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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
A Good Story.

A story, told by M. Legouve, GER
tain qaalinees Htteraires in Paris, of a
solecism committed by Scribe, the dra-
matte author, is calculated at the pres
ent juncture to send an uneasy SILVER
through the frames of the impulsive
and loquacious. The second empire
had just been inaugurated, when Scribe
met former schoolfellow of his, an i'm
portant parsonage, whom the writer
calls M. de Verteuil. "Well," said he
to Scribe, what are you about Any
new comedy on the stocks Pa" Yes, re
piled the dramatist, 81 have got a
charming subject peer of France
under Louis Philippe, who becomes a
Senator under Napoleon III. Imagine
the comic situations afforded by this
character in his attempts to reconcile
his past with his present allegiance. It
will be glorious!'' Here the friends
were parted in the crowd. Scribe re-
turned home in a thoughtful mood. 81
am afraid" thought he, s'that nv sub
ject is not as good as I supposed. De
Verteuil is clever fellow. I fully un-
folded the plot to him, but he did not
laugh; hang it, he did not laugh. That Is
bad sign" While thus musing Scribe
opened the evening paper, and read the
following !" M. de Verteuil. peer OF
France, is appointed Senator"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
The Green FIy.

The following recipe is as good as
any for the destruction of this pest of
rose bushes and other plants To three
gallons of soft water add one quart of
unslacked lime; stir it well, and let
it stand for twentyfour hours; and
when the SCOT rises to the surface skim
it off. Apply with a syringe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
POrtentOus PhenOmena.

With incidents abnormal teens the season,
Winter with summer oddly seems to mingle,
In Slidderkin's orchard blossoms bloom the trees
Ger Hawbuek's fields is heard the bobolink's
jingle. ~
Bullfrogs are croaking in the Jersey boys,
And the thermometer nearly down to zero.
"a rural editor interviewed the frogs
And knows as much about them now as Nero)
Near snow-drifts on the Pennsylvania slopes
In golden moekely dandelions grow :
Winter, its button -hole with heliotropes
And violets decked, springward doth gayly go.
Up on the stormy beach of old Cape May
A fish, full twelve feet long and three feet broad
Was drawn by fishermen the other day. 81 "a "a e.
And its conduct strange presages showed. ~.
''Oh, dear y the gossps cry as round the stove
Th cir chairs they draw in mind sorely perplexed,
With such things coming on us by the drove
How upon airth can poor folks tell what dext?'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The FOaI of n Mule.

A correspondent of the London Field
says there is now in the Jardin d Ac-
climation at Paris, a Morocco mule and
her female foal sired by an Arab stall
lion, and that the mule is again in foal
to the same stallion. 1t has been claim
ed at various times that in very rare
instances female mules have produced
young.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Sonnet.
BY G.. f. BATES

There is q ruin that can make weep,
Nor only that, but inly tremble too;
Not death itself can move awe so deep
AS that which lately thrilled my spirit through
To see the temple sinking to decay
Wherein soul was beauteously shrined
Could hardly touch to plying tears to-day
For have the ruin of q mind
Yet now, with harmony of order lost,
It's full proportions overawe the eye;
The shattered arch reveals the grandeur most
Like the Colossus of the Favii;
And God be thanked that hope, like green
thing,
Out OF the ruins clefts doth skyward spring.
-Lippinc0tts magazine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01

WHAT is the difference between stab
blng man and killing hog? One is
assaulting with intent to. kill, and the
other is killing with intent to salt. +
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Oysters Growing on Trees.

Mr. @. FL. Williams, Fellow of the
Geographical Society of England, tells
us, in the Hartford Times, how oysters
inhabit the mangrove woods in Cuba.
" For several years." he says, 81 re-
sided in that island, and travelled there
more than the ordinary run of foreign
ers, and have several times come across
scenes which many people would con-
slider great curiosities-one in particu-
lar. No doubt the reader will open
his eyes at oysters growing on trees.
Often have [ seen the sheer of unbelief
on the face of the ignorant when the
fact had been mentioned; but grow
they do, and in immense quantities,
especially in the southern part of the
island. / have seen miles of trees, the
lower stems and branches of which were
literally covered with them, and many
good meal have I enjoyed with very
little trouble of procuring, and not
quite SO expensive as they are in Lon
don at the present time. [ simply
placed the branches over the fire, and,
when opened, [ picked them out with a
fork or pointed stick. These peculiar
shell-fish are indigenous in lagoons and
swamps on the coast, and as far as the
tide will rise and the spray fly, SO will
they cling to the lower parts of the
mangrove trees, sometimes four or five
deep, the mangrove being one of the
very few trees that flourish in salt
wafer "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Standard Weights.

The following are the standard weights of
the articles named in this State:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
Charles Dickens Advice to His Son.

Never take mean advantage of any
one In any transaction, and never be
hard upon people who are in your
power Try to do to others as you
would have them do to you, and do not
be discouraged if they fail sometimes.
1t is much better for you that they
should fail in obeying the greatest rule
laid down by our Saviour than that you
should. [ put New Testament among
your books for the very same reasons
that made me write an easy account of
it for you when you were little child ::
Because it is the best book that ever
was or ever will be known in the world,
and because it teaches you the best les
sons by which any human creature, who
tries to be truthful and faithful to duty,
can possibly be guided. AS your broth
ers have gone away, one by one, [ have
written TO each such words as [ am now
writing to you, and have entreated
book, putting aside the interpretations
and inventions of man. You will re-
member that you have never at home
been harassed about religious obser-
vances or mere formalities. I have
always been anxious not to weary my
children with such things, before they
are old enough to form opinions re-
speeding them. You will therefore
understand the better that [ now must
solemnly impress upon you the truth
and beauty Of the Christian religion as
it came from Christ himself, and the
impossibility of your going far wrong
If Won h11mh1v b11t heartily respact If
Only one thing more on this head. The
more we are in earnest as to feeling it,
the less we are disposed to hold forth
about it. Never abandon the whole
some practice of saying your own pri-
vate prayers, night and morning. I
have never abandoned it myself, and I
know the comfort of it, [ hope you
will be always able to say in after life
that you had kind father. You can
not show your affection for him so we'll,
or make him so happy, as by doing
your duty.
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
THE rcE1AND1o a1LLENN1AL.


Whilst we Americans are preparing
to celebrate the centennial of our ma
tional origin, our Icelandic friends are
on the eve of their millennial festival !;
and on the second day of the coming
August, they are to celebrate the COM
pletion of q thousand years of their
history, from the year 874, when In
golf, Norwegian chief, colonised that
land of ice and volcanoes. 1t is inter-
esting for as to recall the fact that Ice
land had republican government for
about 300 years, or from the middle
of the ninth century to. the middle of
the thirteenth. There are 300 church
es there under Lutheran bishop, who
has appointed Especial service in them
all for the second day of August, and
directed all of his clergy to use the
Goth Psalm as one of the lessons in
public worship. The people are very
religious and thoughtful, and have IL
braries in nearly every parish--some-
times, indeed, q very scanty sort. II is
well, indeed, that some enterprising
Americans have decided to be present
at the celebration, and to carry with
them full supply of American books
az a contribution towards the educa-
ton of the Icelanders. If due notice
were given and it could be distinctly
known where books could be sent in
season To reach the vessel that is to
sail, there can be no doubt of there
being a generous response to the CALL
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
1oyR sroRY.

He was young, he was fair, and he
parted his hair, like the average beau,
in the middle; he was proad, he was
bold, but the truth must be told, he
played like fend on the fiddle. Bar
ring this vice, he was every thing nice,
and his heart was so loving aud ten
der, that he always turned pale when
he trod on the tail of cat lying down
by Hls fsn1er. He clerked in store.
and the way that be tore of caIiee,
jeans and brown sheefing would have
tickled calf, and made brute laugh
in the face OF a quarterly meeting.
He cut quite q dash with a darling
musicale, which he learned to adore
and cherish, for one girl had said,
while she drooped her proRd head,
that twould kill her TO see the thing.
perish. On Sundays he'd search the
straight road to church, unheeding the
voice of the scorner; and demurely
hesat, like Young tabby cat, with the
saints In the amen corner. He sang
like a bird, and his sweet voice was
heard, fairly tugging away at long
meter: and we speak but the truth
when we, SAY that this youth could
outsing hungry mosquito.
She was young, she was fair, and
she scrambled her hair like the aver
age belle of the city she was proud
but not bold, and yet the truth must
be told, the way she cheWed wax was
q pity. Barring this vice she was ey-
erything nice, and the world admired
her hustle, and the Fayetteville boys,
being calmed by the noise, walked
miles to hear it rustic. She cut quite
a swell, did this wax chewing belle,
4
but she gave them the shirk, for she
loved the young clerk who sang like
n hungry mosquito.n So she hemmen
and she hawed, and she sighed aud
shesschaWed," till her heart and her
jaws were broken; then she walked
by his store as he stood in the door,
awaiting s0mea loving token. She
raised up her eyssswith a mock sur
prise, and tried to enact the scorner
but to tell the truth she grinned at the
youth who loved the amen corner.
49, They met-alasI what
came TO pass was soft and sweet and
precious :they wooed, they cooed, he
talked, she chewed-O how theF loved,
good gracioHsl They had to part he
rose to start; her grief can not be
painted; these are facts; she sWal-
lowed her wax, then screamed, then
choked, then tainted. Her pa appear
ed her beau quite scared, rnshed out
to get some water the watchdog spied
his tender hide, and bit him where be
'.oughter." The tale is sad, the sequel
stern-so thinks the youth thus bitten.
He sings no more, as oft of yore--he
gave that girl the Initten.
She pined apace, her pretty face
looked slender and detected; heI
father kind, but somewhat blind, be-
held her and reflected. His income
tax hesspent for wax-she smiled and
called him clever. She went TO work
forgot that clerk and chaWed in joy
forever!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
REGISTRY ODDITIES IN SCOTLAND.

REGISTRY ODDITIES IN SCOTLAND.
The feportof the registrar-general
of marriages, births and deaths in
Scotland for a single year shows that
there are giants in these days and that
the Meth hHsaleh faEnily y is still living
and dyin = upon the earth. The death
of giant Irishman at HaWiek is re-
corded. This gentleman, by whose
side even the claimant" would have
appeared an infant, was seven feet
eight inches in height, measured fifty
eight inches round the chest, and
weighed twenty-five stone. The
toothless may derive hope from the
fact that at KILN, in Pefthshife, an
old man died at the age of 81 years :;
but five years before his death he cut
six new teeth which he said were
quite aelvfeeable and sharp as laneets.
AS for oentenarians, they seem to
swarm IN Scotland. From the imper-
feet manner in which the old registers
are kept, it is often impossible to pro-
cure satisfactory evidence of the ages
of those who die at very advanced
periods of life. 1t is, however, one
of the pecuIiarities of the Scottish
race that they use Bvery effort to ascer-
that, as a general rule, the age at death
may be relied on as being correct.
During the year 1870 there were nine
males and seventeen females whose
ages were entered on the register as
being above loo years of age at death.
OF the nine male, two had completed
100years, one was 101 years, two were
102 years, one 103 yeaFs,.o .one l04 years
one 107 years one was los years, and
one surviTed his 10th year. OF the
seventeen females who died above 100
years, nine had completed their Tooth
year, two were l0l years of age, two
were 102 years, one 103 years, one was
104 years, enc was l07 years, one was
108 years, one was 1I6 years, and one
was reported to be in lfer 10th year
of life. It Is q fact worthy of note
thdtztt1e Scotch are moi in the habit of
killing themselves, at the. same rate as
other people. During 1870 there was
only one suicide for every 25,0SS per-
sons in the population; proportion
perhaps lower than any other country
in Europe. zfeest -5ee4 Yrt
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
Dece,vine she very Elect.


A preacher living in the neighbor-
hood of Bolivar. TQscarawas county,
O., a few weeks ago sent jug TO
town for some molasses, The hack
driver, who had the jug in charge,
though it stopped about too much for
syrup so he instituted an examlna-
ton, and, finding it to be whisky,
took "a snort" The stuff tasted SO
good that the driver got eight" as
the story goes. The question that is
now agitating the crusading women
around Bolivar is: What shall be
done with that raseally groceryman
for thus deceiving a Minister of the
Gospel, and furnishing pretext for
little scGnddEatng DadgEGtUnaY Of course
there are not wanting wicked people,
who intimate that the preacher got
Just what he wanted, and sent for just
what he got. As a Dutchman would
say "How high is dat ?'-Ohto Dem.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28

A woMAs's lot in life is God like,
for it is hers to love and to give time
strength, thought activity, are all
given, without apparently adequate
return; yet there is compensation IN
her life which Is greater than mon
ey. She represents, in all the ages,
the divine principle; she is always
the teacher, the savior, the guardian,
or the victim, never the aggressor. 10
her, in the eyes of all good men, at
taches something of the halo of the
Virgin mother, for she suffers that
others may live. Women may be ap-
parently unsexed by circumstances
they may be driven to desperation.
but back of all, deep down, lives some
where the strong pure, loving woman
nature which redeems. - - - 2 ]
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
A GENTLEMAN and lady who oce

A GENTLEMAN and lady who occu-
pied the same seat OH anEastern-bound
train OF. cars in Ohio, recently, casual
Iy falling into Conversation, found that
thev both belonged in Boston and
were going home. On their arrival
at the depot in Boston, they both got
into the same hack, and hackman haV-
ing inquired of the man where he
wanted to go, he replied: mo. 12----
street." on may leave me at the
same place" said the lady. The man
was a good deal surprised, but when
thew arrived at the. house they ) foHnd
that they had been livfngin adjoining
houses, the entrances to which were
not three feet apart, for several years,
and had not known each other.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28


Dent you hear the children coming
Coming iuto sehool2
Don't you hear the master drumming
On the window. with his rule.
Master drumming. children coming
Into SCHOOL,
TIp-toed figures reach the catch,
Tiny in gers click the latch;
CurIy-headed girls throng in
Lfly-free from toll and sin,
Breezy boys bolt in together,
Bringing breaths of wintry weather,
bringing baskets Indian-ehecked,
Dinners In them sadly wrecked
Ruddy -handed, mittens of.
Soldiers rush from the N2Iakof-
Built Of snow and marble white,
Bastions shining in the light
Marked with many dint and dot
OF the ice-cold cannon shotl
Hear the last assauIting shoHtI
See the guHners rally out
Charge upon the battered door
school is called. and battle o'erl
ne 1issrset SCHOOL, IN Ses.65Asr's gIoy Aay.
& 4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
As 4 MORNING hPPETISRR

No other Bitters in the universe can equal
them, Hack space for detailing the aEailabilitsf
OF these Btters, but vii brief State It's gener
al effects upon the human ys6ena, as follows
1t Itabsolutely purihes the Blood. 1t speedily
cOrrects all morbid changes in the blood. 1t
equaizes the circulation of the Blood. 1t regm-
lates the supply and quality of the Blood. 1t
prepars the Blood TO furnish proper support TO
all the vital properties + enriches the con-
Stituents of the blood upon which the vital
energy of the system is dependent. Ii
| intuses the proper degree aof heat into the
system. L. purges from the system the morbid
humors which retarH its natural functions. 1t
imparts vitality and elasticity to every organ of
the body. HcorFects all arrangements. however
trivial, which are the first origin of Disease 1t
promotes the operation of the digestive organs
| 1t improves the appetite and removes ali disa-
greeable feeling after eating 1t perfeets digeS-
ton. rendering il natural and easy. 1t acts as
! a mild and effiicacious stomachic. 1t elevates
the standard of all the vital forces. 1t strength
ems the nervous Hbcrs and idiffuses calm
! throughout the nervous system. 1t destroys all
morbid conditions of the mind, 1t disperses
spirit and feeling. 1t banIshes those clogs upon
those distressing symptoms which rob us ofhap
pineSs. ltreviyes the physical energies by in
/ fusing new life and power into the system. Ii
laria, fluctuations of the temperature,s chan ges
in the climate, &c In short it prepares the sys-
TEN for the radical chang to be wrought in its
condition. and restores it to perfect health and
natural vigor.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28

THE author of recent book about
Africa tells of forest of acacia trees
he passed through. These are called
by the natives EEsoffar," word signi-
flying flute. The name is given be-
cause the acacia trees are pierced with
circular holes by a small insect, and
the wind, as it plays upon the open
ings, produces fute-like sounds. In
the winter, when the trees are strip
ped of their leaves, and boughs white
as chalk, stretch out like ghosts, the
wind, signing through the insect-made
flutes, fills the whole ar with soft.
melancholy tunes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28

A FEMALE in confession, acknow-
lodged that she had used rouge. s'For
what purpose 2" asked the father. Ito
make me appear captivating. was the
answer. s'But does il make you more
beautiful?D ffAt least, holy father, 4
think it daes.1 The priest took the
penitent out of the confessional into
the light, and, looking in her face, OBJ
served. sMadaIn, you may paint with
out offense, foryOu are stii lsYeryugly." !"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28


DISTANCE BETWEEN TREES IN PLAN
TATIoNs.-StandArd apples. 30 feet
apart each way. In poor soils % feet
may be enough.
Standard pears and cherries, 25 feet
apart each way. Cherries will do at
Is feet, and the dwarf growing sorts,
Dukes and MoreIIos, evzd at 10 feet
Standard plums, peaches, apricots
and nectaFines, 10 to lS feet apart
each way.
Ounces, 10 to u feet apart each
way.
Pyramidal apples, cherries, pears
and plums, 10 to II feet apart each
way. The greater distance is better
where land is not scarce.
Dwarf apples Ibushes1 6 feet apart
Currants, gooseberries and rasp-
berries, 3 to feet apart.
Blackberries, 6 to Z feet apart.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28

'sTHE setting Of great hope is like
the setting of the sun. The bright
ness of our life is gone, shadows of
the evening time fall around us, and
the world seems but dim reflection
of itseif-a broader shadow. We look
forward into the coming lonely night !;
the soul withdraws itself. Then the
stars appear and the night is holy
Lenqfe fettode. III MIsal
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
CALDWELL'S
VINE Ind IRON BITTERs ]

These celebrated Bitters are pure, safe and
reliable: composed Of Roots, Barks and Herbs
with Citrate of Iron and pure native WINE made
from the native grapes Of California. the ingre-
dients are choice, strengthening, purifying ana
life-glying medicinal agents. forming the most
strengthening Bitters for improving the appe-
tite giving tone and energy to the Blood and
system For medicinal purposes, for family
nse, travellers, voyagers. etc, they cannot be
surpassed
THESE Bitters are in an eminent degree
siren gthenfng purifying, diuretic, stimulating
and nourishing to the whole system, giSin new
life and activity to every organ and part alike
without that ever recurring reaction that 1Ol-
lows the use of most all other tonics and stimu-
Iants in the market. For
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28

A STRANGER gets. puzzled in st,
Lonis. He picks mp the st. Louis
Democrat and finds that he is reading
a Republican paper. Incensed at the
fraud, he casts it aside, and grasping
the st. Louis Republican, finds he is
reading Democratic paper. Then he
rings the bell violently for the hall
boy, and wants to know if "eyery-
thing in St. Louis is brazen deceit p,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
The Well Known Horse
BUCKEYE SEARCHER

win make the season at the following places
Mondays and Tuesdays. at w. II, Bowers in
Randolph, 4 miles south of Wheeler5s Corners.
on the HartvIlle road. The remainder of the
time q miles southeast of Rootstown Center
on the old Z. b. Cotton farm.
BUCKEYE SEARCHER is a colt from old
Searcher and his dam an Eclipse mare. As
do not deem it necessary to get up long pedi-
gree for people to read would only say that /
challenge any horse in Northern Ohio to pro-
duce any better stock than Buckeye Searcher
can show. Farmers, look and judge for your
selves.
TERMS: SO to insure foal Persons part
ing with mare before known to be with foal
wtll forfeit insurance. - l. go No.
Rootstown, May /, 1s74. 29s-4t.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28

The Herald of Health significantly
says: I'VE repeat, for the benefit of
new subscribers. what we have said
so often before, that the more young
lady1s waist is shaped like an hour
glass, the sooner will her sands of life
run out" -..FF9 5.-..., z
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28

LET man once show the world
that he feels afraid of its bark, and
twill fly at his heels; let him fear
lessIv face It, twill leave him alone,
but will fawn at his feet if he fings it
a bone, ,r-O Oscen Meredith.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28

PROF. POULTNEY would inform the citi-
zens of Ravenna. that he is again ready to per-
form all jobs of Whitewashing that may be en-
trusted to him. with neatneSs and dispatch.
ALI orders addressed to him through the Post
Office or left at his residence on Babcock street,
first house west of school house, will receive
prompt attention.
RaVenna, March %, 1874. - GAS .As-