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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

A PATHETIC PIcTURE.-George VIII
liam Curtis paints the following pathetic
picture. which every one could wish were
less true to nature:
81 think of many sad-eyed woman |
have known in solitary country homes,
who seemed never to have smiled, who
struggled with hard hands through melt
ing heat and pinching cold, to hold back
poverty and want that hovered like wolves
about an ever-increasing flock of children.
How it was scour in the morning and
scrub at night, and scold all day long.
How care blurred the window like cloud,
hiding the lovely landscape. How anx-
iety snarled at her heels, dogging her like
a cur. How little she knew or cared that
bobolinks, drunk with blithe idleness,
tumbled and sang in the meadows below,
that the earth was telling the time Of the
year with flowers in the woods around
As think of these things, of this solitary.
incessant drudgery, of the taciturn husband
coming in heavy with sleep. too weary to
read, to walk, to think, l do not wonder
that mad-houses are so richly recruit y
from the farm-houses as the statistics show,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-01-01

UNDER-C CLOTHING FOR COLD WEATHER.
i have written on this subject before.
but there seems to be need of precept upon
precept. OF late | have seen better ways
than [ knew before For children of three
years and over there Is nothing better,
perhaps, than an uDder-garment clothing
the body from the neck and wrists to the
heels, much like the mig ght-drawers children
wear. They may be made with plain,
easy, high necked waist, with a long,
straight sleeves, and with open drawers
sewed to the waist. The drawers should
be rather full at the top, but small enough
at the lower part of the leg to 60 inside
the stocking, reaching to the heel, or
leaving no gap above the shoe, " Doctors
disagree " about the material of this I'd
der-garment, some recommending woolen
and some cotton. Taking into account
the difficulty of washing woolen without
shrinking it, and the disagreeable sensa-
ton many skins experience in wearing it.
probably the best way in most cases is
to have this under garment made either of
cotton flannel CT of thin cotton-c cloth, with
a similar garment of warm woolen ma
terial over it. Buttons at the waist sup
port the under-clothing There are many
sensible ladies in these United States now
wearing under-garments similar TO those
Just described. Among them the prefer
ence is usually given to thin cotton mate
rial for the suit next the body, with a suit
made of wooden white flannel, gray la
dies cloth, or red fremen's fannel in the
same fashion worn over the Gotten suit in
winter weather. With two such wooden
suits for frequent changes, to give oppor-
tunity for thorough airing and summing of
the woolens, they require very little wash
ing. The Gotten next the body takes up
the perspiration, etc., and this gets the
good weekly washing The wooden suit
when taken off weekly for change need
only be exposed to pure air and sunlight
for a day or two to purify it properly,
washing it only when it visibly requires
it. If men wear cotton under their wool
en- shirts, the wooden may be treated
IN the same way, and men who are not
engaged in dirty work can wear their
wooden shirts all winter with very little
washing, purifying them by air and sun
shine each week when changes are made.
Ladies cloth shirts shrink less than com
mon fannel.-Faith Rochester IN Ameri
can AgricuLturist.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

The same familiar voice, and he takes
her face between his warm, strong hands
in the old fashion. He realizes now that
his power over her is gone, because she
does not flush and tremble, and drop her
eyes with that shy, unconscious smile as
of yore.
"You may repent this, Barbara, -
dropping her face with a gesture of
despair.
She turns to him and says quietly:
Louis North, no man can deceive me
twice. AS for your condition Thursday
night, you owe an apology to yourself
rather than to me. I may cherish some
little regard for the man once knew,
one dead. You have no place in my re-
gard, and remember, when say good
bye this time, it is without shadow of
pain or regret.
&C And this is my answer ?'
cit is !''
Another moment and she is alone.
While she fingers there in the shadows,
a sound of voices falls on her ear, and
presently she recognizes her brother
Clare's accents as he says
G. You'll find her on the front veranda,
Grant. I am going up the road. Good
night"
"Good night" This last in pleas
ant, manly voice, and Barbara turns to
respond to his greeting.
A man some five years the senior of
North. A plain rugged face that has
not North silken curls or flowing chest
nut beard to beautify it, but face that
one would instinctively turn to for help
and guidance.
care you'll, Barbara, or only serious?''
he asked, noting her pale face.
GA little serious, / think, but shall
be better now that you are here, for you
always put me in good humor."
am glad to hear you say so, Bar
bara," he says, with sudden earnest
ness, as he lays his hand aver the slender
one that rests on the veranda railing.
Her heart beats a trihe faster, and a
faint scarlet breaks over the white of
her cheek, beneath his kind, strong eyes.
"I care more for you than you think, :"
he continues. / love and respect you
more than any other woman living. I
have seen no one since my mother died
who so completely realizes my idea of
true womanhood as you. I am aware
that You might make a more brilliant
match, but consider that have right
to hear my fate from your lips.
He smiles little, but sobers almost
instantly, for he is deeply in earnest, and
his face grows pale while he awaits her
answer.
GO I can have but one answer" bending
her head slightly before him, and hold
ing out both hands. &c I believe in you
Il can trust yau."
His warm, steady hands close firmly
over hers, and he bends to kiss the
curving mouth, gravely, tenderly, and
respectfully.
It is SO unlike North's fierce wooing.
Barbara breathes sigh of infinite
rest and peace, and turns into a new
path with sense of security and of
great peace.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
THE NEW SENATE.
The Upper House of the Forty-third Con-
gress-A New Deal All Around.

GFrom the Louisville Courier-Journal.1
We publish this morning, for the in
formation of our readers, an entirely new
and interesting list of the next Senate,
to which the elections are now complete,
with the exception of Massachusetts,,
which will fill the seat that Mr.. Henry
Wilson Will be required to resign before
he can be sworn in as Vice-President.
The seats claimed by Mr.. Spencer and
Mr.. Pinchback will be contested-the
former by Senator to be elected by the
reunited Legislature of Alabama, and
the latter by Gov. Warmoth or some
other other aspirant to be chosen by the
Warmoth Legislature of Louisiana. The
full Senate consists of "a members, of
whom 19 are Democrats, 4 Liberal Re
publlcans, and 81 Administration Repub-
hcans. The column next to the names
of the States indicates the year in which
the gentlemen respectively entered the
Senate but in some cases the service
has not been continuous--for example,
Mr.. McCreery, of Kentucky, who sue
ceeded the late James Guthrie in 1868,
was succeeded by Mr.. Stevenson in 1871,
and now returns to the seat to be vacated
by Mr.. Machen this year. Mr.. Sumner
is the Oldest Senator in continuous SER
vice. Mr.. Cameron, who entered in
1S45, retired in 1849, re-entered in 1857,
retired in 1861 to become Secretary of
War, was afterward Minister to Russia,
and finally returned to the Senate in
1867; his aggregate Senatorial period is
therefore only 20 years. Mr. Hamlin,
who entered in 1S48, resigned Jan. z,
1857, was inaugurated Governor of Maine
the same day, was reelected to the Sem
ate Jan. 16, and resigned the Office Feb
20. In 1860 he was elected Vice-Presi-
dent, and did not return to the Senate
till 1869; his aggregate service is there
fore three months less than 10 years.
Messrs. Chandler, Anthony, Howe and
John Sherman each have 1S years, rank
ing next after Mr. Hamlin.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
*Seats contested.
A Detectiye,s Story.

A little episode in the life of Detec-
tive Becker, of Newark, reads like q
novel-writer's story. Mr.. Becker was
ordered to Fort Wayne some time ago to
work up q counterfeiting gang. After
much trouble, he succeeded in getting
admitted to the gang under the name of
aDutch JIM" The Newark Courier
tells the rest
Their headquarters was in one of the
cemeteries, where they met nightly, and
partially opened grave in an obscure
part of the burial ground contained the
spoils of not only the result of the coun-
terfeiting, but of number of bold rob-
berries committed by the gang. The
detective worked his case well, and was
astonished to find that several of the
gang were well-known citizens and men,
bers of churches. Had the gang once
suspected the true character of Dutch
Jim," that shrewd and cunning fellows
life would have been the forfeit. Differ
ent ones of the gang were arrested, and
always "Dutch Jim" was one of the
party copped," but he managed (al-
ways by the GO skin of his teeth" appar-
ently) to be released. At last the final
blow came-the arrest of the five lead
ers, and "Dutch Jim" was one. They
were on their way to commit burglary
in a neighboring town. Becker had
telegraphed Government officers to be
ready, and when the train reached the
depot, the car which the burglars occu-
pied was boarded by dozen officers. A
fearful fight occurred, and as it was not
yet time for 60 Dutch Jim" to be pub
icly known he entered into the fight
with as much earnestness (to all appear
ances) as did his "pals," and he did re-
ceive in return some good blows. The
ring-leaders were captured, and in COM
pany with " Jim from Jersey were put
in cells. When the day of examination
came, 'tDutch Jim" was put on the
stand, and when he gave as his occupa-
ton Government Secret Service Of
ficer," the counterfeiters wilted. The
evidence was too strong to be broken,
and the gang was secured. Becker has
since returned to Newark, and is now on
| the city force
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
Foreign.


RocHEFoRT continues ill.
In China wives are legal tender for
debts.
The Japanese Empire consumes very
little fish.
LOUIS NAPOLEON suffered terrible
bodily tortures.
NAPOLEON ~. has returned to his
studies at Woolwich.
PRINCE ALBERT of Prussia is to be
married on the 18th of April.
CAPT. HAn1's skeleton has been sent
from the Arctic regions to England.
CHINESE oranges are cheap, but deli
cious as a decayed apple rolled in the
sand.
STATISTICAL returns show that there are
in France at the present time 1859, ,7S7
widows.
PHOTOGRAPHS of the late Napoleon
Ill, in military dress, are not allowed to
be sold in Paris.
A NEGRO named Henry Bow, and who
pretends to be from Virginia, has been
arrested In Paris for garroting.
MISS HosMER is said to have sufficient
orders to keep her busy with chisel and
mallet for the next five or six years.
LONDON firms advertise to send their
oysters "to any part of the kingdom,
with a printed American recipe for cook
ing"
A COMPANY of Yankee Swiss Bell
Ringers are performing in England, and
draw crowded houses at ten cents ad-
mission.
SOME of the English and French news
papers allude to the defunct house of
Bowles Brothers as the "Yankee pawn
brokers'
THE London Times has not person
connected with its staff who has not held
his place nine years, while some have
been there twenty-five years.
ONE mouse-catcher at Aarburg, in
| Switzerland, caught II, ,381 mice in the
last three months of 1872, for which he
received bounty of three cents head.
GREAT BRITAIN will raise the $14, $780,
] 600 to pay the Alabama award out of the
ordinary revenues of the country during
the ensuing year, and probably have a
small surplus besides.
WHILE the Empress Eugene was in
the height of her beauty and position
some one addressed her as "the most
enviable of mortals." The Empress an
'swered: "Oh yes, very happy; until
one fine morning they will throw us out
of the windows into the street p
THE new directory of the city of Berlin
isjust out. hecity has 634 streets, which
are traversed by 40 omnibuses and
8, 750 cabs; 124 public schools, 100 pri-
vate and 36 kindergarten "a theaters
80 daily papers SIG periodicals 46
churches 1,263 lager beer halls, and
about 2, 900 small liquor shops.
A SHADOW darkening the prospects OF
Spain is the increasing popularity OF
King Amadeus. 1t is stated that the
King ON his side is completely Disguised
with his situation, and only remains il
the country as a point of honor and tc
support the policy which the italian
Government has traced out for itself.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
Humorous.

of scene.
r.4,..
A4s % lias ouEnS us,i:St W Oe TO in''nio ioereu-
"a oio-ioseeu eo1'"l
TIE man who couldn't find his match
"ens W oeu in 'lle uaiA
To a marriage notice in Vermont
paper is appended: "No cake; no
cards; no divorce" /"
ADAM and Eve entered the Garden of
Eden in the snrin0 time. but were
snal<ed ont in the f1H
Crosse tbe other 1ioht- A drunken
printer bopped ont of fo11r-storv win
dow
kESTuoK7 butcher, VINO was peeet
by three robbers, pounded them with
sausages aud sparerlps unul tney ho"led
Ior mercy.
YOUNG lazy In Iowa recenIly MnipPeo
OUT an hclp1enb connaSraslon VIII ner
stocKlngs. Sne hao heard Inas nremen
useo nose.
THE quails In Massachusetts say they
cannot stand another such winter as
this, and are coming West, where they
can keep warm on toast if the climate
fails.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
VOL. VINO. 10
THE TRUNDLE-BEp.

AS rummaged through the garret,
Lst,ning to the falling rain,
As it battered on the shingles,
And against the window pane,
Peep1ng over chests and boxes.
Which with dust were thickly srread,
1 saw in the farthest corner
What was once my trundle-bed.
And I drew # from the recess
Where it had remained so long,
Hearing all the while the music
OF my mothers voice in song
AS she sung her sweetest accents,
What since have often read
Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber,
Holy angels guard thy bed"
As listened, recollections
That thought had been forgot
Came with all the gush of memory,
Rushing, thronging to the spot,
As wandered back to childhood,
To those merry days of yore,
When knelt beside my mother,
By this bed upon the floor.
Then it was with hands SO gently
Placed upon my infant head,
That che taught my lips to utter.
Carefully the words she said,
Never can it be forgotten,
Deep are they in memory graver-
Hallowed be Thy name, o FatherI
Father Thou who art in Heaven"
This she taught me; then she told me
OF its import great and deep;
After which learned to utter
Now FAY me down to sleep.n
Then it was with hands uplifted,
And in accents soft and mild,
That my mother asked Our Father"
"Father, do Thou bless my child
Years have passed, and that dear mother
Long has mouldered meath the sod,
And trust her sainted spirit
Revels in the home of God.
But that scene at summer twilight
Never has from memory fed,
And 1t comes with all its freshness
When see my trundle-bed.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
WHOLE NUMBER 3O4.
GETTING MARRIED III PAY.

Well. Usher to-morrow's your wedding day;
I'm sure wish you joy,
Health, wealth, and content all the days OF Life.
God bless you and keep you, my boyI
Marrying is risky business,
For husband as well rs for wife
So, generally speaking, it's as serious a thing
As happens to folks in life.
Merry Ann Smith and you, Usher,
Fell in love in the good old way;
But I've seen many couples that started rs well,
Have the very old scratch to pay.
1 don't say that you will, Usher,
So there's no occasion to pout;
But you and Merry Ann will have tantrums;
know what I'm talking about.
For you're inclined to be touchy,
And you're mighty sot in your way;
And, Usher, whenever your dander is up,
You have pile to say.
Merry Ann Smith is as smart-a gal
AS they raise in these parts about
But that kind, Usher, are never made mp
With the ginger and pepper left out.
Bear in mind, Merry Ann has her notions,
And viii like yours and mine;
And that she has a right to her say in things
That naturally fan in her line.
Be gentle about the money question;
Every time you give her cent
Don't ask her to give you a strict account
OF the way it's going to be spent.
She's the woman you loved and sparked as gall,
Seen work and live for you;
All that she is, or might be, boy,
She gives, as no man would do.
You know how much you can afford, Usher,
To make your yearly EXPENSE;
just hand part over to Merry Ann,
And trust to her good common sense.
If you ever do have any difference, Usher,
For when outside parties know family affairs,
An endless dissension 3 begun.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

Gov. SEwARD's new book, "Travels
Around the World" is meeting with al
most unparalleled success so, 600 copies
will not meet the present demand. Or
ders are pouring in from all quarters of
the world.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
What the Term Credit Mobfller Means.


To the Editor of the PhfladeIphia Inquirer:
Can you inform few thinking readers
what Credit Mobilier is, and where this
name originated, and if the enterprise
exists anywhere?
CAREFUL INQUIRERs.
Credit Mobilier is of French origin,
and means a security based ON personal
property. Its name is expressive to all
possessing knowledge of the French
tongue Mobilier being applicable to
the movable nature of personal effects,
portable property as we should say in
English, the object of Credit Mobilier
scheme is to borrow money on personal
effects as a security. In the Union Pa
cific enterprise the Credit Mobilier was
established in order that the money
might be borrowed on stocks and bonds,
as these facilities are already liberal on
Third and Wall streets. The go. M, !"
of which Mr. Oakes Ames is the ostensi-
BILE head, had to offer large inducements
in the way of interest. In France the
Credit Mobilier is regarded as a regular
investment stock, and is daily called on
the Paris Bourse before the railway
shares, coming Immediately after the
Government securities and Bank of
France shares.-PhiladeLr0hiG Inquirer.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

T. BUCHANAN READ said of Tennyson /:
He looks no more like a poet than does
lobster, if compared to a goldfnch.
Angular, awkward, with great hands and
feet, and coarse hair streaming away, he
is not the man romantic young lady
would die for,''
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

IMPORTANT POSTAL DEUsoN.-The
Postofice Department rules that In the
case of a dissolved partnership where
contention arises as to who is the prop
er person to receive mail matter address
ed to the former business firm or COM
pany, or its officials, Postmaster being
forbidden by one party to deliver to the
other, such Postmaster should require
them to appoint receiver, and retain
all matter until said receiver is appointed.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Combinations Against Farmers.

In paper on combinations for con-
trolling prices, which was read by Mr..
L. ID. Curtis, of the Utica Herald, be-
fore the New York Dairymen's Associa-
ton, he says Agriculture is kept wait
ing by it, like beggar at the back door,
while commerce, manufactures, and all
the royal interests of the capitalists and
spectators are admitted in front, and
receive obsequious attention. The pro-
ducing classes whom the farmers
are foremost-pay, directly and indi-
rectly, all the taxes and receive the least
consideration. Still for this the farmers
have not pushed their claims, but have
plodded on patiently at home, and ac-
cepted whatever was offered them. They
have not seen through all the tricks of
the producing classes, and now they
are wondering eff farming pays?" It
does pay, but not in proportion to other
callings, many of which are paid too
well, and at the farmers expense.
Farming is robbed by high rates of in
terest, extortionate rates of freight,
enormous profits on tools, machinery
and manufactures, by commissions, and
in a thousand and one other ways,
through the tricks of agents and i'm
posters. While it gives employment to
fully one-half our entire industrial pop
ulation, it fixes neither the prices of
what it sells nor buys. Tradesmen,
mechanics, and spectators fix these
prices. Is it any wonder that the farmer
does not get the best of the bargain
under such a system? Supply and de-
mand regulate prices of farm products
to some extent, but the prices of farm
tools, manufactures, mining and the like
are regulated by combinations, directly
and indirectly.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20
Western Patents.

The following Western patents were issued
from the United States Patent Office for the
Gridley Warner, Patent Attorneys and solici-
tors Of Patents, No. 135 Sonth Clark street,
Chicago, H.:
Ou1tivator-Isaac N. Canthorn, Carthage.
Earth auger--George @, Collins and James
A. Morrison, Philo.
Rufiing attachment for sewing machines
Harry @. Goodrich, Chicago.
Reed organ-Raphael e. Letton, Quincy.
Butter worker-Daniel W. Dake, Chicago.
Cob carrier for corn sheIlers-Henry n. Eby,
Mendoza.
Cultivator- G. Tower, Mendoza
Clothes dder-David r. Watson, Moawequa.
Combined corn planter and seeder, Robert
Cowan, Bloomfield.
Vise-Irwin Roberts, Meriden.
INDIANA.
Axle-box and spindle-Jacob Bower Lafay-
cite.
FIue-blast for steam fire engines-John
Machine for mining coal-George Elbreg,
Brazil.
Latch for gates-James r. Finley, Delphi.
Hand n-planter-Frank A. Hawkins, No
blesville.
Bleaching safe-oatherine w. shriveley,
Peru.
Bushing for piston rods-George W. welch,
Fort Wayne.
Steam and air brake-Alexander Q. Smith
and Henry NJ. Ogden, Burlington
Balanced side valve-Thomas Beesley, Mus
catine.
Bed bottom-Azel h. Bell, Cedar Falls.
Wheel for vehicles-Hiram Kellogg, Floyd.
Truck for moving buildings William E.
Walker, Albion.
WISCONSIN.
Cultivator-Seaman s. Bushnell, Horizon.
Rotary fan-Irad s. Eastman, Madison.
Saw-mill-William Gowen, Wausau.
Attachment for sewing machines-Frances
N. Violet, Fond du Lac.
Potato bug collector-Joseph Corbell, Lind
Threshing machine-Dennis o. B. Ladd, Ra-
cine.
Machine for making baskets-James Moore
and Samuel w. Day, Oak Greek.
MINNESOTA.
Means for propelling vessels-Henry @.
Camp, st. Paul.
Middlings purifer-C Charles Janney, Mime
apolis.
Steam plow-Albert E. McGaughey, Mime
apolis.
Two-horse evener-James Sturgis, Minne-
apolis.
Sewing machine-John H. Whitney, Roch-
ester.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

Coop NEWS FOR Coop WIvEs.-A bit
of news that ought to irradiate tine work
box, and bring tears of Joy to bachelors
needles, is that device for attaching
buttons to clothing has been invented.
It consists of a screw-driver, and is so
perfect as to be considered property
placed under the head of humanitarian
products. Happy are wives and sisters
if they escape sewing on those dreadful
buttons that have nothing to sew them
on by
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

Well. Usher to-morrow's your wedding day;
I'm sure wish you joy,
Health, wealth, and content all the days Of Life.
God bless you and keep you, my boyI
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-02-20

from the United States Patent Office for the
week ending January IA, 1773 as reported by
Gridley & Warner, Patent Attorneys and Solici-
tors of Patents No. 1876 Sonth Clark street,
Chicago, ILL.,: