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Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Home After Business Hours.

The road along which the man of busi-
ness travels in the pursuit of competence
or wealth is not macadamized one, nor
does it ordinarily lead through pleasant
scenes and by well-springs of delight.
On the contrary, it is rough and rug
ged path, beset with wait-a-bit'
thorns, and full of pitfalls, which can
only be avoided by the watchful care of
circumspection. After every days
journey over this worse than rough turn
pike road, the wayfarer needs something
more than rest he requires solace, and
deserves it. He is weary of the dull
prose of life, and athirst for the poetry.
Happy is the business man who can find
that so1ace and poetry at home. Warm
greetings from loving hearts, fond
glances from bright eyes, and welcome
shouts from children, the many thou
sand little arrangements for comfort and
enjoyment that silently tell of the
thoughtful and expectant love, the gen.
tie ministrations that disencumber us
into an old and easy seat before we are
aware of it these and like tokens of
affection and sympathy constitute the
poetry which reconciles us to the prose
of life. Think of this, ye wives and
daughters of business men Think of
the tolls, the anMeties, the notifications
and wear that fathers undergo to secure
for you comfortable homes, and COM
pensate them for their trials by making
them happy at their own fresides.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Foreign.

LONDON used snow plows last winter
for the first time.
BIRMINGHAM is furnishing Russia and
Germany with rifles.
EMILIO CASTELAR, has issued Spanish
Life of Lord Byron"
THE Scotch pig iron product of 1872
was l, 100, 900 tons, against l, 160, 900
tons in 1871, and 1 ,2O6, 900 tons in 1870.
The average price in 1870 was 54s 4d per
ton; in 1871, 5Ss lid, and in 1872, lois
Sd. The number of furnaces has de-
creased in ratio with the product, not
withstanding the increased price. In
1870 there were 160; in 1871, 127, and in
1872 only 123.
A NEW iron-clad man-of-war was
launched at Copenhagen on the 18th ult.
1t is a casemated steamer of 2, 800 horse
power, 230 feet in length, At feet wide,
and gauging 154 feet. Denmark now
possesses three iron-clad frigates, with re-
spectively sixteen, eighteen, and twenty
four cannon, and four floating iron-clad
batteries with respectively two, three,
and four cannon.
THE religious census of Dublin shows
that ia the city and county taken togeth-
er there is population of 401 ,262 per-
1876 Protestant Episcopalians, Z, 7,512 Pres
byterians, and 400 of all other denomi-
nations Out of 4O1, 1862 persons 112, 889
are "illiterate," of whom 98, ,456 are
Catholics, or about 1 in 3; while the
other IA, 433 are Protestants, or about 1
in 81.
THE friendship growing up between
Prussia and Japan has received new
manifestation by the resolve of the jap
anese Government to copy the European
institution of ministry of public wor-
ship and instruction, strictly upon the
Prussian model, securing the services of
a Prussian schoolman for its introduc-
ton. Negotiations are now in progress
with several eminent Prussian peda-
gogues.
THE lions share in the allotment of
space at the Vienna Exhibition has been
assigned to France. She is to have no
less than four saloons and four galleries
out of the eight saloons and eight gale
ries set apart for exhibition of foreign
! that is, non-Austrian-art. Contrary to
their traditional custom, the French are
| going to contribute the choicest gems
out of their Luxembourg collection and
other museums, and hope thereby to- ex-
eel all other nations.
| IT is estimated that the average in
come of English authors is not more than
one hundred and fifty pounds year, yet
| Mr.. Charles Dickens, Jr., reports that
he is unable to find any one to occupy
the houses for poor authors, recently
erected at Stevenage. eve have been, J"
he writes, "wholly unable to find poor
member of the guild willing to become a
tenant of one of the houses, and it is to
members of the guild alone that, accord
ing to the terms of our act, it's benefits
are applicable" What humiliating
failure of an enterprise for which Dick
ems, and Lemon, and Forster acted, for
which Dickens read so often, and to
which Bulwer contributed so literally
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
The Josh Billings Papers.
THE RATTnEsNAIK.


The rattlesnaik liz ov a dull yaller
color, from four to six feet in size,
ackordin tew length, and all the way ov
a bigness.
They hav pizen tooth and dedly
natur.
On the further end ov their boldly
they have some loose bones, which they
kan play a tune apon, which makes the
noize from which they take their name
from.
Thare liz only one remedy for the bite
ov rattlesnaik that kno ov, and that
IL whisky.
have seen man that had been bit bi
one drink three quarts ov whisky, and
sons ov temperance.
/ hope I never shall be bit bi rattle
snaik, not so much on account of the
snaik az on ackount ov the whisky:
/ think three quarts ov whisky In mi
person at onst would keep me drunk for
evermore.
The CRATE mortal enemy of the snaiks
liz the hog.
I have seen a woods hog take after a
rattlesnaik, and ketch him IN running 90
Yards, and with B rips and snap,
tare mister rattlesnaik into ribbons, and
then swallow him whole without saying
The woods or wild hog is the CRATE
eradikator. They viii hunt for them
like setter-dog for woodkok, and if
the snaix blight them, they hav way. ov
LAYING down in mud-hole and soaking
the pizen all out ov them.
THE HOOP SNAIK.
This remarkable snaik haz a funny
way ov taking their tail in their mouth
and making a hoop ov themselfs. They
can travel good gait.
Thare IL tradishun that the end ov
their tale IL ov bone, and IL filed with
pizen, ov the most dedly dimenshuns,
| but 1 think this liz only lie.
Az I sed before, it IL SO natral tew
lie about snaix that it IL a great won
der to me that they don't leave this
world entirely, and take up their abode
somewhere else, WHARF they kan have a
fair show.
lam about eights ov a mind tew be-
lieve that the hoop snaik IL one ov 2. L.
Barnum kind ov kritter, that yu pay
yure money tew see in the menagare,
and then take yure chances.
The only way tew git at the truth
about snaix is tew believe all yu hear
and more tew.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

family named CRANKY, living on Ran
dolph street, have been in the habit of
sending their dog to the butchers after
meat, giving him basket and the money,
and writing what was wanted on slip
of paper. The butcher yesterday pre-
sented bill Of three dollars to the sur
prised dog owner, who had never failed
to send the change by the dog. He sent
fifty cents in the basket yesterday morn
ing and watched the dog. Before the
animal reached the shop a negro ap-
peared with a piece of meat for him,
and while the dog was devouring it
the fellow stole the money from the
basket and then outran CRANKY and the
butcher.-Detroit Free Press.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Planting Shade Trees.

In planting row of shade trees along
a road, or avenues leading from farm
house to the gate, only one kind of trees
should be used. 1t is bad taste to set
out an elm, then lombardy poplar or
an ash, and thus mix all kinds together.
Use only one kind, and those as nearly
the same size and height as possible. A
variety of trees in such long rows would
be about like AN architect using a variety
on the pillars of a temple. First a
Corinthian, then a Tuscan, etc., in the
same row of pillars.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
THE TREACHERY OF JONES.
A Philadelphia Tragedy.
By MAX ApRLER.

Rebecca johnson was a maid of high and noble
No man could guess the awful sum her proud papa
She fancied Jones when first they met, because she
saw him try,
right eye.
And subsequently, when Jones called, the sparkling
Was SO terrinc that at once Rebeccas heart was
And Jones, for fear the exercise by johnson might
be stopped,
One evening fell upon his knees, and sighed and
blushed and popped.
The wild, tumultuous passion that was raging in
Can hardly be imagined, and it cannot be e1-
But, tfll she learned precisely in what neighbor-
She didn't dare to ten young Jones the ecstasy she
felt.
She said, Your profered love shall assuredly
If north of Market street you ive further south
than Pine.
That people dwell beyond those bounds you may
But T. Of course can't recognize the fact that they
exist"
And then Jones said earthly prize could possibly
relative of his to live any street but Spruce.
The fellow hbbed most shamelessly, as desp'rate
The street that Jones lived upon was really Callow-
hill.
So then she few into his arms and naurmured in
sweet tones:
"Iloye yOuI 9, I love you'll Fold me close, my
And though he clasped her to his heart and kissed
-. her, mussed her hair,
AID carried on outrageously, she didn't seem to
care.
The wedding followed in week; two weeks they
Then i back 1 to Ph1ladelphiA the Joneses came to
while speeding homewaed in the cab, the bride re-
marked, "why will
This brutal man. Of all the streets, drive into CAL
lowhilli"
They stopped before house just then, and Mrs.
And said, what does he mean, my love? What
business have we here 2"
But gazing out, she q plate Of brass upon the
And JONES all the legend that the shining tab
let bore.
A wild, unearthly yell escaped the lips of Mrs.
And this was followed by lot of sobs and shrioks
and groans.
40 perjured vinaini Slave !" she screamed, al tell
you will not
Consent to live with any Jones on this plebeian
spotP
Then suddenly she tackled Jones (who called for
the police),
And Drained him instantaneously with blows from
And looking at his corpse without shadow of re-
gret,
She killed herself by swallowing her cutgiass yina-
grette.
They buried both the bodies In the same cold,
cheerless tomb;
Rebecca's high-toned friends declared she merited
her doom
The Jones' shutters for year were bowed both
front and back,
And all the Johnsons dressed themselves for twenty
months in black.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Humorous.

NEVER quarrel at meal time.
To EVERY fly there is spider.
RULED paper-The French press.
A BRIDAL rein-The honeymoon.
A RIFLE company-A gang of thieves.
SPIRrTUAnrsrs' paper = CW)rapping
paper.
THE paper that is full of rows-The
paper of pins.
A co1oRED circus troupe is one of the
existing voids.
THE paper having the largest circula-
tion-The paper of tobacco.
THE paper that most resembles the
reader-'Tis you (tissue) paper.
AN Eastern village editor is said by
one of his rival contemporaries to have
become so accustomed to having his
nose pulled that his memory doesn't ex-
tend beyond last tweak.
If small girls are waits, are large ones
waters Certainly" says sweet six
teen; " at least the boys have the habit
of applying them to their lips in sealing
their VOWS. :"
"I'D vote for ye, sir, /" said a candid
constituent, only you are such fool. !"
"Fool, am % retorted the candidate.
"Then I'm the very man to represent
you"
THE horse bit his master:
How came it to pass
He heard the good pastor
Cry "All flesh is grass! J!
A LOCAL paper, in announcing the de-
parture of clergyman from North Gov
entry, Conn, obviously says, Sc His
friends will be pleased to learn that he is
about entering upon an extended foreign
journey"
A WESTERN gent at the st. Nicholas,
having taken possession of his room,
locked it up to go out into the city, and
leaving the key at the bar, told the clerk
with great simplicity "not to wait din
ner for him.
THE Postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn,
has the following notice posted at the
window: "Price of three cent stamps,
three cents each licked and stuck, five
cents each. The clock viii answer the
question, Has the mail arrived 2"
A BRDGEPoRT man spent half an hour
the other evening in trying to pick up
piece of moonshine from the doorstep,
which he fondly fancied to be a news
paper. His afflicted wife finally came
out, and brought him to consciousness
| by the aid of a loose fence picket, and
steadied his tottering steps into the
houae
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

To FAsTEN HORSE. there is
no hitching post handy, a horse may be
safely tied in the following manner,
namely Take the rains and pass them
round underneath the hub outside of the
wheel, and give them a hitch on to one
of the spokes. If the horse start the
reins are drawn up, instantly checking
him, and as soon as he commences to
back they are as instantly loosened. If
in addition to this when there are pair
of horses one of the traces is loosened,
the team will seldom move far enough
forward to start the wagon without being
checked by the bits. No team, however,
should be left without tying, if it can
possibly be avoided.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

THIRTY years ago a man entered the
city of New York in an almost penniless
condition, and without single acquaint-
ance in the great wilderness of houses.
To-day his name is known wherever hu-
manity breathes. 1t is spoken of in
every hamlet, is heard of in every city,
and is as familiar to the worker in the
mines as to his brother in the miles and
wherever language is known and ideas
are expressed, the name of this penni-
less, unknown and uncouth lad of thirty
years ago is uttered. 1t was John Smith.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
THE YOUNG mUsrAcHE.

Oh, barber, spare that yoHng mustache,
Nor touch a single hair;
Your razor, brush and other trash,
Must never venture there;
At last the bud has blossomed out,
By much caressing taught;
Its fran young tendrils how they sprout-
Then, barber, touch it not.
Though well laid out, and wide the field,
Whence this young mustache shoots,
The sickly soil no more can yield
Oh, well guard then its roots;
For should the murderous blade sweep Ger
The curved lips shadowy mist,
The tender plants would bloom no more
Then, barber, oh, desist
Think of the dear young girl, whose lip
Was wont so oft to press
That budding mouth, its sweets to sip
Oh, think of her distress.
"ris unfiedged manhoods pride and joy,
With sighs and tears twas brought,
Let no rude stroke its life destroy
Oh, barber, touch it not
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

PURE AIR A NECESSITY. abso-
lutely depends upon the air we breathe.
A man may live without food length of
time, which depends upon his bodily
constitution, habits of life, and the cir
cumstances of the occasion he may
live without water week without sleep
ten days without air five minutes. The
stts9 esmste are TheSe neHsd S TO he aaesdn
ever, that many of us spend long periods
in apartments filed with vitiated air, in
haling and reinhaling it, every respira-
ton adding to it's inpurity. To this
cause should we charge many headache
and other bodily indisposition, and much
sluggishness of brain action.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
WATERPROOF Pasteboard.

One of the cheapest and most effectual
coverings to render wood perfectly wa
ter-proof, and increase its durability,
and which will impart to pasteboard the
appearance and strength of wood, is that
employed in many ways by the Chinese,
according to tests made with sample
sent from Pekin by Dr. Scherzer. 1t
may be prepared, as slightly viscid
fluid fit for immediate use, by stirring
into three parts of fresh serum of blood
Cor defbrinated blood four parts of dry
slaked lime and some alum. 1t should
be laid on twice, or at most three times,
in order to render articles perfectly wa
ter-proof.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

garth admits yet thinking the use of
fresh water indispensable for removing
the milk and hardening the butter, he
recommends its application directly in
the churn, avoiding working and knead-
ing by hand or spatula. Butter which
keeps well is made in Holstein, by re-
peated sailing and heavy pressure, with
out the use of water but it is too salt
to be considered fine table butter.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Sub-SOilin0.

Mr.. Gill, near Columbus, Ohio, had a
tract of land which had been cultivated
in corn for forty years. AS an expert
ment he plowed ten acres to the depth
of eight inches, and then sub-soiled
eight understanding sixteen inches.
Adjoining, he plowed ten acres the usual
depth. The former was planted May
with the same kind of corn, and receiv-
ed the same culture. On that which he
plowed and sub-soiled sixteen inches
deep, he raised 120 bushels per acre,
while on the latter he had 40 bushels.
Comment is unnecessary.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

THE law reducing the fare on some of
the Iowa railroads to 81 cents per mile
will soon go into effect. The roads af-
fected by this provision are the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific, the Burlington
and Missouri River, the Des Moines
Valley, the Iowa Division of the Illinois
Central. and the Cedar Rapids and Mis-
souri, River, forming the Northwestern
road from Cedar Rapids to Council
Bluffs,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

WITH the exception of Louis XVIII,
not one of the French monarchs has died
at the Tuileries. Louis the XVI. was
guillotined at La Place de la Revolu-
tion; Napoleon I. died in exile at st.
Helena; Napoleon III. in exile at Reich
stadt; Charles X. in exile at Holyrood !;
Louis Philippe in exile at Claremont !;
NAPOLEON III. at Chiselhurst.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Propriety of washing Bntter.

In reference to the preparation Of
good table butter, DIR. Wilkens Pogarth
remarks that there is a rather common
belief that the process of washing in
jures its peculiar fine flavor, and rem
ders the butter more perishable. The
former part of the proposition DR.. Po-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Cottonwood.

''This is emphatically the new settlers
Iowa. 1t will make more fuel, more
clear lumber, and afford as good protec-
ton as any other tree raised. If grown
in thicket it will self-prune and make
tall, straight growth, but when suff-
cient space is given it forms handsome
spreading tree. It is readily transplant
ed, but we prefer to propagate from cut
tings. These may be prepared in win
ter, but it is as well to cut them just be-
fore setting; if done before the buds
start, make the cuttings ten inches long,
sharpened at the lower end, using last
years wood. Set in rows at the desired
distance, and SO deep as to leave only
one or two buds above the surface.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

JOSH BILLINGS says: ''.I hav finally
cum tew the konklushun, if a man kant
be born but once, he had better issue
proposals tew hav it dun sumwhare in
NJ England"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03

The frost penetrated the ground
deeper last winter than it has for thirty
years:
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Agricultural Experiments.

The Boston Journal Of Chemistry
says !: Field experiments, as rule, are
deceptive, unless many circumstances
are taken into account which are usually
overlooked. What is usually known re-
garding the previous agricultural condi-
ton of the fields experimental upon
What account is taken of meteorological
conditions, dry seasons and wet seasons
1t is possible for good artificial ma
nure to do positive harm to a crop in a
very dry season, while an Indifferent or
valueless compound would do no injury.
It is therefore apparent that we are
liable to be misled by experiments with
fertilizers, and that the reports SO fire.
quently made of experimental labors
must be read with an intelligent under
standing of what is necessary to give
such experiments positive value.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Utilizing Carcasses.

In answer to the question, How is the
best way to dispose of dead animals, the
Massachusetts Plo~ghnaan says: The
most economical way is to cover the car
cass six or eight inches deep with muck,
and let it lie and decompose. It may
take six months or more. 1t is better
to put it within sight of the house if
possible, SO that it may be watched a
little to keep the dogs and crows OFF: The
muck or loan will absorb and retain the
gases which are given off in the process
of decomposition. After it has lain
through a summer, fork over the mass
and throw out the bones, add half a
bushel of plaster or gypsum and an
other load of earth let it lie a month or
two longer, when it will be fit for use.
The bones can be broken up as much as
practicable, put into a cask and covered
with ashes, to be kept moistened from
time to time till they are softened.
Every dead animal is worth saving, and
it is very poor economy to haul it off to
one side of the farm and leave it for the
dogs and the crows.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
FARM AND GARDEN.
Horse-Tooth Corn.

A variety of Indian corn called the
carragua or horse-tooth corn, has been
lately introduced into France from
Nicaragua, which is asserted to be su-
perior in many respects to those already
known to agriculturists. The point of
excellence in this corn consists in its
availability as fodder plant yield
per acre being nearly four times as great
as that of ordinary varieties-and its
cultivation for this purpose alone is high
ly recommended. It attains a height
of from twelve to eighteen feet, and
when fully grown, the stalks are so stout
that they require TO be divided longitu-
dinally before they can be fed to cattle.
The yield of grain is from one-fourth to
one-half greater than that of common
corn but it produces more bran in pro-
portion, and less starchy matter, which,
however, is of unusual whiteness. The
principal objections to this corn are the
length of time required for it to reach
maturity, and the necessity of very
rich, fertile soil, with plenty of moisture,
for it's successful cultivation. When
these conditions can be combined, and
the season is long enough to permit the
crop to mature, as in the Southern and
Western States, it is probable that its
cultivation might be pro6tably intro
duced into the United States.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-03
Hot Bread.


Say what we will of the unhealthful-
ness of hot bread, it seems to be univer-
sally preferred and generally eaten. I
am sure that have tried in a small way
to set a good example, but am often
overruled by others. Now, in case of a
little tea company, when 1 think good
cold light bread and biscuits sufficient
for the bread department, some one is
very apt to say something like this {:
well, yes the bread and biscuit are
very well to have on the table, but you
know everybody likes hot bread best,
and you ought to have some mullins or
wafies." Occasionally have served up
a dish of soaked crackers in the place of
hot cakes, and they were very much pre-
ferred to the cold bread, just because
they were warm. If I want to please
the other half of my family about break
fast time, serve up hot rolls, and try
to have them light and well baked. Mrs.
B. told me that her husband had insist
ed on having hot bread and strong cof-
fee three times a day and I remember
that he died years before his prime of
iaundice do not know that his diet was
to blame want to tell the lovers of
hot bread that the risen dough will keep
sweet week or more in cold weather, If
put in cold place, and they can make
out rolls or little loaves for every meal
if they wish to. I do not know that
freezing hurts the dough" Nellie, u
an Germantown Telegraph.