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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
Methodism and Its Branches.

The Northeastern, in an article on
ssThirty Methodist Branches are Too
Many" gives the latest statistics of
Methodism throughout the world:
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VOL. VINO. IA.
THE CUCKOO.
BIZ C. s. oALvERLEY.

Forth wandered, years ago,
When the summer sun was low,
with his light;
Twas day of cloudless skies;
When the trout declines to rise,
- And in vain the angler sighs
For bite.
< And the cuckoo piped away
How love his simple lay,
Ger the cowslip fields of May
As it hoatsl
= May was over, and of course
He was just little hoarse,
And appeared to me to force
Certain notes.
Since mid-April, men averred,
Peoples pulses, inly stirred
Sz@ By the music of the bird,
It was now the close of June;
49, reflected that he'd
~ Sing entirely aTa out srs Of tune
Looking up, ! marked maid
Float moon-like oer the glade,
Casting evermore staid
And thrilled with sweet surprise
g7srgs When she dropt, all virgin-wise,
First courtsey, then her eyes
To the ground.
ssz Others, eyes have P'raps PPp to you
But, you see, you never knew
What a lnien She had, Her hat
with with what dignity it sat
21S5 On the mystery, or mat,
OF her hair
We were neghbors. I had dofed
Cap and hat to her SO oft
= That the latter had grown soft
In the brim;
j had out of
To bid cen her sire good day,
- Though WASN'T, may say,
- t~- Fond of him.
And we'd met, in streets and Shops
But by rill or may copse,
Where your speech abruptly stops,
And you get
-aszs Where, though nothing of poet,
-. You int1itiyey go 1t,
SO my love had ne'er been toldi
TN the day when forth strolled,
> = svsa ~ Out his song,
Save q bashful ssHow dye do?"
And a blushing 'IHow do you
Get along?"
But that eye-how swift it passed.
Words that burned few from fast
For the first time and the last
In my lfe
Low and lower dropped her chin,
As murmured how I'D skin
Or behead myself to win
Such wife.
tu There We stood. The squirrel leaped
Overhead; the throstle peeped
Through the leaves all sunshine stepped,
There stood alone; third
Would have made the thing absurd;
And she scarcely spoke a word
All the time
We've little Kate, deari
She's attained her thirteenth year,
And declares she feels a queer
Sort of shock
Not unpleasant though at all
When she hears cuckoo call;
So I've purchased her small
Cuckoo-clock. -Scribncrs
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
Changes in Population.

The full returns of population and
social statistics have been completed and
are printed. The changes are as follows
in population and rank as States:
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

Or, in the aggregate, there are not far
from 80 Methodist divisions, literally dl-
viiding the services of %, 2,361 ministers
and 3,609, 420 members.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
Dry Food for Horses.

The Spirit of the Times says: &c We
never have believed and never shall be-
ieve that chopped hay and cornmeal,
saturated with water, is proper for a
working horse as general diet. We
firmly believe that the food of a working
horse who cannot be pastured should be
good sound oats and sweet hay for at least
five days week. Look at the South,
where the common run of working horses
are fed on corn. What is found there :?
Why, the big-head, q terrible and almost
incurable complaint. We also think
that wet cornmeal is the very worst way
of feeding corn to horse that ever was
practiced. And the chopped wet hay is
not half so good as fine, bright timothy
from the NOW. We like to hear the
horse grinding up his good timothy hay
like grist mill, after he has finished his
oats. A nice mash once in while is
good, and very different thing from
almost constant soft Diet
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

THERE are in the country 3,SO6 Oatn-
olic chu rch eaifces, with seating ca
pacity of 1885, ,5l5 persons
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
Cheap Gate.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
says: take five pieces of inch boards,
each ten feet long, one-eighth inches
wide for the bottom strip, and each of
the others four inches wide. I then take
one piece four inches wide for one end
upright, and one piece eight inches wide
for the end piece where the hinges
ought to be. These strips are four feet
long, that being high enough for any
gate for ordinary purposes. Now lay
down your pieces, then place the eight
inch wide and ten feet long strip for the
bottom; nail it at each end to the up
right with wrought nails; now take
three of the four inch wide strips and
lay them on parallel with the bottom one,
dividing the spaces so as to leave four
inches between the lower two boards,
and six inches each space between the
upper ones; nail as before. Now turn
the gate over, and take the remaining
strip, lay it an angle from the bottom,
at the hinge end, to the top of the latch
end; cut it so that it will fit in and lay
close to the long strips; nail it on, and
hang gate with strong hinges.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

DOCTOR, is tight-lacing injurious %
"Of corset is, madam
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

Wheeling, sneezing all the day; s
Eyes watery and streaming;
Coughing in a shatt'ring way; 4..l.-s
Poor nose red and poor cheeks gray 81
Now yoiceless and now screaming.
Pains and aches in every limb;
Poor features sadly puffy;
Hearing gone and eyesight dim; ~
Sad, detected, solemn, grim;
Head heavy, hot, stuny. -
TO feel all this, and then be told,
"My dear, you've only got q cold
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
Roots in Cellars.

Every farmer knows, or thinks he
kaows, how to take care of potatoes for
winter use, but we will describe briefly
our methods. Dig the potatoes, if pos
sible, when the ground is dry; but if this
cannot or has not been done, they should
be allowed to dry on barn floor, the ad-
herring soil removed, and then the roots
may be carrid to the cellar. We provide
large boxes which will hold about twenty
bushels each (cast-off tree boxes), raise
them few inches from the cement floor
by cross-pieces of scantling, and then fill
them with the clean and dry potatoes.
A lid excludes them from the light. If
there happens to be few wide cracks In
the bottom of the box the ventilation
will be better; and if the tubers are clean
and the cellar cool there will be little of
the rot.
Beets, turnips, carrots, and parsnips
will not keep fresh in this way, as they
have not the impervious skin of the
potato. Our plan is to pack them in
barrels, or goods boxes procured from
the country stores. They will shrivel
and spoil if the moisture is not retained
in them by some substance to pack them
in or to fill interstices. Finely broken
and moderately damp moss is best for
this purpose; but in its absence, saw
dust answers quite well. At this season
of the year, there is a great deal of this
material in the ice-house, after the re-
moval of the ice, that is quite damp
enough for use. Put in layer or two of
the roots; then scatter enough of the
sawdust over them to fill the interstices,
then another layer, and SO on. In bar
rels, more roots may be put in at time,
the sawdust being shaken among them
by rocking the barrels. Packed in this
way, we have seen beets taken out one
full year after they were put in as fresh
as the day they were lifted from the soil;
while those which were placed uncovered
on the cellar bottom were spoiled in
month by drying up.
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SHALL He Buy A FARM pa. M.
c." Springfield, Mass. At the present
time it requires but very little observation
to perceive that q farmer who is out Of
debt is in the most Independent position
possible Panics and financial disaster
affect him least of all classes. The neces-
saries of life and many comforts are posi-
lively assured to him. while the artisan or
the merchant may suddenly find himself,
for no fault of his own. reduced to poverty
il not distress. Generally those farmers
who have been merchants at one time, are
the most successful in their adopted BUSH
ness, bringing thereto system and economy
A merchant wearied with Improbable
competition, possessing $4,000 Of capital,
with certainty for his family in the shape
Of paid up lie policy for an equal
amount, might safely venture upon farm
life if any man might. But the safe rule
Of "pay as you go" should be adopted.;
american Aqriculturist.
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VOLUME FOR 1874.


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i 18th day of October, a. d., 1878, a warrant in
bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Virginia, against the estate of
G. w. Colgin, of the county of Henrico, and
State of Virginia, who has been adiudged a
bankrupt on his own petitions That the pay.
ment of any debts, and the delivery Of any pro-
perty belonging to said bankrupt, 10 him or for
his use, and the transfer of any property by him,
are forbidden by law That meeting OF the
creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their debts,
and choose one or more assignees Of his estate,
will be held at court of bankruptcy, to be
holden at Richmond, Va, before w. w. Forbes,
esq.,, register, on the 18th day of December,
a. d. 1873, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
Z DAVID B. PARKER,
No 2I-E2w 4ts IT, s. Marshal,
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AN ADHERENCE TO ORDERS. The
traditional union of fidelity, obedience to
orders, strict discipline and stupidity in
the old fashioned military servant is wittily
illustrated in story told by the Gazette
de Paris, at the expense of q captain Of
the Melun garrison. This officer, who had
been invited to dine att neighboring castle,
sent his valet with note of "regrets, y
adding, as the boy started, "Be sure and
bring me my dinner, Auguste, when you
have left the letter. The soldier took
the letter to the castle, and was told, Of
course, 'It's all right Eyes, but I
want the dinner" said the lad :
"the captain ordered me to bring
it back, and / always obey ORDERS"
The baroness being informed of the good
fellows blunder, carried out the joke by
despatching splendid repast. The officer,
too amused to make any explanation to his
servant, merely sent him back to buy a
bouquet to carry with his compliments to the
baroness. Successfully accomplishing this
feat, the brilliant Auguste was handed a
fiye-franc piece from the lady. THAT
paid thirty francs for the fowers.o The
difference was made up to him, and he re-
turned to the fort, quite proud Of having. 50
ably discharged his duty. We think this
incident will fairly match some of the ex-
periences which our own officers are fond
of narrating regarding the way in which
their servants have interpreted and exc
cuted their orders.--ErOn 8 Orr Monthly
Gossip" IN Lppiacoh's Magazine for De
cen,ber. a.3
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GOOD NEWS FOR THE CHILDREN
ST. NICHOLAS HAS COME! ~.


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There IRE two Serial Stories, WHAT MIGHT
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The scene is laid in Virginia The Boy Hero
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you may be sure there will be no end of Fun
and Adventure The other is story for Girls,
"NIMPO'S TROUBLES by OLIVE Thorne
Mrs Harriet M. Miller, to begin in january.
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and the girls be most delighted with that writ
ten for the boys IL -
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yu,Hls is TO GIVE 'SNSooTlCE-Tha, ON tn,

FIyHIS Is TO GIVE NOTLCE-That ON the
i 18th day of October, a. d. 1878, warrant
in bankruptcy was issued out Of the District
Court of the United States against the estate of
George u. Peasants, of Henrico county of and
State of Virginia, who has been adjudged
bankrupt on his own petition:-That the pay
ment of any debts, and the delivery of any
properly belonging to said bankrupt, to him or
for his use, and the transfer of any property by
him, are forbidden by law:-That meeting OF
the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their
debts, and choose one or more assgnees OF
his estate, will be held at Court OF
Bankruptcy, to be holden at Richmond,
Virginia. before w. w. Forbes. esq, register,
on the nth day of December, a. d.. 1873, at 10
o'clock a. m. DAVID b. PARKER,
no 2l-F2w u s. Marshal.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-11
This IS TO GIVE N0TICE.-That ON til.

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE.-That ON the
Il 18th day of November, a. d., 1878, warrant
in bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate of John A.
Cullen, of Dinwiddie county and State of vir-
ginia, who has been adjudged a bankrupt ON
his own petition: That the payment of any
debts, and the delivery of any property belong.
ing TO said bankrupt to him or for hts use, and the
transfer of any property by him, are forbidden
by law: That meeting Of the creditors of said
bankrupt, to prove their debts and choose one or
more assignees of his estate, will be held at
court of bankruptcy, to be holden at Petersburg.
Va, before J. L. Waterman, esq, register, on
the l7ih day of December, a. d., 1873. at 10
O'Clock a. m. DAVID b. PARKER,
no 28--W2w sla II. s. Marshal.
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TyHIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE.-That on the

gTyHIS Is TO GIVE NOTlCE.--That on the
i 18th day of November, a. d., 1878, a warrant
in bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate Of VIM. T
Luckadoe s. Co. of Dinwiddie county and State OF
va, who have been adjudged bankrupts on their
creditors petition: That the payment OF any
debts, and the delivery of any property belonging
to said bankrupts to them or for their and the
transfer of any property by them. are forbidden
by law; That meeting of the creditors OF
said bankrupts. 10 prove their debts and choose
one or more assignees of their estate, will be held
at a court of bankruptcy. to be holden at Rich
mond, Va, before w. w. Forbes, esq, register,
on the 9Th day Of January, q. d. 1874, at 10
O'Clock a. m. DAVID b. PAhKEh'
no 2e-W2w ~. 8. Marshal.