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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-09-18
TIE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
Tuesday, Sept. IS. 1877.
Democratic Platform, Adopted at
COiumOui. ONO. Jdiy 25 ISSf


The D .mocratic party of Ohio, in
Safe Convention ass samh hled, renews its
pledges of devotion to the Union and
the Constitution, with the Amendments.
1t declares as essential to the preserva.
tion Of free G G)vernment a faithful ad.
herence. to the following principles -.
Strict construction; home rule; the su
premacy OF the civil over the military
power; the separation Of Church and
State; the equality Of al citizens before
the law; liberty OF individual action,
unvaxe by sumptuiry laws; absolute
acq iiesccnce in the lawfully expressed
will of the maj ,rity; opposition TO all
subsidies; the preservation Of the public
lands to the use of actual settlers; and
maintenance anG per'ecring of our Com.
mon School System And as pertinen..
TO the issues now pending before tie
people
l Resolped, That we look upon the
Inauguration Of R. B. Hayes to the high
Office Of President of the United States,
in spite of majority of the electoral
and popular vote given by the people to
Samuel j. Tilden, as the most danger
ous encroachment upon popular rights
that has ever been attempted in this or
any other free country, A repetition OF
the frsud will not be tolerated
3. The destruction of the industry of
the country and the pauperism Of labor
are the inevitable fruits of vicious laws
enacted by the Republican party.
5. That, as means of relieving the
distressed portions of the community,
and removing the great stringency COM
planned OF in business circles, we de
inand the immediate repeal Of the Re
simption Act.
a. That We denounee as an outrage
upon the rights of the people the enact
ment o: the Republican measure demon
etizing silver, and demand the passage
of a law which shall restore to silver its
monetary power.
5. That we favor the retention oil
greenback currency as the best paper
money we have ever had, and declare
against any further contraction.
6. We congratulate the country upon
the acceptance by the present Admins.
tration of the constitutional and pacific
policy Of local self government in the
States Of the South, so long advocated
by the Democratic party, and which has
brought peace and harmony to that sec
tion of the Union.
Z. The Registry law framed by the
last Legislature is burdensome and ex
pensive, and discriminates unjustly
against the poorer class OF voters, and
we therefore demand its immediate re
peal.
8. We favor tariff for revenue only
8. We favor the issue by the General
Government alone of all circulating
medium. whether paper or metallic, to
be always Of equal tender. and intercon
vertible.
TO- That we condemn the acts of the
Federal Administration in using the reg
ular troops of the United States to in.
terfere with elections and other political
affairs Of the States, as unconstitutional
unlawful and uDjustfable, destructive
Of the rights Of the people and the
States
H. We recommend the ticket this
day formed by the Convention to the
favorable consideration and support ol
all citizens of the State
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-09-18
How 10 Can Green Corn for Win.
fer Use.

Gather sweet corn the day you use it
as that has much to do with its keeping
To twenty-one quarts of cat corn, ado
two and half ounces tartaric acid dis
solved in boiling water. Cook the corr
with the acid well mixed through it, as
you would stewed corn for table, taking
care to have water enough to make Ii
Juicy Fill ordinary Tin cans full to the
rim, put on the cap, and seal with wax
When ready for use in the winter OF
next spring drain The water off, and dis
solve one-fourth teaspoonful OF baking
soda in little water. Mix well, dress
with butter, cream and salt to taste.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-09-18

Green clover makes better returns as
cattle food than the bay made from it,
because in the process OF drying many
Of its valuable particles are so hardened
that the digestive organs are unequal to
the task of assimilation. Steaming clo-
yer hay improves Its feeding qualities
When / am shelling my seed corn,
says a correspondent OF the Ohio Far
mer, shell off the small end of the ear
In vessel by itself, as I do not plant
that part of the ear When / am ready
to plant put whatever quantity of this
refuse corn ! have in vessel to soak
When ! have finished planting / thros
this corn in two or three spots in my
field of planted corn. Whenever ! have
done this at the time / mention, have
never had a hill of corn pulled up by
the crows. But when have neglected
it until my corn was up, they would
continue to pull it if ! did not give
them soaked corn / have often seen
other birds as well as crows come to
get the soaked corn until they would
form path around the heap.
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The election of a Democratic Legis

The election of a Democratic Legis
lature in California will destroy Efflgp
Safgents last hope of another term in
the Senate. At the end of eighteen
months Sargent will retire from national
politics with the well-earned reputation
OF being at the same time the dullest
and the most corrupt Senator ever sent
to Washington from the Pacific coast.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-09-18
REMEDY
PILES. Hem.rrhsids.
PILON.

Many causes tend to produce this painful
and distressing state. The blood Is retarded
in Its return; the too frequent use Of drastic
purgatives tends to produce congestion Of
the bowels. torpid action Of the liver, and
numerous other causes are the sources Of
this complaint and hitherto nothing ensctual
has been presented to the public which
would rapidly alleviate symptoms aud ulh-
mately prove an effective cure. In PILeN
we have remedy which not only acts Al
most instantly, but will remsvs the largest
tumors Of the parts (Piles) by absorption,
and many who have received not only bsre.
fit, bur have been radically cured, have been
assured (prior to using this trsstmsnt) by
eminent surgeons that the only relief they
could ever expect in life, would Be by N
operation, and removing Il Or them from the
body by procedure which necessitstsd the
knife. This remedy has been hailed with
delight, and is now prescribed BY many prae-
tising physicians, who are oognisant u its
merits, as the only knownsur eurs for PILES.
Price, Fifty Cents Per package. sr six fsr
50 so. 80 -
- I ieoEs ~ 7o
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-09-18
BREvITIEs.

II you wish to cure brittle finger-nails
oil or grease them little before going
to bed, and after every washing Of The
hands.
FoR SEARCHING LINEN-Use one tea
spoonful powdered borax to one quar-
of boiling starch; it will improve ths
Stiffness and gloss.
For durable and cheap paint for house
floors, dissolve one ounce of glue in {
quart OF warm water and thcken it will
paint. After putting this on, go over
1t with coat of boiled linseed oil i
will be dry and ready for use in two
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-09-18
Inspection of County Treasury

| To the Hon. Judge of the Probate Court of the
County of Monroe and State Of Ohio:
The undersigned, by your appointment on
the Sd day of September, 1877, as Inspector,
to examins and report upon the condition Of
the Treasury of said county, under aAn Act
entitled an act to establish the Independent
Treasury of the State of Ohio" passed April
IL 1858, and took effect July !, ls58.and the
several acts amendatory and supplemental
thereto, proceeded to examine said Treasury
in the manner prescribed by Law, and re-
spectfully submit the following
REPORT
On receiving said appointment, and after
being sworn according to law, proce ed ed
forthwith, without previous notice or init
nation to the Treasurer,or any other person,
to count the money in said Treasury, and to
inspect and examine the books, records and
vouchers thereof, and found as follows:
Cash in Treasury -. .$l2,65l IS
U. S. Gov. Bonds, s eos. 100 90
--13,75l 65
Treasurer stands charged on Audi
! tors books with 1851 IS
I find the amount belonging to each Of the
several funds, as follows:
State fund. is 90
School fund. ............ 1905 40
Gen Rev. fund. ....... 2674 so
Bridge fund ........... 3,l62 80
Special Road fund. 2910 "a
Building fund. .......... 3S07 AZ
Teachers Institute fund. lS5 SO
--13,764 10
Insrmary fund ovsrpaid. ........ IL ID
Total .$l3,75l IS
Unpaid notes belonging to county. 2t3 II
Respectfully submitted.
DAVID OKBY, Inspector.
Woods6eld. O., Sept 4, 1877.
PROBATE OFFICE, MONROE COUNTY,
WooDsFIELD, ONO, September 1877.
| Icertify that the fnrepoioo ia truly takea
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NOTICE.

ON the 5th day of July, 1877, the Probate
" Court of Monroe county declared the
estate of John Upton, deceased, to be prob
ably insolvsnt. Creditors are therefore re-
quired to present their claims against the
estate to the undersigned, for allowance,
within six months from the time above men,
toned, or they will not be entitled to pay
meut: L. l.. Upton,
Admir- of John Upton, decd.
iulylo,'77w3.
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PkoBATE OFFICE, MONROE COUNTY,
WooDsFIELD ONO, September 1877.
lcertify that the foregoing is truly takeA
and copied from the original report on file
in this office. JAS. R. MORRIS,
septll, ,'77Il. Probate Judge.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-09-18

THE STATE OF OHIO, !
OFFICE OF rHR SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, Milton Barnes, Secretary Of State of the
State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the fore
going is a true copy OF an act therein named,
passed by the General Assembly of the State ei
Ohio, on the 9th day Of April, A. D. 1877. ia.
ken from the original rolls on file in this office
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscri.
bed my name, and affixed the Seal oi
[sEALI this Office at Columbus the 9th day oi
April, A. d. 1877.
MILTON BARNES,
Secretary OF State.
April %, 1s77-27w.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-08
First insertion Feb. 18Th. I
<FaEIs1EE.S SALE.

BY virtue of al execution issued out Of th~
District Court OF the County Of Mower, State
of Minnesota, bearing date the 9TH day 0
Mower County, State Of Minnesota, directe',
and delivered in favor of Anton Fl ederich
and Peter Giles, doing business under the
firm I'D me and style OF \. Frederick Il Giles,
and against the goods, chattelS, lands and
tencmcnts of Catharine Brown; havo seized
and taken in execution the following describ-
ell real estate, the property Of said Catharinc
Brown, to-wit Lots numbers three (3) and
four a., in Block number twenty seven 27j,
in Railroad Addition to the city Of Austin,
County of Mower, State Of Minnesota; and
notice is hereby given, that shall as Sheriff
Of said Mower County, in pursuance Of the
power in me vested, and Of the statutes in such
case made and provided, expose said lands
and premises for sale atpubl!c auction, to the
highest bidder, at the front door Of the Court
House, in the city of Austin, in said County,
on Saturday the 3lst day Of March A. D.
1877, at 10 o'clock ia the forenoon Of said
day, or so much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy the sum Of sixty two dollars and
twenty: cents (S62.oD) and interest thereon
from the eth day Of February, a. D. 1877,
and the costs OF sale.
Dated, February l4th, 4. D 1877.
Il. 0. HALL,
Sheriff in and for Mower County, MINI.
K1SsMAs Il MsRrrcK, Attorneys Tor Plain
tits, Austin, MINI. 46t7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-08
First publication February 18th. }
&EfE HHrEs.S e. 6E,

BY virtue of an execution issued out Of the
District Court, Of the County of Mower, State
Of Minnesota, bearing date the eth day OF
February A. ID. 1877, and to the Sheriff OF
Mower County, Mimi sofa, directed and de-
liycrcd in favvr Of John Walsh, and against
the goods, chattcls, lands and tenemcnts O.,
C,tharinc Brown; I have seized and taken
in execution the following described real
estate 0. said Catherine Brown, to-vit: Lots
numbers three ~ and four "a. in Block TWEEN
ty-scvcn \27), in Railroad Addition to tn"
city Of austin. Mower County, State of Min
ncsota, and the tcncments Embellishments ana
arpu,tcnanccs thcrcunto belonging. and no.
ticc is hereby given that shall as Sheriff OF
said County Of Mower, in pursuance OF the
power in no vested and of the statutes in
Such case made and provided, expose sao
lands and premises for sale at public auction
TO the highest bidder therefor, at tie from:
door of the Court House, in the city Of Aus
tin, Mower County, Stale OF MINNESOTA. Or
Saturday the %'st day Of March a. u. 1877:
at 10 o'clock in the fornoon Of slid day, "r ST.
much thereof rs may be Necessary to salts Y
the som OF seventy. seven dollars and eight,
cents \77.SG.), and interest thereon iroi:
February eth, a. y. 1877, and the cost .!
sale. i1t1 Il. o. HALL,
Sheriff in and for Mower C"uny.
kl>sNAN & N EHNltK, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-08

Palace sleeping cars, owned and operated
by this line, accompany all night trains.
CONNECTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
At Burlington, with Toledo, Peoria & War
saw R'y for Peoria, indianapolis, Lafayette,
and Cincinnati; with Chicago, Burlington 4
Quincy X. r. for Chicago, Kcokuk, Quincy &
St. Louis West to Ottumwa and all points in
Kansas and Nebraska, and with Burlington &
Southwestern R'y, for Pennington, Bloom
field, and all points in Missouri and Kansas.
At Columbus Junction, with Chicago 4
South Western Railroad for Washington and
Leavenworth.
At Nichols, with Muscatine Div. B., G. Il.
& NJ. for Muscatine.
At West Liberty, with Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific Railroad, for Iowa City, Des-
Moines and Davenport.
At Cedar Rapids, with Milwaukee Division
Of B., G. r. Il NJ, for Independence, West
Union, Postville and McGrcgor; with Chicago
& Northwestern Railway for Omaha, Coun-
Gil Bluffs and Chicago, and with Dubuque l.
Southwestern Railway for Dubuque.
At Vinton with Pacific Division of 3. c.
r. & n. R'y for rraer.
At Waterloo and Cedar Falls, with Illinois
Central Railroad for Independence, Dubuque,
Fort Dodge and Sioux City.
At Shell! Rock with Stage for Wavcrly.
At Nora Junction, with Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway, for Mason City and Charles
City.
At Plymouth, with Milwaukee St. Paul
Railway, for all points in Minnesota.
At St. Paul, for oil points on Northern Pa
cific Railway; the great Lake Superior re:
gion, and all points North and Northwest.
E. F. WINsLOW, Genl Manager.
GU. IVES, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent,
dolly Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-08
First publication Feb. 8.
SALE.

Default has been made in the conditions of
a certain indentureof mortgage, made and
executed by Thomas X. Johnson. and NeIl;,
johnson his wife to William f. Wheat. Bear.
ing date November 10th, A. D. 1871, and I'd.
corded in the Office Of the Register Of Deeds
in and for Mower County, Minnesota. On the
29th day of November, a, D. ls7 ], at o'clock
p. NJ, in book IN" Of mortgages, on page
lG2. Said mortgage was given to secure the
payment OF the sum of Three Hundred and
Twelve (312) dollars and interest thereon ac-
cording to the conditions Of 4 promissory
note, made and executed by Thomas X.
johnson to William E. Wheat, payable on
the 2Sth day of November, A. d. 1872, and
there is claimed to be due, and is due thereon
at the date Of this notice the sum of Three
Hundred Fifty Seven (357,24) md 24-l00
dollars, and no proceedings at law or other
wise have been had to collect the same or any
part thereof. Now therefore, Notice is here
by given. that by virtue Of power Of sale
in said mortgage contained, and pursuant to
tho provisions Of the statutes in such case
made and provided tho said mortgage viii
be foreclOscd and the promises therein dis
crihed, to-wit: tho northwest quarter of
the north west quarter Of section fun
Der two (2). in Township number one hun
dred and one (lOl), north Of Range num-
Der eighteen (l5), west, in Mower Coun-
ty, Minnesota, with the appurtenances there
| uuto belonging, will be sold at public vendue
to the highest bidder therefor, at the office OF
Crandall / French, in the city Of Austin in
the county of Mower, u nd State aforesaid, on
Saturday the 3lst day of March, A. D. 1877
at 10 o'clock A. NJ, to satisfy the amount
| then duo OH said note and mortgag togcthe,
WITH Fifty Coy dollars attorneys foes, allow
ed by the terms thereof in case vf foreclosure
besides costs and expenses allowed by law.
Dated February sth, A. D. 1877.
WILLIAM Z, WHEAT,
Mortgagee.
! CRANDALL 4 FRENCH. Attorneys for Mort
gagee, Austin, MINI. 45-7w
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-08

The Ex-Prcsident has been the subject
Of much and violent criticism, not only by
the Democrats, but by the extremists of
his own party, but We doubt whether,
during any eight years Of our national
life the government has been more loyal.
ly or more judiciously administered, than
it has been by General Grant. No other
President except Lincoln ever had more
or greater difficulties to contend with, and
none c: CT exhibited better judgment or a
purer purpose. He has made some mis-.
takes, but no blunders, and history will
assign him high rank in the crops of
brave, loyal and wise men who have dis.
charged the onerous duties of the Presi.
Dental Office. He takes with him into
his retirement the gratitude Of large
part of lis constituency, and the respect
of all.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-08

A society has been formed by some in.
flucn,al ladies' Of Brooklyn, New York,
the object Of which is the establishment
Ola retreat for woman suffering under
mild attacks ofinsanity. They expect, by
improved methods of treatment and cheer
full surroundings, to effect larger pro.
portion OF cures than has heretofore been
attained. 1t is urged in favor of such a
home that public asylums for the insane
arc oyercrowdel and mismanaged, and
that private retreats are expensive and
often conducted merely for the profit they
bring to their owners. This is anu,cs.
tionably true. There are continual com:
plants Of cruelty to patients in both our
public and private asylums; ofinsuf1icicnt
food; OF the huddling of the dcmcntcd in
poorly ventilated rooms; Of scanty cloth.
ing; Of cherries occupations and lack
Of diversion. The proportion OF cures in
dictates that something is wrong in our
methods. In English asylums last year
this proportion was forty-ive out of a
hundred. In Flatbush asylum it was ten
and two-thirds. English experts say that
| where more than two hundred patients arc
! confined III Il building, an air Of insanity
is created, and the proportion Of cures de-
crcascS as the number Eliminates increases.
Last year one thousand and eighty patients
were in the Flatbush asylum. The Brook
| lyn ladies intend to establish 4 home from
which shall be excluded all that is object
ionable in i'll other asylums 4 noblcr
charity could scarcely be dcyiscd.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-08
That Pump Handle.

One of those little domestic msfortunes
which make hearts bleed and homes tenn
porarily desolate, took place few days
ago in the back yard Of a house on the
west end of Hickory street, occupied by
the Johnsons. A member of said family
is wiry and irasiblc grandmother, who
devoted much Of her time to keeping a
mischevious brood Of children out Of mis-
chief. The backyard has cistern, and,
the cistern has pump, and the pump has
the asthma in hopeless degree. 1t is
one of these mankillcrs that always stub
bornly refuse to do any work until gal
Ion of water has first been poured into it
by way of an inducement. The pump was
more exasperating than usual a day or two
since, and the old lady was evidently in a
hurry. She brought out Il pan Of water
all that there was in the house-pourel
into the top of the pump, dropped the pan
like a hot brick, snatched the pump-handle
and away she went, licketty- split, sixty
miles an hour. The rear view Of the old
lady as she bobbcd up and down was cal
culatcd to make q lazy man ashamed Of
himself: The clatter Of the pump handle
was something terrific. AS the old lady
sawed the air, she soliloquized viciously:
"Ef down. (up) had (down) this (up)
pump (down) dye (up know (down) what
(up) I'd (down) do: Cup and DOWN I'd
(up) kick Nown) the internal (up) thing
down over (up) N stomp (down) on it
[up."] This was the critical moment
which should determine whether the
pump was going to pump Or whether the
bride which had been rendered to it was
to be wasted, with discouraging wheeze
and "sa-a-aauk." The old lady would
probably have triumphcd and fetched the
water, but just at this juncture the remote
end of the handle came in contact with
something as it started down, and there
was a yell which made her jump clear of.
the platform, the pump giving forth the
fatal wheeze as she did so. The old lady
took IN the situation at a glance, and the
way she clutched up the little imp, who
had come out and got under the pump
handle just in time to cause the mischief,
was amazing. She did not say anything
that anybody heard, but there was long
succession of spat-spatspats within doors,
followed by an ear:splitting wall, aud
shortly afterwards the imp, with its head
bandagcd, and its cys red, was on its way
10 a neighbours house to get some water
to make tie pump work.-St. Louis Re-.
publican.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-08

The Univcrsalists of Boston, not having
been invited to take part in the Moody and
Sankey meetings, have resolved as fol-
lows: 1--WE hail with thankfulncss the ad-
vent OF larger ideas and better spirit
than formerly distinguished tue revival
movements Of the socalled evangelical
churches, giving token THAT the time Of
is not far away when they will know no
reason why they should not invite Uni.
versalists to join in work to which both
alike are constrained by the love Of Christ