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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-06-16
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SeuTH SHAYTsBuKr. BEssIsoTos Co, VT.
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Asd was advised TO try your INDIAN BLOOD
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Sure cure for Liver Complaint.

SouTH SRAFrsBURY, BENNINGTON Co., W.
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Cure for Heart Disease.

Souri, SHlrTsBURr, BEssISGTos, Co., VI.
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An Excellent Remedy.

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-06-16
Sick Headache.

SourH SHArrsBURY. BENNINGTON Co.. YT.
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A Dose of Tarrant's seltzer Aperient

A Dose Of Tarrant's Settler Aperient
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Rheumatism is but very little understood.
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
The Unnatural Hen-A Carving Story.

1t is not alone the fact that the anna
teur carver misses the joints and tries
to cut through the largest bones. that
fills him with regret and his lap full of
sage and onions. 1t is the horrible
thought that the entire company is
looking at him. No matter how the
perspiration may trickle down between
his shoulder blades, or how the hot
flashes may chase the chills up and down
his spinal column, or how much his
eyes may be dimmcd by unshed tears,
the rest of the company never allows
its interest to flag moment. We re-
member one time we were called to as
sumo the management of free-for-all
carving tournament at the home of q
dove-eyed dumpling. whose kind re-
gard we desired to catch on to as far as
possible. How clearly come back to
the ripping laugh. the bald-headed
Joke. the thanksgiving conundruln, and
all as merry rs marriage bell. We
call to mind the girlish laughter of that
one whose very existence, as she sat
on our left that day, seemed cemented
and glued to our own. As we sharp
steel, we felt buoyant and proud-proud
calm bosom of that deceased hen;
proud to think how, in our mind. we
had laid out the different pregnable
points about that old scackler, and in
the anticipation of applause glad and
free, when we had accomplished the
warfare and victory and stuffing had
perched upon our banner. We softly
jabbed the shimmering fork a-straddle
of the breastbone, tore off a few goose
pimples from under the wings of the
late lamented, gouged out a few shat
tered fragments from the neck, and
tried to cut n sirloin steak off the back.
An oppressive gloom seemed to per-
wade the air. The old hen didn't have
her joints where we had them laid out
in our mind. She was defOrmed. She
seemed to be freak of nature. 1t
ratified us and unnerved us. We
gouged wildly at the remains, squirt
ing the gravy right and left, and filling
the air with fragments of bread-crumbs
and sage. By some kind of omission
or miscalculation, we made wild stab
at the back of the late lamented hen,
and with frenzy born of repeated de-
feats and depressing failures. the knife
struck the platter with loud crash.
and ceasing not in its untamed fury.
glanced aside, and in an instant buried
itself with a sickening thud in the cor
set of the hired girl. With difficulty
we drew out the glittering blade, now
ensanguined with the gore of fellow
creature, wiped it on the table-cloth.
and fled out into the cold, unsympa-
thetic world, out into the crash and
confusion of struggling humanity, to
battle on through life under an as
sumed name. That is why we tremble
and turn pale when our past life is in
quired into by biographers. That is why
baked fowl makes us quail.-BtU
Nye.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Indian Mound- Builders.

We are not, moreover, without testi-
mony to the fact that the present In
dian tribes did build mounds. Lewis
and Clark mention this custom among
the Omahas, saying that zone of their
great chiefs was buried on hill, and a
mound twelve feet in diameter and six
feet in height erected over him." Ter
tram states that the Choctaws covered
the pyramid of collins taken from the
bOne-house with earth, thus raising Il
conical hill or mound. Tomochichi
pointed out to General Oglcthorpe Il
large conical mound near Savannah, in
which he said the Yamacraw chief was
inferred, who had, many years before,
entertained n great white man with 4
red beard, who entered the Savannah
river in n large vessel, and i'll his barge
came up to the Yamacraw bluff. Feat-
erstonhaugh. in his ''Travels," speaks
of the custom among the OSages, re-
ferring to n mound built over the body
of chief. called Jean DeFoe by the
French, who unexnectedly died while
his warriors were absent on hunting
expedition. Upon their return they
heaped mound over his remains, en-
larging it at intervals for 4 long period,
until it reached its present height.
Bradford says that many of the tuntuti
formed of earth, and occasionally of
stones, are of Indian origin. They are
generally scpulchral mounds-either
the general cemetery of Il village or
tribe, funeral monuments over the
graves of illustrious chiefs, or upon
battlefield, commemorating the event
aud entombing the fallen, or the result
of custom, prevalent among some of
the tribes, of collecting at stated inter-
walls the bones of the dead and inter-
ring them in common repository.
mound of the latter description was
formerly situated on the low grounds
of the Rivanna river, i'll Virginia, op-
posite the site of an old Indian VILLAGE
(Jelferson's Notes on Virginia" PIP.
100, 1O3). 1t was forty feet in dame
ter and twelve feet in height, Of a
spheroidal form, and surrounded by
trench, whence the earth employed in
its construction had been eXcavated.
The circumstances attending the cas-
tom alluded to were, the great number
of skeletons, their confused position.
their situation in distinct strata, eNhib-
iting different stages of decomposition,
ana the appearance of bones OF infants.
A mound of similar character, and con-
structed in layers of strata ut success
sive periods. existed near the south
branch of the Shenandoah. in the Same
state A t,n,alus of stones in New
York State is said to have markell the
grave of distinguished warrior (Mc-
Cauley's History of New York." vol.
H., D. 239). '.Beck's Gazetteer" (p.
3OS) states that mound of the largest
dimensions has been thrown up within
a few years in Illinois. over the re-
mains of an eminent chief. ."-P0pular
Science Monthly.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

The late Duke of Alba, brother-in-
law of the ex-Empress Eugene. was
one of the most persistent gamblers of
the time. He once gambled away the
sum of 100000 francs in single
nights play. After squandcring the
immense fortune which he inherited,
he received a pension of 10000 francs
a year. He was paid monthly. but by
the fifteenth day of every month not u
franc was left of his 5000 francs. and
he used to borrow or 6 louis dor in
the club. At last. however, a turn of
fortune came. All his debts were paid,
and the Duke of Berwick aud Alba pur-
chased one of the most splendid pala-
ces in Madrid, where he lived in prince
ly style, keeping 100 horses in his sta
bles and open table every evening for
forty guests. During the latter part of
his life he only played for very small
sums, having wholesome dread OF
again risking his fortune and position.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Lassoing a Dog.

One of the dog-catching squad of the
police force yesterday invited our re-
porter to make a little jaunt with him
and write up little article on the deX-
terity of Detroit policemen in roping in
stray CANNES. and after the officer had
provided himself with his outfit the
pair headed for the corner of Beaubien
and Croghan streets, where a big stray
dog had escaped one of the squad two
hoursNbefore. The corner was not only
there, but likewise the canine. In size
he was u fair match for a yearling calf,
and in disposition all he asked was to
be let alone. He was lying alongside
the fence in the shade. and the officer
said it would be no trouble at all to Sc
cure him. :..
There are various ways of catching
an unlicensed dog, and way No. was
first tried. He was coaXed with piece
of beefsteak, but probably reasoning
the round he repealed the officer with a
growl that sent the reporter to the top
of siX-foot fence.
1.-THE next way is to walk right up to
him and give him the collar" observed
the officer, and in this he was cncour-
aged by the reporter.
The dog had his head on his paws
and his eyes on line with the officers
ankles. When the blue-coat was with
in six feet the victim arose and sent
forth such growl as would have split
s. lion from chin to tail, and the officer
retreated with the remark:
"Hand me down that 'ere lasso. Let
me get the moose over his head and I'll
choke that growl out of him pretty sud-
dem"
The moose was handed down, and af-
ter some trouble it was launched. No
good, except to agitate the dog. A
second throw was attended with like
results. but at the third the moose set
tied over the dogs head and the officer
had him. He also had the officer. One
could have heard pin drop as the two
eyed each other. The next move was
to take the captive to the pound, and
the officer finally braced up and began
to haul in on his fish. The fish was
only too willing to come. At the first
pull he made home run, and for the
next sixty seconds no one could tell dog
from officer. Barks, yels. curses,
growls and whoops were all mixed up,
and when the typhoon passed and the
dust settled the dog was seen trotting
down the street with the rope trailing
behind, and the officer opened his eyes
and feebly called out: eff there is any
thing left of me won't you put it in
your pocket and carry it to my be-
reaved homer Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Ex-senator Sprague sat Home"

bA-oenaCOr OpraSue dC hOmo'
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press made call upon ex-senator
Sprague and thus describes himself
and home:
When MIR. Spragne came in 1 felt
panied and embarrassed for him mo-
ment, that he should be asked to dis
close his dethroned. dishonored penates
10 the eye of strangers. but L need not
have felt SO. for he received the request
with the dignity and gallantry of
nineteenth century philosopher, and
himself proceeded to be our cicerone.
than of old his black hair is still
abundant. and his eyes, the finest feat
ure of his face seem to read your
thought Mt once, and to desire no sub
terfuges or disguises. He wore 4 COM
Portable dark-cloth shoo!ing-jacket,
with no vest, fine linen, well laundried,
with low-turned collar. and holland
pantaloons of light bluff gray. He
spoke freely of his old life in the Senate
from 1862 to 1874. of war times and the
days of reconstruction. and incident
ally of Mrs. Sprague from time to time,
as evidences of her taste were displayed
in the construction and ornamentation
10 court nor to shun the mention of hre
name. We asked him of his son. and
he said: That's Willie now, firing off
that gun outside. He is manifesting
himself" He is 16 years old, fine
boy, and the fathers eyes kindled with
pleasure in speaking of him, and again
in leading us through 1.-THE nursery
part of the house," as he expressed it,
where he said he made his quarters
now. Here, in a beautiful chamber
that was evidently children's disused
plaY-room. broken toys were still strewn
over the shelves OF the cabinet, and =
large doll in pink dress, with broken
arm and leg. dominated the situation.
1t was pathetic episode in our call
the solitary father standing amid the
relics of his absent little daughters
babyhood. showing to strangcrs-but
women, with women's intuitive sense
of the situation-the narrowing remin-
ders of a united home.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Ode To the Assassination.

A prize offered by London weekly
for the best poem on the attempted as
sassination of President Garfield, was
awarded to the author of the following:
Veil. now, o Liberty, thy blushing face,
At the fell deed that thrills startled word'
While fair Columbia weeps in dire disgrace,
And bows in sorrow DER the banner furled
No griceless tyrant fails by vengeance here,
Meath the wild justice OF the secret knife;
Nor red Ambition ends its grim career,
And expiates is horrors with its life.
Not here does rash Revengr misguided burn,
To free IL nation with tn asSassin'S dart;
Or reused Despair in angry madness turn,
And tear its freedom from deSpotS heart.
But where blest Liberty so widely reigns,
And peace and Plenty mark a smiling land; ;
Here the mad wretch its fair white record
stTinS,
And b,urs its beauties with ''bloody hand"
Here the elect of millions, and the pride
OF those who own his mild and peaceful
rule
Here V .rtue sinks and yields the crimson tide,
Beneath the vile unrcason of a fool!
But Heavens hand hath stayed the erring ball,
And spared life as vi tuous as rare:
Yet that such deeds as whisp ring world appall,
Is Heavens mystery and mans despair.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
The Sweetly Sweet at the Seashore.

The aesthetic tastes of some Of our
young people as displayed in their
dress are. to use the language of the
said y. D., ''too utter" One young
lady, often seen on the streets, and vino
is prominent in lawn tennis tourna-
ments, has a dress, the underskirt of
which, at a short distance, looks like
bed-ticking, while the overskirt appears
to be of red and white awning cloth.
The basque is of turkey red, and on
her head she wears red knit cap
shaped like sailors. She has many
imitators who approach her in unique
ness with only Indifferent success.
There are several of the ''b-boys," who
wear barber-pole suits with just the
cunningest little cape perched jauntily
on their plates Ia hand-organ mon
KEYS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
PORTAGE COUNTY HEDGE co.
& CHRISTY,
MANAGERS



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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
Rules for Keepers of Sheen

l. Keep sheep dry under foot with
litter. This is even more necessary
than roofing them. Never let them
stand or lie in mud or water.
2. Take up lamb bucks early in sum-
m"r. and keep them until December
following, when they may be turned
out.
B. Count every day.
4. Begin graining with the greatest
care, and use the smallest quantity ut
first.
5. If a eve loses her lamb, milk her
daily for few days, and mix little
alum with her salt.
6. Let no hogs eat with the sheep, by
no means, in the spring.
z. Give the lambs little mill-feed in
time of weaning.
8. Never frighten sheep if possible TO
avoid it.
9. Sow rye for weak ones in cold
weather, if you can.
10. Separate all weak or thin or sick
from those strong in the fall, and give
them special care.
IL. If any sheep is hurt catch it at
once, and wash the wound, and if it is
daily, and always wash with something
with splinters tightly, loosening as
limb swells.
II. Keep number of good bells on
the sheep.
13. Do not let the sheep spoil wool
with chaff or burs.
IA. Cut tag-locks in early spring.
15. For scours give pulverized alum
in wheat bran; prevent by taking
great care in changing dry for green
food.
16. If one is lame, examine the foot,
clean out between the hoofs, pare the
hoofs if unsound, and apply tobacco
with blue vitriol, boiled in little
water.
II. Shear at once any sheep COM
mencing to shed its wool, unless the
weather is too severe, and save careful
ly the pelt of any sheep that dies.
IS. Have at least one good work by
you to refer to. This will be money in
your pocket.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
More Comfortable,

Carrie was years old and quite a
model of propriety; but one day she
shocked her mother by doing something
very much like ordinary naughty chill
dren.
'Why. Carrier exclaimed Mrs. b.,
show could you do such thing?'
"Other little girls do so," replied
Carrie.
'.But that doesn't make it right, does
itP' asked Mrs. b.
'.No," answered Carrie with deliber-
alton, "but it makes it good deal
more conf able"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
PATENTS.

X. S. & A. p. LACEY, No. 6O4 Street
n. W., wASHINGTON. ID. c.. proprictors of
experience Solicitors of Pateuts. We pro-
care Patents on Inventions ETC. and practice
Patent Law in all its branches in the Patent
Office and U. : Courts. Our Handbook on Pa
tents, with full directions and advice sent Free.
A lso, sample copies of the Scientific Record. the
cheapest useful and family journal published; =;
only 2S Cents year.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

Some queer persons were tolerated at
the spiritualist camp-meeting ut Mt.
Pleasant, Mass, but Mr.. Young was
regarded as undesirable, and given
three hours to quit the grounds. He
opened a tent as fortune-teller and
divorce lawyer, his plan being TO give
wives pretended revelations of their
husbands conduct, and then get a fec
Nr attempting to obtain divorces.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

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" The revival of the hoop-skirt will
bring horse-car riding up to the point
Of an esthetic pleasure again. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
MAIN LINE-GOING EAST,

Accommodation train leaves Cievelan,i Union
Depot at 81 p. m, arrives Hudson . 80 p, NJ,
Rsvenn1 T.20 p m
Mail and Day Express connect at Yellow
Greek for Whe cling and Belaire,
HSSe Day Express runs Though Parlor Car
and Night Express through Sleeping Car, Cleve-
land to Pittsburgh.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

When a young man wants to protect
a young lady he naturally puts his AZ
NOR around her.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06
TUSCARAWAS BRANCH

Trains leave Bayard ct II 20 D m. and 55 p
m arrive Dover 80 p. m. and 7l0 p. M, New
Philadelphia SO p. M 7.35 y. m Returning
leave New Philadelphia at o. Il m and 2 20 p
IN Dover at e.35 a. m. and 81 p. m. Bayard at
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

/ have bought Mrs ID. w. Days stock of
House Plants, and have added a stock of Winter
Plants. Also. fine stock of Wire
Work and Hanging Baskets.
Visitors res spectfully invited.
Gents Button Hole Bouquets made to order
for five cents.
Floral Work made to order.
A. HASBROUCK.
Ravenna. Aug II 1880. 1w
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-06

The railroad question: ''Say. mister.
is this seat occupied?"