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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
Pension Circular.
WASHINGTON, March 5

WASHINGTON, March 5.
The following circular has been issued b,
the Commissioner of Pensions and approved
by the Secreta,y of the Interior:
"The following regulations are prescribed
for the purpose of carrying into effect as
Of Congress approved March 8, 1888, increasing
to Thirty dollar, per m )nth the pensions of
those who lost a leg at or above the knee, or
an arm at or sb)ve tn, elbow: and of those
who have be IN so disabled as to be fncapaci-
tated for perform ng any manual lator, but
nct SO much as to eauire regular pc sonal aid
and attendanne, and W are now re 3eiving
pension at the ate of twenty-fo r dollars per
month: and increasing to twenty-four dollars
per month the pensions of those who have lost
permanently disable1 in the ssme, or other
wise so disabled as to render their inc ;pacity
to perform manual labor equivalent a loss
of a hand or foot, AID now receiving eight
cen dollars rer month.
" Inasmuch as said act has immediate effect
upon such admitted cases as have been adj
Indicated at rates of twenty-four dollars and
eight en- dollars per month, resp octively, no
formal application by the beneficiary is neces-
sary to be male other than to forward to the
Commissioner of Pensions the pension certifi-
cate. accompanied by letter stating, in the
handwriting of the peEsiOner, his present
post-otfice address. AS soon as possible after
tho receipt of the pension certificate afore-
new certificate for the new rate, and W II for
ward the same to the proper Pension Agent to
inscribe the name of such pens oner on the
roll at the increased rate, and to make to the
pensioner the proper payment
be reissued without any further medical exam
ination.
"The intervention of an agent or attorney in
such admitted cases as are afeeted by this act
being unnecessary, will not be recognized"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
A New Enoch Arden.

highly~roman &c case was brought to light
tod bout asees.s yeereaes 4sssaa- -psasssy.-
of this city, WIS married to Frank Lee. The
couple lived together four years and a daugh-
ter was bern TO them. Lee then went to New
York In search of wo k. 1t was after the close
of the civil war, end he was twenty-three
Yen old. Cne unlucky day he got drunk
an enlist I'd in the Unit d States army. Before
he could rerlize his POSITION h. was on his
wav West, AMI the comm ind in which he
enlisted was sent to Arizona to fight In
d ant Lee wrote to his wife statement
of the case, and she, resigning herself to
fate, secured work in Troy collar manu-
factory. Lee was taken prisoner by the
Indians. and was captive three years. His
young wife was distracted. She knew
nothing of her h. stands captivity, and sup
posed he had deserted her. Suddenly a let
ter was received by her brother-in-law from
a soldier in Arizona stating that Frank had
undoubtedly been killed by Indians. This
, was four years after he left Troy, and two
years after Mrs. Lee, supposing herself q
widow. married Merl Ill Cody and went to
live with him in West Troy. When Lee
learned his wife had remarked he determined
not not & to disturb & her and @ continued fighting the
marriage was as unlucky as the first. She re-
ceived substantial evidence that Cody had
when she asked him about this he said he had
Mrs. Lee found it necessary to continue work
in collar.Shop in orter TO support herself
and the daughter she had BY Loe. In the
meantime the young daughter grew up to
womaphood, and when she had passed her
sixteenth yer IN 1889 she married a
izen.. The mother then left Cody AMI re.
sided permanently with her daughter. Lee,
abandon ng his warfare against the Indians,
had gone to Cal fornia and secured position
on the police force As he grew somewhat in
riches the longing for home came to him. He
determined TO come and see his mother and
brothers. He had no Intention of d -turbing
his former wife. He arrived in Troy Satur~
dav. An uncomfortable desire to see his
daughter prompted him to call at her resi-
dence. He introduced himself as a sewing
machine agent. He told her he had known
her father we I, and for two hours and a half
he talked to her, asking her questions, which
the younr wife: not suspecting the identity of
the man, thought very strange. Then he left
his wife answere his knock. The recognition
was mutual, and the scene that followed can
be imagined. Cody to day stated he intended
to have the woman arr sted for bigamy. Lee
declares his intention of Immediately starting
with his wife for California. Cody has em-
ployed counsel to thwart su ch a move Tf0s
IN. ~ Special to Chicago Tribune, March s.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

1t Is said that fashionable ladies
won't go fishing this summer unless
they can get silk worms for bait.-Phi'-
adelphia Chronicle.
A man adver.ises for a competent
person to undertake the sale of. new
medicine, and adds that s'it will be
highly lucrative to the undertaken"
AN exchange says it makes woman
sick to keep secret. He must have
guessed at it, as it has never yet been put
to practical test Wheeling Journal.
1t was four-year-older who asked,
"Papa, have you donc anything down
town to-day that you think ought to
whip you for, if were as big as you
are s,s
"A Chicago doctor advertises: Don't
mistake dropsy for. consumption. :"
That's right! The constant mistaking
delirium tremens for malaria is enough.
Boston Post.
Its Just as well to be refined in
your conversation. Say: Those who
indulge in terpsichorean recreation are
under obligation to remunerate the vic.
linist."
"A Georgia farmer is entertaining
big scheme to raise watermelons on
large scale for the manufacture of sugar.
and all the big boys in the neighborhood
are advising him to do it.-Toledo Aneri-
can.
He is the greatest artist alive, and
the one courted most by society, who
can carelessly drop lot Of marking-ink
on a piece of cardboard, and after draw
ing a whisp broom across it, call it
symphony of twilight, and sell it for
$40, 900. Puck.
-"lt seems to me I have seen your
physiognomy somewhere before" said
fop to q stranger whom he met, .'but l
cannot imagine where" !" Every likely"
replied the other; II have been the Gov
ernor of a prison for the last twenty
years. IN =. Ledger.
Toto is crying very hard. ..What
is the matter?" asked one of her fathers
friends. ~ have lost two cents that
mamma gave me-" I" That is not a
difficult loss to repair replied the
friend; 'here are two cents.n An in
slant afterward Toto was crying harder
than ever. What are you still crying
forp" asked the gentleman. Sc / am
crying" said the artful baby, "bccause
if had not lost two cents should now
have four"
"A young man whohad just returned
from seven days vacation, being re-
quested to carry box up stairs, replied
that he could not, because he hadn't t
strength to do it. Haven't strength
said his employer; how is that9"
why, you see, I've been off for seven
days, and it's a fact, you know, that
seven days make one week." The young
man was given aperpetualvacation from
that establishment.
Wouldn't you like to have bow?'
said bold young archer, as they saun-
tered down the field, and she murmured.
"Yes," and the absorbed archer said.
+" What kind of bow would you pre-
fer9" She guivered little as she replied
archly, ~ think should prefer you. "
Aud the young man took it in, and
though he was narrow chested youth.
he went to the target and heaved a bull :
sigh.-Detr0I Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
Strange Evidence.

Mrs. Sargent, aged eighty-four, living
alone at Fort Ann, was found beaten to
death about two years ago. Large re-
wsrds were offered for the arrest Of the
murderer. A man named Stewart was
arrested on suspicion, but as there was
NO evidence against him the case was
dropped. The strange and almost in
credible revelation has now been made
that photograph of the dead woman's
eyes disclosed upon the retina picture
Of Stewart holding chair over her head
and just in the act of striking her. The
matter has been brought to the attention
of the grand jury, and Stewart, who has
enlisted in the regular army, will prob
sbly be re-arrested.-Troy IN ~
ZSnnes
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15
Interesting Pension Statistics.

From the fundation Of the Government un-
I'll 1851 the United States paid in pensions the
sum of Ss9, ,sse. .359 6. Since that time the
enormous suth of s53s. s.7l. lIO.e7 has been paid
out. The following table shows the anotut
that has been expended each year since 1789:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

other reason for the murderous assault than
that she was directed by some unseen power
in dream to commit the deed. No doubt
she is insane.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

"A well-clad and respectable man
recently created great stir in London
by promenading the streets sandwiched
between two boards with bore these
placards: "Genera. -ofice-Dis-
charged for not sa.uting clerk. Twen-
ty-five years Her Majesty's servant"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

DIR. Julian, New York sayant
says there is not a modern building
hence. There's always some one rising
upto say somethingto keep folks awake
at night and make them miserable. -
S01nerrtHe Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The executors of the late Chief
Justice Joel Parker. of New Hampshire,
have notified the trustees of Dartmouth
College of their readiness to pay the
college $50. 900. as the first installment
of Judge Parker's bequest for the es-
tablishment of law school in the col
lepe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

ANDERSON, telegrI phi operator at Ottawa
Ont., was recently gazetted rs heir to q
Scotch estate worth Sc, 000, 600. He purchased
on credit summer residence at Brockvflle,
valued at s39, 900, but has now been arrested
for obtaining 800 by false pretenses
edgo Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Near, Gratz, Ky, seven-year-old
son of Dan Criswell. while playing re-
Gently with some other children, hid in
q straw-stack, and the others, while
undertaking to smoke him out, acci-
dentally led the stack. and the child
was burned to death refore he could get
out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

A SHARK, caught recently at Long Island
fe-saving station as it came ashore, ten feet
long and weight g two hunirei pounds, was
sent to Prof. Bard, at Washington, who pro-
nounced it a very remarkable species, never
before eeen on the American coast.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

Ar a meeting of the local Board at
Swineford, County Mayo, Ireland, on the
7th, it was reported that great distress pre-.
vailed in that district. Over thirty per
sons in the poor house are suffering from
famine fever, and seven hundred names
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

But have made new rule 10 be strictly
adhered TO. One evening of every week, be-
side Sunday, is TO be devoted TO reading,
conversation, or any other diversion or res
pite, and the change is most welcome one
and come to read my papers q little more
leisurely am surprised TO meet with 80
many useful hints as TO different and profit
able methods of housekeeping, domestic
management, and all such matters both
helpful and entertaining. We are naturally
a pushing, enterprising people, but rank
growth is never wholesome one, and with
our hurried lives, hurried in eating, drink
ing and Fastening from one duty to another
we prove, it seems to me, the truth of an old
proverb, although the application is perhaps
a new one "There is that witholdeth more
than is meet, but IL tendeth to poverty"
Aunt Jennie was right. Nature will have
her due sooner or later an exscting mis-.
tress she, and attempting Withholding her
rights will only provoke towards foreclosure
on her part the mortgage she holds on our
estates both temporal and physical. Have
you noticed how old people, those whose
earlier ambitions are dead, whose life work
is almost done, regretfully reflect on having
allowed their former zeal to run away with
their discretion
"If l only hadn't worked so hard that
cold spring to finish the cleaning quite SO
soon, shouldn't have had this cough fas.
tened on me for all these years."
"If / could only have been contented
with doing a full days work 10 twenty-four
hours, shouldn't have been burdened all
my declining days with this poor lame
back"
"Don't tear about 80, dear. You won't
be any the stronger for it little whilt
hence, depend upon it you won't" And lei
me add, my reader, dear grandma kno,es.-
Mrs. Harriet A. Cheever, in Christian a
Wnrk
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
In re Collier.

"The Washington dispatch of the Bos-
ton Traveller says that DR.. Silliman of Yale
college is in the city and rumor has it that
he is there to secure the reinstatement of
Professor Collier in the position of chemist
Of the agricultural bureau. 'Dr. Silliman
is backed by Senators Edmunds and Nor
rill,' said q well posted gentleman recently,
and the influence of scientists generally,
and they all want to see Professor Collier
in his old place. DR.. Sillimau is to have
an interview with the president tomorrow,
and the whole question will be discussed.
The reason advanced for Professor Golfers
removal is his belief in the possibility Of
making sorghum sugar with profit, in which
opinion he and DIR. Loring are said to
differ. Yale savants share Professor Golfers
opinion"
We take the above from an exchange.
We do not see how Professor Collier can go
back into the department while Loring re-
mains at the head of it, and we do not be-
lieve that he desires to do so. If Offices
were filled on the principle of the best man
for the place Collier would be put in Lor-
ings seat, but we never expect to live to see
tuinBs uone tnat way Auu, ny the way,
we should think this performance might
put stop to the talk about inviting Loring,
Needham & Co.'s show into Vermont next
fall. If the state society wants to disgust
all the best and most intelligent farmers in
the state, the right thing to that end will be
to make an alliance with that dirtiest Of all
agricultural rih he,-one born in sin, nursed
in corruption and graduated in iniquity.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09

No. @ was sold October 10th No. was
dried off October 10th, because she was gst-
ting very thin and due to come in early
No. dried off November Goth; No. did
not come up to my standard for COW, was
fatted and MIXED until killed, December
22d. The others were MIXED until about
the first of January, but no account was
made Of the milk or butter after December
18th. We raised three calves, which had new
milk until ten days old, then sweet milk, OF
milk before sour, during the season, or until
cold weather. A few early lambs had sweet
milk until they went to pasture, and more
or less milk and cream was used in the
family. The butter was weighed aftei
washed and before salted. If we add salt
an ounce per pound, as most dairymen do, il
will make quite an increase to the amount
am satisfied that some Of the COWS mus
must have made more than the average
given, because No. on q test trial lacked
considerable of coming up to the average Of
the seven. The COWS have all had a res
and were all giving milk again in a yeal
from the average time of the commence
ment Of the season. The COWS giving mill
averaged from February 18th to April lst
fifty pounds from April lst to June lst
seventy-three and one-fourth pounds, ant
from June lst to September lst, one hun
dred six pounds. Cost of grain for the sea
son, eighteen dollars per COW. A. d. ARMS
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Modern Art.

The following suggestions from the New
Jerusalem Magazine are worthy of serious
reflection. "The art of any period is the
outcome and expression of the life of that
period If the life of the period is simple
and true, their art will be good and its in
fuence pure and ennobling. If their life
is luxurious and debasing, so will their art
be also. That modern art partakes of mod
ern want of simplicity, and is helping to in
crease it, it is not difficult to see. The peo-
Pile have nearly lost simple delight in the
beautiful. Adornment is more often for
the sake of display than for the sake of any
pure pleasure in the adornment because OF
its beauty. What want of simplicity there
is in the designs of our buildings They
are covered with unnecessary appendages,
which are supposed to add to their beauty,
because they add to their display. 1t is the
same in the interior of our houses, which
are full of tortured and uncomfortable fur
niture, and overwrought with unnecessary
and even ugly things called ornaments.
Yet any one who reflects for moment may
see that nowhere is there any true beauty or
grandeur without simplicity. How simple
in form are the flowers that grow in the
field and the leaves on the forest trees
How simple are the grand outlines of the
mountains and they are grand because
they are simple. Language is beautiful
only when it is the simplest expression OF
the thought it clothes and music, also, is
grand when it is simplest. But beauty and
simplicity in art are of little importance be-
side beauty and simplicity of life; and when
we have the latter, the former will not be
slow to follow"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
The Wealthy Apple.

In advance sheets Of the Transactions of
the Western New York horticultural So
ciety, containing report from Mr.. W. G..
Barry of Rochester, on new native fruits,
we find brief reference TO the Wealthy
Apple, and few remarks on the value and
Importance of making experiments in the
hybridizing of fruits, etc., so useful that we
reproduce them for the benefit of our
readers
The report on apples is necessarily
brief Unfavorable weather at the blossom
ing season proved disastrous to the apple
crop in this vicinity, and we were unable
TO see or test the newer kinds. In Decem.
ber we had the pleasure Of examining some
fine specimens of the Wealthy apple, which
Mr.. Peter M. Gideon, the originator, brought
with him from his home in Minnesota. The
fruit resembles Jonathan in several respects,
the flesh being white, fine grained, and
flavor very good. 1t is certainly an iron
clad in which we can all, with great reason,
take much pride. The acquisition Of such
valuable apple as this suggests queries
something like these Are we, as intelli
gent fruit growers doing our utmost to ad
vance the interests of pomology2 Amid
the cares and anxieties of our daily avoca
tions, are we not forgetting the vast field
for improvement which lies before us ? A
chance seed placed in the ground may
yield product the value of which it is i'm
possible to foretel. Now, if we utilize the
knowledge and skill in our possession, and
by artificial fertilization, produce seed the
results of which can be anticipated with
considerable accuracy, what treasure have
we not gained. Not alone is abundant pc
cuniary reward in store for us, but a never
failing pleasure, such as will result from the
study of the innumerable forms and varie
ties which can be obtained from judiciou,
cross-fertilizstion. We are trying hard il
various ways to progress. Let US not over
look this art, but make intelligent use o.
the means at our command. Then oul
progress will be rapid and commensurate
with the times in which we live"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-09
Battles In the Air.

The tornadoes that swept away villages
and country houses and killed scores of peo-
pie in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and
South Carolina on Sunday possessed some
peculiar features which render them partic-
ularly worthy of attention. The first note
worthy thing about them was their number
and the great extent of territory they cov-
cred. As in the case of the tornadoes of
last June in the region lying southwest of
the great lakes, a perfect nest OF atmospheric
eddes seems to have been suddenly formed
over the gulf states on Sunday, and the tor
nadoes thus generated darted swiftly across
the country, cutting clean swathes many
miles long and only few hundred yards
wide. Some general cause must of course
have been at work to produce the extraordi-
nary meteorological conditions favorable for
the simultaneous development of these
storms, so widely separated, and yet so sim
liar in their character and effects. This
cause is found in the conflict between the
cold storm current which was at the time
sweeping across the whole country from the
westward, and less extensive but powerful
warm current advancing from the gulf
Where these currents met there was sort
of struggle for the mastery, which resulted
in the formation of tornadoes along the line
meeting. Another fact OF special interest
is the wonderful electrical discharges which
accompanied the tornadoes. Electricity was
strongly developed during such storms, but
in this case the lightning seems to have been
incessspt, reminding one of accounts Of
thunder storms in the tropics. Books and
new spapels were read and letters written by
the almost unceasing illumination in the
clouds. There seems to be no means within
human reach to cope with these powers of
the air. A tornado cannot be arrested in its
course. The only thing to do is to get out
of its way. But at present there is not even
any means of predicting their coming. The
signal service can only deal with ordinary
storms that sweep in an almost unvarying
course clear across the continent. The tel
egraph can give warning of the approach of
such storm, but tornadoes spring into be,
ing and rush away on their career of de-
struction in the most unexpected manner.
Still, if the theories of the meteorologists
are correct, and tornsdoes are generally
formed where opposing currents meet, and
as offshoots of main storm, it should be
possible to obtain some warning, even
though short, of the times and places where
these frightful battles in the air are likely
TO be fought.-S Selected.