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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-24
MODERN LOGIC.

An EIOn STRIPPING, training for the law
Ounce at Syntax. but a Dab at Taw,
One happy Christmas, laid upon the shelf
His cap, his gown, and store Of learned pelf,
With all the deathless bards of Greece and Rome
TOspend fortnight at his uncles home.
Arrived, and passed the usual How dye dosg'
| Inquiries Of old friends, and College news
| well, Tom, the road what saw you worth dis
cerning
And how goes study, boy-what ist you're learn
ing?
"Oh, Logic, sir-but not the WORKOUT rules
Of Locke and BacOn-antiqGat fools
'Iis wit and wranglers Logic-thus dye see
| I'll prove To You, as clear as A, BIC,
That all eel-pie's pigeOn-tO deny 1t.
Were to swear blacks white. ."-"Indeedr LETS
try it,
An eel-pie Is pie Of ish"-"Agreed,"
A fsh-pie may be Jack-pie. well, proceed -
"A Jack.pie must be a JOhn-p -pie-thus, tits done,
For every JOhn-pie must be a pi-geonr'
"BravOl" Sir Peter cries, Logic forever!
1t beats my northumberland she was ever!
But zOunds, my boy-it surely would be hard,
That wit and learning should have no reward!
Tomorrow, for strolIS the park well cross
And then I'll give you" "-"what?"-"My chestnut
horse"
"A horseF' cries Tom, blood, pedigree, and
PAGES!
Oh, what dash I'll cut at EPSON racealr
He went to bed and wept for downright sorrow
| 10 think the night must pass before the morrnwl
Dreamd Of his buotS. his cap, his spurs, and
leather breeches
OF leaping fye-barr'd gates, and crossing bitches
Left his warm bed an hour before the lark,
And dragged his Uncle, fasting, through the park
Each craggy hill and dale in vain they cross,
To find out something like a chestnut horse:
But no such animal the meadow cropp'd:
Al length, beneath tree, Sir Peter stopp'd;
| Took bUugh-then shook it-and down fell
A fne-hOrse-chestnut in its prickly shell
There, Tom, take that, t,"-"well, sir, and wha
besideg'
Why since you're booted, saddle 1t and rider
Ride what-a chestnut" ~; come, get across
tell you, Tom, the chestnut is horse,
And all the horse you'll get for can show,
As clear as sunshine, that It's really 40
Not by the musty fusty, wOrn.Out rules
or Locke and BaeOn-a adde-headed fools!
All Logic but the wranglen disoWn,
Aud stick 70 one sound argument-your own
since you have prOv'd 10 me, don't deny.
That pie-JOhn's the same as a John-pie;
What follows then, but as thing Of course,
That a hune-chestnuI is a chestnut-hoBeT'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-24

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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-24

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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-24
Selert StuEg.
A hero AND A MARTYR.
BY CHARLIE READE

Furnished erciawiyt Ohe A. u Tribune far
publication IN he tnited Stotes, by Mr..
Rpddp.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11
Lord Russell on Emal Rights.

Earl Russell was invited to preside at
meeting in London held in protest Of Arch.
bishop Manning's course and purposes with
respect to the Church in England In a
letter declining the position, he states his
own views with regard to the political re.
lations Of the Church to the nation. lie
asserts his uniform adherence to the cause
Of religious liberty. lie constantly voted
for all acts that relieved Protestants and
Catholics alike from all political disabii-
ties by reason Of their religious faith. He
always asked for them equal privileges and
equal laws, that they should stand without
distinction 10 all the departments of the
State. But he is compelled to testify
against the assumption Of Manning " that
the Church has within its sphere a com.
mission and authority from God to legis.
late, to bind the consciences of men by an
authority separate and supreme" OF this,
he says, "this is not liberty, civil or re-
lgious. 1t is to bow the knee to des-
potic and fallible priesthood The very
same principles which bind nc to ask for
equal freedom for the Catholic, the Protest.
ant and the jew bind the to protest against
such principle"
lie then declares his sympathy with the
German Empire in its present contest with
the church He says, | could no longer
call myself a lover of civil and religious
liberty were | not to proclaim my sympa-
thy with the Emperor Of Germany 10 the
noble struggle in which hois engaged. We
have nothing to do with German laws.
They may be just they may be harsh.
We can only leave it for the German
people to decide for themselves, as we have
decided for ourselves. At all events we
are able to see that the cause Of the Ger
man Emperor is the cause Of liberty, aud the
cause Of the Pope is the cause Of slavery"
1t is a singular thing when a retired,
conservative premier Of England, buried in
its House Of Lords, wakes up to utter such
a claim for the universal, equal political
rights of the men of all kinds aud differ
ences of religious faith. The world seems
to be steadily moving.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11
"Gods of wood and stone"

Pity the sorrows Of the custom-house Of
fetal of the Pacific slope. Our Mongolian
fellow citizens import, among other articles
Of prime necessity, their religion. An in-
voice of wooden detics has been tossing
for protracted season on the unimpressibe
waters Of the Pacific Ocean. Either these
embodiments Of the creative power were not
the precise images whose function it is to
direct the storm, or they have no jurisdic-
ton in that matter outside Of China, or
American ways of free thinking have shaken
the faith CT Asiatic piety; for from some
cause or another the Chinese consigucos
we're much alarmed for the safety Of their
invoice, and on itsarrival, were hilarious at
being rescued from the theological plight Of
pretending to believe in gods which they
feared could not take care Of themselves in
bad weather, or float the ships they sailed
in. Fancy their horror, when at last upon
the point Of propitiating their dripping d.
whites and craving help of their scarcely
saved protectors, to have them taken roughly
in hand by the agents of our common uncle
to make sure whether they were philosophi-
cal instruments, foreign works of art or ar,
tices not enumerated; whether they were
duly or fraudulently invoiced in the foreign
market, and especially by a system Of in-
trospection to ascertain whether they con.
tanned, wrapped in their mysterious inward
entities, contraband or dutiable goods not
manifested to the eye of unbelief,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

We remember to have once seen a state
mont Of the additional expense occasioned
in printing, by the use of the letter "u in
" honour" " favour, and words of similar
ending, as is the practice in England. The
sum was quite large, but is contemplate in
comparison with what a misplaced comma
in tariff bill has cost the government.
Among the additions to the free list in the
tariff bill enacted about two years ago, was
the following Fruit-plants, tropical aud
semi-tropical, for the purpose Of propaga-
ton and cultivation" The clerk who en-.
crossed the bill, smiling probably at the
ignorance Of the legislator who drew it,
thought to improve upon his copy by in
sorting comma after the word fruit,
making it read fruit, plants" ETC.
thus changing materially the sense Of
the bill. The committee did not observe
the change, and the bill, with the clerk.
amendment, became law The Treasury
Department, however, administered it &C.
cording to the original intention of its
Trainer, until some shrewd importer of fruit;
planted himself firmly upon the comma and
refused to pay duties on his imports ex
cept under protest. Insisting upon his con
struction of the law, he at last obtained The
return of the duties, and ever since fruits
have been admitted free. That comma il
said to have cost the government two mil
lions of dollars.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11
III TIV NNI0NTIWT
That Forgery Casc---Again.


M,ssFS' hd"ors Deaf NrS In your Is
sue oil January S7th' you publish an item
headed 90 west Iopshan, 10 which you say
that you received your Information IRON
responsible party Now wish to say one
word through your paper IN regard TO that
- responsive party J VIII ask MINOR u H.
W atson u, as he says, gave said Watson leave
to sign my name whenever lie had occasion 10
do so, why he told me aud others that there
was no note OF his at Bradford BANK with my
name on 1t! And why the SAID Oh. Watson
sent to said bank TO take up said note, two or
three days before 1t became due when he had
another note there then that had been due two
or three weeks, and which he never offered to
take up, or pay in any way And why did hei
in using my name, so Disguise his own band
writing and so initiate mine, that 1t IS very
difficult TO tell whether / wrote 1t or not
And why did he say, when questioned 10y the
signer OF said note, - You wrote your own
name there, and 80 did jackson his, by I'd
VIII say iurther That l never gave " H.
watson or any other person. any liberty to
sign my name 70 any paper Whatever espe'
claily note moreover can prove that ne
toid me last summer that the only note ever
nave signed WIN him' within year or two
was taken up l mean the w. I. Latch note
so called. Ana supposed 1t was until was
sued on 1t at the time OF SAID Natson's failure
IN OctoDer last
Now, Messrs. Editors, l am willing you
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

Trustworthy Havana correspondence
represents the condition of affairs in Cuba
as utterly disorganized and chaotic, and the
feeling Of the people as desperate. The
successes Of the insurgents in the interior
accompanied by the discouraging report:
from Spain, have demoralized the rulers
and disheartened the Spanish residents
Everything seems to point to the eventual
success Of the instruction. In the pres.
ent condition Of affairs in Spain, no rein,
iorcements can be expected. The yolun,
teers refuse to 60 to the front, asserting
that they are enlisted only as homo guard
for the defence Of the cities, aud con.
scription Of Cuban residents, compelling
them to take up arms against their friends
is seriously contemplated. 1t is an inter,
esting fact that the people who applauded
the summary execution Of the Virginiu.
prisoners, and who show no mercy to the
Cuban insurgents when captured, are very
much disgusted at the despatch Of Carlst
prisoners, and the war Of determination al
home.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

"A bill of some Importance was passed
at the close of last week by the House of
Representatives, relating to the public
lands. 1t gives quarter section of land
to any person who, within eight years, shall
have planted one-fourth of it with trees,
and kept them in good condition, and it
reduces the term of residence required of
a homestead settler by two years, where
one-eighth Of the land has been planted
with trees, and cultivated. In the course
OF the debate-a very interesting one-it
was stated that within fifteen years, at the
present rate of cutting, the land in the
United States now yielding trees for heavy
timber would be entirely stripped. The
bill is a modification Of an existing law
1t shortens the time from ten to eight years
but allows the trees to be planted ten acres
each year, and reduces the fees from 1924
to sl4. The bill is asked for by very
great number Of petitioners, and western
members say the privileges it gives will be
much appreciated.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

The excavations now going on in Rome
for the opening of new streets are uncover
ing much of the ruins Of the old metropolis
of the world. Fragments of columns, stat
ues and remains Of long covered up chambers
of ancient palaces are almost daily exposed
to view. Nearly the whole area of Rome
within the walls has a superficial covering
ranging in thickness from ten to thirty or
forty feet. Under this layer, which has
been accommodating for twelve or fifteen
hundred years, are laid up, as in vast
storehousc, the broken symbols of empire,
and the revelations made by the workman's
pick aud shovel are likely to add new it,
Illustrations to the interesting record of
Rome's past power and grandeur. As may
well be supposed, the Psychologists are on
the ground in force They watch the dig
gers closely, note book in hand, and every
thing brought to the surface receives close
scrutiny.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11
Patrons OF Ilusbandry.

The second annual session Of the Ma
tional Grange Of Patrons Of Husbandry
began at St. Louis, Mo-, on Wednesday Of
last week All the States in the Union
except Maine and Delaware, were repre-.
sented, nearly all the delegates being &C.
companied by their wives. Among the
most important questions to come before
the convention are those of the revision oil
the ritual; who shall be eligible for mem.
bership; the subordinate grange and co.
operative systems.
According to the report of Dudley W
Adams, Master of the National Grange
oranges have been established in thirty
two States and two territories. There il
also in operation provincial grange organ
ization in Quebec. There are between IL =,
600 and $4,000 organizations, and not fal
from 100000 members. The organiza
ton has hourished more prosperously il
Iowa than in any other State, there bein.
more branches there now than in all tn,
other States put together. Missouri ha
between 400 and 1900 oranges, with I
membership Of at least 10000, whereas
eighteen months ago there were but two
oranges, and twelve months ago there wer,
but nineteen.
The convention, before adjourning, Thurs
day appropriated $4,000 to the State Grang,
of Iowa, in consideration of the great ex
pense incurred by that grange in relieving
the wants Of their distressed brethren il
northwestern Iowa. and 81 900 to the Min
nesota and $3.50 to the Dakotah oranges.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

MsssrS. Editors In these times Of political
degeneracy, when even Congressman ore
bought with a price, the moral standard Of
public virtue is, lamcntably, very low In
no place is the dcgonoracy more severely felt
than in our common schools. In wealthy and
prosperous towns, where there are higher
grade Of schools and better class Of teachers,
It perhaps is not SO much felt but in back
and poorer districts the standard Of schools is
very low--owing chiefly to their being taught
by incompetent teachers no, not teachers
but school-kcpas, who keep for the poy.
Aside from that, they manifest no interest
whatever in the welfare Of the school they
shirk those high responsibilities that every
true teacher iccls--rosponsibiitics they can
neither discharge nor eyadc. In short, every
young person who is conscious Of his or her
ncapacity for other work, osteems him or her
self fully competent to guide the Ignorance
and weakness Of youth into the power, wisdom,
and virtue of maturor years. ! think that the
general proilgacy visible in the youth of our
State, is owing chiefly to the lack of moral
trimming in those common schools which are
placed in charge Of illitorate, ignorant persons
who have never received any literary adyant-
ages, and therefore cannot see its necessity.
Let US glance for moment at school Of this
class, composed Of pupils Of ages ranging from
six to fifteen years. The FIRST class in reading
use lIilliard's Sixth Reader OF the others,
scholars who cannot read intolligontly, read in
the Progressive Fourth aud Fifth Readers
Nor can tho pupils receive that instruction
and aid they ought 10 Arithmetic, Grammar,
and Geography. As regards spelling, the fol-
lowing will serve as anexample (the words oc-
cur in the Progressive Speler , rHiaie was pro
nounced yi-tatc saiidiC was pronounced sa-ti-
ate ndise0us was pronounced na-shus, etc.
The pupils are as rude in their department
as one would expect. At recess they all rush
noisily out and in, the teacher having no con-
troll over them whatever. This ian actual oc-
currencc, not in the least over drawn.
Some Of the parents Of these children arc
under the dclusion that this is as good a school
as they can afford, and the school keeper is
good enough for such a backward school
Others will not send to such :" mock school. ~
Where are the boys who graduate from this
standard Of schools Look in our Reform
School and county walls. Some may make liquor
dealers and barroom loalcrs, others political
career Of the Fisk and Morrissy type. These
schools should be taught BY TEACHERS who, by
example as well as prccopt, endeayor to ncul-
cate moral and religious principles with their
\. b. Cs. When all schools are taught BY
competent teachers, then, ard not till then, will
the standard Of public virtue be raised. C.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

John Chinaman is no fool. In me-
mortal address to the people of the United
States, protesting against unjust Legislation
against them 10 the Pacific States, a com
mittee Of the Chinese residents of San
Francisco make some good points against
their oppressors. They say that if the un-
just enactments Of which they complain
are the legitimate offspring of American
civilization, aud of the Jesus religion, yor
can hardly wonder If the Chinese peopl,
are somewhat slow to embrace the one or Il
adopt the other" Again they say, awe
have kept no whiskcy saloons and have
had no drunken brawls resulting in man
slaughter and murder" They only ask
that if they are to be driven out of Americ,
by oppressive laws, Americans shall also
retire from China, and the Celestial En-
pire shall be left to pursue its traditiona
policy, that of " staying at home and mind
ing their own business, and letting all Other
people do the same"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

In recent report made to the House
Of Representatives by the Committee on
Public Lands, it is stated that there are
yet 200 600, 900 acres public lands in the
country that are uusurveyed. Out Of the
vast area Of the public lands of the United
States, however, after deducting swamp
lands, deserts, mountains, and railway and
other grants, il is estimated that the whole
amount Of arabic lands available for settle.
ment cannot exceed $50 to 400 millions Of
acres. Last year nearly four millions Of
acres were taken up by homestead settlers,
and the estimate Of the committee is that
before century elapses, all the arabic
lands Of the country will be absorbed. When
we consider what was the area Of the past Of
the United States, inhabited by whites a
century ago, this prediction not only seems
probable, but there is also Likelihood Of
the entire arabic surface Of the country be.
LOG absorbed by settlers long before 1874.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11

-Retrenchment, as well as charity,
should begin at home. One of tho great.
est wastes of the public money appears to
have been going on in the Treasury Depart
ment, and directly under the nose of the
guardian Of the national finances 1t is
discovered that number of clerks have
been employed without authority of law,
with arbitrary salaries fixed by the Secre-
tary himself, and that most of them have
had work to do only FIVE hours a day.
There is noed of reform at headquarters.
When all the leaks have been stopped, and
fair days work for fair days wages is re-
quired, in the public as in private service,
there may not DO the same need for heavy
taxation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11
German Emigration.

Various and conflicting reports have been
published during the last few months con.
corning the alleged action Of Prussia to
prevent emigration, and especially to pro-
hibit American emigration agents carrying
on their business within her dominions. Late
developments, however, establish the fact
that such a law is actually in force in Sax.
ony and that an ordinance to that effect
has been passed by the Prussian govern
ment, TO be enforced within a given time,
which will cfTectually debar emigration
agents 10 all portions Of the German Elm.
pire from circulating pamphlets regarding
the advantages Of localities in America, for
the enlightenment Of those who desire to
seek new homes or even the publication 10
Germany Of newspapers or tracts adyocat.
ing emigration. All personal efforts in
that direction are likewise forbidden.
The ouy pretext which we have heard
for this remarkable action on the part Of
the Prussian government is in the fact that
an agent Of the State Of Michigan had been
laboring by means Of a weekly newspaper,
and also cheap pamphlets published in the
German language, at Frankfo fort, to set
forth the superior advantages Of his new
State that ia consequence, some time
since, a colony Of German farmers emf
grated to Michigan; that their experiences
had not met their expectations, aud they
had sent home complaints Of deception and
Misrepresentation on the part Of the agent.
But unquestionably the true reason is to
prevent the selEexpatriation Of the pro-
ducing class, upon whom the material pros
perity depends, and who are weary with
the heavy burdens of taxation, illy-paid
toll, aud the subsection Of their sons to en-
forced military service during the best years
Of their lives. These causes operate most
powerfully, doubtless, in the dsallected
provinces recently acquired from France.
A correspondence with our State Depart
ment has been the result of this action OF
the part of the German Government, bu
with no prospect, however, Of modifying
the oppressive act which seeks to prevent
the Germans from making for themselves
new and happy homes in the United States
as so many Of their countrymcn have done
under whose republican institutions they
have found that social, religious liberty
which the Fatherand, with its military
despotism, denied them. Though tempo
rary success may attend these oppressive en-
actments, no permanent benefit will be dc
rived therefrom, since the tyranny which
has created them will react, and effect tn
very results they we're designed to prevent