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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28
Permanent Lemonade.

Some competent sanitary and bibu-
lous authority asserts that when people
feel the need of an acid, if they would
let vinegar alone, and use lemons or ap-
pies, they would feel just as well salts
fed and receive no injury. A sugges-
ton may not come amiss as to good
plan when lemons are cheap in the mar
ket. A person should then purchase
several dozen at once and prepare them
for use in the warm, weak days of spring
and summer, when acids, especially cit
ric and molic, or the acid of lemons, are
so grateful and useful. Press your
hand on the table to make it squeeze
more easily then press the juice into a
bowl or tumbler-never into tin; strain
out all the pulp from the peels-to ex-
tract the acid. A few minutes boiling
is enough then strain the water with
the juice of the lemons; put pound OF
white sugar to pint of the juice boil
ten minutes, bottle it, and your lemon
ade is ready. Put tablespoonful OF
two of this lemon syrup in a glass OF
water, and yeu have cool, healthful
drink,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28
A Leipsic Tragedy.

A terrible tragedy is narrated by the
German papers. Herr Schweinhoff,
merchant of Leipsic, aged IS years,
after losing his first wife, married a
young girl of 1S, who, of course, was
only enamored of the old mans wealth.
Schweinhoff had by his first wife son,
who seems to have been rather wild.
On returning home after two years
absence, the son, aged 25 years, COM
menced haison with his step-mother.
Schweinhoff suspected the intimacy, and
determined to be avenged. Having ac-
quired proof of the treachery of the
couple, he awaited his opportunity. On
July 5, he took horse and rode to a
country house then occupied by his
wife. Entering the grounds, he saw her
and his son seated at the edge of a small
lake, engaged in conversation. He at
once put spurs to his steed and trampled
the woman under the horses feet. She,
flying, fell into the lake. The son
sprang upon the father, and, during a
struggle which ensued after Schweinhof
had been pulled from his horse, he stab
bed him fourteen times in the face and
breast with a poniard which the father
had carried in his own belt. Then he
ran to the rescue of his mistress, and
leaped into the water, but his strength
failed him before he reached her. The
ifeless remains of the guilty pair were
recovered an hour later.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28
A Wooden RaiIrOad-Fifteen Miles an
Hour with Ease.

The Clarendon Is. O. Press contains
lengthy account OF the wooden rail-
road of tramway which has been lately
built, and which brings Manning Court
House in communication with the out
side world
The South Caroline Central railroad
had been allowed to drop through the
hands of the original projectors, and a
considerable amount of cutting-out and
grading had been accomplished, when
Messrs. Lane and Pritchett, large tur-
pentine distillers, doing very large
business, purchased the right of way
and set about to construct a road that
would take their products to market.
The road from Manning to Lane s
Turnout, on the Northwestern railroad,
was cleaned out and graded and laid
with scantling. This road is fifteen
and half miles long. The bed is con-
structed precisely as all other railroads
are. The whole structure above the
bed is precisely similar to other rail
roads, except in place of iron, this road
has wooden stringers, four by five
inches, fastened down to the cross-ties
by long iron spikes passing through
both stringer and cross-tie, making the
stringer both steady and firm. These
stringers are five inches upon their face,
and the tracks or wheels of the running
stock are five inches upon their face.
The friction in running being distrib-
uted over wide surfaces, the injury to
the rails will be much less.
The fanges of the wheels are two
and a half inches deep, thereby pre-.
venting any probability of running off
A portion of the road has been in opera
ton five months, over which trains have
been running daily, and most of the
strirgers are smooth. The rolling stocl
on the road is common, but quite effect
ual The engine is worth only 81, 800
but is sufficient to carry seven or elgh
cars, loaded, at the rate of fifteen milet
per hour. The proprietors are nov
gone to the North for another engine o
greater capacity. The road is regarded
as a success, and answers all the pur
poses of first-class iron road. The roa'
has cost about 81 200 per mile. By. thi
road SO, 900 pounds can be sent twice
Hav
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28
Drinking Water.

Drinking wine is a habit; so is drink
ing spirits, ale, cider, coffee and water.
The last is thought necessity; but to
drink much is habit. Some people
drink little, not-because their constitu-
tions require less than others it is
their habit. These people never per-
spire so much as hose who drink more.
The more that is drank, the more water
passes away, or the system would suf-
fer. AS it is, the strain affects it. The
skin, the kidneys, bowels, lungs, are
all drawn upon. The result is, as may
be naturally expected, exhaustion. For
this reason the man who drinks much
water, particularly during the summer
and in the hottest weather, is less able
to endure fatigue. The water is of no
benefit to him-that is the excess. 1t
must pass away, and this requires an
effort of the system, which is the sweat
ing process. Had he not the excess of
water, he would not have perspired so;
it would not have been there for the
system to expel. By the habit of drink
ing so much false thirst is created.
We should drink only what is needed.
The habit of drinking more will soon be
overcome, and the person will feel much
stronger, and more capable of bearing
fatigue In winter little food is needed,
beyond what our food furnishes; in
summer, some more, but not much
Country Gentleman.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28
EATON, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1878.

Jevelins l'' exclaimed the father,
I" what's that?"
The son tumbled upside down off
the donkey, and yelled with all his
might. !, -, - -. ,,, -, .bo
gallows have mercy help me
down p
With quaking knees the father mount
ed the ladder, and found that the rope
had caught round the helmet instead of
the neck of the thief, who was as alive
as alive could be.
Accordingly he took him down, and,
penetrated with pity, thetwomen carried
him to their home.
Alas why is it that a man who has
once stolen will steal again? Is it force
of habit, methodic science, special, in
nate depravity, or predestination :?
Sheltered, fed, and kindly treated, this
scamp made up his mind to steal the
countryman's donkeys, his daughter,
and the spurs, which were an heirloom
of value. In fact, there was nothing
else of value to steal.
And so one night when the church
clock chimes struck the last quarter to
eleven, there was a sudden cry in the
countryman's house, Help! help !!
murder p for the gag with which the
thief hao sought TO SIlHe ner cries nau
fallen from the young girls mouth. In
an instant, with horrible oath, her
father was on him. He threw him
down; he stamped his foot upon his
PROSTATE body; he lifted the fellow and
hurled him across the room; he hustled
him into another, and there, with his
sons help, he bound him fast, and the
next night the two men carried the
wretch back to the gnllows, dressed in
the stolen armor, and taking off the
helmet to make sure this time that the
rope fitted his neck, once more he was
swung into the air, and this time he
hung by the neck till he was dead.
The spurs, which were buckled on the
heels of the mailed boots, they forgot to
remove. The young girl was safe,
and one does not think of trifes at such
times.
OF these three versions you can nchoose
which you please.
As for the lord of the castle, he put
on his armor, which was to be such a
sure talisman against squibs, and
crackers, and boiling pitch, and gums,
and sallabalas, and lightning, and
striding off to the wars, he was killed
the very first man.--G0iGIy.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28
NUMBER OF ORANGES
The following is the number of Oranges or
ganized in the United States ND to this date:
Trees and Rainfall.

The effect of trees on the rainfall of a
country is no longer a question. A
peach tree gives off eighteen pounds, or
about two gallons, of moisture every
twelve hours. The evaporation from
the earth through trees is immense; the
roots often draw from springs them
selves, and throw off through their
branches great volumes of humid air.
Especially is this true in Nebraska,
where, at the depth of twenty feet, white
sand is struck, and this sand is SO full
of water that, in many places, subter-
raneous streams have been formed,
which have been frequently found when
boring shafts or wells.
The great currents of air which leave
the Pacific coast humid and warm empty
in SHOWS on the Rocky Mountains, and,
leaving the mountains dry, they sweep
over the vast plains, finding no moisture
to take up until they pass over the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi, when, having be-
come again charged, they empty in Ilh-
nois and Wisconsin. In Wyoming Ter
ritory, the dearth is almost complete
but in Nebraska the heavily -timbered
heads of her streams give some humid
ity, and the clouds empty in frequent
showers along the Loups, Niobrara,
Plates, Elkhorn, and Missouri. Those
who have watched the effect of forests
on rainfalls say that, by commencing at
the edge of the dry belt, the forests, and
consequent rainfalls, may gradually be
extended across the whole of the dry
belt. So we might commence, say 20C
miles west of Omaha, and, by gradually
planting trees westward, increase the
| humidity of the atmosphere, until the
/ required moisture for rain is reached al
over the PLAINS.
In Germany the EIbe lost 18 per cent
of its flow in consequence of cutting
away the trees along its banks, exposing
the waters to the hot sun and conse
quent increased evaporation. The island
of Santa Cruz, in the West Indies
which twenty years ago was a garden o
fertility, is now desert-the result O
cutting away the forests. The theor,
is this The dry currents of air are re
tarded by forests and elevated until
point of condensation is reached. Radi
alton is also prevented, the air cooled
and the clouds passing over forests ar
rendered more easily condensed. Elec
tricity is also a great agent, the tree
being negatively charged, and drawinI
with great power the positively-charge
clouds.
I advance these theories with no hes
tating doubts, for they are no longe
experiments, but facts, demonstrated b
positive experience and knowledge c
the laws that govern the atmosphere
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
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Two Dollars per Annum, i'm Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 33l.
A SERENADE.

From the folds of your snow-white pillow,
My love, my beautiful, rise,
And come to the easement window,
Where the wind through the cedars sighs.
Star and planet are leaping
Out through the cloudless blue;
Planet and star are weeping
And wondering where are you.
The moon, like a royal maiden,
Sits on her cloud-built throne,
And the breath of the dainty tulips
From t. garden paths is blown;
Under the drooped narcissus
The bulbul sits and sings
And the leaves of the rose are brushing
The dew from the winds light wings.
Under thy leafy easement,
Sweet, am waiting still,
Watching the lamp-lit lattice
Till thy hand on the window-sill
Rustles the dainty rose-leaves
That lovingly cluster there,
Signing till somebody culls them
To twine in thy dark-brown hair.
My own, my beautiful Nina,
Come, till my love pour
Come, till tell the passion
My heart can hide no more
Till sit in the rich sweet luster
OF thy dark-blue eyes divine,
And bless in bhssful rapture
The hour that shall make thee mine.
Shine out, o shimmering planet!
o painting shadow, lie still!
Methinks 'tis the rim of her raiment
see by the window-sill;
Hush, buIbul under the roses!
oh, rapture! the hour draws near!
Silence, thou restless zephyrI
'Tis her step, tits her voice hear!
'' Do you think we have all gone mad, sir?
In truth, wish you'd leave off;
Pm dying tonight with a toothache,
And your bowling won't cure my cough.
'Tis really strange, tits monstrous,
How little of sense remains,
Or even of common pOlitenee6,
When folks get love on their brains."
-Harper's Weekly.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28
PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.
Officers of the State Oranges, and their
Organized.

Officers of the State Oranges, and their
POstoffice Address-Number of Oranges
Organized.
Master-AonZo Gordon, Rock Falls.
Secretary-O. E. Tanning, Gait.
MINNESOTA.
Master-George I. Parsons, Winona.
Secretary-William Paist, st. Paul.
IOWA.
Master-A. B. Smedley, Cresco.
Secretary-Gen. William Duane Wilson, Des
Moines.
WISCONSIN.
Master-Col. John Cochrane, Waupon.
Secretary-J. Brainerd, Oshkosh.
INDIANA.
Master-John Weir, Terre Haute.
Secretary-T. Keene, Valparaiso.
KANSAS.
Master-T. G. " Boiling, Jacksonville.
Secretary-George w. Spurgeon, Jackson
vile.
Master-William B. Porter.
Secretary-William McCaig, Elmwood.
TENNESSEE.
Master-William Maxwell, Maxville.
Secretary-J. P. McMurray Trenton.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Master-W. s. Battle, Tarboro.
Secretary-C. w. Lawrence, Fayetteville.
ARKANSAS.
Master-John T. Jones, Helena.
Secretary-John s. Williams, Devall's Bluff
MISSISSIPPI.
Master-Gen A. J. Vaughn, Early Grove.
Secretary-W. L.. Williams.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Master-Thomas Taylor, Columbia.
Secretary-Col. D. Wyatt, Coksbury.
VERMONT.
Master-E. P. Cotton, Irasburg.
Secretary -E. l.. Hovey, st. Johnsbury.
OHIO.
Masters H Ellis, Springsboro.
Secretary-D. NJ. Stewart, Xenia.
MICHIGAN.
Masters. F. Brown, Schoolcraft.
Secretary-A NJ. Coffee, Knob Noster.
GEORGIA.
Master-Col. L J. Smith, Oconee.
Secretary-E. Taylor, Colapachee.
CALIFORNIA.
Master-J. W. A. Wright, Turlock.
Secretary-W. 81. Baxter, Turlock.
NUMBER OF ORANGES.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28
HUNG IN ARMOR.

We're you ever at Galrsk1ttery No Z
Well, never go !; for measles, famine,
quacks, unpaid bills, tight stays, bad
wine, and the ringleader of all our dem
agogues came from thence; SO I will
not describe it. The reader always
likes to have some share in the book or
article he is reading. 1t hatters him
when the writer concludes that he
knows enough to fill up Details
/ will merely mention that my tale
begins at IL o'clock M; that the month
is August that the trembling aspen
trees were on one side of the road, and
the broad sea on the other. Don't you
perceive that you know all the rest that
the trees are green, the ocean restless
and dazzling, the sun hot, and the road
intolerably dusty?
And now imagine on this road, back
in the medieval ages, not Mr.. Ct. P. r.
James solitary horseman, but two men,
father and son, both shrewd country
fellows, trotting along on two dOnkeys.
'' Shall-we get there in time ?" quoth
the son.
sc Yes, it comes off at o'clock, and
now it is only a quarter past IL. )"
'tI want to see it very much. No
doubt he viii be hung with stolen armor
on him."
3. Yes, and that will be grander
sight than black coat and white
tie.''
How did he get the idea of stealing
coat of mail 2"
g Not hard idea to get. =
No, it was the armor that was hard
to get" said the son, who wanted to be
witty "Was it very handsome ?"
Magnificent All inlaid with
gold"
And was he caught as he carried il
OFF,
Yes, for a suit of armor is moi
moved about as silently as feather
bed ; so he very soon came to place
called Stop ~
Did the servants in the castle catch
him?"
Not they-they were frightened
"Of course interrupted the SON.
GO else there would be no fun in being 6
robber."
Nor any excitement in being robbed
But they did not think that there was
any robber in the case."
&c What then ?"
's They thought it was ghost. Th,
rascal, who was as strong as horse
carried the suit of armor in front O
him, SO that it looked as if a giant O.
the Commentators in Don Giovanni
was tramping down the stairs. It mad
a most horrible noise. Unluckily fo
the thief, the lord of the castle, VIII
was as bold as Baron Munchausen, ant
feared neither ghosts nor men, had no
yet gone to bed. He had been absorbet
in reading a heroic book calle'
sSqueeky,' which was written in
country where they have abolished tn
have-his- carcass act, and all the Brig
adler Generals are Presidents of col
leges. He was quietly ascending tn
stairs as the thief was coming down
and he just arrested him and as the
lived in acountry where honest men ca
recover their own, the Baron sent hl1
off to prison"
GO And he was tried
&c Yes, and sentenced to be hung i
the stolen armor.
I" But why, in the name of oil
Nixon?"
Aha The lord of the castle kne'
very well what he was about. He had
keen eye TO the main chance a suit {
arrnor in which man has been hung
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VOL. VINO. 40
THE sPR1G OF GREEN.

at fredericksburg on that dread day,
Ere yet the strife began
Along the battle-line of Blue
The Generals order ran.
Win we or lose our country'sc curse
Upon the wretch who shirks,
But honor to the man that dies
The nearest to the works.
Before them rose the giant range
OF hills in martial round,
From whose grim tops all bodefully,
The bristling cannon frowned.
No break within that iron line,
But meath from left to right
And heagher with his Irish lay
Before Saint Maryes height.
Ne gloom was there, but every face
As careless and as bright
As if it was wedding morn,
And not day of fight.
And in their caps-though all around
Nor tree nor shrub was seen
They wore-heaven knows from whence pro
cured.
Each man a sprig of green.
Not long they waited for he-sound
That told the strife begun;
Harki from the rivers further side,
1t is the signal gun.
A thousand cannon from the hills
Beloved in fierce acclaim,
And all the mighty line of blue
Swept upward through the flame.
Of what avail are words to paint
The strife that none can tell,
The hurrah from the Union host:
The wild Confederate yell.
The saber's clank; the horsemans tramp;
The scream of shot and shell:
And groans of dying men, that went
To make the mimic hell.
All day against those awful heights
Our lines were hurled in vain;
ALI day the shattered ranks closed up
But to be torn again,
Until the sun withdrew her light
As if for very shame;
And night came down upon the field
To end the bloody game.
rx,., .,.-.>,,.-- h.o1-. ~ ct "A 1.-sot,4
Upon the dead array,
And lovingly on hill and plain
The blessed sunbeams lay.
The fight was done, the field was won,
The blue had lost the day;
And from their works all curiously
Swarmed down the men in gray.
Thick lay the slain, like sheaves of grain,
Ripened by battle sums;
But one had died beyond the rest,
stones cast from the guns.
They raised him softly, for the brave
Respecfthe brave ween,
And in his cap, unwithered still,
They found sprig of green.
OF all the thousands lying round,
Close locked in deaths embrace,
That one-though all were brave and true
From death had got such grace.
No bearded soldier old in wars,
Had won the happy place;
He who died nearest to the works
Had only boys face.
They buried him just where he fell,
These foemen with rude art,
They said that he had earned the place
BY his undaunted heart.
And one-a poet in his soul,
Though rough in garb and mien-
Planted upon the simple mound
The dead boys sprig of green
The brave man dies, but the brave deed
With death will not be found;
And travellers say, that to this day,
The children playing round,
Can point the stranger to the spot,
The fairest in the scene,
The grave where sleeps the Irish boy
Who wore the sprig of green
-Danbtsy NeIcs.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28

THERE are in the United States Sc
establishments for the manufacture of
silk, employing 6,649 hands. This in
dustry is confined to the seven States of
New Jersey, Connecticut, New York,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont,
and New Hampshire. the two first States
named producing more than half of the
entire product,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28

CUNNING LITTLE ToADs.-It is certain
that Shakespeare's idea of the toad was
inaccurate in two respects: The toad is
not "ugly and venomous," and does not
wear =" a precious Jewel in its head. ;"
The Rev. J. G. Wood, that excellent
naturalist and charming writer, assures
us that his children had a trough full
of tame toads, each of which answers to
its own particular name and comes when
called. The children, he says, carry
them round the garden, and hold them
up to any insect they may chance to
fancy, to enable them to swallow it.,
which they do by lightning flash of
their glutinous tongues. Nay, more
their tender care for their unlovely pets
is so great that they bathe and kiss them
daily, he declares, just as they them
selves are treated by their nurse. Upon
one occasion one of the children, who
had received an orange, was seen with
her own especial toad seated on her
hand, partaking with his mistress OF
the orange in alternate sucks OF bites.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-08-28

To REMOVE IRON RUsT.-Take the
juice of lemon and drop on the spots
and lay the articles out in the sun, when
the rust will soon disappear.
New Orleans Republican., 1873-07-26
SHERIFF'S SALES,
Auguste Gautier vs.. Z. II. Liyaudnis.

Auguste Gautier vs.. f. B. Livaudnis.
GIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF
y Orleans No. 49l6.-By virtue of writ OF seizure
and sale TO directed by the honorable the Sixth
above entitled cause, I will proceed to sell at
public auction al the Merchants and AuctiOneers'
Exchange, Royai street between Canal and Gus
city, on SATURDAY, July 26 1879, at twelve
o'clock ". the following described property, to
A CERTAIN PORTION OF A CERTAIN SQUARE
OF GROUND, being the upper haif, with all the
rights, ways and privileges thereto belonging or IN
anywise appertaining, situated IN the Sixth Dis
trict of this city, aud designated by the number
sixty, on plan drawn by A. S. Phelps surveyor,
on the fifteenth OF February, l5i9, and deposited
in the records Of James Graham, notary public in
this city and bounded by st. Charles Pitt, General
Taylor and Constantlnople streets said portion of
ground measures, commencing from the corner of
dred add thIty. nine feet six inches seven lines
front on st. Charles street, by two hundred feet
in depth and front on COnstantinope street hav-
ing front Pitt street of hundred aud fifty
two feet ten inches. Being the same property
acquired by the defendant herein by purchase from
Joseph Murphy, per act passed before A. Pilot Jr,
of April, 1873.
Seized in the above suit
Terms-l. The purchaser TO assume the rayment
of prCmlsoTy note tor the sum OF three thousand
three hundred and tlirtythree dollars and thirty
three ard OnethiTd cents, drawn by LOYat A. Bur
ges To his order and by him endorsed, dated
New Orleans, twe.lty-eishth Of November, 1863,
payable one year after date and bearing eight per
cent interest per annum from date ANTI paid,
which note row reduced to three thousand dollars,
the payment whereof has been extended TO the
twenty eighth of November. 1873 all interest paid
thereon il aivance up to said date, is secured by
vendors privilege, and also together with five Per
cent lawyer fees in case of nOn-pay yment, by spe
clal mortgage On the said propesty above described
2. And the balance OF the price of ad cash
on the spo..
;e24 i've % Sheriff Of tho Parish of Orleans