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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12
Fruit Trees BY the Roadside.

The early settlers of many towns in
the New England States planted rows
OF apple or pear trees along the line of
the road in front of their premises.
Sometimes the trees were placed inside
and at other times outside of the fence.
This fashion of planting fruit trees was
quite common, for in some parts of
Massachusetts and Maine there are I'M
broken lines of apple trees by the side
OF certain old roads ten miles in length.
Some OF these trees were planted in
colonial days, and others during or
shortly after the Revolution. It is Ger.
tain that they bear age well and many
OF them, now over century old, con-
tlnue to bear fruit in abundance. One
famous old tree, well remembered by
the writer Of this article, produced
thirty-seven bushels of apples in a re.
cent season. It was planted, according
to tradition, the spring after the battle
of Bunker Hill.
1t is obvious there is something about
the peculiar location of these trees that
accounts for their remarkable vigor and
hardness. They had no advantage in
the way of protection. 1t is fair to
presume that they had little, if any,
cultivation. Perhaps their hardness
is due to the circumstances of their
exposure and the want of cultivation.
Their growth was slow, and the wood
formed was very firm. They had ditch
very near them, which insured excellent
drainage. This ditch had much to do
in keeping the trees healthy and vigor-
GUS. Fine dust and animal droppings
were carried by the wind from the road
and deposited on the foliage of the
trees and on the earth above their roots.
These were excellent fertilizers, and
they were applied in small quantities
almost every day. Portions of the roots
of many of the trees were covered by a
stone wall, which served the purpose of
a perpetual mulch.
Farmers in the new West may bene-
fit from the history of these old trees
that were set out by men who planted
better than they knew" A roadside
possesses many advantages for success
full tree-raising, some of which have
been mentioned. The laws of most of
the Western States encourage tree
planting on the line of roads, and make
it an offense to injure trees so planted.
1t is more profitable to plant fruit than
forest trees. The latter are useful as
well as ornamental. IF stock is not al
lowed to run at large, trees on the line
of public roads are less liable to injury
than in an inclosed field that is plowed.
In well-regu1ated neighborhood there
is little danger that trees will be robbed.
By planting trees that produce late
fruit the temptations to steal will be
removed. The fashion of "the faith
ers" of setting fruit trees on the side
of roads deserves to be revived.-Chi.
cag0 Times.
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BcNuJlncrA.

Ladies, you cannot make fair skin,
rosy chcczs and sparkling eyes with all
the cosmetics Of Franco, or beautltiers Of
the world, while in poor health, and
nothing will give you such good health,
strength, buoyant spirits and beauty as
Hon Bittrrs.-IxIeu,mDA
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kidney Complain -

CT all descriptions ale relieved ut once,
and speedily cured by Kidney Wort. 1t
seems intended by nature for the cure OF
all diseases of tho kidneys caused by
weakness and debility. Its great tonic
powers are especially directed to the re-
moval Of this class of discases.-Press.
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CHAPTER III.

Having sworn Shawn to secrecy, /
assisted him to reenter the box, and
forthwith sent word of the discovery tc
the magistrate. The box was at once
removed, the post-mortem examination
concluded, and the discovery made
that the unfortunate man had died of
heart disease. Again everybody Was
amazed, and this time the wonder was
mixed with shame. After the examina.
ton was made, the Coroner's inquiry
was hurried over, and once more, III
solemn pomp and with all the rites
of the church, the agent was laid in his
grave.
Amid the solemn concourse which
attended this second funeral I noticed
the wild, wan face which had haunted
me ever since that day when had seen
it by the frozen window of the inn-the
face Of the very man whom in my own
mind I had accused of murderi For a
moment hung back ashamed; then I
boldly walked forward and pressed a
bank note into the wretched creatures
hand. he looked from it to me in
dazed amazement, then the sight of
one OF his ragged children seemed to
make him realize what the money would
do. He clutched it closer, and with one
last look down the open grave he crept
across the boys toward his home.
By whose hand the corpse was con-
veyed from the church-yard to the bog
was never discovered. It was generally
believed, however, that news of the in
tended examination had been whianarod
abroad, and that the agent was exhumed
and hidden solely with a view to pre-
venting his body being ~cut up"
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A WOMAN in Portland, Me-, saw her
husband enter house, and she broke
all the front windows. After she had
ad her fun she discovered that it was
=, clcrgyman's house, and that her hus-
band had gone there for spiritual adj
wee
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12

Thomas Eclectric Oil should be applied
Immediately For Rheumatism, neuralgia,
lame back, contraction of the muscles, &c
the Electric Oil is unequaled. 1t is equally
good for burns and scalds, chilblains, frost
bites, sprains and bruises. For gals, ring.
bones, lameness, swellings, scratches, wind
gals, &c, it is the horse owners best friend
Noyes Bros. & Cutler, wholesale agents, St.
Paul, MINI.
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Personal-Mr. Isaac B. Hasbuck, of Skana.
tclcs, N. T., writes: have been troubled with
bronchitis forlycars, and Thol. s. Electric oil
IS the only medicine that would ever take
effect; one dollars worth of it has entirely
cured me. Ihaye used it for several othr atilic.
lions andhaye always found it to have the
best results. After once using the Eclcctric
Oh no one will be without It, Noyes Bros Il
Cutler, wholesale agents, St. Paul, MINI.
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Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic prevents malaria.

For one cent purchase = postal card and
send your address to DR.. Sanford, l62 Broad
way, New York, and receive pamphlets by
return mail, from which YOU can learn wheth.
ez your liver is out Of order, and II out of or.
der or 10 any way diseased, what 10 the bes,
thing in the world to take for it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12

Corr ect your habits Of crooked walking bv
using Lyons Patent Metallic Heel Stiticners.
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Sherman & Co., Marshall, Mich, want An
agent in this county at once, at q salary Of
800 per month and expenses paid. For full
particulars address as above.
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COnsunlprlOn cured.

Reeds GIT Edge Tonic viii cure the worst
asses OF fever and ague.
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70 u Nm
"hen yOu write to AdYertfsArn nlean~
Soy You saw their advertisement IN this
paper.
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Without replying in the familiar
manner in which he had addressed me,
I drew myself up with a somewhat
naughty reserve, and coldly demanded
who he was, and how he came to be
secreted il the thicket, if his purpose
was honest.
Why, to tell the TRUTH" he replied,
in an open, straightforward manner, Il
am, like yourself, perhaps, on my way
to the English fort; and, not liking the
appearance of this lonely path, which l
feared might lead me into an ambus-
cade of Thugs, l turned out to 20
round to the hill yonder, where the
route again becomes more open; but,
heing hot and weary, I stopped to rest
and there heard the crack of q rifle
that assured me . fellow-traveler was
upon the road that I might join with
safety"
- And how did you know T was not
one OF the party you feared2"
"Bccausc they do not Use firearms.
But see You are suspicious, and per-
haps would prefer to 60 on alone,
though I think two are safer than one"
You shall go with me-" I quietly re-
piled, as stepped back q pace or two,
placed my pistol convenient to my
hand, and coolly proceeded to reload
my rifle. Where did you learn En-
glish, and how did you know T was
native Of Great Britain?''
I learned the language of your
countrymen, with whom have had
many pleasant dealings as trader" he
answered, without hesitation; land
knew You were an Englishman by your
appearance"
Having finished loading my rifle,
felt more at ease; and then I quietly in
formed my new acquaintance that we
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of some persons unknown, everybody
was more amazed than sver, and again
came the conviction, stronger than be-
fore, that murder had been done. But,
try as they would, they could discover
nothing. The whole country was
thrown into tumult, and popular ex-
element at its height, when I unwit-
tingly solved the terrible secret by
finding the body in the bog.
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CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER I.

sleet, I ordered Shawn to bring out
the horses and car that we might drive
into Portaclare together. By the time
we started the hail had ceased to fall,
but still the wind blew bitterly, freezing
with its 10y breath the little pools on
the wayside, and when we drove into
Portaclare felt almost as if my blood
was frozen. It was midday by that
time, and, save for one or two decrepit
old men We had passed on the road, We
were the last to arrive. What q gath
ering there wasl The streets of the
little town were so crowded that it was
almost impossible to make ones wav
along. In the market-place bevies Of
rosy.cheeked servant girls waited to be
hired; pigs grunted and squealed as
the drovers whipped them along: the
shopkeepers shrieking to the passen-
gers to buy-the agent sat in the coy
Parlor OF the inn comfortably ENJOYING
MS glass OF wine; gazing with a smile
into the wild, woe-begone faces of the
creatures whom he had summoned
thlther and detcrminedly shaking his
head at every heart-broken appeal.
Don't come to me-" he said: ~I'm
done With ye, q lot Of lazy spendthriifts
as 70 are. Yell go before them to-day
as II make ye payl"
l sat in remote corner of the room
and quietly watched the wretched Great
ures who crowded around the man
their wild eyes, their famished faces
their trembling bodies clad in the dirty
rags which were their sole protection
from the cold. And Is glanced from
them to the frozen window-panes and
the sleet which fell, covering with
thin crystal sheet the curb-stone of the
street, my heart turned sick.
Poor, miserable, half-starved wretch
es!" 1 thought, "most of you will
have sore hearts tonight, for you will
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
MARLIN
Improved Road Notice.

A PETITION was presented to the
N Commissioners of Preble County,
by VIM. r. Deem and others, on the
4th inst, asking for the improvement
by grading, gravelling, bridging and
draining of the following road, viz:
Beginning at the village of Gettysburg,
and on the line between sections No.
80 and SO, jefferson township; thence
south on said line, and on the line of
the Gettysburg 6 Oxford Free Turn
pike Road, or as neal thereto as praeti-
cable, to the line of the Eaton & State
Line Improved Road, at the southwest
corner of section Nc. SO, Jackson town.
ship.
james Campbell, CT ristian Disher,
and Abram S. Eye have been appoint
ed a committee of viewers on said petit
ton, and F. M. DAVIDSON Engineer, and
directed to meet at the place of begin
ming above named, on the 18th day of
April next, aud proceed to view, sur
vey, and estimate the cost of construct
ing the said proposed Improvement, as
directed by the statute in such made
and provided, and make report of their
proceedings on or before the 18th day
of June next. All persons interested
will take notice accordingly.
BY order of the Board of Commits
sioners. SAM'L OLDFATHER,
marl1-3 Auditor. +
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
Road Improvement Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a pc
In tition was presented to the Board
of County Commissioners of Preble
County, on the 4th day of March inst,
asking for the Improvement by grad
ing, %gravelling, draining, bridging,
&C., under the provisions of the act
passed June Goth, 1879, ""To revise and
consolidate the general statutes of
Ohio" took effect January LIST, 1880,
(Revised code, vol. l, page 1922 OF the
following described road, viz:
Beginning at the Eaton q State Line
Improved Road, on the north line of
Dixon township, at the corner of Sec
lions No. 2 and 3 in said Dixon town
ship, and to run thence south. with the
Daily, and Daily Extension Free Turn
pixies, t. the south line of Dixon town.
Ship, at the corner of sections No. "a
and 35. +
Clinton Shurley, VIM. T. Bcall, and
Harvey Weymire have beeu appointed
a committee of viewers, and F.. NJ. Da-
visson Engineer, and directed to meet
at the place of beginning named in said
petition, on Wednesday, the 3lst day OF
March inst, and proceed to view and
survey said proposedimrrovement, and
make report thereof as directed by law
All persons interested will take notice
accordingly.
By order of the Board of Commits.
%sioners. SAM'L OLDFATHER,
mar1l-3t Auditor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
LEGAL M01iceu

NOTICE is hereby given that Frank
IN f. Raikes, Richard Francis and
e. c.. Taylor, have filed a petition in
the Probate Court of Preble County,
Ohio, asking the Court to establish a
Joint sub-district, for school purposes,
composed of territory situate in the
townships of Somers and Gratis, in said
County, and described as follows, viz:
Beginning at a point on the section line
between sections 13 and IA in Somers
township, thence north along the half
section line to the half section line run
ming east and west; thence east along
the half section line between sections -
and II; thence north along section
line to half section line in section l;
thence east along the half section line
to the half section line; thence north
| along the half section line to the
township line; thence east along the
township line to the centre of section
six in Gratis township; thence south
along the east line of the farm of David
Flora and Joseph Ely thence west be-
tween the farms of Joseph Eby and
Thomas Weadock; thence south along
the east line of the farm of Sarah RAN
dolph; thence east along the north line
of the farm of David Kinscy to the hall
section line; thence south on said hal
section line to the line between section:
IS and 10; thence west along said line
to the place of beginning in Somer'
township. That the Commissioners ap
pointed by the Court to act in the prem
ises. will meet at the residence of Rich
ard Francis, in said territory, and OF
the Goth day of March A. ID. 1880, a
or o'clock a. M. to determine whethe
such joint sub-disIict ought to be es
tablished.
A. L. HARRIS, Probate Judge.
Feb, &c, 1SS0.4w.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
Live Long and be Happy.

Why should not everyone live out
their full allotted time, enjoy good
health and be happy? Surely there is
no GOOD reason, and yet many will al
low impure blood, weakness of the kid
neys, imperfect digestion, and urinary
troubles to undermine and break down
their general health, anu carry them
to a premature grave. Some seek re-
lief among mineral poisons, in pill
form, etc., othe s resort to extensively
advertised alcoholic beverages and fer
mented liquors, only to feel themselves
for a time somewhat better, but after
awhile much worse. Now, why should
this be SO? 1t is well known by the
intelligent portion of Il community
that DR.. G%uysott's Yellow Dock and
Sarsaparilla vii surely remove all
these disorders. This medicine is the
wonderful discovery of an eminent
French physician, and has proven it
self in thousands of instances to be the
best vegetable blood purifier known to
medical men. 1t never fails to effectu-
ally cure Serofula, Syphilitic disord-
ers, weakness of the kidneys, all nerv-
GUS disorders and debility, and all uri
nary and digestive troubles. 1t makes
the old feel full of youthful vigor, and
the young energetic and gay, restoring
perfect manhood and womanhood, es-
pecially when the disease has a tenden-
cy to weaken the mind, body and nerv-
Gus system. Do otdcspair. A single
bottle VIII convince you of its great
merit as a health remover, for it begins
at once to give new life and new vigor
to 10th body and mind, eve failing
to remove alf symptoms of any and
every disease that can be cured by
cleansing, renovating, purifying and
strengthening the human system, driv-
ing out, as if by Stgic, the many ills
that flesh is heir ts and building up
new health, new vigor, and new life.
Large CHART bottle, $f.oo.- For safe by
Y. w. LAKE,
g. MICHAEL g. SON,
j. p. BROOKINS & SON.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
Birthdays.

Life is often beautifully compared to a
journey. Adopting the comparison, birth
days become the mile posts which mark
the progress made. Ere we reach on
life's highway the stone which marks the
highest point, they are as welcome as the
mile-stones which tell a weary traveller
that he is nearer home and a warm well
come. A boys birthday assures him
that he is nearer the day when he will
be regarded as a man, with all the glori-
Gus possibilities that manhood is heir to.
A girl sees in each recurring anniversary
a nearer approach to the glad moment
when the duties of school life will be
thrown to the winds and she will burst
forth intoa brilliant young lady going
forth to conquer and be conquered. The
young man who has lived one-third of
the three score and ten years allotted as
the span of earthly existence, begins dim
ly to realize that life is short and time is
feeting. If the golden moments of the
past have been well spent they wait their
perfume. as sweet odors blown by the
South wind DER a bank of violets. He
has met opposition but to overcome it,
been confronted by obstacles but to sur
mount them, endured trials but to sub
due them, and he feels his sympathies
enlarged and his whole nature expanded
by the struggles put forth. He begins
now to realize that life has a meaning
which he has but half interpreted. But
the future is yet too bright and full OF
promise to linger long over the past-it
holds cups of joy sweeter by far than any
yet tasted, it contains gems of truth more
sparkling than those discovered, it sha-
dows mountains of eminence whose sum-
mits 'stouch the burning zone and make
Ossa like a wartp No, only those who
see the shadows fall toward the east, and
who are passing down the long slope
which leads to the river Styx, cast a lin
gering look behind. Even let them re-
member Lots wife, and however pleas
ing the past may be, no matter what joys
it has embalmed or what hopes it has
kindled, let them know that tits the flu
ture which holds the ~fruition of joys IN
tasted and hopes unsatisfied in this life.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
Another Pioneer Gone.

At the residence of her son, 8 miles
north of Eaton, of Heart Disease, BAR
BARA .KAYLER, aged rs years and 10
months
Barbara Kayler was the last survivor
of the family of five children of Jacob and
Elizabeth Christman, who emigrated
from Guilford county, North Carolina, to
Ohio, in the year 1907, one year before
the county was formed, and married one
wear after the town of Eaton was laid
out; and was also one of the last sur
vivors who was in the county previous to
its organization. Her cousin, John Crist-
man, and one other person came here
and settled in the county a short time
previous to her coming. She was a res
ident of the county for 70 years. Her
father settled on Banta's creek, 8 miles
northeast of Eaton, on the farm now
owned by one of his grandchildren, F.
NJ. Cristman, in an almost unbroken will
derness. The nearest house that was oc-
cupied was that of Judge Meroney, an
uncle of the deceased, about 3 miles
southwest of their house and hear the
site of Eaton, and the roads from one set
Element to another were mere blazed
paths with a few underbrush cut out.
Her father was drafted in the war of 1912.
On the 10Th of October, 1881, she was
married to John F. Kayler, who had en-
igrated with his parents from Rocking
ham county, Virginia, in 1914. After
their marriage they moved on their OWE
farm, where they felled the tall trees an6
opened up their farm. In the fall of 1915
her companion died, leaving her a widow
with two children-John A. and Lydia
: Ann, aged respectively Is and II years
She remained a widow to the time of he.
death, which was nearly 81 years. When
: at the age of rs years, she made a visit Il
, her daughter, Lydia Ann Clapsaddle, il
southern Kansas, a distance of 900 miles
; which trip she enjoyed very much, bu
: was brought home very much Frustrated
caused by taking a severe cold. He
death was very sudden. She died as sh,
. always wished, suddenly and withou
: pain. 1t was all over with her in les
Y than a minute, and she never spoke
r word more, but closed her eyes and pass
: ed away with a smile on her countenance
l lShe leaves to mourn her loss one son
: one daughter, seven grandchildren an,
two great-grand-children, and manyo 9th
err relatives and friends. The fnnera
services were held at Zion's Ev. Luthe
ran Church by Rev. Bushy, of Lewis
burg.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
BE Wise in Time.

1t is q fact WI. eAhown by almost all
intelligent faai2ies that DIR. Wistar's
Balsam of WildCherry has cured more
cases of Consumption, Asthma, Bron-
ehitis, etc., than any other physicians
prescription ever compounded. 1t re
irritation Of Siroat and iHsss. It Is
quieting and soothing in its effect, and
is unexcelled as a general tonic. Keep
a bottle always on hand. A few doses
never fail to cure an ordinary cough
or cold. Price Of large pint bottles,
$1.00. For sale by
MICHAEL & SON,
j. P. BROOKINS s. son,
v. w. LAKE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-03-11
DEATHS.

DJXON-On the LIST inst, Miles S. Dix
on, aged 90 years, l month and %
days.
Funeral services at residence, conduct
ed by Rev. w. B.. DePey.
LONGNECKER-In Eaton, on Thurs
day, March 4th, 1880, of Consumption,
Mrs. saba L~ongnecker, vile of James
A. L%ongnecker, aged % years and 8
months.
Mrs. MARY LUENBERGER was born neal
Brownsville, Pa, April 10Th, 1871, and
died at her home in Eaton, Ohio, sur
rounded by her little family, consisting
of a husband and two children, who, with
many other friends did all that kind
hands and loving hearts could devise to
make the last hours of the patient suffer
er as pleasant and peaceful as possible.
She gave up her young life Feb. 10Th,
1880, at the age OF SO years and II months.
At the age of Is years she protested faith
in Jesus Christ and united with the Pro-
testant Methodist Church in Pa, under
the ministry Of Rev. Mr.. Lucas. In h r
approach 10 the silent River, her faith
was strong, confidence mistaken, hope
buoyant, and her steps firmzaad unfaiter-
ing; pushing out. from the shores~et
Time with the song: "Jesus, lover of my
soul" &C., lingering on her lips and
thrilling her heart. She was a devoted
wife, a kind and indulgent mother, and
while she is out OF sight may she never
be out of mind to both husband and
children. May each with unwavering
faith and confidence make God THEIR
father, Jesus their Savior, and then
Heaven, the home of mother and wife,
will be their home. Funeral services in
presence of a large and sympathizing
congregation, in the Christian Church,
by the writer, assisted by Rev. A. J.
Reynolds and S. S. Newhouse.
G. w GARoUTTE.