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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16
EATON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16, WI

deus Stevens and Zach Chandler had
forced him into doing. He knew, as well
when he was trying to remove Hancock
as when he wrote to Hinsdale bemoan-
ing the excessesof the extreme men in his
party, that the policy which Gen. Han
cock was pursuing in Louisiana was the
only lawful and the only patriotic policy
for the commander of q military district
to pursue. He knew, as well when he
was cooking affidavits in New Orleans or
ruling out the evidence of the cookery
before the Electoral Commission, as he
did when he was communicating to
Hinsdale his fears of the violent parti-
sans who "meant to count our side in,
right or wrong" that Tilden had been
elected President. He was simply
driven by the violent partisans
whom he was too timid to oppose, as
he was driven by them into voting
against his own proposition on the
Deputy Marshals bill, and as he would
most assuredly be driven by them if the
voters of the country were misguided
into electing him to the Presidency.
One at least of the charges against his
personal integrity owes most of its sting
to the same moral weakness. If when
AlneS tOld the story OF Gen. OarneluS
connection with Credit Mobilier Gen.
Garfield had come out like man and
confessed the truth, he would have been
thought guilty. at most, of an indiscre-
ton. 1t was his prevarication on the
stand and his attempt to induce Ames
to assist him in getting it accepted that
ruined him before the country. When
ever an emergency has confronted him
he has met it in the same shuff1ing and
timid way. After announcing, some
times in the private ear of Hinsdale and
sometimes to the public, what ought to
be done, he has fallen into the rear ranks
of the men who were advancing to do
the precisely opposite thing, and has
"followed a multitude to do evil. :"
What sort of man is this for position
in which courage and aggressive honesty
are the first requisites
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16
A Revolutionary Giant.

Peter Francisco, a giant of the Revo-
luton, who dealt destruction with
sword five feet long, is thus described
by correspondent of q Virginia jour
nal:
Ny father, recently deceased at the
advanced age of 80, well remembered
him, having frequently seen him In his
native county of Buckingham, and re-
lated many anecdotes of his stirring and
perilous adventures and hair-breadth es-
capes as he heard the recital fall from
the lips of the giant himself.
He described him as six feet one inch
in height, his weight 260 pounds, his
complexion dark and swarthy, features
bold and manly, and his hands and feet
uncommonly large, his thumbs being as
large as an ordinary mans wrist.
Such was his personal strength that
he could easily shoulder cannon weigh
ing 100 pounds, and he had seen him
take man in his right hand, pass over
the floor and dance his head against the
ceiling with as much ease as if he had
been doll-baby. The mans weight
was 195 pounds.
Partaking of the patriotic enthusiasm
of the times, he entered the American
Revolutionary army at the age of 16.
He was present at the storming OF
Stony Point, and was the first soldier,
after Maj. Gibbon, who entered the
fortress, on which occasion he received
bayonet wound In the thigh.
He was at Brandywine, Monmouth
and other battles at the North, and was
transferred to the South under Gen
Greene, where he was engaged in the
actions of the Cowpens, Camden, Gull
ford Court House, etc.
He was so brave and possessed such
confidence in his prowess that he was
positively fearless. He used sword
with blade five feet loag, which he
could WELD Like feather, and every
swordsman who came witnin reach oI
him paid the forfeit of his life.
! : NM, Rrcr1r,rr IL cra,narallIz rarair Al I,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Two LIVES.

They played together al the livelong days,
When sunny summer reveled mid the flowers;
Their lives grew tangled Ike the leafy vines
That weave their arms about some iatticed bower
They stroIled together by the leaf-fringed grove,
When sylvan choirs were preluding the day,
And walked adoHn the gloomy leaf-brown aislee,
Loud echoing to some festive songster's lay.
And oft, when night with days red amber Lit
The stars that hung In silence In the sky,
They listened to the dew-damp breeze that lulled
The fields, and deemed it sad, yet knew not why.
The years sped on, and youth unfolded ali
Its petal-virtues, and now manhood rives
The buds Of wisdom which the twain reveal
Within the vase Of their own noble lives.
They parted at the coIlege-ga.e, and one,
With slow-paced tread and down. turned misty eye,
Walked lonely down the slade-tnged vale Of life
And one went sadly home in peace to die.
White lilies noated on the rippled pools,
And daisies whitened every waving glade;
surpiced stranger bent above grave
With many wreaths, and left them there to fade
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

FRIED BREAD PUDDNa.-Take stale
loaf of bakers bread cut in slices; beat
up six eggs, stir them into quart of
milk; dip the slices into the milk and
eggs; lay them upon dish, one upon
another, and let them stand about an
hour then fry them to light brown in
a little butter ; serve with pudding sauce
or sirup.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16
The Elk IouIdn,t Wait.

The following satire on the practical
uselessness of the present method of rifle
shooting is good:
A man belonging to village rifle team
was recently out on the plains of Wyo-
ming Territory looking for game. Finally
the party sighted an elk at 800 yards and
prepared to shoot him. He was noble
buck. The member of the rifle team
put a blanket down among the sage
brush and artistically placed himself
upon his back, with his left arm like
figure 2, supporting his neck, and his
right arm, like figure Z, supporting
the aft end of the rifle. The
measure of the wind was taken,
and the sights were scientifically
adjusted, while the expert made figure
8 with his legs and rested the rifles bow
between the toes of his shoes. The
measure of his fore finger was now taken
by patent machine, and the trigger
was filed off slightly on the near side in
order to be adjusted to the weight of his
finger. Two men were then sent out to
put flags each side of the elk to show
the bounds outside of which the team
ster was not to fire but the elk thought
it had waited long enough, and ran away.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

If Democratic Congress had made no
change in the Pension laws, the expen-
ditures for pensions for the four years in
which they had control would have been
only $4,000, 600, and the net differ
ence, in the net ordinary expenditures in
favor of Democratic control, would be
S135, 100000.
1t will be seen by the above tables that
the net ordinary expenditures for 1880
were in excess of those for 1S76-the
last year of Republican control, when
the Republicans boastfully proclaimed
that they had economical to an extent
which Democrats could not improve
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

We will avail ourselves of the privi-
.age accorded to authors and ask our
readers To sta4a- a-ss-rse,rcsst ssster-
vening space of three years, which
elapsed between the parting of Shelah
Fortescue and Elmer Roystou and the
present time.
It is an unpretending little cottage
that stands somewhat back from the
public street, its porch surrounded by
cl1nging honeysuckle vines, whose bios
SONS shed delicate aroma upon tho
evening air, reminding Elmer Royston,
as he stood leaning against one of the
pillars of the porch, of that never-to-be-
forgotten evening long ago, when it
seemed to him that all the light and Joy
of his life had been extinguished. And,
as he slowly reviewed the past and
thought how little there was in life worth
living for, it seemed to him that the
:ates had been doubly severe in thus
cl eckering his life with such sorro-
and then lengthening it out when II
seemed that that sorrow was unbeara-
BILE. Was not an early death, he
thought, preferable to remaining long i'll
e career mingled with sorrow and regret
and growing old in disappointment and
care? Wild, wicked thoughts rose in
his mind-thoughts to which he would
never give tongue-and his face became
hard and stern IN the gathering shades
of the summer twilight, as he mutters
eyes, men have done it often before;
why should I not? IF it were not for
what the world would say would not
hesitate but know only too we'll what
the popular verdict is in such cases-I
have heard it too often"
"What is it you have heard too often,
Elmer?" asked low voice just behind
him, the tones of which were as soft and
sweet as those of an Eolian harp.
He started, and turned hastily toward
the fair girl who bad just stepped from
the cottage door out upon the porch.
"Oh, it is you, ma belle Nina I haG
fallc into train of thought, alone herr
in his romantic twilight, and suppose
/ must have unconsciously been con,
v, sing with myself Deuced poor COM
ny, though, I assure you. And be-
de, you have doubtless heard the old
proverb which says, He who talks to
himself talks with the devil If such
be the case, his Satanic Majesty and my
self were in close communication a mo-
ment ago."
The cold, hard look had vanished from
his face, and was replaced By the reckless,
devl-me aare expression which he usual
ly wore.
"And what may have been the SUBJ
jeot of your meditatious2 building airy
castles, I suppose?'
"Pardon me, but you are wrong. My
castles were nil completed Bin. demol-
ished long ago, was thinking of the
Uas,itas Va'aitatunt of the world in gen.
sFsl--my life in particular
land I suppose you prefer your own
cynical thoughts &c my companyi If
so-.--"
"And if so you will vanish like a
beautiful dream. suppose he said,
With that old air of gajlantry which was
characteristic Of him in years gone by.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

A TEXAN professor has written PAM
phlet to prove that cities built of lime
stone are the healthiest in the world,
and never much visited by malarial dis
eases, including yellow fever. The
limestone is said to absorb carbonic
acid arising from animal and vegetable
accommodation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

SCHOOL teacher to little boy whose
father is a grocer" Now, Johnny, if
your father has barrel of whisky con-
tanning forty gallons, and one-fourth of
it leaks out, how many gallons does he
JOSEF" Johnny-"He don't lose none.
He fills it up again, right off
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

of doubt, it was to prevent legislation
that the shares were put where they
would "produce the most good" On
Ames' own construction of the matter,
the Congressman were to be hired to
adopt his view of the meaning of the
law by making their interests identical
with the interests of the company. That
is what was done and that is what con-
stitutes bribery.
Garfeld's share in Credit Mobilier
was not an investment III promising
stock recommended by friend. Gar
field was to pay nothing. He was as
sured that the stock offered to him for
nothing would realize 81, 400. He admits
this, for In his defense, published not
attempts to explain the memorandum
of 81, 400 in his own handwriting in this
way:
Before left his room [the interview after the
investigation had begunl he said he had some
memoranda which seemed to indicate that the
money I had of him was an account of stock
and asked me if he did not, some time in 1868,
deliver to me statementto that effect. told
him if he had any account Of that sort was
neither aware of it, nor responsible for it. and
thereupon made substantially the following
statement: "Mr. Ames, the only memoran-
dunn you ever showed me was in 1S67-'68, when,
speaking to me of this proposed sale of stock,
you figured out on little piece of paper what
you supposed would be realized from an in
vestment of 81, 900, and, as remember, you
wrote down these figures:
1000
1000
400
2,4O0
as the amount you expected to realize While
saying this to Mr.. Ames wrote the figures as
above, on piece of paper lying on his table,
to show him what the only statement was he
had made to me.
But, in the face of this declaration
that he knew in 1868 of the enormous
profits to be made out of Credit Mobilier
stock, Mr.. GARFIELD elsewhere claims
that he did not know anything of the
character of the stock or the nature of
the profits to be forthcoming until
warned by Judge Black, year or two
later, that the transaction was sus-
picious
Leave entirely out of sight Oakes
Ames' sworn testimony, which the Pn-
hand Committee believed and the coun-
try believed, that Mr.. Garfield received
dividend of 1929 on Credit Mobilier
stock, understanding it to be such a
dividend, and there is still evidence
enough, in Garfeld's own statements, to
convict him of the blibe-taking and the
perjury.-Neto York SIN.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

man will eat soggy biscuit twice a week
without complaint, when his best girl
invites him out to tea. But after the
girl becomes his wife, if there is the
faintest indication of touch of salera-
tus in them, the neighbors viii think
there is district school out for recess
by the racket he makes"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16
...s1,192,7 ,7O3,594
......$l,012, ,Ss9, $40

e
Net saving in four Democratic years. s 1lsSl3,954
But, perhaps, some Republican organ
will say that portion of this reduction
is attributable to the decrease in the
public-debt charge. While it would be
affair response to say that this reduction
was effected under Democratic Con-
gressional control, would have been i'm
possible without Democratic concur
renee and assistance, and that the very
fact that it was effected gives the lie to
the Republican charge that Democratic
control of the Legislative department Is
detrimental to the financial interests of
the country, we waive it for the present,
for the purpose of presenting the exhibit
of the net ordinary expenditures of the
Government for the years of Republican
and Democratic control, included in the
above table:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

Business cards Of Ave lines or less 50 par annum.
Local notices 10 cents per line each insertion.
Simple announcements Of marriages and deaths,
sad church and benevolent society no ices inserted
iree. Any additions TO obituary notices VIII be
charged ive cents per line.
Favors must be banded in as early as Tuesday
morning to insure insertion the ssme week.
Communications upon subjects Of general Or tocA
interest solicited
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

HARRY BECKETT is generally praisedi ID
London as another American actor"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16

If death should overtake you
Ere You hear my last God-speed,
And friends should all forsake you
In your darkest hour Of need
You know IN never chide you,
All, will never blame
Though other tongues deride yol
IN think kindly Of your name.
When friendly tears cease flowing,
And your requiem has been said;
And when the grass is growing
On your cold and silent bed;
When dearest friends forget you
The ones you held most dear
Declare they never met you,
viii shed for you one tear.
The National tribune., 1880-02-01

publish IN full
CANTON, BRADFoRp COUNTY. PA January o. 1880
Editor National Tribune:
SIR; converse with many soldiers course of
months time and receive others
nu there universal call from almost every the
hands on the President justice
suffer before the country Will Bentley
n pce an OLD soldier in his chairs If not old soldier
cast man VIII guilty high
her our evidence Mr. Bentley lie
PROOF we QHer IN support of claims This consider
direct insult class
nc getS Dill passed placing brigade
age from Maine to Texas How long name
0es members of Congress and prove
that he IS angel mercy disguise crpples and
he guardian of the Treasury There
tels ol OF us asking him he
promises TO justice
II ne thousands a
denver Us from the that trouble If he
W MS rules stay in his office and keep his clerks spend
ing al their time pairing their hnger-nails will
sore @ with gadness and deserve the praise old soldiers
from Wnou he ettanded blessings
man other the
deserves IT. for the
not like to be called thieves rascals
the and l-health
all their and
unce sam or beg or steals should they feel ashamed
peg 10 steal honest Tor the ohertere
little difference asking
and trying to get pension Why who
fought the battles
because Thousand times
oYer2 Are Justice Mercy both to
plead cause Must submit TO all these
who placed him in his high position? long
deaf the feeble
tee oil S666 History tells OF deeds cruelty
old Can anything the
the PENSION Commissioner
willing
No we must have set OF rules which completely theaw
The National tribune., 1880-02-01
New PORTLAND, MAINE, February i, 1881.

New PORTLAND MAINE February 4. 1881
Editor National Tribune.
take the liberty you hoping you viii
When f "a 19f @ P WAS m qar b IN he & late var and
enlist the Government would give
pension money it was said You viii
currency coantr has done better tban
1t has made the bond that paid greenbac paya.
a1 g goo nm %a 99es u say 20 us soldiers # we ask them to
and we are by r Bentley set of
does not belong to US On shsme shame! the
heap abuse the gallant defenders conntren who
have lost leg some omeheir lives
their their health on behalf Of their country and have watered
many baeelds 70 hand down 70 their children Government
ak for their rights they ute men should
Bqt MI Bentley introduce 6l called Sixty Surgeon Bin
6 WITH the mere SHADOW OF law to "a Ike from every soldier his
stepped out a Of M the With stolen M public
70 cut u OF from any claim on the governments and
wounds and empty Sleeves
DO BY done By the man ae OF a ar Mr.
But there God presldes over the desnies Of
nd ia @ gi To mas se m iTgha 10 ght our battles for u.s.
man for honor and integrity stoop to such
T 6 h H S WI Where s The The s
should become la% T6e2 Is NO a on Ii " be @ 70 G
kind Of court would be that cannot witnesses
Then how much of chance have Who claims
pension to obtain one without dollar in he world perhaps
poard & to pay his witnesses to pay for three months
presented and each would have o take turn
majority Of the members Congress vote But the
would never preesn claim BUT u % t g & &Rsns0n5 that an hey &
eoe our cause men Of true pPeipe who viii by
sustain the men who have stood by their country
that would Congress would say to seDa D
tamPled upon are by cruel neglect M Of
solder '' ''"" 'H'' speak 'ho mind of every
HENRY W. CARyIIL
The National tribune., 1880-02-01

line that engaged them all had the
SAID they bad urged Hardee charge
. NOS you just keep shirts You
ankees IKE 90 It's dd Yankee trick to draw into that
1eep avne ul OF Yankees" They also said that General
had given orders Haree to take hs command
anu GO 10 the left flank Of Grants
hat was guarding the ford at Lick Creek then
andnR destroy all
nanccs OF the id Lincoln n
Whlie VIII be the
anu end OF the battle OF Shiloh
was accomplished by the
SION This was first and Bentonyaile
can call to mind nearly notice
Whlle IN the army under General w. T.
REUBEN p. REED,
Company II, 5Sth Illinois Infantry,
First brigade second division,
fifteenth Army Corps Of the Tennessee
The National tribune., 1880-02-01
TrnnE HAurn, ND. February ia. 1880

lsRRE HAurE IND. February l6 1880
Editor Nuttlndt Tribune:
Kermit me TO throuoI vor,
WOrtny paper We all know that in
entered
individually 1t could
a It's aDle bodied men and subjects
relying upon the principle
governments are susained but IL H TO offer
Inducements to its citizens,
sped those terms and fully performed their part the
tney nave right TO demand of the Government commit
good faith with All the conditions stpuations of said
ana one OF these conditions
TO soldiers Sc There is class soldiers who
received nickel honnt,,
Oieg rye and there are soldiers who enlisted begin
after battle for the Government in the line f te{{
contracted diseases of
fault of the soldiers.
ernnnent not perform its ' '"' "V'-
Wnen our National Government threatened with disco
seditious and rebellious
tes the loyal p ople of the West by nropt r
continuous service, and hardships
ana on me sea- succeeded in restoring peace union
the Nation The soldiers
n on m men success and bravery and the
hey were deserving rpceiye
for saving the property of those
reward? Yours respectfully ~ i'"' - '"oH
The National tribune., 1880-02-01
HENRY W. CARyILL +.

AccUrcHENsylLLE, wYANDoTTE Co. o., Feb lo 1850
I2ditor National Tribune:
S H. am reader OF your most noble paper ana glad
Tlgnis am a. an eEsolder enlisted August %, lS6lwas
belonged tothe 4sth Ohio Reg part thirty -four en-
gagemens Wen now just think Of such Internal
Mr. I5entey's Sixty Surgeon Ri That
may ma room in yournoble paper close
Yours respectfully, BUSHONG
The National tribune., 1880-02-01
WARSAW, KosclusK,

ARsAWl AosclUsKo COUNTY, INp, january So ISL
EdHor National Tribune.
SIR am indeed horrif inhuman and scheme
al Mr. 5en ley IS proposing deprive
poor destitute helrs OF their just
hg enoers OF Congress TO his Infamous
Dill when nope and pray Honorable
Ves VIII throw under the table 1der
OF poor suffering soldiers and
ef ga helrs would be cheated rights Well
uons non Alen r. Thurman. Stick
e ana truthful argument hope the
eers on that honorable body will stick
gd ne pdftls t9ngh yetorousy favor rights the
soeis IL that Dlll should become be
that ever agansany class OF
usy deserving OF their Just dues. Oh what
stricken tla would be
needy people! - 'iNi '"s anu
this THE think
IL VIII nave any bearing against
ehdef my Warmest thanks to MI Thurman
Edmunds for the active they taking 10 t
Bin laso congratulate all the members
NV VFt''N" t''' j. H., eXSodier.
The National tribune., 1880-02-01
Soldiers Correspondence.
ron TIE NATIONAL TRtBrNEl
The Battle of Shiloh from My Own Standpoint.

TO" EIGHT HUNDRED MEN HELD THE KEy-PorNr TO THE
LANDING AGAINST OVER EIGHT THOUSAND FOR FIVE
HOURS AND SAVED THE ARMY
The National tribune., 1880-02-01
JOHN f. BIcKEL1A
LipERrY WINS, IND, Feb. 10, lsso.

- LIBERTY MILLS IND. Feb. 10, 1850
Editor National Tribune.
lou can scarce imagine the commoon produced here
among the poor suffering soldiers widows and S
e ones az he proposed of that
geoh olll OF which John a. author
acc0i uenounce IT vicious nhumau
pe the means swindling usonls
PENSIONERS And again 1t that
arrears such ridiculous denriye
Ihe dependent parents rights an
se outrage In my opinion there
81 e general or original pension arrears law we
Ah" mat n The general pension
vm lhe termination of the party having prior title 10
pension, Out arrears bill
regulations the O
os hby granted, will be necessary cause to be % 70
pensioners or II the pensoner shall TO t6e ner
persons all such
oe been entitled
see y a. bentley,
IN uch deprive dependent
tha tue trainers this law honestly inena
OF soldiers should be allowed
1 e US suppose In case the mother should receive the
OF hef arrears What
pc uone ~ such case? And surviving heir but
Wu1u the commissioner orthe
thls to be paid think
IN very distressed eircumst
tggs VINO mas joined his It1sion
s9 haVnS peen killed while in the
SSper MONTH and afterwards the
months before the
hen Bentley was informed her death refused 10 nay ar
tearS 70 ne father Now this neither
nome nor money, and compelled
MS son Tor his country ask Congesmen IL
TINS Is Justce2 Yours truly, ~ "
The National tribune., 1880-02-01
a Voice from Pennsylvania.

From an old veteran soldier of Bradford County Penn
ylyania leading man in the Grand Army of the Repub
lie have received the following which as it expresses
the sentiments of hundreds of thousands Of soldiers we
publish in full