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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07
The FOrty.Acre Farm.

I'm, thnkin'. wife. of ncighbor Jones. that man
of stalwart arm
He lives in peace and plenty. on a forty acre
farm;
While men are all around u.s. with hands and
hearts asore.
Who own two hundred acres, and Eli are
His is pretty little farm. a pretty little house;
lie as a loving wife within as quiet as a mouse;
His children play around the door, their fathers
life to charm,
Looking as neat and tidy as the tidy little farm.
No weeds arc in the corn fields; thisles in the
oats;
The horses show good keeping by their fine and
glossy coats:
The, cows within the meadow. resting meath the
beechen shade.
Learn all their gentle manners of the gentle
milking maid.
Within the fields. on Saturday. he leaves no
Graded grain
To be gathered on the morrow for fear of coming
He keeps the Sabbath holy. his children learn
his ways,
And plenty fills his barn and bin after the harvest
days.
lie never has a lawsuit to take him to the town
For the very simple reason there are no line
fences down.
The bar room in the village does not have for
him a charm.
can always find my neighbor on his forty. acre
farm
His acres are so very few he plows them very
deep;
'Tis his own hands that turn the sod tits his own
hands that reap:
He has place for everything. and things are in
their place;
The sunshine smiles upon his fields. contentment
on his face.
May we not learn a lesson, wife, from prudent
neighbor JONES'
And not-for what we haven't got-give vent to
sighs and means?
The rich aren't always happy. nor free from life s
alarms;
But blest are they who live content, though
small may be their farms.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07

GARIBALDI is writing novel.


Darwin is three score and ten.
GEN. SPINNER is on his legs again.
The Mikado of Japan is going to
visit US.
SARATOGA lady wears $225, 200 worth
Of diamonds.
GEMS. MCCLELLAN AND MARCY are on a
visit to the far West.
SPOTTED TAIL and his braves have re-
turned to their Western wlids.
NILSSON writes that she will return to
America at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
DURING her imprisonment, Laura
Fair, by careful speculation, has in,
creased her fortune by more than
Sl5O,OOO Talk of hanging such q
woman
Ex-CoMMoDoRE GEORGE n. IIoLLINs, of
Baltimore, is the last survivor OF those
on board the United States frigate
President, Commodore Decatur, when
she was captured in 1915.
The mother of the Worrell sisters
turned every diamond presented to her
daughters into hard cash, and pur-
chased property on Bay Ridge, l.. l.,
which has Guadrupled in value.
w. w. CoRcoRAN, the Washington
banker, has sold his country seat for
S225 900, and donated the proceeds to
an art gallery, which he had already
given to the city of Washington.
ELIAS WILLIAMS, of Buffalo, Mo-, blew
into the muzzle OF bis gun to see if it
was loaded. Could Mr. Williams COM
municate with his friends in this world,
his spirit would gently whisper, 1t
was
The Rev. Francis A. Harding, whose
case before the General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
1874, proved the entering wedge to the
division of the church, died in the city
of Baltimore, July %, in great destitu.
ton, in the 59th year of his age.
Lake Keuka, or Crooked Lake, site
ated in the center of the grape region
of Western New York, is 4S7 feet above
the level of the Atlantic. Its length is
% miles, and its greatest breadth one
and half miles. The outlet, which
flows into Seneca Lake, has descent
of 2l7 feet in seven miles. Once every
year, usually in May, the lake purifes
its waters by throwing to the surface a
yellow substance, which appears and
smells like sulphur, and gradually ex-
tends until the face of the entire lake
is covered. This remains about one
week and suddenly disappears in day,
and it is not again seen until the next
season. Its shores abound in mineral
springs of the class of chaly ybeate
waters. 'ish of all kinds abound in the
| lake.
Mr.. SEWARD is making rapid progress
in his narrative OF his journey round
the world. He has got through Asia
and Africa, and is now writing the ac'
count of his visit to Switzerland. The
latter part of the work will contain his
general reflections on the countries he
has seen, and summing up of his
comparison of different races and ma
tions, which, from a man of his ability
and experience, can hardly iail to b,
highly instructive and interesting.
The law of juries-" Meny are call
ed, but few are chnsen,"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07
A TALL, slim fellow is in trouble. H,

A TALL, slim fellow is in trouble. He
wants to know what character to as
sumo at a masquerade. A kindly jour
nal advises him to braid his legs and go
as a whip lash, swallow himself round
and round few dozen times, and 20 as
loll of tape, wrap himself in the
American flag, and 60 a barber's
pole, brstle his hair up and as white
wash brush, swallow a few marbles, and
go as a rattle box, put an insulator in
his mouth and 20 as Il telegraph pole,
or walk on his hands and go as pair
Of scissors. He is in worse trouble now
than before,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07
Cutting Seed Potatoes.

An exchange says: At least one half
of the labor of cutting seed potatoes
may be saved by using COM
mon tin apple-quarterer, which any
timer will make for thirty cents. Set
the quartcrer permanently on n thick
piece Of plank six inches square, SO that
the edges of the cutter will be upper
most, In cutting into quarters only,
place the eye end of the potato on the
center of the quarterer and push the
potato down so us to cut through the
stem of the potato; this will give each
piece an equal share OF eyes. If smaller
pieces are desirad cut rs nearly through
as possible and have the quarters hold
together, and then draw up the potato
and cut across the quarter on one side
of the wings Of the quarterer into eight,
twelve, sixteen, or more pieces as want
ed the pieces towards the stem end be-
ing cut the largest.
NJ. BERNADoTTE, of Sweden, grandson
of Napoloen's Marshal of that lame
has gone to Pau. At home NJ. BeIna
! dotte is known as King Of Sweden
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07

A German in Western town who
has not paid much attention to learning
english, had horse stolen from his
barn the other night, whereupon he
advertised as follows: avon mite, de
oder day, ven was bin awake in my
shleep, hearc something's watts thinks
vas not yust right in my barn out, an
ven vas dere COON seez dat my pig
gray iron mare he vas bin tide losse and
run nit the staple off: and efer who vii
him back pring, yust so much pay him
as vas kushtomary.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07
Tea and Coffee.

The world uses I50,O00,O0O pounds of
tea each year, and 7l3,000,0OO pounds
of coffee. China furnishes nearly all of
the tea, and Brazil over one-half of the
coffee. Only 100000 pounds of Java
and $4,000 Of Mocha is produced. The
United States consumes nearly one-third
of all the coffee produced in the world,
and the English people are the greatest
tea-drinkers out of China. The Germans
take rank next to the Americans as
otfee.drnkers. The Americans con,
sumo about six pounds of coffee and l22
pounds of beef per. head.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07
Australia.

Australia is quite country. 1t is
2,4OO miles in length and 800 miles IN
width. The first settlement was made
there in l7S9-600 male and $50 female
convicts, les soldiers, 40 women (their
wives), and 81 officers. 1t is now
divided into seven States. Of these
Victoria is the most remarkable. IT
has three.quarters of million of in
habitants Melbourne, tho capital, has
10000. Victoria has 10000 square
miles of territory. Her savings banks
contain $5,000,000, and the assets OF
her various building associations are
over $S,OOO,OOO. gooll many of the
laws of Victoria are modelled after those
of the United Statess, and her people
are sometimes styled the Yankees OF
Australia. Mining is the principal in
dustry, and the proceeds, of the mines
are increasing yearly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07

PAPA--I'm sorry to hear though, my
dear boy, you have failed again IN OBJ,
tanning prize this quarter. You must
be very wooden headed. Dear boy
Yes, pa, Pm afraid Pm chip OF the
old block.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07
NUMBER so.



Art thou crazy.
Little daisy.
Blooming out SO late?
Dost thou know
That the snow
Soon will seal thy fate 7"
I'm not crazy"
Said the daisy.
Blooming out so late.
Well | know
That the snow
Soon will seal my fate.
But | care not.
And | fear not,
For I've tried to do
All my duty
Well and truly
With my end in view
He who gave me
Youth and beauty.
Would not have me lie
All inactive.
Unattractive.
Fearing lest | die"
Then III praise thee,
Little daisy.
For I've learndd of you
A good lesson:
Still to press on.
Whatever nay ensuc.'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07

SINCE the Pope's present troubles
commenced he has received from ltal-
ians alone contributions amounting to
over 3O,00O,000 francs,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07

YALE pays its Professors $4,000, Har.
ward $4,000, Dartmouth and Wooster
University $4,000, Marietta 81, 200, Ober.
lin and Wabash 81 500, Western Reserve
81 800. A slender stipohd, at the lar
gest, iur ,;Qr'; that in many cases is be.
yond price,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07
The Founder of Il City.

Scranton, now the third city in Penn,
sylvania, was founded only thirty years
ago by Joseph ii. Scranton, who lived
to see populous and wealthy manu-
featuring city arise in that short period,
mainly through his own efforts, from
what was at first not even "a hamlet. lie
died on the 9th of June, at the age
of IS.
DIR. HouAKD proposes to tell the tale
OF his sufferngs to the American peo-
pie. Over twenty "lecture commit
tees have already solicited the privi-
lege of introducing him. We shouldn't
be at all surprised if the fact that the
tyrant's heel has been upon his native
American neck We're the means o
putting some ten, fifteen, or twenty
thousand dollars in the Doctors pocket
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-09-07

The law of jures-" Many are call,
ed, but few are chnsen,n
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
The "smellinr committee."

AT the Grant Notification last Sat.
urday night nero members of
the party, both black and white, were
rolling about in a frighttul state of in
toxication. Will the smelling COM
mittee" now go before the Mayor and
file the.usual affidavit" Here is a
fine chance for the "nine hour orator"
and his two worthy assistants to show
their hands. Come forward gentle
men, don't be backward. But perhaps
they. think that having elected a Pres
ident who gets drunk at least an hun
dred and fifty times a year, it is in
true harmony with that fact to get
beastly intoxicated at the jollif1cation.
Well we think we can see harmony in
it too. All the parties are "tarred"
with the same stick.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
Tbs Epizootic.

We have it in Eaton, and we have it
all over the county. Nearly all the hor-
ses hitched in the town OF Saturday last
were running at the nose and coughing.
There has been no death yet, but there
is no telling how long we may escape the
fatality of the malady. We here give
the same advice to owners of horses that
we have heretofore published: Upon the
first appearance e OF the disease the horse
should at once be taken from work, put
in a well ventilated stable where there
are no draughts, his legs wrapped in
flannel, his body warmly covered, and a
warm bran mash given him with Il little
hay sprinkled with salt and water. Sa-
line medicines should be given in small
doses, and the throat rubbed with warm
mustard or other stimulating liniments.
The treatment should be such as to hus-
band the strength of the animal while
the disease is maturing. 1t seems that
nothing that can be lone will prevent
the spread of the malady. Horses that
have not been near any that are sick
are taken, as well as those who are driv-
en- in the crowded streets. In o two
weeks after the breaking out of the cpl
demic, it begins to abate, and the sick
horses recover their strength and health.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
Mavor's Court.

The State VS.. Abraham Webb aud
Jerome Frazier. charge of breaking
into and entering Rail Road car, and
stealing therefrom two boxes of can
dies ofthe value of $4,000. Defendants
recognized in the sum of $4,000, in
default of which they were both COM
mitted to prison. The State VS.. John
Webb, charge of stealing two Caddies
of tobacco, of the value of $500, the
property of Mendenhall Sc CO., of
West Elkton. Defendant held to bail
in the sum of $4,000, in default of
which he was sent to prison. These
goods were all stolen from the Rail
Road company at Camden. 1t seems
that fer some time past al organized
system of stealing from the Rail Road
has been carried on that place. The
evil at last became so i~ntolerable that
the Company employed Detectives
Hayden and Saintmyer to unearth the
business. They event in" with a will,
assisted by Marshal Ryan, of Eaton,
and in a short time three of the dep
redators were driven into our county
Jail. We hope the business may be
carried on until the whole nest is
broken up.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
What Hurts Him,

The pious Isaac embellishes his
Sunday School journal of last week
with a "Tumble-Bug," and says it
represents us at our dirty work. We
admit to the "Tumble-Bug" editor
that our work was "dirty," but we
succeeded, with the assistance of the
honest voters of Preble county, in
stumbling" two OF the "Ring" candi-
dates out and depriving the "Tumble-
Bug" editor of a slice of the county
printing. That hurts the good Isaac.
The Radical Central committee threat
ened to start another paper unless
Isaac was kicked cut of that concern,
or display more sense in conducting
The Agricultural Society refused to
honor his draft on it for the "nomi-
nal" charge of So for his brilliant Lo-
Gals, and that hurts the honest Isaac.
The Temperance organization refuse
to recognise him, because he is for
them only part of the time, and that
hurts the hypocritical Isaac. The
friends of Quinn and Townsend will
not countenance him, because he said
they were the "riff raft and scum" and
that d "worthier set of men could be
found at the Five Points," and that
hurts the Jackass Isaac. The person
al and political friends of Mr.. Tizzard
and Albright, through anonymous
letters, and for respect of these gen
tleineu, made an effort to eject some
common sense into the saphead of the
"Tumble-Bug" editor, and that hurts
the sycophantic Isaac. His Sunday
School class will ask him for IN ex-
PLANTATION of the ball at the end of the
cut in their last paper, and that will
hurt the modest Isaac. After We get
through with Ii illustrations, his
"favorite work" will be exposed, and
that will hurt the christian Isaac. ITe
is hurt all over and CHATS what's the
natter"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
The County Vote.

Below will be found the County
vote by Townships, for which we are
indebted to Sheriff BosTIcK. Grants
majority in this County is 612, accor'
ding to the below figures, but the State
official which will be found in another
column of our paper, makes it 614.-
The Temperance candidate received
IL and the Immaculate and pure o.
Conner 81 That shows the immense
political power that is welded in this
county by the great and good Isaac,
who had runners all over distributing
the O'Conner tickets previous to the
election. The total vote cast in the
county was 1886.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

We have grown muchly in the IA
vor of the great and good Isaac, whose
manly brow would shrink at any
thing dishonorable! Two weeks ago
he declared he would not notice us
anymore until we became more "wor-
thy of it," We have no recollection
of making any over charges or of
sticking our nose into anybody's pri-
vate affairs, that has caused that high
toned gentleman to devote two COL
umns of his last milky journal for our
benefit.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

We can't crafty the "Tumble-Bug'
editor in his anxiety to advance his
favorite business, to wit sticking his
lose in his neighbours affairs, by pub
fishing for his benefit the names OF
the Republicans who see proper to
patronzie US instead of the sneak of
the "Tumble-Bug" journal. Oh, no,
Isaac, that would be rather thin.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

The great and intellectual Isaac,
seems to take great pride in making
fun of the size of u Office. Horace
Greeley once printed the Tribune in
a less room-Shakespeare wrste his
plays in a log hut-Edgar A. Poe
composed his in a garret-Brick Pom
roy printed but 10 quires of the "Dem-
ocrat" for more than two years, and
we propose when we can get "eight
dollars" for locals to make a change.
Besides, Isaac, brains don't require a
very large space to perform a great
business init is only the jackass that
wants extra room to do his braying,
and make sport of his neighbor's
poverty.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

The EIGHT DOLLAR brilliant LOCAL.
yer for the County Fair--the Tumble
bug editor-we mean the great AMI
good Isaac, the noble and manly Isaac,
in printers p%arlance, the "rat" of the
'sTurnbIe-bug" Sunday Schoo! journal,
who couldn't make out a bill that
would pass the Agricultural Board,
undertakes to lecture us as to how we
should run our paper, and talks about
us being a ''carpet-baggei" and Gin
terloper." How loug is it since the
half-breed quartered himself upon the
good people of this place as School
Superintendent and was kicked from
the position for ignorance and impro-
prieties? TwENTY-THREE YEARS resi-
dence and a carpet-baggerl Of course
a man who has cheek enough to pre-
sent 8 bill to an Agricultural Society
of IS for Locals, and is only All inter-
terloper himself, Gf it was necessary
has brass enough to charge the whole
population with being interlopers.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Festival,

The ladies of the Universalist Church
will give an Oyster Supper in City Hall,
on Friday and Saturday evenings, the
s9th and 30th inst Come all hat want
to have pleasant time.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

If 16 quires of the DEMOCRAT will
elect a Sheriff and a Clerk, how many
quires will it take to elect the balance
of the County officers. Answers can
be entered" to the good Isaac, "Tum-
ble-Bug,;' editor.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

Hereafter the Eaton Weakly Regis
ter will be better known as the "Tum-
ble-Bug" journal. Sunday Schools
will be supplied. at greatly reduced
rates. Address the high-minded Isaac,
"Tumble-Bug" editor.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28
1.-THE Little Brown Jug"

The '1ittle brown jug" shipped to
us fiom Cincinnati, by u friend
Capt. FoLKERTH, and filled with the
"MIN1sTER's ASSISTANT" arrived safe.
1t is a splendid article Of wh-ew
don't tell If any of our Ministers
need a little of their assistant" let
them CALI Pierce knew just what
our tagging spirits would need after
the Greeley "beet," and consequently
he selected the ministers Assistant
for our spiritual comforter! Thanks.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

If the Epizootic continues to spread
our street Cars and Omnibuses will
be discontinued. Our city "dads" had
better make some arrangements about
our Fire Department, because if the
equines that haul that should become
afflicted, we would be in a bad fix
We understand one of them had a
very severe attack, but is recovering.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

The editor of the "Tumble-bug'
journal-the good Isaac, who charged
the nominal" price Of So for his bril-
liant puAs of our County Fair, and 125
per cent for work he did not do, be-
side stealing the credit of the job, Tugs
in Mr.. .Tizzard, and undertakes to say
we charge him with dishonesty. We
stated FACTS and made no mention of
Mr.. Tizzard whatever. We believe
Mr.. lizard and Mr. Albright, both
to be honest and good men, who at
tend to their legitimate business and
are willing to permit their neighbors to
do the same, and had the puppy of
that sheet not charged us with doing
business dishonesty, and paradcd oul
private affairs before the public, we
should never have alluded to the Ag-
ricultnral affair; but it don't matter
to us whether it hits Mr.. Tizzard Oh
his "Tumble-bug" editor. If he CAM
teach him the d~ecencies and proprie.
ties of a gentleman, let him take the
advice of their Central Committee
and kick him out of the
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-11-28

If Isaac Norris wants illustrations.
as he has opened the ball, he can have
them to his entire satisfaction.