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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
Pilgrims in Paterson.

Paterson, N. J., enjoys one of the
most densely populated families in
America. The City Physician of that
place, believing that an epidemic was
breaking out in an apartment Of two
rooms" threw aside the official tape and
form peculiar to our City Board of
Health, and personally visited the scene
of his suspicious. He found twenty-five
freshly arrived Hollanders in 'the two
rooms hired for one family" and more
than that, all the members of it were not
at home at the time of his call. Ten
men were absent looking for work and
old acquaintance. Progeny was the
epidemic the Hollanders had brought
with them, and as the entire thirty-two
were healthy, happy, and able to sit up
and take their combined ninety-six daily
meals, the Doctor left them to continue
to multiply, increase and perform all the
other duties incident to decent Dutch
life. From all accounts this exhibition
exceeds anything 30 far produced in the
combined greatest shows on the earth.
-NeW York Commercial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
EoysysUcxlE HALL.

Little Pattie was eight years old. She
lived In the s'Sunny South" Her father
was a planter, as all great farmers are
called South. He lived in a village
where there were q great many good and
kind people.
A poor man who lived neal Patty lost
his life on the railroad He had three
little children. Patty used to play with
Mary, the oldest child. Mary's mamma
was not strong, and could not earn
money enough to feed and clothe her
little mes.
One day Patty found her little friend,
Mary, crying. Mary was hungry. She
had had no breakfast or dinner. Her
mother was sick abed. Patty cried, too,
when Mary told her what the matter
was.
But she did something more than cry.
She went home and told her mother
about it. Then she carried ever SO much
food to the poor woman and her hungry
children.
Patty wanted to do still more. She
called together five of her little friends
to help her. It was in the early spring,
and the wood we're full of honeysucke
all in blossom.
Patty's two big brothers helped her.
Before night they had covered the in
side of an old shop, near the house, with
honeysuckle vines and blossoms. They
borrowedx pictures and other pretty
things toput In the shop.
But the honeysuokle was the prettiest
thing there, except Patty; and they,
called the shop "Honeysucke Hall"
Then the little ones asked the good peo-
pie to come and see it. They charged
five cents to go In; and before night
nearly all the people in the village had
been into HoneysucHe Hail.
Oae of the big brothers stood at the
door and took the money. The six girls
e.did the honors" inside the hall. Most
of the people who went in wanted to
give more than five cents. Many of
them put a dollar into Patty'slittle hand.
At night they had taken over fifty dol
lars. Every cent of it was given to
Mary's poor mother.
Patty was happy all day long. Her
great black eyes seemed to speak her
pleasure. Her face was all q smile. As
she stood by a window, with h~oneysuckle
in her hands and all around her, Mr..
Moser made a picture. of her.
Do you want to know why she looked
so happy? 1t is because she was doing
a good deed. The poor woman andher
three little ones were hungry no more.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
Down with the Children,

In the eyes of certain old gentlemen,
who evidently were born into the world
in q grown-up condition, a playing child
is a nuisance fit only for abolition. To
them q park is consecrated to the
monotonyo of perpetual silence. The walks
are either to be tfodden by the feet OF
adults or else to be let alone. Shrub
and tree and bush and fern are to be
contemplated from a distance and by
people who comprehend the full import
of the terrifying legend, "Hands off"
Children, if they view the works OF
nature or art grouped in a green en-
closure, are to be tied fast to high chairs
and seated at windows whence they may
survey the prohibited territory without
stepping upon it. The world was made
for old folks who never picked a flower,
pulled g leaf or twisted a twig or made a
misstep or put anything out of place or
did that which they ought not to have
done. Staid and correct in their de-
meanor and exact in their purposes these
adults may pursue their undertaking way
through life, regretting that all the roads
are not laid out at right angles and that
all the footways are not paved with brick
or concrete or fag-stones.
The child should not play marbles, for
n of the spherical instruments of
amusement may chance to lie in the way
of the juiceless adult who disbelieves In
children. No kites must be sent up is
air, lest dried-out old gentlemen trip on
the kite-strings. No velocipedes may
speed along the park walks, for some old
person who never bestrode one may be
alarmed at the possibilities of the flying
monster. When children need exercise
they must be taken out two by two in
charge of a nurse. They must bemade
to walk along in a comedy manner, turn
ing neither to the right nor the left.
When they see anything particularly
calculated to attract attention they must
not cry "Hi, hill" but must quicker up
their little mouths and gently whisper
ooh, my!"'
It is .maintained by the ignorantsper-
Sons who are idiotic enough to believe
that little boys and girls have rights, that
childhood needs sport. This is held by
some of the grave old gentlemen to be a
fundamental error. They themselves
have got along through O heightened and
dreary experience without a day of holt
day or afternoon of play. They are one
with that old person of whom it is
recorded that when he saw a young
knitten merrily playing with its tail he
procured q Ratchet and chopped the tail
off, thus stopping the animals fun.
There is one method of sport frequent
ly resorted to by young persons when all
others are cut of. That is the making
of grimaces. Most of our young people
are adopts at it. They can stand at win
dows on opposite sides of the street and
makes faces at each other all the after
noon. This does not hurt the parks.
There are many children in this city
to-day who would like to make ugly faces
at the grim old gentlemen who would
forbid their sport. Let these children
be unrestrained in any distortions OF
c-ountenance it may be their pleasure to
make.-PhiLadeLphiG Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
"A Lunatic Pigeon.

A white fantail pigeon lived with his
family in a pigeon house in our stable
yard. He and his wife had been brought
originally from Sussex, and had lived re-
spected and admired, to see their child
dren of tho third generation, when he
suddenly became the victim of the in
fatuation I am not about to describe. No
eccentricity whatever was remarked In
his conduct until one day I CHANGED to
pick up somewhere in the garden a gin
GERBER bottle of the ordinary brown
stone description. I flung it into the
yard, where it fell Immediately below
the pigeon house. That instant down
flew paterfan1ilias, and to my no small
establishment commenced a series of
~genufections, evidently doing homageto
the bottle. He strutted round and
round it, bowling and scraping and COO
ing and performing the most ludicrous
antics I ever beheld on the part of an
enanmored pigeon. Nor did he cease
these performances until we removed the
bottle. What proved that this singular
alteration of instinct had become a fixed
delusion was this: whenever the bottle
was thrown or placed in the yard-no
matter whether it lay horizontally or vas
placed upright-the same ridiculous
scene was enacted; at that moment the
pigeon came flying down with quite as
great alacrity as when his peas were
thrown out from his dinner, to continue
his antics as long as the bottle remained
there. Sometimes this would go on for
hours, the other members of his family
treating his movements with the most
contemptuous indifference, and takingno
notice whatever of the bottle. At last it
became the regular amusement with
which we entertained our visitors, to see
this cratic pigeon making love to the in
teresting object of his affections, and it
was an entertainment which never failed,
throughout the summer at least. Before
/ the next summer came around he was no
more.-Letter to Nature.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
The Kissing Question.

In q very animated parlor discussion
on kissing, a young lady expressed her
self opposed to the practice Of ladies
kissing each other when they met, as
many do, on the street cars, In the
street, at their offices, and at all times
and places, In season and out of season.
She said, to begin with, she had kisses
enough before she was twelve years old
to last her q life time. ALI Of papa's
friends and all of mammals friends must
have q kiss, and she used to think she
was made just to be tormented by having
to kiss everybody. No doubt hundreds
of children think the same thing. 1t is
o foolish and injurious practice; and, be-
side being distasteful to most children to
kiss tobacco consumers andb drinkers,
the little ~innocents take diseases in this
way and are the victims of ~'tcruelty to
children"
With just q word for children's rights,
and as much as I love to kiss sweet,
lovable children, I fully agree with the
young lady and endorse her sentiments,
too, concerning the kisses of grown-up
children. Many ladies actually submit
to as much torment as though they were
children, for if a partial acquaintance, or
some one who apes familiarity, kiss
them, they take it as meekly as a lamb.
Perhaps the loving creatures like it;
but I know of one or two who are not
inclined to accept this expression of re-
gard. It actually amounts to rudeness
some times, and I doubt if a genuine
lady will presume on the patience of q
friend with whom she is not most
thoroughly. acquainted. Old and very
dear friends find kissing a pleasant
pleasure; but even these need not forget
that there are times and places where
the salutation should be omitted. The
young lady referred to and some of hel
friends Gladly friends, of course,) formed
an anti-kissing club, and the very mex
day one of the number was met by al
acquaintance and the inevitable smacl
followed; but the "club lady" did no
kiss her friend, and she has now t.
mourn the loss of a friend who's.
a~ristocratic connections and distinguishet
pedigree made it an act of great con
d~escension on her part to kiss the ''clul
lady" This is what one gets by joining
an anti-kissing club. However, the clul
will meet as usual on Wednesday even
ing next at the same time and place.
Washington Gazette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
A Lesson in Debt Paying.

A pretty good thing on. debt paying
was got off by a minstrel company in
this city recently. One dollar is made to
pay a debt of six dollars, by the follow
ing manner: End man No. l owes the
middle man 50, but says he can pay him
but 81, and crossing the stage hands him
a dollar. The middle man owes end
man Nc. 2 50, but as the dollar he has
Just received from end man No. 1 is all
that he has, he hands hat to him. End
man No. 2 yves end man No 1 So, and
hands the dollar he has just received to
him and pays the half he owes. Three
dollars in debts have been paid, and end
man No. 1 has his dollar back. Then,
as he owes the dollar to the middle man,
he passes it over, and the middle man in
turn pays his dues to end man No. 2,
who in turn squares himself by passing
it back to end man No. l.. Thus debt
aggregating Sc is paid off by 81, and the
first man has his money back. There is
a good lesson in this. Charlottesville
Journal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
FIint.Lock and Percussion Can.

The fint-lock musket and fowling-
piece died hard, as will be apparent to
all who remember that in 1907 the Rev.
Mr.. Forsyth took out the first patent for
a percussion gun, and that it took at
least twenty years from that date for the
weapon to be generally accepted and
employed by English sportsmen, and
thirty years from 1907 for it to be adopt
ed by the British army. Such is the in
eradicable conservatism of the British
nation, and of its Governmental depart
ments, that every great soldier who had
won his spurs in the Peninsular war, in
GLIDING, among many others. the Iron
Duke and Sir Charles James Napier,
wrote absurd platitudes against "the
new-fangled substitute for the glorious
weapon with which our soldiers won
Albuera, Salamanca and Waterloo" The
new percussion musket was viewed with
such suspicion and mistrust by the War
Office pundits that it was issued, In the
first instance, only to one company in
every regiment. Happily, it had an OPP
portunity of manifesting and establish
ing its incontestible superiority over the
~matchlocks pitted against it in Afghan
istan and upon the Sutlej; o was Sir
SldIlco Napier oIOW W COAIOoo ohuc w
the new weapon, admirably handled by
the Twenty-second regiment of British
foot, and by the Twenty-ninth regiment
of native infantry, he mainly owed his
astonishing victory ove 8 1000 Beloo.
chees at Mesanee in the February OF
1S43. The percussion musket was not
introduced into the French army unit,
1910; but Mesanee was its "baptism of
fire" throughout the civilized world, and
it is doubtful whether 1,800 British sol
diers, of whom little more than 400 were
Europeans, ever gained a more honor
able or meritorious victory. But, while
the new weapon was slowly making its
way as a military small-arm, it was
eagerly seized upon and adopted at q
much earlier date by sportsmen, who
were quick to recognize the advantages
secured by the rapidity of ignition and
certainty of explosion impaired by the
percussion decorating cap to the charge
of gunpowder within the barrel.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
tommy and fine Sooke.

Did you ever see q squirrels nest,
built in high tree? Alarge rough nest.
made of sticks and leaves, with shells of
nuts and acorns, and all sorts of things
inside that have been bitten through by
little sharp teeth.
There was n of these nests in q tall
pine on the creek side, neal a log cabin,
where a little black boy lived. He had
watched the squirrels o long time. and
wanted to take out the little ones when
they were big enough for him to raise
them. Little Tommy was always hunt
ing for nests of birds or squirrels, or n
other nests be could find.
He never wore any shoes or hat, and
his clothes were very ragged, but he
could climb any tree, clinging on with
hands andknees.
One day Alfred, q white boy. showed
him q silver. quarter. !,
81 viii give You this, he said, .if you
viii bring me q live squirrel for a pei"
eyes, I WILL said Tommy. ST know
a nest up de pine tree on de creek side.
l will take de old one out by de neck,
and bring you a young quirl."
Tommy could not say squirrel" and
so he called it ''quirl," and he did not
talk as little boys and girls ought to talk.
He said "de" instead of sthe," and a
great many other wrong words
He climbed up the tall, straight tree.
When he reached the branch where the
nest was, he swung himself up, and
leaned over to see whether the old
squirrel was there. He knew how the
sharp teeth could bite. Though his
hands were hard and rourh. he would
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
The soutbern soldier.

In the winter of 1858 the First regi-
ment of Virginia Artillery was in winter
quarters at Frederick Hall, Va. The
Second company of Richmond Howitz-
ers wal camping on the grounds OF Dr.
Pendleton. Here an incident occurred
which illustrates how little regard the
volunteer had for army regulations.
Lieut.. O., of the Salem Artillery, was a
graduate of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute at Lexington. He made himself
quite obnoxious to the boys by his
strict military discipline, whether in the
field or camp, or in the winter quarters.
1t was his great delight to be officer Of
the day, on which occasion he would do
all he could to impress the men with
the idea that he was au fdt in army
regulations.
One night he rode up to the place
where the Second Howitzers were
parked and yelled out in a very loud
voice,
"Where is the sentinel on this post r
The sentinel was sitting on a ruptured
bag of corn, engaged IN parch1ng q
quantity of the grain, more for the pur-
pose of passing the time away (of course)
than with any intention Of satiating his
appetite flor all good soldiers will re-
member that an appetite was an nipple
ment not marked down in the catalogue
of a Confederate soldiers accouter-
ments), and he replied;
"It amt a post ; it's a sack of corn"
"Where's your corporal?"
"Sleep, reckon"
"Why don't you walk your post ?"
"Didn't I tell you 'twa'nt a post2"
"Who's corporal of this guards"
"Billy Mccarthy, Second Howitzers
sleeps in second cabin at head of line on
left side" replied the sentry, all during
the conversation keeping his oye on his
~frying-pan, which he continued to shake
to keep his corn from burning.
"Young man," said Lieut.. O., "you
don't seem to know the first duty of
soldier. Hew long have you been III
the armyP"
Three years, one month, ten days and
eighteen hours, when the relief comes
round. I always keep it to the NOTCH
replied the sentry, singing a few snatch
es from the popular song of those days
when the cruel war is over"
"Why did younot rise, salute me anG
walk your beat when I came upP J
shall report you to headquarters in thu
morning for neglect of duty"
Saying which.the Lieutenant departed
and soon disappeared in the darkness
After giving him sufficient time to ge
off some distance, the sentinel mountet
the pile of corn and yelled out:
"Hello there, mister !"
"Whatu you have ?" was the reply
"Who are you, anyhow"
The Lieutenant answered: "I an
Lieut.. c., officer Of the day."
"Ohl shucks," replied the sentry
"blame my hide if I didn't think yo1
was Gen. Lee"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
Poet-Laureates Of England.

The custom of browning a poet with
laurel originated 'among the Greeks, and
was adopted by the Romans, who Dor
rowed this, as many other things, from
their more cultured neighbors of the
East. The poets who received the crown
were the ones who succeeded i n the CON-
tests. In the twelfth century the GUS
tom was revived in Germany by the EN-
peror, who invented the title of poet
laureate. Petrarch was crowned in 1341
at the Roman capital, which event at
tached new interest to the title. The
early history of the laureateship in Eng
land is traditional. The story runs that
Edward III, in 1857, emulating the
coronation of Petrarch, granted the office
to Chaucer, with a yearly pension OF 100
marks and a tierce of Malvoisie wine.
Ben, rare old BenJonson, mentions Henry
Scogan as the laureate of Henry ~.
John Kav, or Cain, was court-poet under
Edward ", and Andrew Bernard held,
the same Office under Henry VII and
Henry VIII. John Shelton received
from OxfCsd, and subsequently from
Cambridge, the title of. p~oet-laureate;
and Spenser is spoken of a the laureate
of Queen Elizabeth, because of his hav-
ing received a pension of g10 a year
when he presented her the first books OF
the "Faerie Queen" In 1919 the
"order" was formally established by
James I, who granted Ben Jonson, by
patent, an annuity for life of 100 marks,
and thus secured his services. In 1880
the laureateship was made a patent
Office in the gift of the Lord Chamberlain.
The salary was increased from 100
marks to s100, and a fierce of Canary
wine was added, which was committed in
Southey's time for e27 a year. There
"a from that period a regular succession
of laureates. The performance of the
annual odes was suspended after the
n arrangement of George Ill in 1910.
The ~poet-laureate from the time OF
Southey has written what he chose and
and when he chose. Wordsworth wrote
nothing in return for the distinction, and
Tennyson has written very little. The
following is the list of the laureates from
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A FACT.


Some hither, you madcap darlingIn
Isaid to my four-year-old.
pray what shall be done to the bad, bad girl
Who viii not do as she's told?
Too well you love your own wee way,
While little you love to mind
But mamma knows what IL best for you;
And isn't she always kind ?'
So I told hsr Of "Casabianca,"
And the fearful burning ship.
edo you think, - said l. " such q child a that
His mother would have to whipf"
And my heart went out with the story sad
OF this boy 80 nobly brave,
Who would not dare to disobey,
Even his life to save.
Then, her eyes grew brighta as the morning,
And they seemed to look me through.
"Ah7 ahi" thoughtI ], ""you undertand
The lesson ! have in view"
"Now, what do you think of this lad my lover
Tell all that IL in your heart"
al think" she said, "he was drefful good,
But he wasn't the least bit smart"
-Yoush's Companion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
RENCUED FRoM DE.TH.

William J. ~coughlin, of somerville, Mass, says: SIN
the fall of 1876 1 was taken with ~bleedings of the lungs,
followed by q severe cough. Host my appetite and
flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 1877 I was adj
mitted to the hospital. The doctors said I had hole in
my lung as big as half a dollar. Al one time report
went around that I was dead. I gave up hope, bnt .
friend told me of Dr.. WILLIAM HAILps BALsAM FOR THE
LUNGS. 1 got a bottle, when, to my surprise, I COM
menced to feel better, and to-day I feel better than for
three years past. I write this hoping every one afflicted
with diseased lungs will take DR. WILLIAM HALJs Ball
sAM, and be convinced that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
I can positively say il has done more good than all tn
other medicines 1 have taken since my sickness"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
War Relic.

In a veryfqn report recently published
IN 5ne Pn1laaeipnla LSSager, reference Is
ham, a prominent politician and active
journalist, connected with the Philadel-
.phia Sunday Mrror), who, by using the
great German remedy, st. Jacobs Oil,
was cured of a troublesome case of
Rheumatism, contracted during the wal.
He closes his statement with-stto those
who are afflicted with that complaint, it
is worth its weight in gold."-&. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26
Your n1ina Win arou stronr

and great, not by what you reject, but by what
you cordially accept and believe. Your health
will improve, just in proportion As you obey
Natures laws. If your mind Is diseased, re-
fresh it with suitable relaxation. II the two
great organs Of your body, the kidney and liver,
are out Of order, restore them by using War
ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. The mind
can be kept clear by care and the kidneys and
liver By the great remedy above mentioned.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

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only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing, force-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; is invaluable in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the result Of exhaustion, nervous pros
%tration, overwork, or acute disease, particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well, Hazard d Co., proprietors, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

."LEoNoRA" sends us a poem, begin
ming 4: 81 ask but one small share in
that great heart of thine" You had
better emigrate to Utah, Leonora, where
they keep such material in Job lots.
We do a strictly wholesale business
Quincy Modern Argo.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-26

s'They are not a beverage, but a medicine,
with curative properties of the highest degree,
containing no poisonous drugs. They do not
tear down an already debilitated system, but
build it up. One bottle contains more hops,
ordinary beer. Every druggist in Rochester
sells them, and physicians prescribe them."-
Rochester Eoening Express on Hop Biters.