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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-07-06
RUTHERFORD B, HAYES.

The Republican candidate for Presi'
dent is a respectable citizen of Ohio, who,
like thousands of others, has plodded his
way on in life, without sufficient positive
ness of character TO make enemies, or to
attach the devotion of any great number
Of friends, He had the good sense not
to aspire above mediocrity, and was al
ways sufficiently negative to be adopted
in an emergency, in place of men gilmore
ability and more pronounced opinions.
Consequently he has done nothing to
excite jealousy or rivalry. .
These qualities served him sufficiently
at Cincinnati, when the party chief were
brought into sharp competition, and
neither could surrender to the other
without q loss of pride and POSITION
However much they might be opposed
to each other, they were at least agreed
in accepting a compromise by which no
one of them would be elevated or de-
pressed, and which all might gracefully
adopt. . ....r.. ... .. ...........
For these and other reasons we were
long ago convinced that Hayes would be-
nominated, because it was the logic OF
the situation. Paradoxical as it may seem
his very weakness was his strength In
the convention. Had he been strong
enough to be seriously regarded as COM
petitor with Conkling, Morton, Bristow
or Blaine, he would have shared their
fate. The necessities of the party re.
quired that the conspicuous chiefs should
be sacrificed, and the tall poppies were
cut down without a sign of regret.
If Hayes could be elected President,
he would be little else than an automa-
ton of the leaders who made the Combl.
nation at Cincinnati. They would own
him absolutely, make his Cabinet shape
his policy, direct his nominations, and
control the patronage exactly as they do
now under Grant. There would be a
change of names and nothing more. One
monosyllable substituted for another as
President.
Left to his own feeble will and slug
gish nature, Mr., Hayes would have the
desire to do right, to discountenance open
corruption, and to carry on the Govern
ment decently. But he has neither the
will, nor the capacity, nor the power OF
resistance necessary to meet the de-
mands of the present time. Morton,
Cameron and Conkling would take the
reins in their hands and drive the ma
chine their own way, without the least
regard to the wishes Of the man whom
they made what he is,
Reform under such circumstances
would be as impossible as it is now
Hayes would be little more than minor
sovereign in the hands of regency-a
President in name but not in fact. For
a time he would seem to be externally
an improvement on Grant but with his
hands tied by the machinery of party,
and no sufficient moral force to break
the bonds, he would soon become the
tool of his superiors, and the instrument
for executing their behests- [Ex.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-07-06

Visitors that always come on foot
Corns.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-07-06
pennsylvania RAILROAD
THE GREAT TRUNK LINE,
Fast Mail ROute Of the Emitted States,


Fast Mail Route Of the Omitted States,
Is the most direct, convenient and economical
way Of reaching Philadelphia, and this great FIX
hibiuon from all sections of the country. It's trains
to and from Philadelphia will pass through q
Grand Centennial Depot,which the Company nave
erected at the Main Entrance TO the Exhibluon
Grounds for the accommodation OF passengers
who wish TO stop at or start from the numerous
large hotels contiguous TO this station and the
Exhibilion-a convenience Of the greatest value
to visitors, and afforded exclusively. by the Penn
sylyania Railroad, which is the only line running
direct to the Centennial buildings. Excursion
trains will also stopat the Encampment of the
Patrons Of Husbandry, at Elm station on this
The Pennsylvania Railroad is the grandest rail
way organization In the world, II controls seven
thousand miles ofroadway, foTmingI continuous
lines to Philadelphia New York, Baltimore, and
Washington, over which luxurious day and night
cars are run from Chicago, ST.. Louis, Louisville
Cincinnati, indianapolis Columbus, Toledo
Cleveland, and Erie without change.
Its main line is. laid with double ana thlrd
tracks Of heavy steel rails upon deep bed Of
broken stone ballast, and its bridges are all o.
iron or stone Its passenger trains are equipped
with every known improvement for comfort ana
safety and are run at faster speed for greater dis
tances than the trains of any line on the contl-
nent. The Company has largely increased ltS
equipment for Centennial travel, and will be pre-
pared to build in its own shops locomotives and
passenger cars at short notice sufficient to tuly
accommodate any extra demand. The unequaled
resources at the command of the Company guar
antee the most perfect accommodations for all It's
patrons during the Centennial Exhibition,
The magnificent scenery for which the Pennsyl
vania Railroad is so justly celebrated presents 10
the traveller over its perfect roadway an ever
changing panoran of river, mountain, and land
scape views unequaled in America.
The Eating saloons on this line are unsnr-
passed. Meals will be furnished at suitable hours
and ample time allowed for enjoying them.
Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Rates. will be
sold at principal Railroad Ticket Offices in the
West Northwest and South.
Be sure your tickets read via The Great PennSy-
udnid ROlie 10 the Centennial
FRANK THOMPSON D. NJ. BOYD, JR,
. General Manager. GENT PGSSr Agent
je29-4m
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-07-06

EVERY increase of a paper currency is
not simply followed, it is anticipated by
rise in prices. Business takes the alarm
at once, and the rise in prices sends mp
the rate of interest, However rapidly
new issues of paper money are made,
the appearance Of the new issue finds
the prop ortionate rise in prices ahead Of
IL.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-07-06
Dissolution Notice.

Notice Ia hereby given that the partnership
heretofore existing between the firm OF ReemAny-
der Baker is dissolved by mutual consent.
REEkSNYDER 4 BAKER.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-07-06

To all poets-No more Of that aire, if
you please.--LoHisVilk Courier Journal.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12
SPECIALTIES IN MEDICINES.

We publish on our eighth page
lengthy article describing the system Of
the noted specialist, DIR. K. V. Pierce, of
Buffalo, n. Y, in which he sets forth
with considerable force and clearness
his reasons for devoting his whole time
and attention to single department of
medicine-the treatment OF lingering
chronic diseases The same article also
takes up the subjects of diagnosis, meth
cd. of consultation and treatment, etc.,
and will be found to contain many valu-
able hints to the invalid. DIR. Pierce is
the author OF work which has already
attained a large circulation '"The Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser
containing some nine hundred numer-
ously illustrated pages, and devoted to
medicine in all its brances, work well
calculated for the guidance and instruc-
ton of the people at large, and which
may be had for 81 so (post-paid) by ad-
dressing the author. Dr. Pierce has now
been before the general public long
enough to enable the formation Of
careful estimate of the efficiency Of his
treatment and his medicines, and the
verdict, We are glad to know, has been
universally favorable to both.-1oIedO
Bl0de.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12
EFFECTS OF INSANITY.

1t has been said that genius is disease
of the nerves, and one of the eompen-
sations that Providence makes for the
sufferings that arise from exquisite sens
itiyeness.
1t is curious fact that the best read
authors during the reign of George III,
seem to have deriven their enlarged SYM
pathies with mankind from this extraor-
binary discipline. Old Burton was long
dead, but his Anatomy of Melancholy,
which was written to lift the vapors
from his own mind, still retained its pop
ularity. The Odes of Collins, which
were just rising into appreciation, were
written in the lucid intervals of madness.
DIR. johnson, whose voluntary testimo-
nies to the kings private virtues and
goodness of heart have been named by
Thaekeray as one of the props of the
throne, was most unhappy victim of
the English malady, and wrote "RasSe-
las" and''The Vanity of Human Wishes"
under cloud which for full half CEN
tury threatened the destruction of his
intellect. Gay and jolly Oliver Gold
smith, pedantic Boswell and even Gar
rick, had their moods. The poetry of
Cowper embodied the most sorrowful of
all experiences. Haley wrote with the
shadow of insanity upon his hearthstone,
and Beattie with the recollection of his
insane wife ever in his mind.
The discipline of insanity has refined
many rough natures and quickened many
cold hearts that otherwise might have
passed as misanthropes in the world.
Among these may fairly be classed
George III. Few princes, says Lord
Brougham, ''have been more exemplary
in their domestic habits or in the offices
of private friendship. But in the in
slant his lreFogative was concerned,
or his bigotry interfered with, or his
will thwarthed, the most bitter animosi-
ty, the most calculating eoldness of
heart, took possession of his breast and
swayed it by turns" This disposition
made him unpopular at times, and, but
for correcting providence, the chastise-
ment of his eonstantly-threatenin affiic-
ton, might have lost him his throne.
His frequent mental distresses made
him humble, and kept his heart open to
the unfortunate and the poor Like
Lear, he could look upon the meanest
of his subjects and say,
Expose thyself to feel what wretches fecl.'
-TRe atlantic for Hay.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12
educational.
PENSION FOR'SCHOOL TEACHERS.

A bill has been recently INTRODUCED in
the Legislature of New York, Intended
to provide for superanuatrd teachers in
our public schools, or, rather, for those
whose lives have been spent in this ser
vice. The arguments in its favor, as
presented by the New York Times, are
that the teachers are as mnch a part of
our civil service as our judges. and that
as the State has to a certain extent fixed
the compensation Of teachers, it has de-
stroyed the competition which would
actually increase that compensation, as
in this educational system the number
of teachers is more closely economical
than in the private school; that if the
public schools were abolished private
schools would spring up, giving employ
ment to an equal and perhaps superior
number of those engaged in our public
schools. Again, that i'm this sense of
competition the effect has been to make
teaching in these schools a transient oc-
cupation and has an injurious influence
upon the educational qualifications of
our teachers; that our public schools
suffer from the want of teachers who are
willing to take up this as life employ
nent, or long enough to impress the
results of their experience and study on
the schools
The provisions of this bill are, that it
IS intended to provide for teachors EN-
ployed in the public schools of the State
thirty years, if men, and twenty-five if
women; that the amount of the pension
is to be determined by the respective
Boards of Education or corresponding
bodies, who are to establish the proofs
of the term of employment. The funds
for this purpose are to be derived from
the United States Deposit Fund, and
each pensioner is to receive at least one
half the amount of the salary paid for
services at the time of retirement, and
that the educational, authorities are ELL
powered to increase the pension, if there
seem to be sufficient reasons for doing
so. The concluding argument is forci-
BILE and to the effect, that it is obvious
that the services of person who has
been teaching for twenty-five or thirty
years should be recognized, that if the
teacher during this time has not been
able TO provide for the comfort and hap
piness of his or her declining years this
should be provided for by the State, and
that such a measure would contribute
greatly to the improvement and perma-
nence of our public school system, in
the character and qualifications of those
who would be thus induced to engage in
teaching as life employment.-TOtedo
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12
NOTICE.
Joint Ditch Retween Hancock and
Wood Counties.
John Franks-Prineipal Petitioner.

Nolice is hereby given to William Purkey.
John Franks. u. Go-ple, s. X. Benway. John
Bergman, ID. Rohrer. A. Barnd, ID. Frost, j. N.
Hartman, +. Baker, A. Baker. 3. A. Slaughter
back, j. Copns, l. N. BAKER, l.. w. Heller, ELI
Splitter, ]. H Loehr. H.. X. oyerholt. 3. over
Baker. n. File. Wiliism McMur1ay. William
Lowe Israel Simonds. ELIAS Simonds, T. Seig-
Ter, Josiah Baird, 4. Smith, Henry Smith, VIM.
Leathers, Jacob Leaf hers. John Baird, A. W.
Adams, Jerry Rarndhouse, IL. 2. Painter, Geo.
W. Roons. W. 0rtIner, Peter Painter, Kline q
Gibson, Wesley Leafhers. Albert Gi' son w. p.
A. j. Shirk, r. Lance. Mary e. Nusbaum, Geo.
w. Nusbaum Mary Beck, Joseph Beck. d. a
W. Branderburg, A. Frank1ather, Henrietta
Leaihers, N. q. Heatan, Frank Harper, Mar
garet Kline, william Kline, John Meyers,
Benton Leathers. Hugh w. Duncan, Washing
ton Duncan, Frederick Sars 4 Grubb, Alonzo
Baird, Elias Monosmith, +. II. McMurray, Bal
timore. Pittsburgh Chicago Railroad Company,
"A d 10 the non- resident owners of the follow
ing described lands tO-wit:.
Range. Township. Section. Part of Section.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12

title of Duke of Gordon, and in making
known his wishes to the lady in question
he affixed his signature as Richmond
and Gordon" The lady supposing the
missive to have come from some business
firm of which she knew nothing ad-
dressed a reply declining to lend them
her picture. Asa consequence, the col
lection of paintings arrived one short of
the number at first intended to be ship
ped.
The clock for Memorial Hall has been
completed in Thomaston, Conn. 1t has
i, 16O pieces, the estimated weight of all
being six tons. The main wheels are
four feet in diameter. The pendulum
ball and rod weigh respectively 200 and
800 pounds, the rod being II 1-2 feet long
and connected with the clockwork by
what is known as gravity escapement,
and makes two-second beats. The rod
is of steel, and to compensate for con-
traction and expansion is encased in two
cylinders, one OF zinc and one OF steel,
which, by their relative expansion up
ward, maintain uniform centre of os-
cillation.
A meeting of the full board of Com
missioners is now in session, forty one
States and Territories being represented.
Among the problems that weigh heavily
upon the minds of all this assembled
wisdom is the question whether liquor
of any sort shall be sold upon the
grounds and whether the Exposition
shall be kept open on Sundays. Petitions
and memorials numerously signed
against both these propositions are Le-
fore the board, and predict negative
decision
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.

A successful battle has been made
upon corporal punishment, SO we wage
war upon soul torture, as being an enc
my far more inimieal to public educa-
ton. We demand of teachers that the
treatment of their pupils be such as is
prompted by a genuine self respect, an
honest pride that scorns to take ad-
vantage of their position, controlling
sympathy with childhood and its lines
of activity, a Christian spirit of forbear-
ance with the failures, and an abiding
reverence for the souls cf children. We
appeal to teachers that they abstain
from every form of petulant exactions,
of censorious criticism, of iniudicious
fault finding. Onbehalf of the little ones
we petition. Let them alone; they are
worried over much; their school days,
that ought to be their most pleasant
sessona, are rendered irksome because of
some underfiow of heartlessness. We
have no desire to put this too strong;
We could hardly do so, for We think the
facts will more than sustain our position.
We do not intimate that it is general-it
is not. AS a body, our teachers are of
natures too noble. But its existence as
a practice by many, altogether too many
teachers, is a stubborn factt that will not
be gainsaid, and it is of these we ask
better things. Ii but one soul has been
tortured or wronged by some inexpedi-
ent of ill timed criticism, or 10y some
unkind and unmerited rebuke of a single
teacher, it were enough to command the
sympathy Of our pen. Let us, then,
have in school management patient,
sympathetic and charitable treatment of
our pupils, and our word for it, we shall
soon see our schools endeared to the
hearts of the children, and ourselves
occupying an enviable place in their re-
gard. - LhjcagO Teacher
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12

Also the owners Of the following Lots IN the
Village of Bairdstown; Lois number "A, as, ~.
~, 81. l0l and NJ; that petition has been filed in
the Office of the Auditor of Hancock County,
and the office of the udltor of Wood County,
Ohio. praying for The location establishing and
CONSTRUCTION of ditch, drain or watercourse;
commencing at the point where the West
b anch of HBuIl Hun" iaIerseels the West line
Of Section five (5l, township two (2), North of
range eleven QD, East, in HANCOCK County,
Ohio, thence following down said Bull Rum"
as nearly as pacticable TO point where IL in
tersects The East and West half section line, in
section tweniy-eight (2S), township three (SD,
North of range steven Qll, East in Wood
County, OtJis. ana there Terminate; and, also
ior a lateral itGl.connecting with above, COM
mencing on the line between the said Counties
of Wood and Hancock AT the Southwest corner
of section thirty-two CS2). township three (3)
North range eleven ull, in Wood county run.
ming thence East along said county line to the
Southeast corner of said section thirty-two
(S21, thence North on the East line Of said sec
tior about eighty (se) rods, thence East in the
Southwest quarter bf section thirfy-three (33,
in said township, range and county 10 where
said line will inIersect said "Bull Run" and
ther tn terminate.
The engineer heretofore appointed TO go
upon the line OF said proposed ditch has flied
copy of his report with the county Auditor,
in each of said counties, in which he sets forth
ths the locating. establishing and construct
ing of eaid proposed ditch Will lie public ben
eft.
He further reports that tine following lands
should be assessed tor the construction OF said
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12

ONE OF SAMMY CoX's JOKES. On
Thursday, in the House, Sammy Cox
was making a funny speech on Indian
affairs, and remarked that it ''was not
for warriors to boast of their proves"
Morrison was sitting near, and some un-
fortunate impulse suggested an interrup-
ton; so, in a pause, he remarked:
"You have no military proves to
boast Of"
Cox turned on Morrison instantly. and
in sarcastic way, that was very severe,
replied;
'SMy friend from Illinois says / have
no military prowess to boast of. Let
me say here that if had l would not
expunge it from the Congressional Di-
rectory."
Morrison blushed, and tried to smile,
but as the House burst into a roar of
laughter, he realized his humiliation and
hung his head. Wash. Cor. Inter Ocean.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12
AUTHORITY OF TEACHERS.

We commend to our readers the wis
dom and justice of the following re-
marks of Judge in Blair county, Penn,
upon the general subject of prosecuting
teachers for using corporal punishment
in the government of schools: "Any
teacher who is SO forgetful Of the duties of
his high calling, or the far reaching con-
sequences of his acts, as TO maliciously or
cruelty beat pupil, should, without
faltering or without hesitation on your
part, be convicted of assault and battery.
On the other hand, it is of the greatest
moment that our teachers in our public
schools be encouraged and sustained in
every proper exercise Of their authority.
The very existence OF these institutions
depends on sustaining the teacher in his
authority, when properly exercised, in
the school-room. If the teacher is
stripped of his authority to enforce at
tenticn, or to prohibit disorder in the
schoolroom, by unfounded or trivial
prosecutions, the end of The system for
good Is very near at hand. Rebellion
and contumacy on the part of the pupils
will become chronic; the teacher, in
stead of training youth, will be engaged
in a continual contest TO maintain his
authority"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12

If there was less fashionable folly
there would be more honesty in the
world-more happiness at the fireside-
more neighborly kindness-more I'M
spotted Ch.istianity-more of every
thing that is sensible, just, right aad
ennobling. Most everybody in this fast
age is living upon strain-trying to
excel their neighbors in pomp. splendor
and vanity. The bankers wife strains
to excel the stock jobber's; the mer-
chants wife the bankers; the mechanics
wife the merchants; the day. laborer's
wife the mechanics. Strain, strain,
strainl. How many souls annually per-
ish for want of "something to wear"
a fashionable bonnet with which to
kneeI at the shrine of Him who wore g
crown of thorns.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12

In San Francisco they 80, up, up, and
then they come down, down, down.
Ralstop and kis bank crowd financially
whipped ost their competitors; Flood
and o'Brien, the bonanza kings, who
kept a saloon while Ralston was in his
prime, rose and whipped out Ralston
most numerically, and now there is
new crowd" making efforts to whip out
Flood and O'Brien.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Cosasaon Pleas Jud0e-James Pillar.
audILOT-6eorge b. Mosher.
Clerk o( CDlsFGs-Scott W. Preble.
1Teas0rer-Peter Hosler.
ReooTdeT-Paul Kemerer.
Probate Judge Samuel Il. HUFFMAN.
.SIteTi1]5aInuelM Myres.
I,rosecalliIig AuOrney-Henry Brown.
CLr0neT- D. y. Cline. .
Co1asaissioqseys Joseph SaltZrnan, John ID
Bishop and John Edgington. AZ
Iady,adrU UfrecEors-JacoD Thompson. IL. m.
Watson, and J. X. Bnshong-
InJisnldTy iSilpeTfnteIlde1it-R.M M. Lee 49,,
,ScIaeot E1aminers-J A. Pittsiord, J. X hasy
and Dorilas Martz-
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12

Also the following lefs in the Village Of
Bairdstowni
Numbers l.2s,4a a.slO, IL, u, l3. IA, Is, l6, IL,
rs, 49, 30 81, y. 3s. "a, "a. D. e D. 29 20 81, S2
"A 35 Sc. q. s ~. 40. Il. AZ 4s. a. a. 46, a, as
a. a. 81 81 So 81. 55, Sc, 81 Is, So CO. 6i 81. 81
ca s. 66, q, 6s %. 20. IL y. 7s, "a 75, &c. a.
*, 20 80 81, 81, So si s. Sc, 81, IS, So 80. 81 ~
ss ~, 95 Sc, 81. ss. ~. 400. l0l, i02 l0s IOi los
A, b, C,D, f. r, q. IL, l. ]. X, l.. NJ. Also the
depot grounds in BsiraSt9gp and road bed in
right Of way ihTougn The aDhve described lands
belonging 20 the Baltimore, Pittsburg Chi
cago Railroad Company.
said petition and report of engineer will be
Commissioners OF The above named counties,
At EairdsiOgu, at leu O'Clock in The forenoon,
on ThnfsdaS, the nfst day of June, A. ID. 1876.
G.S MOSHER, County Auditor.
Adffors Once, Hancock Co. o.,
findlay. April 18Th, 1856.
May iss64w
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-12

A TroRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
"A Findlay Ohio. Office in 'Headqus riers
buiIdiug North east 81 Court House. WIN at
tend promptly Io business entrusted 10 ms
s,s,e. - April &c, ls72.