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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02

all in my power to prevent such cal
amity. Seeing no other way / leaned
forward, and, graspiDg backstrap, put
a foot on each shaft and in this manner
worked my way on to the horses back.
A short distance ahead the road took a
sharp turn, and made up my mind that
the horse must be stopped before we
reached it; so threw my arms around
his neck with the idea of choking him,
when the whiffletree became detached
from the shaft. Nothing that 1 am
aware of is more likely to terrify horse
than to have something knocking against
his heels, and found that it required
some skill to keep my seat. One kick
the shafts were demolished and we were
free from the wagon, which ran ahead by
its own velocity, until one of. the front
wheels struck stone, turning the car
riage SO that it ran into the bushes,
which lined the road, and stopped. A
glance behind showed me all this, and
was about looking out for my own safety
when the beast stumbled, throwing me
with great violence over his head. l
know that my temple struck something
pretty hard; I saw several flashes of
light before my eyes, and then all was
still.
The next thing that I remember is
that was living on a bed in a strange
room, with mother by my side. 1 felt
very weak and wondered how came
there, until saw the lady whom 1 had
risked my life to save standing at the
foot of the bedstead. l thought she
seemed very much pleased to see that l
had regained consciousness, and the smile
she gave me made me feel as happy as
one in my condition could.
The doctor told me afterward that it
was only "good nursing that brought me
through, ,"for besides having inflammation
of the brain, 1 had several ugly bruises,
including sprained ankle, and, if I re-
member rightly, two or three broken
ribs. had been sick five weeks and you
may be sure l was glad when l was
strong enough to walk in the garden with
the help of your mother and cane"
"Mother% %
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02

The scenery of this region in the days
of Washington and Jefferson has been
described by the latter. in a passage often
quoted from his Notes on Virginia, writ
ten shortly before the death Of Robert
Harper in 1882, and presenting a view
as it shows itself from Jefferson's
Rock" on a hill above the village of
Harper's Ferry. "You stand" says
Jefferson, con a very high point of
land; on your right comes up the Shen-
andoah, having ranged along the foot of
the mountains hundred miles to find a
vent; on your left approaches the Poto-
mac, in quest of passage also. In the
moment of their junction they rush tc-
gether against the mountain, rend it
assunder, and pass off to the sea. The
scene is worth voyage across the Allan
tic. Yet there are people who have
passed their lives within half dozen
miles, and have never been to survey
these monuments of war between rivers
and mountains which must have shaken
the very earth to its center" And in
this same region, which bears the names
and is inhabited by the kindred of Wash
ington and Jefferson, generation grew
up after their death who had as little
concern for the principles of these great
men as Jefferson's rustics for the scenery
that thrilled and delighted him.-Atlan
| tic M0nthlu.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
Dumas Power of Adaptation.

Here is a just and vivid picture of the
genius of the elder Dumas:
That extraordinary talent, that trop-
ical genius, powerful, abundant, ardent,
mobile and entirely physical, did not need
to create a work. 1t warmed into life
whatever it encountered. A Protestant
refugee at Rotterdam had published in
that city, about the year 100, three
wretched little volumes of a tolerably
happy invention, but diffuse and vulgar
in style. Dumas made of them the en-
tertaining history of the "Trois Meus-
quetaires." You might bring him his
tory of any kind, a subject well or ill
treated, the astonishing artist would cast
the paste into his oven, whence in few
minutes it would come forth we'll cooked
and savory. l think he signed thou
sand works, dramas, and novels. He has
been accused with having stolen ope half
of thep. That is not true. The oven
belonged to him. No matter from what
quarter came the paste, SO long as he
had not kneaded, retouched, and watched
over it, it had no value. He corrected
the mold, recombined the elements, and
superintended the baking. One of his
comedies, the Demoiselles de St. Cyr,"
which achieved more than a hundred
representations, was, when it fell into
his hands, nothing ore than little
uniformed vaudeville, which its author
sold for fifty francs. He was at once g
wit, a poet, manufacturer, and an en-.
| glneer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
The Smart Horse that Belonged to
EUs,O

A few days since, says the Christian
AdvOcate, as we were leaving our resi-
dence a horse belonging to US galloped
up and caught our arm and made an at
tempt to pull us in the direction he
wished to go. He then left, and went off
at quick gait toward pasture on farm
about a quarter of mile distant. In
few minutes he approached us again,
making an unusual noise, and seemed by
his actions to desire us to follow him.
This we did, and when we reached the
pasture, we observed the mate of the
horse entangled in a bridge, which had
broken through with him. After we had
extricated his companion from his dan
gerous position, the horse which had
given US mott, e of his companions danger
came up. and rubbed his head against
us, showing great signs of satisfaction.
This will serve both as an interesting in
cident of animal sagacity and comic
item,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

A GREAT nature reveals itself less by
its escapes than by its recoveries, as sick
ness shows the native vigor of the consti-
tuition.
AN exchange says that, amid the gen.
eral reduction of wages in these times,
there is one thing whose wages are not
in the least reduced, and that is sin.
A LITTLE two-yearold Clyde girl, wit
Messing snow storm, ran to her mother,
saying, Mamma, look out of the win
dow, and see the pop corns falling"
NONE are so fond of secrets as those
who do not mean to keep them such
persons covet secrets as spendthrift
does money, for the purpose of circula-
ton
HALLS Journal of Health says it isn't
healthy to sleep down stairs. But what
is man to do who lives in a one-story
house? 1t is too cold to sleep on the
roof
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
The Wife Of Edwin Forrest.

A New York correspondent of the San
Francisco Chronicle describes an interview
with Mrs. Catharine N. Sinclair, who
was the wife of Edwin Forrest. Mrs.
Sinclair, who is now living on Staten Is
land, gave the correspondent the follow
ing account of the results of her long liti-
CATION in regard to the payment of ali
mony out of her claim for dover in the
estate of Mr.. Forrest:
"Our litigation began in 1850, but it
was not until 1852 that 1 secured vcr-
dict against him, granting me full di-
vorce, with three thousand dollars year
alimony, subsequently, raised to four
thousand dollars. During this period he
refused me any support, and when the
verdict was obtained he appealed against
it, withholding the alimony and contest
ing its payment at every point and on
every legal bubble, through all the
courts up to the Court of Appeals. Itwas
not until 1862, ten years after the YER
dict, that secured the final and unani-
nous opinion of the Court of Appeals in
my favor. 1t is a great satisfaction to
me to recall through all this protracted
litigation there was, at no stage of it, nor
in any court, a single decision adverse to
me. l was successful as well on the minor
issues raised as on the general and final
results"
"Then at the end of the twelve
years of legal contest the alimony that
had been withheld was paid 10 you in
bulk 2''
Yes, it was finally paid; but not I'M
til | had obtained judgment against Mr..
Forests sureties and fought them
through all the courts, as had previous
ly fought Mr.. Forrest"
"Did you ever meet Mr.. Forrest, or
have any communication with him after
this litigation 2"
{" never saw him afterward, and never
communicated with him. In his will he
utterly ignored me, not even mentioning
my name"
"You put in claim for dover in his
estate l believer"
"Yes, and that was decided in my ia.
vor. 1t is but just to say that his execu.
tors treated me with the greatest respect
and consideration. Of course they could
not admit any claim without the actor
of the courts of Philadelphia. But wher
the Orphans Court of Philadelphia
which had jurisdiction in the matter, de
cided in my favor, they made no further
resistance"
What was Mr.. Forests estate
worth ?''
"It was worth from 81, 100000 to 81,
100000. Some of his properly was il
lands, which could only be disposed of tc
advantage by taking time and watching
the opportunities. Instead of dowry,
compromised with the executors, resign
ing my right of dover upon the payment
to me of an abolute sum. They paid mt
ninety thousand dollars in money and
securities. The balance of his estate goei
to the benevolent purposes to which ht
devised it."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
Colorado Scenery.

There are no trees or bushes on these
plains, except along the small and infre-
quent creek courses. Looking down
from heights you trace the creeks from
horizon to horizon, not by glistening lines
of water, but merely by zigzag lines of
deeper color; in the summer by lines of
vivid green; in the winter by lines of
dark red, pale, yellow and gray. The
bare cottonwood trees are gray; the
willows, of which there are several varie-
ties growing luxuriantly, are, yellow and
red yellow as gold, and with the sheen
of satin on their stems; red as wine, and
taking the sun as flashingly. A little
marsh filled with them, and lying in a
hollow of the plain, makes, on bright
day, such blaze of shaded and gradu-
ated color as do-not know elsewhere.
When above those claret and yellow will
low stems rises copse of leahess cotton
woods, of soft, flmy gray, the whitest
gray ever seen, the combination of color
is at once so dainty and vivid that one is
amazed thatsuch effects can last after day
day. Yet there they stand, all through
January, all through February, all
through March and through April, well
into May, a perpetual delight. These
are the months in which the coloring of
the plains is at its best. When spring
fades the willows, covers the cotton
woods with light green leaves, and turns
the plains to a pale olive green, the
landscape becomes tame in comparison
with its winter hue. / have spent win
ter afternoons on the bluffs to the east of
the town, looking down on the plains
when they were yellow as wheat fields in
August, of as even surface as a close
shorn lawn, and with great belts and ir-
regular spaces of paler or deeper yellow,
berry-red claret and dark brown. Look
ing at these miles of shaded and blended
colors one finds the worn-out simile of a
carpet almost fresh in his mind, because
50 inevitable. Then, when swiftly-mov-
ing clouds make a play of shadows upon
the carpet, it looks more like sea.
There is peculiar tint of blue in all
shadows in Colorado. When they are
cast upon snow the effect is indescribably
beautiful. A fantastic chariot in maza-
r.De blue glides noiselessly by your side
as you drive; double in ghostly clothes
of blue steel slips on ahead of you as you
walk. These shifting blue shadows on
the yellow plains gives them wonderful
semblance to the sea under alternating
sunlight and shade.-Atla,atic Monthly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02

HIS MAJESTY, Dom Pedro, of Brazil,
who is coming TO visit US next year, is
now in the fifty-frst year of his age,
though his white hair and beard make him
look much older. In stature he is nearly
six feet two inches, erect as lance-iust
little inclined to be portly; his pres.
ence is at once imposing and command
ing. He possesses a cultivated mind, an
inquiring nature, liberal and comprehen-
sive views, an intimate acquaintance
with modern science, and a practical
knowledge of five or six languages; he is
perfectly familiar with every subject
likely to be discussed in cultivated So
ciety in any Christian city in the world.
lnmannerheis earnest, afable and agreea-
bic. During recent prolonged journey
through the province of San Paula he
firmly refused to allow any one to
"speechify," on any pretext whatever,
whether on the occasion of his reception,
presentation or departure. This will be
asad blow to municipal orators, should
he adhere to this iron rule during III
period of his stay in the United States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
Spanish Proverbs.

Here is thorough piece of national
pride: "a true hidalgo would rather
have his clothes torn than mended; )"
and here rap at hypocrisy: You
steel the pig, and then give away the
pettitoes for Gods sake" Horse play,
clowns play and pigs tail will never
make good arrow" is quaint as any of
our own; and Under bad cloak there
is often good tippler," reminds us of
Cervantes, when gasconading old scape-
graces hung about every wine shop. The
following are also very full of dry hui
NOR: Have a bill TO pay at Easter,
and you'll find lent very short" Gas
useless as monkeys fat, is an old saying
of the times of Indian discovery. "The
tired OK treads hard" is of Roman
origin. The following is especially
Spanish: THE smiths dog sleeps at the
noise of the hammer, and wakes at the
grinding of teeth" {" In thinking of
love, you begin when you like and leave
off when you can" is an old truth very
happily put. " Prosperity forgets even
father and mother" is fact very sternly
put. Good homeiy Spanish selfshness
| Gall Olltn nlu IeIuSS III pIONeID SuCI
as: My life and soul are at your ser
vice, but not my pack saddle" and
"Pound the garlic, Pedro, while l CRATE
the cheese" Better be the head of a
rat than the tail of lion;" 81 dom
want it, don't want it, but put it il
my hood" Here is hard proverb
STEPPED in the moroseness of experience
against borrowing: He who lends re
covers not, or if he recovers, recover
not all; or if all, not the same, and i
the same mortal enemy in addition.
Some of these proverbs are very pictorial
as one against recklessness, which run
thus: The glassdealer's horses fell out
and he looked on which kicked the hard
est" Many turn on the sayings of Gel
tain proverbial types, like The unfol
tunate tailor of Campillo, who worke
for nothing and found thread"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
A Snake Story.

Talking of snakes, reminds me of an
adventure of mine recently with nice,
smooth insinuating looking chap, of the
common striped kind.
I was sitting on little hillock, under
pine tree, close to the edge of corn
field, thinking of great many fine
things in general, and of anything but
serpents in particular, when, with a
rustic of the grass at my feet, and a glid-
ing motion, he stopped within foot of
me. Just from habit-nothing else-I
must own to being bit startled. 1t was
perfectly aware of my presence, looked
me quietly in the face, while that forked
"little member" shot and cleaned from
its head like phosphorescent light. Ihad
a spear of herds grass in my hand, which
l poked out gently to scrape acquaint-
ance. He ducked his head, arched his
body and gave his tail graceful wave, as
much as to say, al appreciate the
honor" and, greatly to my wonderment,
commenced frolicking with the long head
on the spear of grass, taking ga turn"
one end while held to the other, and
his continuation" twisting and turning
into graceful figures. He seemed per
fectly gentle, and in no hurry.
/ was thinking what could do next to
amuse my visitor, when the lucky
thought of cornstalk fiddle occurred to
me. L whipped off stalk, and soon had
a primitive Cremona tuned to corn-pitch,
his little snakeship watching every move.
ment. 1 got up succession of soft airs
considerably like music, and the little
fellow actually came up and laid his
head across my knee. The jig of Devils
Dream seemed to please him most. Al
length, as further experiment, | sprang
to my feet and clapped my hands, when
he disappeared in a hole at the foot O.
the tree quicker than thought, and would
not be coaxed out by any persuasion
Neither the grass nor cornstalk fiddle
could reassure him. This, you may de
pend on, is a most veIacious narrative
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
.MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB,
[AFTER WILLIAM MoRRIs.l

Gunhild of Bathstead-daughter of Gudarm,
King Eric's Bender, of the upland farm
Numbered ten summers since the hawthorn spray
Made white the church-yard on her christ ming day.
What time an light days infant to the font
They bore her, as was ancient use and wont
Among Norse-folk, who ever used to say,
Ei-haps as gossips waited on delay.
Now lithsome, gleeful, fair was she, and tall,
Able to range alone, and loving all
Innocent pastimes Most she counted dear,
snow-white lamb, which followed her anear.
to the little lowly cot, where came
Unite the tendance Of an outland dame
1hemany children of the neighbor FARMS
Blithe-voiced, lght-footed, bearing on their arms
Their satchels filed. With these Gunhilda Jared,
While after her, cropping the green, unscared
At sound of voice, with recognizing bleats
Followed the lamb. Then to the oaken seats,
Filed it with curt'sy, each discipula
Greeting as i'll she went, the Domino.
Short time endured the lamb such loneliness
Waiting without and presently gan press
Ss
And ere the earliest tasks were duly said,
Thrust in a head and neck engarlanded.
Then with uncertain, pattering steps, began
To tread the floor, at seeing which, there ran
hali-hushed litter on from lip to lip
OF all the rosy, fIesh-hued scholarship;
And shy-faced little ones peeped up and caught
Glee from their elders eyes and looks distraught.
But when one hoof uplift the lamb and laid
Upon the dunce-stool, as IL he essayed
Thereon to mount aud show his lack Of wit,
Yet knew not rightly how TO compass it,
Then bubbled up the laughter unrestrained,
And cen the DONNA no longer feigned
The formal sternness which beseemed her rule,
SEEING such unused presence in her school.
Yet bade she put him forth, and bar the door
Securely, till at noon the tasks were Ger.
So did the school resume its drowsy head,
of numbers droned, and syllables y-read.
But when the hot noon called them out of door,
Cropping the daisies was the lamb once more,
Who with brisk bounds, to his dear mistress came,
Much marveled then to see the beast SO tame
The rest, and questioned the Domino,
" why loyeth so the lambkin Gunhilda r
Whereat the dame, seeking moral nigh,
Made answer to the eager children's cry:
"Gunhild doth love the lamb, you know, and hence
You still may bind in loving confidence
Each gentle animal, IL it but find
Unto its gentleness that you are kind,
And in such ways is given the device
To win once more the Earthly Paradise"
-Sri6ner'S Magazine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
The dwelling of the Edgar A. Poe Me-
mortal at Baltimore.

The ceremonies attending the unveil-
ing and dedication of the monument to
the poet, Edgar Allan Poe, in Westmin-
ster church-yard, took place November
II, the exercises preliminary to the un-
yelling taking place in the Western Fe-
male High School. Before two o'clock,
the hour of commencing, the vast hall of
the school was crowded, many being un-
able to obtrain seats.
The platform was occupied by invited
guests, nearly all of whom were citizens
of Baltimore, with the exception of Walt.
Whitman, who was the only poet pres
ent. At quarter past two o'clock Prof.
Elliot rose and said that the exercises
would now begin by the singing of the
Pilgrims Chorus by the Philharmonic
society. The regular order, according
to the programme, was then proceeded
with, as follows:
Historical sketch, by Prof. William
Elliot.
Reading Of letters from Longfellow,
Bryant, Holmes, and other poets, in re-
ply to invitations to be present, by Miss
Sarah S. Rice.
Music-"H He Watches Over. Israel" "
from '' Elijah"
Address, The Literarary Charac-
acter of Edgar Allen Poe" by Prof. H.
E. Shepherd.
Music Infammatus," from "Stabat
Mater" (RossinI.
Solo, by Miss Ella Gordon.
Personal "reminiscences of Poe, by ]. II.
B. Latrobe, Esq.
After Mr.. Latrobe concluded his per
sonal "reminiscences, the assemblage re-
paired to the church-yard and streets
adjacent, and then Prof. Elliot unveiled
the monument, placing on it a chaplet
ofevergreens. The dirge by Mrs. Fuller.
ton was sung. Mr.. Gill, of Boston, re
cited "Annabel Lee" and the proceed
ings we're ended.
No accommodations were provided
for representatives of the press, local ol
from other cities.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
THE PINES AND THE SEA.

Beyond the low marsh meadows and the beach,
Seen through the hoary trunks OF windy pines,
The long blue level Of the ocean shines.
The distant surf with hoarse complaining speech
Out from its sandy barrier seems 10 reach
And while the sun behind the weeds declines,
Inc moaning sea WIN slgning oousns y. aat
o melancholy soul-whom, far and near,
In life, faith, hope, the same sad undertone
Pursues from thought to thought-thou needs musi
hear
An old refrain, too much, too long thine own.
'Tis thy mortality infects thine ear.
The mournful strain was in thyseh alonei
-ChriSfopber p Crunch.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02

THERE are one hundred and four Uni
versalist parishes in Massachusetts,, and
but eleven of them without pastors. Or
these eleven, it is said, but three can pay
tempting salary, and the temptation
not very strong. The ether eight must
be supplied by ministers who are willing
to minister unto and net expect TO be
ministered to in return.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02
sosNErs FROM ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
! BAUDELAIRE.

O poet of such unique, fantastic rhyme,
Lover of some strange muse who bound her hair
With poisonous myrtles, grown in no Greek air,
But fostered of some feverous Gothic cline;
Degenerate god half loathsome, half sublime,
By what fatality vert thou led to iare
Through hauDts that all eorruption's colors wear,
Through pestilent poisome paths of woe and crime?
For me thy poesy's morbid splendors wake
A thought of how, in close miasmatic gloom,
Deep amid some toad-baunted, humid brake
That moses clothe or fexuous fern-leaves plume,
Some rank, red fungus, dappled like snake,
Spots the black dampness with its clammy bloom
- EDGAR Fdtccea.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02

Duty and Pleasure.

l utterly repudiate the worldly maxim
of "Duty first and pleasure afterward."
That is poor school which does not
teach, or poor scholar who has not
learned, how pleasure is duty and duty
a pleasure. And SO the words are one.
For what is duty? Simply what is due;
and duty done is debt paid-receipted,
Cancelled and released. We are too apt
in the overflow of life which belongs es-
pecially to youth, but lasts, thank God,
sometimes into gray hairs-we are too
apt to treat it in another way; too apt
to dwell upon its hardness, its severe de-
mands, its restrictions of liberty. Learn
to look on it, dear children, in the truer
light. 1t is undone duty that is hard;
just as debt owed and paid has in it a
thought of pleasure and relief, of free
dom from a haunting shadow which
bears down stout hearts with its anxious
load. And in its highest reach your
duty is a debt of honor, of gratitude, of
love, whose payment is all pleasure in
the act of paying, no less than in the
sense of its discharge.-W c. Doane,
| d. d.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-02

LEO VII, of Armenia, dispossessed and
dethroned by Russia in 1S47, is living in
Milan, with his wife and six children, in
the bitterest poverty. When driven out
he possessed considerable capital in banks
in England and America, but this was
soon swept away by rash speculation. He
has sold his jewels and other valuables,
and is now without roof to shelter
him.