Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-07
AnecdOte of MIR. Seward.

q lplOnlaUlS pOllIlCally as
well as socially, than the late William
81. Seward. who deserves to be called,
in that relation, the TaIleyrand of
America. A New York gentleman, who
had known him intimately, and who
happened to be in the city of Mexico
when the e~x-Secretary of State was
~sojourning there, tells this story to IL
lustrate Mr.. Stewards adroit diplomacy:
The Governor had accepted an invita-
ton to dine at the house of a prominent
Mexican, and, as a large company was
present, he was called upon, after the
removal of the cloth, to make a speech.
Abiding to the undeveloped condition
of the country, he ascribed it to the
ignorance of the lower orders, largely
caused by the unfortunate influence of
the Roman Catholic Church, which, he
said, had ever been opposed to the diff
fusion of education among the masses.
He supposed that he was. addressing
Catholics very liberal in their views, and
that his host was M of the most liberal
of them all. 1t happened, however,
that his host was an ardent Ultramon-
tanist, who, though he understood
English imperfectly, understood enough
to get at the drift of the remarks. He
turned crimson with suppressed indig-
nation and just then a friend of MI.
Seward, seated at his right, suggested,
soto voce. that the speech was, under the
circumstances, somewhat Inappropriate.
Mr.. Seward seemed not to take the hint
but, after a few moments, he came to a
full pause. Then he continued "These
are the comments which bigots and the
bitter enemies of the Catholic Church
make upon it; but liberal minds, as ours
are, gentlemen, l am happy to believe,
hold No s11ch narrow oninionS We ORC
conscious of the great and good work
the Church has performed, and Of the
excellent influences it exercises upon
the uneducated masses, who, but for it,
would be without guidance and entirely
beyond moral control" The face of the
host resumed its natural color, and re-
Taxed into a broad smile, as Mr.. Seward
sat down amid earnest applause.
AN ACT OF Jusr1cE.-Doubting Castle
was a sad stumbling block in the path
of Bunyan's Christian, though itcouldn't
bar his way to Truth. We can sympa-
thize with the Pilgrim, for Doubt always
besets us when we are asked to believe
anything particularly extraordinary.
Consequently, when we heard, some
eighteen months ago, that a physician
in California had compounded, from
the juices and extracts of certain herbs
found there, q medicine that cured al
most every variety of blood disease, we
were incredulous. Since then we have
had opportunities of testing the accuracy
of the report, and are free to admit that
our doubts nave vanished. Seeing what
we have seen, knowing what we know, it is i'm
possible for us to question the remedial prop
critics of DR.. WALKERS VINEGAR B1TTERs. That
this famous vegetable Tonic, Alternative, and
Antiseptic is a specific for Dyspepsia, Liver
Complaint, Chronic Constipation, Fever and
Ague, Bilious Intermittents, Scrofulous Taint
in the Blood, Incipient Consumption, Local
and General Debility, Rheumatism, Sick Head
ache, and Diseases of the Kidneys, seems to
be a matter beyond the pale of controversy
a tIed fact in medical history. The state
ments of friends, in whose veracity and in
rated by our own personal observation, COM
pei us to admit the SURPRISING merits of the
preparation.-[Con.
THE mail matter which comes into
and goes out of Chicago is something
enormous. Our post-ofhce now ranks
second on the departmental books at
Washington, for the amount of business
transacted. Mails for all parts of the
globe, like almost everything else, have
to stop at this point. Frequently a
hundred tons of mail matter have been
handled in day, and twenty United
States wagons are required to transport
these great postal burdens to and from
the postofhce.
The season for coughs and colds is
rapidly approaching, and every one should be
prepared to check the first symptoms, as a
cough contracted between now and Christmas
frequently lasts all winter. There is no bet
ter remedy than JohnSon's Anodyne Linament.
For all diseases of the throat and lungs it
should be used internally and externally.
CHAPPED HANDS, face, rough skin, |
p.mples, ring-worm, salt-rheum, and other |
cut&neous affections, cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth, by using the JUMPER
TAR SOAR, made by CAswELL, HAZARD & Co.,
New York. 1t is more convenient and easily |
applied than other remedies, avoiding the |
trouble of the greasy compounds now in
use.-[Com.