davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
UNC ERTALNTY OF WEALTH.

The St. Louis Republican says: The
absence of the law of primogeniture
causes a frequent change of ownership
in the private residences which con-
tribute so much to the adornment of our
cities. While the head of the family
lives the home may be retained-though
very often a. reverse of fortune compels
him to seek humber quarters-but when
he dies the heirs are obliged to get rid Of
the too expensive luxury. How many
of the fine houses built in st. Louis
twenty years ago are now owned by the
men who erected them, or their descend
ants? How many of later date, now oc-
cupied by their builders, will be in the
possession of their present tenants, or
their descendants, twenty years hence? ?
Other Influences beside the lack Of pri-
mogenlture contribute to this, in some
respects, unfortunate result. There are
more cups and downs" in life in the new
world than in the old. Fortunes are
made much quicker and disappear much
more rapidly. Wealth is seldom trans
mitted beyond the second generation,
and in many instances does not last
through the first The boy born with
a silver spoon in his mouth" frequently
has to taste pewter before his pilgrimage
is over, and he may have the pleasure of
being splashed with mud from the car
riage.wheels of the man who was once
his fathers porter. This is free country,
very free, indeed, and among the conse-
uuences Of that freedom is the exceeding
uncertainty of financial matters Yet
in no country is less provision made for
the evil day so far as our children are
concerned. The wealthy parent brings
up his sons and daughters as though
there was not the remotest possibility
they could ever be poor. If rich father
should insist upon his boy learning
trade he would be set down as mild
hammered lunatic. If a rich mother
should instill into her daughter rigid
ideas of economy and industry she would
be looked upon as either very mean or
very foolish--probably both, Yet every
day we are taught the necessity of this
discipline; every day we see
men and women falling from affluence
TO poverty VINO, Improperly Cralheul ullSnt
not have fallen at all, or if they did Iall
could have risen again. 1t is shame
and disgrace that in land where labor
is supposed to be honorable, and where
the law recognizes no distinction of caste,
30 small proportion of the sons of the
weather. classes learn trades. Noyoung
man has a right to consider himself
Independent unless he has
some avOcation by which, health per-
mitting, he can always make living.
And the best and surest avocations are
those for which there isalways demand.
Lawyers, doctors, preachers, professors,
clerks-all these and their kindred are
drug in the market but
how seldom is it that a good carpenter,
machinist, wagon-maker,
tinsmith, book binder, or
printer has to travel far in search of re-
munerative employment. We shall
never be thoroughly republican until
there are fewer gentel drones in the
national hive.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
HEAVY FEEDING IN THE COLD
.. REGIONS. l.

In Russia, Sweden,and Norway, where
prolonged and biting winters necessitate
action and large supplies of animal heat,
meals are frequent and of great duration.
Five hearty repasts per diem, among
which dinner is the chief one, are the
common allowance in those Northern
localities. This principal meal is heralded
by cold collation. taken on the way to
the dining room. In small ante room
the guests pause before a small table
spread with articles creative of appetite
and thirst, such as red herrings, sardines,
caviare, cheese, sharp pickles.and arrack,
the native whisky. Thus stimulated, a
much larger repast is made than would
otherwise be possible, When this custom,
however is introduced regardless of eli
matte requirements, it is prone to con-
duce to sluggishness, as in some parts of
Germany. Again, the glowing mother
earth and ardent skies of Italy furnish
her children with the best preseryatives
against their combined intensity of heat.
Fruits and salads, succulent, refreshing,
cooling, form the national breakfast and
the chief staple of other meals, being
freely partaken of with results which
might be much less favorable under a
cooler sky. Nature, amidst these wond-
rous adaptations, is not neglectful of the
needs of animals, as may be briefly in
stanced by Norwegian custom, Within
the arctic circle, where the winters are
long twilight, and the highlands so bar
rem that people subsist upon bread made
from the tender bark of the birch tree,
the cattle are fed upon dried fish caught
in those storied fords, whose waters, the
Fortunatus purse for Norway, stretch far
inland by dusky forests of pine.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
OHIO NEWS.

Burglaries are of frequent occurrence
in Steubenville.
W. R. Brownlee, of Coshocton, has
purchased the Chillicothe Advertiser.
A deficit of $2l ,999 has been developed
in Home Building Association No. 8,
Cincinnati. William Russell is the de-
faulting treasurer.
III. Sprengle has sold the Ashland
Times to ]. d. Stubbs & Co. Mr.. Sprengle
remains with the paper for the present
as chief editor. ..s
CHI. Kitchener has written a book
entitled Historical Events in the Tug
carawas and Muskingum Valleys" " which
will shortly be published.
Rev. Joseph Shaw, for many years
Superintendent of the Public Schoolsin
Bellefontaine, and prominent business
man of that place, died on Friday.
Captain John B. Armstrong, ex-Sheriff
of Hamilton county, prominent Demo-
crat, died at Norwalk, Ohio, on the llth
inst. Captain Armstrong distinguished
himself in the war with Mexico.
The $4,000 libel suit instituted against
Patton 4 Findley, of the Xenia Gazette,
by o. NJ. Marshall, of the T0rchight has
been disposed OF, the attorneys Of Mr..
MARSHALL accepting judgment OF sou
against the 7OrchRght firm in settlement
Of all claims.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
SUCH a SALTATORl,

The nomination of President Grant for
a third term, by Bishop Haven, ofthe NJ.
E. Church, at meeting in Boston, and
the adoption of the suggestion by the un-
animous vote of those present, is signifi-
cant sign of the times. The opposition
press are scoring the Bishop for Inter
fering in politics. a topic with which we
become tolerably familiar during the re-
bellion. While, under ordinary circum-
stances, we are free to admit those Of the
clergy not in secular life should not
mingIe 100 freely in politics, because OF
prudential considerations merely, we
claim, on the other hand, that under
extraordinary circumstances they are
fully justiged in so intermingling. 1t will
be noticed that Bishop Haven lifts the
denomination of President Grant up TO
this high level.-PiasbtTgh Gazette.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
FROM AN OLD CITIZEN.
From the wAdsworth Enterpise.l
New PHnADELPHIA, O., Nov. 20, '76

New PHILADELPHIA, o., Nov. 30, rs
Wadsworth the place / denominate
my literary home. / returned to 1t again
Nov. 20, 1875, after an absence of thirty
four years ana few days. During my
absence the change in the old home has
been great. ! was conducted through 1t
by my compeer, T.. G. Loomis, and the
old eight-square academy, but II does
not stand on the same ground. The old
building looked to me as though, from
its silence, it was a little "acarpous,"
Judging from its former days Near the
center stood the old yellow house from
whence the sweet music rolled every
morning as we passed by to our school.
was told by brother Loomis that she
lives no more. l saw but few of the
old citizens, as my stay was short. / was
very pleasantly entertained by Mrs.
Cyrus Curtis, for a short time, which will
be long remembered. Bro. Loomis then
accompanied me to the Enterprise office,
where was kindly received by the ed
itor, and thence to the depot, from
whence returned to my home.
JOHN D. OTIs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

DEcKERTowN, N. j., December 1.-The
news has been received here Of the ar
rest in Ohio of a native of this township
on the complicated charge of bigamy, Sc
duction and embezzlement. The career
of the man in question, Mathew B. Van
Ostrand, is one of the most extraordinary
and audaCious ill the annals of crime, and
may be related as follows: .
Van 0strand is about thirty-fve years
ofage, and was born few miles from
this place. His relatives are among the
most respectable peoplein the county. He
is a graduate of Lafayette College, and
man Of splendid physique, winning ad-
dress and superior culture. In 1865 Van
Ostrand was married to Ella Penney, a
daughter of one of the most respectable
and wealthy farmers Of this section.
Van 0strand, with capital furnished
by his own and his wife's relatives, en-
barked largely in the dairy business, and
enjoyed the confidence of the farmers Of
the neighborhood to such an extent that
large sums of money were intrusted to
him by them, his due bills being consid-
cred ample security therefor. About two
years after he was married he failed in
bushes involving his farmer patrons in
numerous difficulties.
THE INDIGNATION OF THE PEOPLE
who had trusted HIM his failure being
considered very questionable transac-
tion-was so great that to escape the
punishment he merited he fed to Cana
da. His wife followed him thither. For
some time his friends continued to back
him largely in his business transactions,
when his reckless conduct and dishonest
management caused them to withdraw
their support, he having squandered
nearly 100000 of their money. Mean
time his treatment to his wife and two
children became such that the former
was compelled to leave him. 1t is said
that during the latter part Of his career
in Canada he habitually brought to his
house women of notorious character,
maintaining them for days at "a time, and
compelling his wife to act in the capaci-
ty of servant to them.
After his friends refused to be respons-
ible for him, AMI his wife had left him,
being thrown upon his own resources, he
deserted Canada, leaving heavy creditors
there. and took up his quarters in Rock
port, this State. He was given posi-
ton Of trust in financial Institution of
the place, and became the accepted lover
Of +.
THE THEN ACKNOWLEDGE BELLE or THE
f CITY, .glg tlsrr
a Miss Tucker. After residence of
few months in Lockport he was married
to this young lady. They had been mar
ried but few weeks when his antece-
dents became known, and TO escape ar
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
THE OLD HOME.

l stand on the spot where a long time ago,
Ny earliest griefs and enjoymens were born;
And cannot but feel that It's almost profane
That the arm Of stranger should rule our do
main.
There's not tree, a fence nor rock,
But gives to my feelings asOrrowful shock,
For they all have heen witness to many ajoy,
When was light-hea1ted innocent boy.
In that soft white hour they first met my view,
And heaven beamed DER them with sunshine and
blue. I....
And now have come to take my last gaze
At the home Of my purest and happiest days,
And round the scenes where remembrance be-
gan .........
To mourn Ger the desolate history of man.
And there, now out Of my sight, on the hill,
The old Academy Is quiet and still,
Where for hours I've toiled to make good stand
When McGregor, our chief, stood in rigid COM
mand.
Yonder's the orchard, now dotted with stumps,
Where many and many are the desperate Jumps
I've given from the trees. when the old white hat
Made me feel like mouse as 1t skulks from the
cat. ....
And there to the east is the mammoth beech tree.
Where stood with my penknife, so happy and
free, ....
And in the pride of my youth, did cheerGully
mark . ......
The whole ofmy name in It's pliable bark
And here, within the old homestead. appears
Memorials of memorys happiest years.
There is the place where often I've sat,
And gazed at McGregor from under my hat
Memory's draught is always mixed with alloy,
And manhood darkens the delights of the boy.
Pleasure will swell the throbbings pain.
And exhaust, with sweet tumult the tremulouS
brain.
fingered in sadness beside the old fence
thought OF the past and how many events
Had poisoned affections most delicate proof
Since last heard the music under that roof.
The barrier Of silence between us is thrown
The brambles Of pride have loves flowers out
grown;
The door THE yellow house Is shut in my face
And am stranger now, in my native place.
took my last look with groan Of dispair,
And a blessing for those who were once my
friends there
Then tuned to the cold weary world with a
frown, .l..t.. .Nr.. .H....U.
And a feeling that my light was fast going down.
.. -....,I PUDIHUNDUS.
We will vouch for Doctor Otis's heart
if we cannot for his poetry, as such. 1t
was in lS41, as DR.. Otis mentions, that he
was one Of the many young men in at
tendance at the Wadworth Academy Of
which John McGregor was principal.
Some Of our readers will remember that
the teacher died in 1S4S, aged 50 years
and months, and his remains were
buried in Wadsworth.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
THE RINGS PROTECTOR.

Like the Whisky Ring, the Indian
Ring, the Navy Ring, the Straw-bid Ring,
the Military Ring, and other corrupt COM
binations, the Washington Ring was up
held by the President and his Admins
tration, and to-day Boss Shepherd is the
head of the kitchen Cabinet. Babcock's
direct completely in these frauds was long
ago known, but that fact in no way weak
ened his influence or impaired his stand
ing, until the exposures at st. Louis Of
his connection with other villainy made
il impolitic to shield him longer. Now
that the House of Representatives is
Organized, the time has come for turning
this corruption inside out.-M Y. Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

THE FAST MAIL AND THE STA GE,
BY JOHN II. YATES.

1.v bv the weekly, Betsey, It's old like you and l.
And read the morning daily with It's pages
scarcely dry. -
While you and were sleepin'' they were p''n'i"s
them TO day,
In the city by the ocean, several hundred miles
away, ...
How'd gettY' Bless you, Betsey' you neeon
doubt and laugh,
II didn't drop down flom the clouuS NOT 0O"' "
telegraph; ..or,
loot 4 by the lightnln' mall we've read ABOUT
you know
TAa mail that Jonathan got up about month
ago. u..I .|
We farmers liyin round the hill went to the town
to-day,
To see the fast mail catch the bags that hung Dc
side the way ....,JtL,..,
ouioh u a flash from laundering clouds, whose
tempest swept the sky, .,.ll- B..
The bags were caught on board the train as II
went roarin' BY .....
w, .l1.. .U.
We are Seein many changes in our fast declinin'
years; :,
Strange rumon now are Souudin' in our hard OF
hearln' ears. fl- 400
Ere the sleep that knows no wakin' comesVO W9i'
usoer the stream,
Some great power may be takln' all the SELF
conceit from steam.
.... @ vi U1 Hon.
Well do we remember Betsey, when the post man
carried mails, .......,
Ridin' horseback through the forest long the
lonely Indian trails .....,
How impatiently we wsited-we were earnest
lovers them
For our letters comm slowly, many miles thro
wood and glen.
vi.
Many times, you know, we missed them-for the
postman never came .. ....-.. .-..
Then, not knowing what had happened, we did
each the other blamei r.. .-f.t
Long those lover quarres lasted, but the God who
meltsthe proud .,........... ....l
Brought our strayin' hearts together and let sun
shine through the clouds. ....r,..,.
When at last the tidngs reached us that the faith
Before the forest savage with his Wild terrific
yell, |'"
And your letters lay and mouldered, while the
sweet birds sang above,
And was saying bitter things about woman's
love.
Long and tedious were the jouIneys-few and far
between the mails,
In the days when we were courtin'-When we
thrashed with wooden fails;
Now the white.winged cars are ayin' long the
shores of inland seas,
And Young lovers read their letters mid luxury
and ease.
We have witnessed many changes in our three
We no longer sit and wonder at the discoveries
of men;
Ia the shadows of life's eyenin' we rejoice that
our own boys ...... .s. .....
Are not called to meet the hardship that embit'
tered half our Joys.
Like the old mail through the forest youthful
years go slowly by;
Like the fast mail ofthe present, manhood's years
how swift they Ay;
We are sitting In the Shadows soon shall break
life's brittle cosd-
Soon shall come the welcome summons by the
fast mail of tie Lord.
BATAVIA Oct, 1875. Rochester Democrat.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
TFAogRPS EXPLANATIONS

The regular examination Of teachers for JAM
uary, 1876, will be held on the second instead OF
the first Saturday, viz January Sth 1876. Regular
examinations afterward, as usual, on the first
Saturday Of every month.
By order Of stark County Examiners.
deci6H Il DANIEL WORLEY, Clerk.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

ELEVEN Democratic members of Con-
gress have been selected by the caucus
to draft policy. Let them recommend
economy, the avoiding of subsidies, the
repeal Of the Resumption Bill, and an
all.searching investigation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
HIRAM THuRsTON.

A POTHECARY, DRUGGIST AND PHARMA
n. ceutist,. Prescriptions promptly filed at al
hours. Stand, East Tuscarawas street, Canton, o
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

The Scientific american says: "Tubs
and pals saturated with glycerine, will
not shrink and dry up, the hoops will
not fall of, and there Will be no necessity
for keeping these articles soaked. But
ter tubs keep fresh and sweet, and can
be used second time.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
John P. REX.

MERCHANT TAILOR, & DEALER IN AMER
Ul ican and Imported Cloths Cassimeres Vest.
for the Singer Sewing Machine, Canton, Ohio.
,mayf70-tf err N 3ai ll
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
AMERICAN HOTEL.

SALEM, oHI0.--JoHN A. DELLENBAUGH,
House has lately been refitted and furnished all
through. good sample room for commercial
travellers. Livery Stable in connection with the
House, and an Omnibus to and from all trains
Those patronizlng the House will at all times re-
ceive prompt and certeous attention, augl7-h
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT,

McGREGoR & SON, PUBLISHERS AND
IA. Plain and Fancy Job Printers, DEMOCRAT
Block, Canton, Ohio. ..f .t1g.T
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
]. B. IMRIE,

CONTRACTOR, P. o. Box 221, CANTON, OHIO.
" Railroad and County Work .peciAlty. Esti'
mates furnished and Satisfaction gun anteed.
mAy676-n r
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

DOoK BINDER AND BLANK BOOK MANU-
ID facturer. All orders from abroad promptly at
tended to- Bindery In Cassidy Block, third hoor
Canton, Ohio. ... M
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
PROF. CHARLES BECKER,

GRADUATE OF THE STUTTGART CoNsERv.
" atory Of Music Teachero of Piano. Organ and
Vocal Music. Residence--72& South Poplar st..
or address through W, B. Perkins & Co.. Book
Store % (oct23-76-y1
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
FARMERS HOTEL,

n CONRAD & CO., ,PRoPRIETORs, CANTON,
~, Ohio, Corner 4th and Market SITS. This Ho.
tel Is located near the center Of business being
one block north OF the Court House, 1t Is well it-
ted for the accommodation Of travellers, Terms
oct28'75.y1
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

A FACILE SEDUCER.
HE WEDS -FOUR WIVES CONSEC-
UTIVELY

THE RUIN OF TRUSTFUL PEAALES-W THE
CHARACTER OLA PASTOR HE WORKS THE
BLACKLIST EVLL-BARRED AT LAST
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
HOTELS.
JACKSON HOTEL.

r N. STEVENSON, PROPRIETOR. The Hotel
y is located ON Market street, second block
north Of Public Square and Is convenient to all
business points 1t has recently been refurnshed
and repaired, and guests can be assured of first
class Accommodations
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
E. M. GRIMES,
G. J. GEIGER,

JUSTICE oFTHE PEACE OFFICE IN TRUMP'i
d Building, up stairs Canton, o. nov6'7S-y1.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

Law by the weekly, Betsey, It's old like you and !,
And read the morning daily, with It's pages
scarcely dry.
While you and were sleepln', they were printing
them TO day
In the city by the ocean, several hundred mics
away, ...'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
IT,. WHEELER,

VETERINARY SURGEON Residence and Of.
v flee directly opposite the Jackson House,
North Market street, Canton Ohio. VIII attend
TO all calls In or out of the county. .HI
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
A. D. BRADEN
W. A. REEVES.
r. s. SHIELDS.

r. s. SHIELDS, ....r
A TT0RNEY AT LAw-0fiice in Eagle Block
n opposite the Court House. In litigated cases
associated with Joseph G. Hance, Esq., of New
Philadelphia 0. novlS7S
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

GEORGE L, BALDWIN. saI .
A TT0RNEY AT LAW : OFFICE IN RICH
"A ards Block, west hde Public Square, Canton.
Ohio apr2374
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23
W, "a, McKINLEY
M. q. McqRFGOR

W. q A. MUhTNIIElI T-------- ----T-
A TT0RNEYS AT LAW-0fiice in McKinley'E
n Block corner Seventh and Market streets
Canton. Ohio lun266
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

HARVEY LAUGHLIN, .
A TToRNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
n Alliance Ohio. 22-tf
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-12-23

NJ W. mCNhEuOhi .... ......
A TToRNEY AT LAW AND GENERAL COL
n lecting Agent, Carthage, Jasper county Mis-
souri,. oct2l-tf