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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
A Trusty Boy.

A. few years ago, says New York
paper, large. drug firm in this city ad-
vertised for boy. Next day the store
was thronged with applicants, and
among them came a queer looking little
fellow, accompanied by his aunt, in lieu
of faithless parents, by whom he had
been abandoned.
I Looking as this little waif, the mer-
chant in the store promptly said, "Can't
too small.'' 4" know he is small" said
the woman, but he is willing and faith
full" There was a twinkle in the boys
eyes which made the merchant think
again. A partner in the firm volun-'
teered TO remark that he did not see
what they wanted Of such a boy-he
wasn't bigger than a pint Of cider"
But after consultation the boy was set
TO work.
A few days later, call was made on
the boys in the store for some one 70
stay all night. The prompt response Of
the little fellow contrasted well with the
reluctance of the others. In the mid
die of the night, the merchant looked
in TO see If all was right in the store,
and presently discovered his youthful
protege, busy scissoring labels. What
are you doing7'' said he did not
tell you 70 Work nlBnbb. Know you
did not tell me so, but | thought
might as well be doing something" In
the morning the cashier got orders to
q" double that boys wages, for he il
willing" Irtft
Only few weeks elapsed before q
show of wild beasts passed through the
streets, and very naturally all hands In
the store rushed TO witness the specta-
Gle. A thief saw his opportunity and
entered in rear door 10 seize some
thing, but in a twinlling found himself
firmly clutched by the diminutive clerk
Aforesaid, and after a struggle, was cap
tured. Not only was robbery prevented,
but valuable articles taken from other
stores were recovered. When asked by
the merchant why be stayed behind to
watch when all others quit their work,
the reply was, You told me never 70
leave the store when others were absent,
and thought I'd stay" Orders were
Immediately given once more, q Double
that boys wages he is willing and
faithful In 1869, that boy was receiv-J
ing salary of $500, and in 1870 was
to become partner in the establish
ment. Nf e I11nl p
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
ManIr Jack stone.

I'm Jack Stone, you know, that's got
a grandpa and dog Johnniej but that
don't make me proud.
|. j want to be manly, because grandpa
says boys should be, and he ought 20
know, he's lived so long. He says boys
never ought to cry, 50 when run a
splinter into my finger, ! don't cry when
they try to get il out.
had a tooth out, the other day. II
was not pleasant, but didn't cry. was
manly. IL hurt The man had long
iron in his hand, and told me to let him
sec the tooth. He said must be quiet,
and il wouldn't hurt me. ] told him
guessed it would. had two out before.
One a dentist took out, and the other l
pulled with a string. Dentists ought
not to tell stories, because it's not right.
DIR. Thomas comes 10 SEQ me when
Pm sick. He don't tell the truth. He
says his medicine is real nice. IL isn't.
1t tastes like rusty nails. He ought 10
20 to Sunday-school.
love nails, but not TO eat They are
handy when you want 10 mako a wagon.
i like wagons first rate. l mean TOY
wagons, that my dog Johnnie can draw.
Horse wagons do very well.
Horses are manly. They don't cry
when you drive nails in their feet 10
fasten their shoes on. They don't seem
10 mind it. #.....
shouldn't like to be a horse They
can't slide, or skate, OF SNOWFALL. They
have to work real hard sometimes cruel
men beat them, and they have 10 stand
up and go TO sleep, and have only hay
and oats 10 eat.
don't think hay Is half 20 good 10
eat as meat and pie found a nail In
the mince-pie yesterday. Mother says
il came out of the hour-barrel. IL al
most broke my tooth.
was going 20 say a word about being
manly, but forgot IL. .
Some boys think il is manly TO smoke
cigars and drink. don't. am never
going to think so.
Peter Cole is manly. He helps blind
men to cross the streets. Sometimes
the boys laugh at him. He don't care.
He tells them lie knows hes right, and
he's going to do what's right. Isn't he
manly
/ like TO read little story papers very
well. One time Johnnie got one, and
gnawed it all up. ] didn't beat John
ME. wanted 70, but lac didn't know
any better, so | forgave him. II isn't
right to be It people or dogs, when they
don't know any better.
Johnnie saved my life once. fell
into the water, and he jumped in and
bit my clothes He didn't bite me, but
1 wouldn't be living now If he hadn't
bit my clothes That showed how much
he loved me.
We've been friends ever since, and II
Johnnie should go dead, should cry.
] should forget to be manly then, but
would be right. Tommy Lane says II is
foolish to cry for dog when he's dead,
but l couldn't help crying for johnnie.
1 wonder if Tommy's dog was 70 save
his life, and then die, if Tommy wouldn't
cry.
Last Fourth of July Tommy tied
some fire-crackers to bis dogs tail, and
then burned them. They went snap,
snap! M
The dog run very fast. II was not
pleasant to see him. Tommy was cruel
/ united the crackers, and then got
some water and put it on the dog
Grandpa says was manly. Was II
Some boys love TO stone cats, and steal
birds-nests. They call Il fun. They
don't think il funny If they have their
toys taken from them, grandma would
say Youth'S Companion.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16

The MOONS INFLUENCE ON RAIH.-Mr.
James Glassier, +. r. S., of England, in
recent lecture, said that the whole of
the rain had its origin and fall 500 feet
from the earth. Desiring to discover
the influence of the moon on the ele-
ments, he found, after long series of
Investigations, that on the ninth day of
the moon there was much more rain
than on any other day, and that on the
first and last week of the moon there
was the least amount. He had taken
account, from 1915 to 1869, of every day
on which there had been an inch Of
rainfall, and he, had found that on July
26, 1867, the rainfall amounted to
three and seventeenth inches-the
largest amount that had fallen i'm one
day at the Royal Observatory. From
careful observations made by him he
had no doubt that the moon did exer-
else an influence upon rain. Another
of his investigations was rs to the time
of day that rain fell most, and he had
found that the largest quantity of rain
fell at about four o'clock in the after
noon.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
g God Bless the Church ArOand the
COrner.''
BY ANNA NORRIS.

BY ANNA NORRIS.
= The little church around the cornerl'
Why fall those words upon the ear ~ =,
That our world weary spirits cheer 2 7! (.
Why is her fame-of late so humble
Now sounding forth with trumpet tone,
Filling the Christians heart with gladness
Where'er his Masters name is known2 10
Because they seem a wand of magic, O. 'f'''
To bring usback to days ofold,
When Jesus to his lowly hearers
His tales of heavenly bliss told.
For now again. in priestly clothing.
A Pharisee with scornful brow rr
Thinks coIdIy Of his fellow- sinner II =
am more holy far than thou +
Hespurns with Pharisaic horror ,.-l
a form that once. replete with life. -.. e
Had nightly pleased the eager thousands D.,
With scenes Of mimic mirth and strife. 1r;
a An actor /" All! this world a stage isl
And each and al must play their partl rr
Man looketh at the outward seeming,
But God alone can judge the heart = -1--
And that cold form, on earth rejected,
Shall wear q brighter crown above
Than be in priestly raiment vested.
Who falls in Christian deeds Oflove.
And many a soul now sorely tempted.
With sense Of sin and shame opprest.
Shall far above the coldly righteous
With Gods forgiving love be blestl
Oh would that all might learn the lesson,
So fTly by the Saviour taught p = &C 81
When to his side the fallen woman -.
By her accusers bold was brought.
He gazed on her with holy pity,
Then on the captors one by one, ....--,,
And bade him without sin " among them
To"cast the first avenging stoneP =
And soon alone, no man condemning,
She stood her gracious Lord before:
And bade her %. and sin no moreP'
II thus the pure and holy Saviour
Can look on sinful man with love,
How dareg the frail and errinG mortal
Thus set himself his Lord aboye3 m
God bless the church around the cornert
Still may she stand beacon there,
To guide into her fold the wanderer
Who needs the gentle Shepherds care!
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16

crack occur, it would be much easier to
mend this earthenware work than to
remedy the same in an iron stove and
the chances of such an occurrence are
as likely in the one material as in the
other.
As to the question of expansion of
material under the influence of fire, it
must become subject of trial and con-
trivance on the part of the worker who
would seek to make fortune as well as
to acquire grateful place in the minds
of millions he would benefit.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
Two WAYS Of Looking AT Things.

allow dismal you look, " said n bucket
TO his companion, as they we're going 70
the well.
All n replied the other, 81 was re-
hecting upon the uselessness Of our being
filed for lot us 60 away ever 20 full, we
always come back empty"
that way aaid the bucket " now / en-
ioy the thought that however empty we
come we always 20 away full. Only look
at il in that light, and you will be a.
cheerful as / am" LISA 4atu
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
WHOLE NUMBER 2Os.

We have only two calms on record, and
the greatest velocity extended one hun
dred miles per hour, rate without pre-
cedent in meteorological record. The
observations on clouds are very limited,
there having been only six clear days
during the month. A very remarkable
phenomenon presents itself in the rapid
changes in the relative humidity of the
atmosphere
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
How a Whole Family Became Blind
From the CambridEe (Mass.l Herald.


There lives a family in Dorchester
county, every dark-eyed member of
which for the past fifty years has gone
blind at the age of 20 to 25 years.
Those with blue eyes escape the terrible
aff1iction. There is a tradition about
this singular circumstance, which we
lay before our readers as we heard it
Some sixty years since, so goes the
story, a beautiful black-eyed girl of 20,
from some cause or other, lost her eye
sight. Her misfortune brought penury
and want with it. Being reduced to
beggary, she was won't to go about ask
ing aims. During one of her journey
ings she visited the neighborhood in
which resided the ancestors of those
who are now sightless. Instead of her
helpless condition exciting, as it should
have done, a feeling of sympathy, she
was treated with ridicule by some of the
younger members of the house her evil
star had led her into. Two of the BOYS,
as a matter of mere deviltry, took her
out, promising to conduct her to place
where plenty awaited. Instead of Civ
ing her a safe conduct, they carried her
into u swamp and left her. 1t is said
that she cried out, beseeching them to
put her on the public road, but they
needed not her lamentations. Finding
herself about to be deserted among the
tangled brushwood, she turned her
prayer to a curse, asking her Maker, in
her revengeful anguish, to punish her
betrayers, by making their offspring for
seven generations as helpless as she was.
1t is said that she was found dead in the
swamp, having persisted from hunger
and cold. This may appear somewhat
romantic, but whether the traditionary
part of it be false or true, it is assuredly
fact that the male offspring of the
family referred to lose their sight as in
dicated. Hundreds of persons in Dor
chester county will verify it.
MARRIAGE OF. MISS DR.. GARRETT
English social circles are almost as much
interested : in the approaching mar
riage of Miss Elizabeth Garrett,
NJ. D., as by. that of the Marquis. of
Lorne and the Princess Louise. Miss
DR.. Garrett is a very " strong minded"
woman. She was one of the seven Ia
dies who fought their way through the
Edinburgh Medical School to gra6ua-
ton. She settled in London, and be-.
came not only skillful physician, but
q prominent advocate of the ballot and
woman's rights to it. At the first elec-s
ton of a school board at which the
three great principles of the cumulative
vote, woman suffrage and the ballot
were first introduced in England, she
was the most popular candidate in Lon.
don, but nearly four times as many as
any other. The terms of the education
act viii compel her to give up, of her
own accord, 5the practice of medicine
1t is not to be supposed that, after her
pleasant experince in voting and being
voted for, she will long remain silent
undoTs III = n dicfro =, ~, / servant which bar
marriage will carry with it.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
Little BOY Blue.
nr Aenr aAeE RleHARDsoE.

.- BY AsBY SAGE RfcHARDsoE.
Under tho y-stack, 1itde-Boy Blue
Sleeps with his head on his arm
While voices Of men and voices OF maioh
Are calling him over the farm.
Sheep in the meadows are running villa
Where poisonous heritage grows.
Leaving white tufts Of downy fleece
On the thorns Of the sweet wild rose
Out In the fields whore the silken corn
It's plumed head mods and bows,
Where golden pumpkins ripon below.
Trample the white-faced COWS.
But no loud blast ON the shining horn
Calls back the straying sheep.
And the cows may wander In hay or corn
While their keeper lies. fast asleep.
His roguish eyes are tightly shut.
His dimples are all at rest
The chubby hand. tucked under his head.
By one rosy cheek Is pressed. rr
Waken him No. Let down tho bars
And gather the truant sheep.
Open the barnyard and drive In the cows.
But let tho little boy sleep.
For year after year we can shear the heeoe.
And corn can always be sown;
But the sloep that visits little Boy Blue
Will not come when the years have hoWn.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16

our way toward the Gulf of st Lawrence,
to take cargo of deals for London.
Notwithstanding the capture of the
drum-fish, and the rational solution of
the mystery, some of the crew were
loath to abandon the delusion; and un-
til the "H." was lost, two years after
wards, she bore everywhere the i'll name
of "The Haunted Ship"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
A Prussian Officers Experience Of
CAPTIVITY.

A Prussian officer, who was captured
before Paris early in December, and ex-
changed after three days captivity, has
given an account of his treatment and
experience in Berlin paper. 1t must,
however, says the London Times, be re
ceived with some caution. He was first
taken before the commandant of st.
Denis, Admiral la Rouciere, who pro-
vided him with an elegant civilian cos
tune, invited him to a sumptuous din
ner, placed a carriage and a commits
sionaire at his disposal, and, on his pro-
mise not to quit Paris, allowed to go at
large. He was afterwards presented to
Gen. Schmitz, the head of Gen. Trochu's
staff, who received him very courteous
ly and conducted him to Gen. Trochu,
who also offered him a capital dinner.
In the course of conversation the Gen
eral asked why the German staff gave
no intimation of the commencement of
the bombardment, to which the officer
replied that, as a soldier, he was wont
simply to obey orders, and did not know
the intentions of his superiors. Gen.
Trochu rejoined, rather excitedly, that
he was anxious for the beginning of the
bombardment, as the German guns
could only lombard the quarters chiefly
inhabited by the mob, who were the
greatest incumbrance to him IN his un-
dertakings. He should be glad in that
way to lose a couple of hundred thou
sand of these canaiUe. He also stated
that he was accurately acquainted with
the hostile positions at all points, and
was convinced that he could silence the
German guns by the French batteries.
He went into details as to the construc-
ton of the former, and expressed an
opinion that their range was less than
that of the French field artillery. The
officer saw various herds of cattle round
Paris, and in q restaurant where he
breakfasted, and had beefsteak, vegeta-
bles and wine for three francs, there
was much activity, and vegetables were
offered on low terms in the markets.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16
Mount washington in Winter.

Prof. Huntington writes to the Boston
journal .. s-.5. f-... H-.. .r..
One who has viewed the grand pano-
roma that is spread out before the be-
holder, who stands on the summit of
Mount Washington, only through the
haze of a summer day, can hardly ina
gine the grandeur of the scene as it APP
pears on a clear day in winter. Would
you not like to see it Then 90 with
me, for to-day it is so mild and pleasant
that we cannot stay within DOORS The
sun shines brightly above, the sky is
intensely blue, and III the zenith deep
ems even into purple. Such sky is
seen only at high attitudes. The at
mosphere to-day must be free from all
impurities. We will stand on the very
highest point of the mountain-nO, this
will not do, we cannot see westward.
On the Tip Top House the view is bet
ter, but the roof is steep; can we walk
up? Certainly, for the frost adheres to
the roof so that we have secure foot
ing. Now we can go no higher, but this
is all we could wish. To-day, so clear
and transparent is the atmosphere that
space seems half annihilated. Instead
of one vast mantle of white, as we might
have expected, the variety of colors is
greater even than in summer and the
shadows-could any artist desire any
thing more grand?
To follow round the whole horizon
and study the scene that is spread out
before us would take several days. One
feature more of the scene that is par
ticularly striking we will notice here,
namely: the shadows as they. fall
aslant the sides of the mountains or
across the deep valleys. On account of
the snow and the transparency of the
atmosphere, not to say anything of the
heightened shadows of winter, they are
much more noticeable than in summer.
On Monroe, Franklin and Pleasant
there is the same beautiful rose tint just
over the border, and the dark shadows
of the mountains, as. they fall ON the
snow, where the light streams through
the deep ravines, and as the sun climbs
higher we watch the shadows until the
sunlight flashes down the sides of the
mountains. In the afternoon it is
grand to watch the shadow of Mount
Washington as it falls into the deep
gorge westward, climbs the snow-clad
summit of Mount Moriah, falls into the
valley of the Androscoggin and then
climbs the heights beyond Now we
think to lose it. but it fingers yet, for it
mounts high upon the hazy atmosphere
and then gradually fades away as
the sun sinks beneath the western
horizon. -r -. af
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16

DR.. McCosH gives to the theory of
Darwin a qualified approval. He says
that it contains "a powerful deal of
truth but not the whole truth, and
that many of his inferences are wrong.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16

Col. JOHN S. MosBY, of guerrilla fame,
has been admitted to practice at the bar
of the United States Circuit Court, Rich
mond.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16

A PENNsYLvAHIA man accidentally
dropped a pistol cartridge into pipe
he was smoking. He is having n tin ear
built.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-02-16

FRENCH PRoTEsT.-Twelve opposition
journals have protested against the de-
cree issued by the Bordeaux Govern
ment, providing for the disqualification
from the privilege of an election to the
National Assembly of members of the
families reigning over France since 1889,
of all persons who have acted as Impe-
rial officials, candidates in past elections,
or held office as Ministers, Senators or
Councillors of State under the Empire,
and Projects who have accepted Office
between the I'd of December, 1851, and
the 4th of September, 1870. A deputa-
ton from these waited upon Jules
Simon, and stated to him verbally the
Simon, in his reply, declared that the
decree issued by the Paris Government
on the 28th of January abolished ell dis
qualifications for the National Assem-
bly,, ami that he (Simon) would insist
upon the execution of the Paris decree.
IT is SAID that the peculiar olor of
commercial tannin may be entirely re-
moved, and thus better fitted for Off
cinal administration, by first dissolving
six parts in twelve parts of warm water,
placed in porcelain vessel, then pour
ing the solution into flask, after add
ing from one half to one part of ether,
and shaking it up thoroughly. The mix
ture at first appears of a dirty green,
and very turbid; but it settles in a few
hours, the coloring matter sinking to
the bottom in the form of a fiocculent
coagrlum. The liquid is then to be fl
tered, and the filtrate evaporated.
Tannin thus prepared has no odor,
and gives a perfectly clear solution with
water.
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