.. SPRIGGINs is little forgetful some
times. He counted his children the
other night, but could only make four
teen. "How is this ?" he asked of his
wife, {" 1 thought there were fifteen of
them" $50 there were," answered his
wife; " but little Sammy was drowned
since then" "Indeed," said Spriggins,
meditatively; "why it seems to me l
heard of that at the time"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30


EARLY CHIoKENs.-Therse season of the
year has. now fully arrived when breed
ers ought to have their stock mated and
placed in their breeding pens, and
whenever hen shows signs of incuba-
ton, no time should be lost in placing
eggs under her. The early Matched
chicken has many advantages over
those of later birth 1T should be borne
in mind that it is in early chickenhood
the frame is made that will hereafter
place It inthe tanksof the large birds
of its. breed. And although feeding has
much to do in the production of size
and maturity, other things being equal,
the early chicken is sure to be the best.
1t behooves breeders, then, who wish to
excel in this respect; to-Tproduce early
chickens, although at the cost of, con-
siderable more care and attention than
is necessary in the raising of those at q
later period in the season.-POulrg
Chronicle
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
Tobacco.

An early mention of tobacco is that
in Hakluyt's !" Voyages" by N. Jaques
Cartier, in 1884, Speaking of the peo-
pie of Hochelaga, up the river of
Canada" he says There groweth also
certain kind of herbe, whereof in
Sommer they make great provision for
all the yeere, making great account of
it; onely men use it, and first they cause
it to be dried in the Sunne, then wear it
about their necks wrapped in little
beasts skiane made like a little bagge,
with a hollow piece of stone or wood
like pipe, then when they please they
make powder of it, and then put in one
of the ends of said Cornet or pipe, aud
laying coal of fire upon it, at the other
end, sucke so long that they fill their
bodies full of smoke till that it cometh
out of their mouths and nostrils, even
as out of the Tonnell of chimney.
They say that this doth kepe them
warme and in health they never go
without some of it about them. We,
ourselves, have tried the same smoke,
and having put it in our mouths; it
seemed almost as lot as Pepper"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

A TEACHER of the freedmen was sitting
in the window of her room watching
two negroes loading goods into a cart.
One of them was disposed to shirk the
other stopped, and looking sharply at
the lazy one, said: "Sam, do you ex-
pect to go to Heaven?' eyes" "Then
take hold and lift"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

IT is GREAT MISTAKE to suppose that
the cause of rheumatism. neuralgia or
gout exists where the pain is experience
ed. The source of these diseases is gen
orally urea in the blood, and it is one of
the special properties of DIR. WALKERS
VEGETABLR VINEGAR BITTERs to neutral
ize this deposit, while it renovates the
relaxed kidneys and thus prevents them
from permitting portion of their Sc
cretion to escape through improper chan
nels. Torpidity of the stomach has also
much to do with the vitiation of the
blood, and upon this organ the Bitters
act directly as stimulant and invigo-
rant.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

JOHN v. FARwELL & Co., with their
present large building, are able to show
the greatest variety in all classes of
goIIsd dntod | 80 - SnUth' nU Iooun' any nei so
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

A SIGN in Red Bank, New Jersey, reads
thus: "New maid and old maid cloth
ing always on hand"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

''7 An gathered the meshes of her rainbow net
. The gorgeous hpes with DINNER pearls beset,
She hings befpre her. : Like to reed timed note
- Such as from the Shepherds pipe o'er some
lone may hoat -.
So sounds the son wind whisper of her voice
r Coningl % dun, dead earth arise rejoice;
The Easter of the year is eome-Yake up to
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
Snring.

H' Up from the glowing South.with azure eyes,
.. = 7 All sleepy with the fash OF brilliant dyes
Or ruby-tinted geam- painted butterhies
Gold raven shore and ily-crested river
Where Eiidedf insects mongst lush emerald
And ali the perfumes of spice islands breathe ,.
And silver webs the waves round rocks of coral
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30

KEEP out of hasty mans way for a
while, out of sullen mans way all the
days of your life.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-29
yellow Fewer at New Orleans.

'l New ORLEANS, Sept. 29D
Two negroes were killed last night, in
alfrays In different parts Of the city
A number Of merchants called upon
the Governor in regard to the Galveston
quarantine, and Yarmouth telegraphed
to Davis '-. rl.f
"There arc but five cases of yellow
fever In the city, and have been but three
deaths In ten days. None Of the cases
arc considered dangerous, and there Is no
fear Of the spread Of the disease. The
quarantine now enforced seriously i'm.
pedes commerce, and many persons of
your State now in this city arc greatly
incommoded by it.
Signed.1 III. Q. YARMOUTH"
Collector Casey telegraphed Governor
Davis: "There are only five reported
cases OF fever here. The city was never
in n healthier condition. I have my
family, unacclimated, here and would not
keep them in the city IN hour did / deem
1t dangerous. Many of our Oldest and
best physicians deny the existence Of yell
low fever; also they hold that not single
case has appeared this season, Weather
COOL"
The RcayNne says that the President Of
the Board Of Health stated this morning
that he had personally seen every case Of
fever in the city, and was satisfied there
would be no further mortality or any
spread OF the disease. He considered the
alarm about yellow fever, at Galveston or
elsewhere as premature and without just
Clilgc
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-29
springtield lO.l Fair.
spRINoRIELD, september

pfhlNutlhLDb DeptenUer Eo'
The attendance at the Ohio State Fair
to-day reached nearly 10000, in spite o.
the unusually cold weather. Premiums
were awarded on nearly all articles
Great interest was manifested in both the
cattle and horse shows. The premiums
for thorough bredstallions were taken by
Hurrah, owned by Jno, Reber, and Lam
caster and Ring. Master, owned by G. M.
Poor, OF Hamilton county, Marksman,
owned by Musur & Bros, took the pre-
MUM for trotting stallion, best time 2:47,
Ohio Gin, owned by Oskamp and Wade,
took the premium for trottlng mares, best
time $40. VIM. Warfield, Of Kentucky,
took the two hundred dollar premium on
the herds Of shot horn cattle, To.mor.
row Is the last day. b..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-29
virginia Republican Convention.


The Republican Convention yesterday
adopted resolutions affirming devotion to
the Republican party; pledging the party
Of Virginia to support tho tariff which,
while securing q unnecessary revenue, shall
give incidental protection to American
industry and the national banking system,
adording safe'and uniform currency and
absolute security.to the bill holder Of the
policy extending government aid 10 the
States improving their rivers and harbors,
absolute payment Of all obligations to tho
government sufficient yearly for q feduc-
tion Of the national debt, 70 convince the
world Of Its determination ultimately to
extinguish It, while at the same time to
carefully avoid burdening the people with
onerous unnecessary taxation; endorsing
the administration Of President Grant and
favoring his denomination. '