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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-12

AT Goodwood, on the opening day, the
Princess of Wales wore cream colored
costume, with narrow black trimmings,
a waistcoat of rose colored silk, and a
straw colored bonnet to match. On leav-
ing the ground, the Princess put on a
novel dust coat, which was shaped to the
figure, and had crimson collar and
crimson cuffs. Every tint of ivory was
worn, and as lace seems too costly for the
trimming of dresses, one lady wore a
dark blue velvet dress and bonnet to
match, both ornamented with lace and
pearls. Mrs. Langtry's dress was pale
pink and drawn silk hat to match. A
great many ladies wore black, profusely
ornamented with gold fringe or braid
and there were numberless white dresses
richly decorated with lace.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-12

Mrs. BERKELEY, who went on the
recent excursion to Niagara Falls, re-
turned q disappointed woman. She
thinks the roar of the cataract slim
persimmons alongside of her old mans
snoring.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-12

THE man who is not afraid of war or
yellow fever is generally afraid to take
out paper of tobacco in the presence of
a crowd.-Puck.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-12
AS curiuos fact, it has beenn noted BY

AS curiuos fact, it has been noted by
Sir Samuel Baker that negro has
never been known to tame 9 wild ele-
phant or any wild animal. The ele-
plants employed by the ancient Gartha-
ginians and Romans were trained by
Arabs and others, never by negroes. 1t
had often struck Sir Samuel rs very dis
tressing that the little children insAfrica
never had pet animal; and though he
Altered rewards for young elephants, he
never succeeded in getting one alive.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-12

Do fish talki Certainly, cut in Col
orado, Pixies Peak.-Eychangs,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-12

GoD complains not, but doth what is
fitting.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
Sudden Loss of Speech.

A singular case has just been brought to the notice of the medical profession in Cincinnati. Peter Lavelle and his wife, walters in Central avenue dining room, retired to rest few nights since in good health. Next morning Mrs.
 Lavelle awoke and attempted to speak to her husband, when she found herself totally deprived of the power of speech :; all efforts to articulate were unavailing, and physician was sent for. The only symptoms of disease apparent were 8 thick dark coating on the tongue and a hollow appearance of the eyes. On the same afternoon Lavelle, while sitting in front of his employers establishment, was observed to fall back in his chair |; another waiter undertook to arouse him, when it was found that he was unable to speak 8 word. Since that time neither man nor wife have spoken. and the phy- sicians are unable to account for the loss of speech. The patients have been re- moved to the residence of Mrs. Lavelle's sister, in Covington. Lavelle is very ill, but will probably recover. His wife is growing weaker daily, and all hopes of her recovery are abandoned. The theory has been suggested that poison had placed in their food, which caused paralysis of the tongue. So far, nc physicians of prominence have investi, gated the case. A E5 {
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
Assuming the Responsibility.

The most splendidly endowed hospital in the world, probably, is Guys. Guy was son of Thames lighterman, and became bookseller, growing well-to-do by contracting with the University of Oxford for the privilege of printing Bibles, for which they had royal priv ilege. His fortune was, however, made by buying up the certificates of pay due given to sailors, when the Government had no funds at hand wherewith to pay them, in Queen Anne's time, and by lucky speculations in South Sea stock. But for most trihing cause his money would probably never have gone to rcharitab blerp prnoses, r-Hehad determined to marry his maid-sesvant, and, prepara- tory to the wedding, ordered the pave ment to be mended in front of his door to @ point which he marked. The maid, while he was out, observed broken place in the pavement which the payer left untouched, and pointed it out. "Yes, I know" said the man "but MT. Guy told me not to go beyond his mark. z " We'll, said the maid, "mend that place, I'll take the blame if there be any" Guy, probably taking this as an assumption of the brooches, was greatly irritated, and broke off the match. Be- sides erecting the hospital, at a cost of over e18, ,OOO, and endowing it with 922O, 900, he erected alms-houses and library at TamwHth, Stafordshire, (where his mother was born, and for which he was member of Parliament,) gave e2,OOO a year to Christ's Hospital, and left ESQ., 900 among those who could prove them selves in any way related to hlm. His benefactions are the largest ever made in England. He lived to eightY7one, long enough to see his hospital roofed in. It ? low has princely income from
 his endowment.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
An Outfit for Twenty-Five Dollars.

A lady who has seen "better days," who detests shams, shoddy materials,
 imitation trimming and brummagem :" ornaments, found, herself. some time since with $25 and an absolute necessity for complete suit throughout, inolud- ing bonnet and gloves, which must come out of the aforementioned sum. The suit would be her best and her worst,
 with the exception of calico wrapper and one linen costume, and how to SUD- ply her necessities without the crucifc- tion of her taste became the problem to solve. The exactions of her daily life made 1t undesirable that she should have to work this out for herself. She was willing, indeed preferred, that it should be simple enough for a recluse, but her artistic soul strongly cried out for hon. esty of fabric, fine cut, good design and 8 workmanlike finish, 2. How was this to be achieved? {? She visited at in- tervals, as she could, the shops within her reach she wrote to others stating in plain language her exact needs, and asking if they could be met at her price, but the result was uniformly the same. The thin ng could not be done. 5Te ac- complish her purpose she must buy he' materials, create or modify a pattern and make it up with her own hands. Her bonnet She would have toA leave to's merciful Providence. No accurate cal
 culations can ever be made concerning
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
A Practical Sweetheart.

A nice young man employed in the resolved the other day to present his beloved girl with 8 nice pair of shoes. He accordingly procured her measure and went into one of the fashionable stores on Main street and purchased a two dollar pair of shoes. In order to make the present appear more valuable, he marked $5 upon the soles of the shoes, and at his request the clerk put 8 receipted bill for $5 into one of the shoes. The presentation was made, and the lovers we're happy, as lovers should be. But mark the. sequel The girl exam ined the shoes in the daylight and was not satisfied. She was convinced that her lover had been cheated in the pur
 chase of such pair of shoes at that price. She decided to go and change the shoes and obtain a better bargain. The next day she appeared in the store and selected pair of shoes, price $3. 50, and politely requested the clerk to take back the shoes for which she said her husband had paid $5. The receipted bill was produced in proof, and the boot man found it impossible to go a"behind the returns" The smart girl took her $3. 50 pair of shoes, and obtained" $l.50 in money, and went home: happy and satis sfed. The boot seller sent a bill fol $500 to the young man, who promptly paid the difference, but he thinks that girl little too smart for him. ,.,-.,.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

tell it, in the quaint language of the old chronicler, somewhat abbreviated. Af-r ter describing very vividly,, the basket murder trick, which isg we'll known in India, he says "I am now about to relate thing which surpasses all belief, and which should scarcely venture to insert here had it not been witnessed by thousands under my own eyes. One of the party took ball of cord, and, grasp ing one end, threw the other up in the air with such force that its extremity was beyond the reach of our sight. He then immediately climbed up the cord with incredible swiftness, and was soon out of sight. I stood full of astonish- ment, not conceiving what was to come of this, when, lo! a leg came tumbing down out of the air. One of the conjur- ing company instantly snatched it up and threw it into basket. A moment after hand came down, and immediately on that another leg. And in @ short time all the members of the body came thus successively tumbling from the air, and were cast together into the bas- ket. The last fragment of all we saw come down was the head, and no sooner had that touched the ground than he who had snatched up all the limbs and put them into the basket turned them all out again topsy turvy. And straight way saw with these eyes all the limbs creep together again, and, in short time, form whole man, who stood up and walked about without showing the least damage! Never in my life was I |Iso astonished as when 1 beheld this won 'deful performance, and l doubted now no longer that these misguided men did it, with the help of the devil. I had an attack lof ppalpatating of, the heart like that which Jovercame me once, before in the presence of the Sultan of India when be showed me something of that kind They gave me cordial, however, which cured the attack. The Kazi Afkhaf fradin was next to me, and quoth he, 'Wallah 'tis my opinion there has been neither going up nor coming down, neither marring nor mending 'tis all hocus pocus ' which was very wise conclusion to come to-
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25


 In the recent Doomsday Book of England the Mibank family is put down as possessing estates in the north of England worth near $150,OOO a year.
 There is g. curious history connected with this property. Lady Dorothy Milbank was favorite of Mary, Queen of Scots, but got into disgrace in con- nection with the Rizzio affair, in which her husband was also involved. She became so feddced in circumstance that she sold gsnger-bread on the bridge at Berwick-on- Tweed, by which, and the bounty.of -hsr customers, she accumuIa- $4, ,000, ,andEbought the estate of Halnaby, in Yorkshie, and, living very penurious- ly till she wasr83; purchased property
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

NEW YORK MARKET
 The wholesale New York market quotations show:
 Bedns.-Prime $1.571aa1. 50 tair to good 1.45a1. 55 per bushcl.
 , Butter.-N. Y. sold at 1Sc. for choice in pails, and 14d16c. common to good. Western sold atI2Oc., and the common Western a 5dSc. a-I.s. rs A Cheese.-Factory fancy s1lc.; do fair 47c.; farm dairy. prime 10d11 1ac.; and do. fail 9dt0 EggS.-Quotations ranged from 12c. for or dinary to 16c. for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
 Flour. .-Superfine New York and Western $3. 50a3,90: extra New York s4 00d$4 20. Hops-New York 10d12c. Eastern 7a1Oc.; yearlings 2G3c., olds 1d2c.
 Petrole''n'-Refined 1oa4eei; crude 611@c., in ping order, and 15a16 in cases and 12 ir . Pork -New mess $1On1I.5O Family. mess 10 25 extra prime S.75 dressed hogs 5Ia61
 Wheat.-spring No.2. 4l.O24. Milwaukee No ?, lI1o5 . snr A,nber l.15 White l.s5
 Wool.-0hio, Pennsylvania and Virginia xxx 42d45c.; Ax 37a40c.; K 37o4Oc; No 1 35d40c.;l No. 2, 35d40c.; common 3Od32 New York and Western XIX 35o3sc.; and Nc. 1 35d38d32a35c. 2 ,s.,..' ..is.t.,-.., t .
 I'>~ PH1LADELPHIA MARKET ,,... ' Ftoan.-State family $5.50 rye flour 30t Wheat, State 1.15. Amber Too. Corn. yel low, 50e.; mixed State 49c. -.... ,@e. .f Petrole~rr1.- 1.--Retined 10slc.; crude, s11(as55sc.
 WooL--State and Western xxx 35a3Sc.; X 35t &C.,; medium 36a37: coarse 3Sa34c. .i'-,
 --- CATTLE MARKETS. a.'
 BUFFALO. Cattle, good quality, $.4.SO Hogs, fair to good 4.70a4.S best 49O. v,
 EAST LIBERTY, PENN.-Best- cattle 4.7O medium to good 4.25a4.50; common to fai 3.0OaS.5O. Hogs, Workers. 4 4Oa4.5O; 2hila delphias 4.7Od480. Sheep, 3. 3.25a4.O0. .s... extra i7.0oa7.25; first quality 6.OOa6 50 second quality 5.OOa55O; third quality 4. 50, 4.75. Sheep and lambs--wool sheep 3.45a5 50 extra 4. 50d5.50; sheared 3Ka5Ac.; spriu, lambs 4d5ac.: veal calves 416d515c.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
A Father as Employer of a Son.

\ The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in the case of Brown against Pyle, recently considered the question whether father ma make an agreement with his minor son to pay him wages for work done. The creditors of the father resisted pay ment to the son of the amount of a judgment upon anote given under such an agreement -..,.-....
 "The court held that the judgment was valid, and that the preference was not fraud upon the creditors, the con sideration being honest and the debt justly due. The right of the son in this case to recover for his services is put upon the general principle that g father may, by an agreement with his minor child, relinquish to the child the right which he would otherwise have to his services. 1t is'well established that the father may authorize those who employ the minor child to pay the child his wages, and the father will then have no right to demand the wages either from the employer or from the child. In a Vermont case it is helc that father may give to his minor son part as we'll as the whole of his time. And such an agreement may be inferred from circum- stances, as when a father has left his son to manage his own affairs, and make and execute his own. contracts for 8 consid- erab ble time. Tn 9 Connecticut case it is held that father, though insolvent, may give his minor son his time and flu ture earnings. And the fact that the son continues to live in the family with his father, does not destroy the effect of the emancipation."' q .rrsIys,. ts..s
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
Contracts of Drunken Men.

The theory that drunkenness does not excuse man for crime seems to apply to liability under a contract made by a drunken man, provided he gets drunk voluntarily. In the case of O'Connor against Rempt the New Jersey Court of Chancery held as follows:
 "A deed made by a person while in 8 state of intoxication will be set aside if advantage has been taken of his situa- tion, or his drunkenness was produced by the act tor connivance of the person to be benefited by the deed. Courts cannot protect the-rash against the con- sequences of imprudent contracts if they enter into them voluntarily, and not through fraud or artiice. -'''
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
A Lucky lf-Guinea.

A gentleman passing through the streets of Newcastle, about twenty years ago, was called in by shopkeeper, who acknowledged himself indebted to him to the amount of guinea. The gentle man, much astonished, inquired how this was, as he had no recollection of the circumstance. The shopkeeper replied,
 that about twenty years before, as the gentleman's wife was crossing the river Tyne in boat which he was in, she ac- cidentalIy dropped half guinea as she took out her money to pay the fare. The shopkeeper, who had family at home literally starving, snatched up the half. guinea. He had since been pros- porous in the world, and now seized the first opportunity since his good fortune, of paying the money with interest. a if
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
The Welfare of the Human system

Is in great measure dependent upon the way in which the bowels perform their evacuative Junction. If they are regular and they can always be rendered so by the use of Hostetters s Stomach Bitters-an important essential of health is secured, and that blessing is very apt to follow. If they are irregular, chronic con- stipation and indigestion supervene, the liver becomes disordered, and the bile, being divert ed from its natural channel and purposes, enters and contaminates the blood, producing that yellowish cast of the skin and whites ot the eyes which is such a sure index of bilious ness. All these disastrous consequences, as we'll as others of far more serious nature, are remedied and prevented by Hestetter's Bitters, the leading American specific for dis orders of the bowels, stomach and liver.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
Bugs and Fishes.

That plague of American farmers, the potato bug, has recently swarmed over the country near Saratoga lake, in New York state, says Buffalo paper, in such numbers that at one time serious fears for the crops were entertained. After a time, however, the bugs began to fly over the lake, and it was noticed that, being unable toreach the opposite shore. they dropped to the surface of the water, and were at once carried under by the immense schools of fish in it. The farmers at once began to rejoice at what they regarded as an almost Providential riddance of the pests, but soon their gladness WAS turned into fresh trouble, for it was found that the fish, unable to digest the hard shells of. the bugs, died and were washed up on the shore in large quantities. Many of them have been found filed with hundreds of the bugs.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

As ice disappears under July sun, so fat disappears under the use of Allan's Anti-Fat. Those having uselessly tried other remedies are readily reduced from two to five pounds per week by this great remedy for corpulence. Sold by druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
The Coolest Place in New York.

The above is a common remark made by the guests of the Grand Central Hotel as they assemble in the exchange during warm after noon, to enjoy the breezes that sweep through its halls from Broadway to Mercer streets. The Grand Central is certainly the best con structed, best arranged and most centrally To- cated hotel in New York while its rates, reduced to $2.5 and $500 per day, combined with the high excellence of its tables, make it a prime favorite with all who enjoy it's Inequalities.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

$ GREEN NBAoKs.-Brick Pomeroy advises
 every greenback club to have 8 drill
 master, and every member of these clubs
 to make himself as proficient as possl- ble in the manual of arms.'' That's the way to do it. If man doesn't want to take greenback, jab him with your bayonetl The most of us, however, will
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

For Upwards of Thirty Yeurs Mrs. Winslo,o's Soothing Syrup has beenused for children with never-faling successful corrects acidity of the stomach, reieveswind coic regu- lates the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea, whether arising from teething or other causes. An old and well-tried remedy. 25c. a bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

-Three-fourths of the coffee imported to this country comes from Brazil Y But it is remarkable fact that three1fodrths of the people here drink nothing but
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

A7-- IS not easily earned in these timer, II but it can be made in three months by any one of either sex. in any part of the country, who is willing to work steadily at the employment that we fnr- nish. $66 per week in your own town Ton need not be away from home over night. Yeu can give your whole time to the work. or enly your spare moments. We have agents who are once can make money fast. At the present tirhe' money cannot be made SO easily and rapidly at any other business. It costs nothing to try the business, Terms and $5 Outfit free. Address at once. H. HALLErT & Co.,, Portland, Maine.
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Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25
CHEW
MARKET NOTES.

Wood Tag Plug Tobacco 2 HE PIONEER ToDAoCo COMPANY, New TorA. Boston and Chieasu,
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

WAYS. The track is double the entire length the line, of steel rails laid on heavy oak U,
 which are imbe6ded in a foundation of rock D g
 iron or stone and built upon the most approv plan. Ite passenger cars, while eminentty sa ! and substantial, are at the same time moues comfort and elegance. aa .N 73 hlN
Connecticut western news., 1878-07-25

The attention of the travelling pubic is resb fully invited to some of the merits or tnls M , highway, in the confident assertion anu pens no other line can offer equal lnducemenVS route of through travel. In
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-03-18
ONION CULTURE.

Onions can be best grown upon the
same land repeatedly, year after year,
and change of fertilizers is beneficial.
After barnyard manure has been used,
poultry manure would be effective, and
occasionally dressing of phosphate of
lime would be advisable. The best
standard fertilizer for onions is night
soil, taken out of cesspools. mixed with
dry earth, and left to stand few weeks
until the heap is incorporated. Four or
five wagon loads of the night-soil, with
twice its bulk of earth, would be sufi-
cient for an acre. Ten barrels of pure
poultry manure, mixed with an equal
quantity of fine earth. would make a
fair dressing for one acre of onions. AS
onions are sown or planted closely In
drills near together, the fertilizer is
best applied broadcast and narrowed or
raked into the surface soil. By growing
this crop repeatedly on the same plot and
using poultry manure. night-soil and su.
per-phOsphate of lime alternately, the sol
may be entirily free from weeds in few
years.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-03-18
BEES IN SPRING.

AS soon as spring opens, our bees
should all be examined by lifting the
frames of each hive, and if the stocks
are weak, the bees are shut to one side of
the hive by means of division board, so
as to keep up the necessary heat for
brood rearing on as many combs as they
can cover. AS soon as the queen has
filled these combs with eggs. we spread
them apart, inserting an empty comb
between those occupied with brood. and
in few days time the queen will fill
this one also and so we keep on until
every available cell is occupied with
brood. Thus, it will be seen that instead
of the queen laying eggs on the out
side of the cluster, she lays them in the
centre of the brood-nest, where they
should be. After the hive is full Of
brood and bees, it does not make so much
difference. as the weather is warm and
bees are plenty, so that the queen Car
deposit her eggs anywhere in the hive
AS soon as the strongest stocks are full
take frame of brood just gnawing out
and place it in the weaker ones, giving
the strong one an empty comb for the
queen to fill again, and so keep on unit
all are full.-American Bee Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-03-18
GODS PRESENCE.

"The dwelling place of the saint is
the presence of God. 1t is to this sane.
tuary that he is brought in believing,
and it is in this that he remains, to go
out no more. For the Church home is
the house of her God. There she abides.
There each saint exercises the spiritual
priesthood to which he now belongs.
His life is to be one of priestly service
in all things. To this he has been called.
And it is this that makes the believers
life such solemn thing. 1t is not
merely the life of one forgiven and saved,
but the life of one who wears the priest
ly garments, who ministers at the altar,
and stands in the presence of Jehovah.
Each believer is priest unto God, and
as such his whole Afe is to have reference
to this. In nothing. either in word or
deed, ought saint to forget the solemn
nature of his Office. And as one of God s
priests he Is brought near unto God :
and being brought near, his privilege is
that of communion with the Holy One of
lsrael-unbroken fellowship with Je-
hovah in his sanctuary and at his mercy
seat. Such is the privilege of even the
poorest and feeblest saint. He is one
that has been brought near. through the
blood of sprinkling, to dwell with God,
to serve Him day and night in his tenn.
pie, to speak with Him face to face, and
to commune with Him in peace and love
and joy, as did Abraham, as did Moses
as did Daniel. DR.. II. Bonar