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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
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Thomas Bigelow, proprietor of the
Four-Mile House, on the National road,
west of Columbus, was so badly kicked
by his horse Black Tom," that death
was thought probable. The horse is a
vicious ANIMAL and broke mans leg
with kick, in Columbus, some weeks
ago.
And now Columbus has a first-class
ghost sensation. As twenty-five persons
are ready to swear that large block of
buildings on High street, between State
and Tennessee, is haunted by the specter
of tall female, who is impalpable to
touch, mods when asked if she was muir
dered, and floats out Of the second story
window and off toward the cemetery.
The seventeenth annual Convention of
the Ohio Sabbath.school Union, COM
menced its session in the First Baptist
Church in Dayton, June 6. Rev. II. F.
Colby, of Dayton, conducted the intro
ductory devotional exercises. Rev.
Thomas 7. Everett, of Dayton, delivered
the address of welcome. Rev. J. E.
Twitchell, of Cleveland, responded in
behalf of the Convention. C.M. Nichols,
President of the Union, delivered the
annual address, urging that the proceed
ings be made SO practical and helpful
that the cause shall be promoted. Col.
R. Cowden, Corresponding Secretary of
he Union, gave condensed history of
the Sabbath-school work in Ohio, stating
that the first school in the State was or
ganized at Marietta, the next in Dayton
and the third in Cincinnati.
The other afternoon young daughter
of r. W. McWhorter, Superintendent of
the Orphans Home, Mount Vernon, fell
into an uncovered cistern, and was
drowned before she could be rescued.
John Campbell, a wealthy old bachelor,
of Pleasant Township, Fairfield County,
committed suicide. by blowing out. his
brains with shotgun. No cause as
signed for the act.
The eastward-bound local, while max
ing switch over Main street, Coshocton,
struck and instantly killed an old gentle
man named William Barden. Four cars
passed over the body, mutilating it in a
horrible manner, tearing out the heart
and scattering the brains for some dis
tance along the track.
A new vegetable pest, called canker
worm, is devastating the orchards in the
country southwest of Dayton. When
they get through with an orchard, it
look as though fire had scorched the
trees.
| It is believed that the crops in the
Muskingum Valley never looked better
The remains of Bishop David Edwards
who, died lately at Baltimore, were buried
in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton. A
large concourse of people followed the
remains.
| A miner named Chris. Schmidt, il
Peacock Mine, at Pomerey, few day
since, received injuries by the fall o.
slate from which he died the same even
ing. He leaves a large family.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
An Innprovemes,t s,s Forges.


There has recently been described be-
fore the British Association a very SIM
pie but ingenious improvement in forges,
by which the forge is much more fully
under the control of the operator, and by
which not only is the duration of the
tuyere greatly prolonged, but the work
of heating the metal more uniformly
and uninterruptedly carried on, and a
great economy of fuel efected-advan-
tages readily understood by practical
workmen. In this arrangement a cast
iron trunk is placed horizontally from
the back and front of the forge. The
front end is closed by means of a slide OF
door; and the back has hollow tower
rising above to suitable height, and
up0 which is fitted a cast iron tuyere
block, with two long slot holes for the
blast. Within the trunk is long lever
working in an axis or spindle, having al
its longer end two punches that
rise vertically, and which are, from time
to time, projected through the slots, tC
displace the slug and keep the tuyert
opening clear. This the operator doel
by moving lever upon the outel
end of the spindle or fulcrum of the
levers. The iron trunk or box, by meanl
of this simple and ingenious arrange
ment, becomes heated by the surround
ing fuel, and utilizes the heat, which
would otherwise be wasted-thus effect
ing a considerable economy of fuel b!
heating the air of the blast. and insur
ing an important advantage over tn
ordinary method.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
summer. cure for. Fo,prs.

A correspondent of an exchange says:
Healthy fowls will lay healthy eggs,
which will hatch healthy chickens, and
if they have good care will never be sick.
l feed my old fowls all the corn they will
eat, and give them all they will drink.
They have good walk, and am well
satisfied with the return in eggs. They
have laid all winter: some of my hens
are eight and ten years old, and are good
layers still. When chickens are Matched
place the hen and chickens in box
three or four feet square; / give no food
the first day; the second day feed hard
boiled eggs, chopped fine, and bread wet
with water and squeezed dry with the
hand. / had good success last summer
with ground wheat wet with milk OF
water, mixed hard. l keep the hen and
chickens in the box for few days, then
turn them out to run where they please
lin wet grass or dry-in search of in
sects; keeping their water dishes well
filled, in shady place. My fowls are
hardy, and the Derby roosters and hens
will drive off the hawks.
In Illinois I once placed a clutch Of
early chickens in room, having sawdust
on the floor; the feet of two turned up;
soaked their feet with Hunts liniment
and turned them out to take their chance
In few days their feet were well. Lie,
on fowls, when numerous, are very an
noying, causing their eyes to become
sore. They go to the eyes and vent
and rubbing salt butter or lard abou
those places will destroy them. Fowl
often become blind from cold in thei
heads, the passage from the eye to moutl
being closed with mucus. Wash witt
warm salt water pluck a strong neck
hackle feather, having smooth end
hold the fowl with the left hand, ope
the mouth with the thumb and finger
run the end of the quill gently into th
opening in the roof of the mouth, to th
edge of the eye which is sore. Whe
the quill appears take hold of it and pul
it through. This will open the passag
if closed. Never feed whole grains I
sick fowls, but always soft food. Bin
fowls placed in box coop will find th
food and water if it is placed ther,
Cover the bottom of the box with sav
dust or dry earth keep clean; sprinkl
the coop with vinegar; place roo
about four inches from the floor and the
will find it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
The Jetcish ancestors or The Portss-
0ateSe AfnUS.

Jewish Chronicle.
The following historical anecdote may
not prove uninteresting at the present
time, when we have just received visit
from the Emperor of Brazil, and it may
account for the interest he takes in jew
ish affairs.
1t is well known that the Jews of
Spain and Portugal were highly intel
igent race, and that they rose to great
honors in the Peninsula, both under
Christian and Mohammedan rulers; but
after the final overthrow of the Caliphs,
the Catholic soyereigns no longer requir-
ing Jewish assistance, relentlessly perse-
cuted the Hebrews, and eventually ex-
PEELED them. During these prosecutions
many Israelites left, or pretended to
leave, the religion of their fathers, and
were known as New Christians"
These New Christians married freely
with the highest nobility, and to-day
there are but few Spanish or Portuguese
families in the highest circles but what
have mixture of Jewish blood. A GER
tain King of Portugal becoming alarmed
at the power welded by individuals of
Jewish descent, issued q decree that
every person with Jewish blood in his or
her veins should appear at court distin-
guished by a white badge, the king
hoping by this edict to Danish all such
persons from his court, as he believed no
one would be willing to acknowledge his
Jewish blood. On the day named he
was surprised to see more than three
fourths of his court wearing the white
badge, and he was asteunded when the
Prime Minister entered, himself wearing
in conspicuous manner the same en-
blem. He asked him furiously what his
business was. His answer was:
az have come to carry out your Males
ty's orders. Here are two white badges
(at the same time producing then)
zone is for her Royal Majesty, your au
: gust spouse!
"And for whom is the other?" thun
dered the king.
"For your Royal Majestyp was th'
t reply.
1t is needless to say that the edict wa
. Immediately recalled. If this anecdot
r be true, and there is no reason to doub
r it, the Emperor of Brazil, who is Inea
descendant and true representative Q
e the kings of Portugal, must have larg
e quantity of Jewish blood in his veins.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
The Mothers OF the Reporusior.

The mothers of the Revolutionary
War placed their own heroic stamp upon
the actors in that mighty drama. A
Connecticut matron sent forth her SONS
to battle, the youngest but fourteen years
of age. Presently he returned, as he
could find no musket. $50 back, my
sonI' cried the American mother; ego
into battle and take gun from the
enemy" Alick," said Mrs Haynes,
North Carolina, as she equipped her son,
mere boy, for the battle of Rocky
Mount; " Alick, now fight like man.
Don't be cowardp
Just after the bloody fight at Hanging
Rock, the venerable Mrs. CASTOR was told
that three of her sons were dead upon the
field. "i grieve for tLeir loss" she
calmly replied, " but they could not have
died in better cause" Her grandsons
were about her knee, and she would not
shed tear.
The battle of Kings Mountain caused
CORVALLIS to retreat toward Camden.
On the march he stopped night on
Wilson's plantation near Steel Greek.
The Earl and Tarleton entered the house,
and finding Mrs. Wilson alone, asked fol-
her family. Husband and sons were with
Sumter. CORVALLIS enIeavored, by bril-
liant promises, to win the good woman's
influence for the King. He told her be
had Just captured her husband and
eldest son (Which was too true), and il
she would bring her family to the roya
service her loved ones should be liber
ated, and every man promoted to rank
and power. "Sir," said this mother o
mighty race" "I have seven sons nov
bearing arms; my seventh son, who i
only fifteen years of age, I yesterda.
sent to Join his brothers in Sumter
army. Now, sir, sooner than see one o
my family turn back from this gloriou
work, would take these boys"-and sh
pointed to three or four little SONS
, and enlist with them myself unde
| Sumter's banner, and show my husban
: and sons how to fight, and, if necessary
to die for their countryp
"Bring him in" said another, as he
only son was brought dead from the ba'
tle-feld to her door. The shattered forr
was laid before her. 81 see ne wound
!, and she looked steadily into the nj
, , Bile, still facet see only glorife
!, soul"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
4 San Erancasco Earthquake.
bret Harte in ''Gabriel oonroy. u


The middle of the broad street was
filed with crowd of breathless, pallid,
death.stricken men, who had lost all
sense but the common instinct of ami
mails. There were hysterical men, who
laughed loudly without cause, and
talked necessarily of what they knew
not. There we're dumb, paralyzed men,
who stood helplessly and hopelessly be-
meath cornices and chimneys that toppled
over and crushed them. There were au-
tomato men, who, flying, carried with
them the work on which they were en-
gaged-one whose hands were full of
bills and papers, another who held his
ledger under his arm. There were men
who had forgotten the ordinary instincts
of decency-some half dressed, one who
had fed from neighboring bathroom
with only the towel in his hand that af-
terward hid his nakedness. There were
men who rushed from the fear of death
into his presence; two were picked up,
one who had jumped through sky
light, another who blindly leaped from
fourth-story window. There we're brave
men who trembled like children; there
was one whose life had been spent in
scenes Of daring and danger, who cow
cred in the corner of the room from
which few inches of plastering had
fallen. There were hopeful men who
believed that the danger was over, and,
having passed, would, by some mystic
rious law, never recur; there were others
who shook their heads and said that the
next shock would be fatal. There were
crowds around the dust that arose from
fallen chimneys and cornices, around
telegraph and newspaper Offices, eager to
know the extent of the disaster. Along
the remoter avenues and cross-streets
dwellings were deserted, people sat upon
their door.steps or in chairs upon the
sidewalks, fearful of the houses they
had built with their own hands, and
doubtful even of this blue arch above
them that smiled so deceitfully; of those
far-reaching fields beyond, which they
had cut into lots and bartered and sold,
and now seemed to rise up against them,
or slip and wither away from their very
feet. 1t seemed so outrageous that this
dull, patient earth, whose homeliness
they had adorned and improved, and
which, whatever their other fortune or
vicissitudes, at least had been their sure
inheritance, should have become 50
faithless. Small wonder that the owner
of little house, which had sunk on the
reclaimed waterfront, stopped in the
speechless and solemn absurdity of his
wrath to shake his clenched fist IN the
face of the Great Mother.
The real damage to life and property
had been SO slight, and in such pro
nounced contrast to the prevailing terror
that half an hour later only sense o.
of the ludicrous remained with the great
masses of the people. Mr.. Dumphy
like all practical, unimaginative men
was among the first to recover his pres
ence of mind with the passing of the i'm
mediate danger. People took confidence
when this great man, who had SO much
to lose, after sharply remanding hi
clerks and everybody else back to bust
ness, re-entered his Office.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

AN ornitohlogist observes that in the
northern countries of Europe, when the
storks, after the breeding seasons. pre-
pare to migrate southwark, they make
flights to test the capabilities of the
young birds to accomplish the journey.
When any one is found not to possess
the requisite strength, it is deliberately
put to death by the others. Storks feed
principally on frogs, and the mothers
know that the weak ones would die Of
hunger if left behind.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
TEE BARx WINDOW. !.
BY LUCY LARcoM.

BY LUCY LARcoM.
The old barn window, John,
Do you remember it.
How just above it, on the beam,
The tame doves used to sit;
And how we watched the sunshine stream
Through NOTES and gossamer,
When down they huttered, John,
With such breezy whirrs
think the sunsets, John,
Are seldom now as red
They used to linger like crown
Upon your auburn head,
From the high hay-loft looking down
To tell me Of the nest
The white hen hid there, John
The whole brood's handsomest.
Those times were pleasant. John,
When we were boy and girl,
Though modern young folks style them 'islow;'
Alacki giddy whirl
The poor old world is spinning now,
To stop, who guesses when7
Be thankful with me, John,
That we were children thenl
Have you forgotten, John,
That Wednesday afternoon,
When the great doors were opened wide,
And all the scents Of June
Came in to greet us, side by side,
In the high seated swiHg,
Where focks Of swallows, John,
Famed US with startled wing7
Up to the barn caves, John,
We swung, two happy things,
A. hanna and raralezu in the air
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

"AND you think, darling, you could
be content to share my humble lot and
live in quiet way with love and me|
queried the blissful lover as he looked
fondly into her translucent blue eyes.
Why, yea precious; you have no idea
how economical / am. Pa gave me a
hundred dollars last week to buy new
silk, and l saved enough out of it to
purchase four pairs of six-buttoned
kids"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

SARAH SMITH STAFFORD, daughter Iof
the Lieutenant who sprang into the sea
and rescued the flag shot from Paul
Jones' ship, Bon Homme Richard, in the
battle with the English ship, Scraps,
in 1779, is still living in Trenton. She
has in her possession the flag shot from
the masthead of the Bon Homme Rich
ard, and rescued by her father. II is of
bunting, with thirteen red and white
stripes and twelve white stars on blue
field.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
The Peculiar C,trO1raphy of the
Late Mr.. Bi0ss.

Late Mr.. Bt0S6s
The Memphis Avalanche says: His
chirography was more illegible than
Horace Greeley's; only specially trained
compositors in the Enquirer office could
master it, and the average snew hand"
was generally in doubt whether page
of Bloss's manuscript was intented to
represent gridiron struck by lightning
or war map. Once an irate editer chal-
lenged Bloss to fight duel. He replied,
but no one could read the note. 1t
finally fell into the hands of shrewd
scamp, who used it as an application for
a pass to local railroad superintendent,
to whom the curious signature was
known, and spent the ensuing season in
travelling about the country as cd
H." representative of the Enquirer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

IT begins to seem as if the American
continent were built upon a substructure
of defunct mastodons. The tusk of an
other was unearthed at Yolo County,
California It was seven feet long, and
eight in diameter at the larger end. 1t
was found protruding from bank of a
gully about fifteen feet below the surface
of the earth, and two days digging was
required before it could be removed with
out breaking. It's weight is estimated at
one hundred and fifty pounds.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

UpoN each of the invitation cards is
sued for celebrating anniversary we'd
dings, birthday parties, and the like, is
written request that there may be no
presentgiving.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
PENCIL AND sc1ssoBs.


PENCIL AND sCIssORs.
DON'T preach charity and have some
body else to practice it.
DRIED apples are becoming a fashion
able dessert for swell parties.
A LONDON letter carrier has been
fined ten pounds for lettering.
HANpKERcH1EFs in the pattern of the
American flag are the latest patriotic
novelties.
The Gar is the tallest sovereign In
.p,,~,. Tha Enoreror William comes
next In nelgnt.
osi VI sno s'.'s ,1-,.N
pain through HE are causeu ny s'enuins
in our own light.
Tur ~eosor wbv raon;ckers orow
tHE feason "ny
ricn-necause 'neii Dus'''e'' = S's'''
ualiy p,enng up. oe &c
MIR MOODY was given pu.so :. :.
teen n.lnuleu uoilais uui'ns A'' s'' :.
Augus'a, ~, oool. -. ,o.,. tbe
martd - tws,,tv whose Inns are al sixtv
curled with d;sdain At its follies.
a. Naw york
IT,. = .oal aans as 81 snndss s IN Pb;lsdslnbia:
Evsrv - G forn, If l;fa i susnended but de-
yotion and tippling.
In ST. Louis everybody is considerate,
and dailv paper therefore remarks:
uTwo ,,,o,tlsn,en and : ladv left for the
,,sn;tan nt;arv last week.,
Behold we know not anything:
can but rust that good should fall
AZ asswlvr W,O,sr Onra, as.nas % y 70 s;a sa-;us
" An lS infant G erwin crTipr in p'tl the night as It.
An infant crying for the light
Alfred 7snnyson.
THE Davenport Democrat says: JON
athan Page. well-known farmer, near
Pella, committed suicide Tuesday with
log chain" He swallowed. the chain,
probably.
Tu1r ia the fine when the boarding
house lodger paddles dreamily through
his pigeon soup in search of the pigeon,
and finally returns the plate with, mo,
thank you; | prefer ice water"
THERE is a growing feeling among
American people that the man who can
beor a fallow.mortal complain Of cold
in the head and abstain from telling nun
what to DO for it is the man who should
be the next President.
j The usual paragraphs about the mis-
cries of house-cleaning are on the go.
They are generally written by chaps
who have a back room in the fourth
story, and sleep in the bed four weeks
without once shaking up the straw.
AccrSroa- -vonrse,f IN ovarcome and
,.star tt;ncs IS d;f,c,,ltv for ;f Won
al.sas.o - Az la hana sor won't of nrac-
t;os ;s ;,s;on;fcont and NOT adanted tn
aenerol business vet r holds tbe.hridle
6etter than tba RIGHT from constant
nse -pl;nv
NORWICH bulletin; AS the dew iaiis
r noiselessly upon the tender herbage, as
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

JUDGE-"H Have you anything to offer
to the court before sentence is passed on
your Prisoner-"No, Judge. / had
ten dollars, but my lawyers took that"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

The strongest vessel yet planned is the
Redeubtable, now building at Lorient,
in France. This vessel has twenty-five
inches of solid armor, with thirty-fve
inches of oak backing, and two inches
Of teak backing besides. She will carry
six one hundred ton guns, is ten thous-
and tons burthen, and will have engines
of one thousand five hundred horse
power. When she is finished the French
navy, it is thought, will have the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15
rorrcs OF THE TIME.

A TURTLE that was found in the gar
den of Woodstock, Connecticut, man
in 1874, has persistently returned there
every season since, though he has been
repeatedly carried a mile away, and
special efforts have been made to confuse
his mind on the subject Of geography.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

WHEN farmers can not raise good
crops they do the other thing-raise the
prices.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

JOHN G. sAxE's poem, The Hen and
the Honey Bee" doesn't suit the English
critics. One,of them writes to the Lon
don Cottage Gardener saying: ain the
first verse and the third line are the
words, Espied bee upon rose.' Now,
I have been bee-keeper for some years,
and in all my experience never saw 8
bee upon rose. Can you tell me whether
the composer Of the piece was bee
keeper or only poet % The Boston Post
calls upon Sake to explain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

HUNTERS from the head-waters of the
Republican River say that the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes are leaving in large num-
bers, bound north. 1t is supposed they
are going to join the Sioux.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

The man who does not set himself up
90 high will not get hurt when he falls.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

NJ. FELIX REGAMEY, the well-known
artist, is about to start on tour around
the world, charged with furnishing the
illustrations for book on the customs
of America, China, and Japan particu-
larry, to be ,sritten by NJ. Emile Guimet,
who is officially commissioned by the
Minister of Public Instruction of France
for this interesting task. The tour will
occupy about year, and at its con-
clusion NJ. Regamey viii return to this
country and use some of the material
thus obtained in his very popular illus
trated lectures.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

The professors not having as yet seen
their way out of the dilemma King James
had thoughtlessly placed them in, and
hoping toget rid of their visitor quietly,
told him that as ill-luck would have it,
the Professor of Signs was then absent
on tour in the Highlands, and would
return nobody knew when. Said the ir-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-15

AccUsroM yourself to overcome and
master things of difficulty for, if you
observe, the left hand for want of prac-
tice is Insignificant, and not adapted to
general business, yet it holds the-bridle
better than the right. from constant
use.-Pliny.