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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
Early New England History.

A contributor to The Boston Adver-
tiser writes as follows: The discussion
by the Legislature of the proposed
amendment to the statute concerning
the observance of the Lords day re-
calls the fact that the Justices of the
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachu-
sets we're once indicted for illegally
travelling on that day. This was when
the territory now called Maine was a
part of this State. The exact date I
have not at hand, but it vas somewhere
between 1890 and 1900. The statute
then, as now, provided against doing
ssany manner of labor, business o rwork,
except works of necessity or Charity"
or from travelling on the Lords day
except for the same good causes. The
Justices of the Supreme Court have fire.
quently been called to pass upon points
of law raised under this statute. They
have decided that gathering seaweed
is not a work of necessity, but show it
on the shore" they wisely leave to be
determined hereafter. 1t has been judi
cially pronounced that hoeing corn
m within the prohibition, but that
gathering watermelons may not. The
Justices of our Supreme Court, how
ever, had a more personal inter-
est in the Sunday law than at
the time referred to. They were
holding a term of court at Port
land, and did not adjourn till
late Saturday evening. They were
obliged to open another term early on
the Monday morning following at
Pownalboro, now Wiscasset. There
was then no provision of law empower
ing the sheriffs to adjourn the courts in
the absence of the Judges, and theI
were therefore obliged to make thu
journey between the two places on Sun :.
day by a private carriage, which waJ
their only can of conveyance. At
that time the court of quarter sessions
was in existence. 1t was composed of
all the Justices of the peace in a county,
who were allowed a small fee for at
tendance, and it had also a grand and
a petit jury. While on this journey the
Judges were stopped by an officer, who
asked them their names and where they
were going. At the next term of the
quarter sessions the three judges, that
being the number then comprising the
Supreme bench, were each. indicted for
travelling on Sunday, said travelling not
being from necessity or charity, and if
found guilty we're liable to be ~severally
fined a sun not exceeding twenty o
less than ten shillings. But they were
not brought to trial. 1t is a w~ell-recog-
nized principle of law that the repeal
of a statute carries with it all the COM
plants and indictments pending under
it, unless a saving clause is inserted in
the repeating act. The justices Pc
titioned the legislature to repeal the
statute against travelling on Sunday.
This was promptly done, with no saving
clause. The next day, or very soon
after, the legislature re-enacted the law.
and thus the members of our highest
court escaped trial, and perhaps con-
viction. Cor. Boston Advertiser.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
FARM I'M PRESIDE.

Make up and turn over the com
post heaps.
Test seed corn by %sprouting. This
will be greatly wanted this season.
1t is common in some quarters to
use any kind of salt for butter, but
unless the best be used the butter will
be inferior, and necessarily sell low. 1t
is economical to procure good salt for
such purposes.-Boston Globe.
"A Good Pudding: Take four ounces
each of -four, suet, %currants, ~raisins,
and breadcrumbs, two tablespoonfuls of
~treacle, and a half pint of milk; mix
thoroughly, and boil in a mould for
three hours.-M. Y. Times.
Mr.. Trump, who favors a more
liberal use of windows in barns and
stables, says experiments have proven
that COWS give more and better milk
when changed from dark stables to
light; less food is also required.-CleUe-
land Leader.
"A necessary precaution when roast
ing a large and fat loin of mutton is to
cover it with a paper during the earlier
stages of its roasting; otherwise the fat
will burn, or at least will be scorched,
and impart a bad flavor to the gravy
N. Y. Post.
You can drive away ants by having
strong soapsuds of carbolic soap and
then sprinkling small pieces of cam
phor near the holes of the ants. When
the odor of the camphor passes off fresh
must be put in its place, as it does not
seem to kill, but ohly drive away the
ants.-M. 2. Herald.
Farmers who manure heavily should
not forget that the growth of weeds
will be as highly stimulated as the legit-
innate crop. and that consequently
more thorough and cleaner cultivation
is essential to giving the crop the entire
benefit of the fertilizers. Few farmers
a afford to buy fertilizers to raise
weeds with.-Detrot Post.
"A novelty for the children's table
is made by cutting pie crust in narrow
strips and winding them around smooth
sticks. Bake them; when they are
done remove the sticks and fill with
jam or jelly. Very painstaking elder
sisters or mothers may cut small round
pieces of the dough the size of the end
of the stick, bake them and so close the
opening after the jam is put in. Cooky
dough baked in this way and filled with
chocolate OF fruit jelly is very NICE
N. Y. Post.
Iron rust can be removed by salt
mixed with lemon juice being rubbed
on; or either place the article in a bowl
containing kerosene oil, or rap it in a
soft cloth well saturated with the oil;
allow it to remain so for two days and
then scour the rusty spots with brick
dust. If Very badly rusted, use salt
wetted with hot %vitriol; after securing
well, rinse in boiling water and polish
clean with soft flannel and sweet oil.
To keep steel in polish when not in use,
cover the article well with mutton ia.
which has been clarified, wrap it in
soft paper and place in a-dark but dry
cupboard.-EGchange.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

give me his gun and shot and powder,
and said l could go cross the fields to
tell my folks goodbye, and hasten on
ahead to have de camp fires ready when
de wagons got dar. When de wagons
got dar. / was dar and I'm here. 1
have stood by de ole man and he me
long as he was permitted"
But poor Uncle Ben died lust two
weeks before the surrender of the
Southern army. We have talked it
over among US, and regretted that he
died before knowing that his freedom
was assured. He had saved and put
together very nearly.fve hundred dol
lars in silver, which he left with my
mother for his children, and which
served as a nucleus, to which, by hon
esty and economy, his two SOM have
added quite an independent little for
tune.--O. j. Dunn, tn Continent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
The Old-Time Doctor.

The old doctor who years ago was
such a great man in Arkansaw, has re-
tired from practice. His old saddle
bags hang on the quilting frames under
the shed, and his grandchildren peel
apples with his surgical Instruments.
The bones of his old horse have been
used as a fertilizer by some progressive
Yankee. There was a day, though,
when the old man o so gray ano
feeble, was strong--almost as strong as
the medicine he carried. His word
was law in numerous households.
Quinine and calomel were the only
medicines for which he had any re-
spect. When these medicines failed it
was thought time for the patient to call
on a higher power for naturalization
papers in another hemisphere. The
lancet was a great factor. If a man
was slightly ill, bleed him. If he was
dead, wait awhile. Bleeding was a
mania among the doctors. 1t ragged
like an epidemic. If a man had too
much blood they would bleed him, and
they would bleed him if he didn't have
enough. If a man had his left arm
torn off the next thing was ''souce" a
knife in his right arm. 1t did not seem
to enter the minds of these sold
timers" that a man needed blood. With
them flesh might enter the kingdom of
Esculapius, but blood was excluded.
On n occasion a young doctor sug-
gested to several physicians with whom
he was holding a consultation that it
would no doubt be better not to bleed the
patient any more. The old physicians
looked at the young fellow in amaze
ment, and one of them found breath to
exclaim:
"What?"
81 say that I don't think that it would
be a good idea to bleed him any more
at present"
The old physicians looked at each
other, and sorrowfully shook their
heads.
Upon what do you base this wild
assertion, sirP"
81 base it upon common sense. The
patient was suffering in the first place
from the loss of blood, then we bled
him, and now, 1 say that it would be
better to wait until he is able to stand
another drain upon his system" :
"He is hopelessly insane" said one
OF the doctors, meaning the young fell
low.
uon I KNOW unaG MS case IS nope
less" one of the party replied, s'but it
soon will be unless immediate action is
taken; He needs bleeding" And they
seized him and cut a hole in his scalp.
All of these old fellows have retired
from practice, with records red with
the blood of their countrymen. They,
have not become reconciled to the new
and less boisterous mode of practice,
and even now, if one of them should
be called upon, he would have his
knife in the patient in less than five
minutes.-Philadelphia Call.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
vital 0uestionsil

Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school, what is the best thing NJ
the world for quieting and aIlaying all irrf-
tation of the nerves and curing all forms Oh
nervous complaints, giving natural, child
like refreshing sleep always9
And they will tell you unhesitatingiy
Some form of Hopsl"
CHAPTER L
Ask any or all of the most eminent ply
sicians:
what is the best and only remedy that
can he relied on to cure all diseases Of the kid
news and urinary organs; u as Brighfs
disease, diabetes, retention or inability to
retain urine, and all the diseases and all
ments peculiar to Wonen"1
Sand they will tell you explicitly and
emphaticaly Buchu."
TASK the same physicians
"What is the most reliable and surest
cure for all liver disease or dyspepsia, cons
stipation, Indigestion, biliouspess, malariai
fever, ague, &c.," and they win tell you:
MandrakeI or Dandelionp
Hence, when these remedies are combined
with others equally valuable
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such
a wonderful and mysterious curative power
Is developed which is so varied In its opera
tons that no disease or Ill health can posi-
bly, exist or resist its power, and yet it is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weak
est invalid or smallest child to use.
CHAPTER II.
Patients
almost dead or nearly dying
For years, and given up by physicians Of
Bright's and other kidney diseases, liver
complaints, severe coughs called consump
ton, have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazyi
From ago4y of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness and various diseases peculiar to
women.
People drawn out of shape from excru-
ciating pangs of rheumatism,
h1ammatory and chronic, or suffering
from scrOfulaI
Erysipelasi
and in fact almost all diseases frail
Nature is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bitters. proof of which can
be found In every neighborhood In the known world
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
South Easton, Mass, Jan. I, 1884.

DR.. W. D. WRIeHT, Cincinnati, O.:
II have prescribed DR.. WIN. HALL'S BAL
SAM FOR THE LUNGS in a great number of
cases and always with success. One case
in particular was given up by several
physicians who had been called in for con-
sultation with myself. The patient had all
the symptoms of confirmed Consumption.
He commenced to get better and was soon
restored to health.n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
THE TALE OF 4 TEA cUP.

H -
Underneath a tiny bridge,
Close beside a fowery ridge,
Where a limpid river ran
All this CHANGED in far Japan
Drifted Shang-Tu, in his boat;
Thus he sang with pleading note:
N.come with me, o, Alko's daughter,
Come and sail upon the water!
In the1green te~a7gafden's bowers,
Gaily by the mirthf,l hours;
Where the man-rio liant is growing,
And the cherry-blossom blowing;
There we'll talk and sing and laugh,
And the fragrant saki quar-;
Come, with silent step and fleet
OF your dainty-slippered feet,
While your stern old father waits
BY the distant city gates"
Just beyond the bridge it stood
Alkos house OF yellow wood;
Thence, from out the matted hall,
Sweet 81, at her lovers call,
Stole with rosy blush, and glance
OF her long eyes turned askance.
Haste, she thought, would not beseem her,
Lest too lightly won he deem her;
So she wakes with lettering tread;
And she tossed her pretty head;
and she twirled her little FAM
Thus they fiirt in far Japan.
Shang-Tu calls: 20, haste, sweet
Morning hours are fire, but feet"
Half the bridge is crossed when lol
Sounds OF terror-note of woi
Ills old Alko's voice of wrath.
stays the maiden in her path.
"CanI then believe my eyes?
Wicked girlF' her father cries,
''Going out to meet q MANI"
(Act disgraceful in Japan)
"Henceforth inthe inner gloom
OF the very darkest room9-
Screens n curtains shall enfold You,
Lovers eyes no more behold you'll"
Like to this unreasOning man
Fathers talk in far Japan.
Chilled with fright poor Sweet-Si fingers;
Holds her fan with trembling fingers;
While one timid foot advances;
turn her fearful chances.
There she sees her father stand,
Ireful face and threatening hand.
Still, below, imploringly
ShanElTu calls: 20 fly with mer'
painlyl kos arm is long;
Alko's legs are swift and strong.
Some kind minister of Fate,
Plying their unhappy state,
Uttered then a magic word.
Straight the lovers were transferred,
10 ateacup's curying how'll
Often, as / sip my tea,
On the fragile cup I see
All this little history:
Quiet river; fiowery ridges:
Yellow house and dark-blue bridge;
Frightened Sweetest with her fan;
Coaxing youth and threatening mani
All this tale of far Japan.
-Anna 9. Bo,cer. IN Current.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

In 1868 a man left a carpenters
tool-chest at the railroad depot in
Bridgeport, Conn. He paid the agent
storage in advance, and asked him to
leave it there until he called for it. The
following year a letter came from
Alexandria, Va, wishing to have the
box sent by express. The agent sent
back word hat the express company
refused to take the risk on account of
the war. Since then no inquiry has
been made for the box, and the tool
chest still remains where it was placed
twenty years ago.-NeW Haven Register.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
A Lucky Kangaroo Hunter

One of the most daring Kangaroo hunters
of Australia, and his stag hounds, were
terribly lacerated by a wounded Kangaroo,
on the great sheep rancho of Mr.. Alfred
Hay, Boomanoomana, N. S. w., and were
entirely cured by the use of st. Jacobs Oil.
Mr.. Hay writes that it is the greatest pain
cure ever introduced for man or beast.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Hale's Honey of and Tar
Promptly cure asthmatic wheeling. Pixies
toothache drops cure in one minute.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Colts, pigs and calves, not being re-
quired for use, either for work or the
butcher. should be fed but little corn,
as fat il excess is not necessary with
them.-TrOu Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

MY father had an eating cancer for sew
lip and the inside of his cheek, down to the
bottom of his gums. We got some of
Swift's Specific and gave him, and the
effect has been Observation-Disclosures miracu.
lous. The sores are all healed, and he is
perfectly well. Every one here said it was
only a question of time about his death,
and his cure has created the greatest ex-
element in this part of the country.
VIM. B. LATHRoP.
So.,th Enrfan Nana Ion 4 1894
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

LYDIA E. PINKHAM's Vegetable Com
pound was first prepared in liquid form
by mail to points where no druggist can
readily be reached, and to-day the Com
pound in lozenges and pills finds its way
even to the foreign chimes of Europe and
Asia
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
messenger OF Health.

Sent free to sufferers from nervous,
chronic and blood diseases, brain n heart
affections, nervous debility, etc. It tells of
wonderful cures effected by DR.. Scott's Coca,
Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus. Sold by
druggists; 81. DIR. Scott. Kansas City, No.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Oscar Wilde, the hairy herald of
estheticism, having coined a sufficiency
for subsistence in this country, is now
drawing a lecture through England
that is devoted to running down Amer
lean people. He -characterizes Ameri-
cans as being the noisest people in the
world; they are always in a hurry, and
the National occupation is ~train-catch-
ing.-hicago Inter Ocean.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
Exploration Of New Guinea.

"In connection with the Waltham
Watch Company, it may be stated that
when the proprietors of The Age desired
to present Mr.. G. E. Morrison (the explor-
er of New Guinea) with a reliable chro-
nometer, acting upon the advice of Mr..
Rib. Ellery, the Govern't Astronomer,
two Waltham watches were, however,
procured for Mr.. Morrison instead.
These were kept at the Melbourne OBJ
%servatory for a fortnight, and thorough
ly and carefully tested, and were pro-
noupced by MI. Ellery, at the end of
that time, to be better suited for Mr..
Morrison's requirements than any chro-
nometer. '-Ert. from Melbourne AQe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

"A fire company vas called out in
Philadelphia to save a kitten from fall
ing seventy feet off a church roof. The
feline fell after all, and scampered off
in safcty.-RhilGdelphia Press,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

HAVING used Ely's Cream Balm for Ca
tarrh and Cold in the Head, I am satisfied
that it is a first rate preparation and would
recommend it to any one affscted.-R. W.
CHEEvER, Editor Herald. Clinton. Wis.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Mr.. B. J. ANDERSON, of Egypt, Tex,
writes: "Samaritan Neruine cured my
daughter of fits"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Skinny Men. ."Wells' Health Renewer,
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

The New York Tribune in its market re-
port explained why some butter is sold for
said: "Light colored goods are very hard
to dispose of and several lots were thought
well sole at s to 10 cents" If butter max
ers would get the top price, they should
use the Improved Butter Color, made by
Wells, Richardson 6 Co., BURLINGTON, VT.
1t gives a pure dandelion color and never
turns red, or rancid, but tends to improve
and preserve the butter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

I HAVE used Ely's Cream Balm for dry
Catarrh Ito which every Eastern person is
subject who comes to live in a high alti-
tude). 1t has proved a cure in my case
B. F. M. WEEKS, Denver, Col.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Wells Trough on Corns." 15c. Ask for 1t.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, bunions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

A Cough, COLD, Or SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs give prompt relief. % cts. a box.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Don't Die in the House. Trough on Rats
clears out rats, mice, flies, reaches, bed-bugs. 15c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

DR.. WILLIAMS Indian Pile Ointment.
Warranted to cure any case of blind, bleed
ing or itching piles. At druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

In the delirium of fever, and in restless
ness, there is no u remedy as Samaritan
Neruine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

MANY "heavy swells" float on the bill
owes of credit.-Gouuernem Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Singing, irritation, all Kidney and Blad,
der Complaints cured by s'Buchu-Paiba 81.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

THOUGH a kerosene burner may be very
heavy, the oil will make the lamp light.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

Flies, reaches, ants, bed bugs, rats, mice,
crows, cleared out by "Rough on Rats. "15c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

HEADACHE is Immediately relieved By
the use of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
Low Prices for Butter,

"I'M tired all the time," lamented the
wagon-wheel, creaking past.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
GOLD WATCH FREE!

The Publishers Of the Capitol City Home Guest. ts we'll
known Illustrated Literary and Family Magazine, make the fol-
lowing liberal Offer for the New Year: The person telling Us
thelongest verse In the Bible, before May 18th, wllreceive . Solid
Gold, Lndy's Hunting Cased Swiss W ateh, worth $50.
liihere Be more than one correct answer, the seeond viii Iseei.e an
aksy.wtndrng English " atch. Each person must send % etL
with their answer for which they will receive three month"; sub
scnpuon to the Home Guest, 3 50 page Illustrated New Year
Book, n Case of 25 articles that the ladies viii appreciate,
and paper containing names Of winners. Address
Pubs. of HOME GUEST, CONN,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27
CONSUMPTION.

I uHFt d pOslIlyB reutuy- IOr Ln6 aOOV6 UIseaSt; by 19
use thousands of cases of the worst kind apd Of long
have been cured. Indeed, SO strong is my faith
In its efficacy, that ! will send TWO BOTTLES FREE, to-
gether with a TREATISE on this disease, to
any sufferer. Give Express and P. o. address,
DR. 7. A. SLOCUM, ISL Pearl st, New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-27

WCoated tongue, bod breath, sour stomach and liver
disease cured by Hawley's Stomach and Liver Pills, 25cts.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-07-10
WHAT 1T MEANS.

Several persons in town are puzzled
1T the meaning Of the word "Tam.
many" and have applied to the editor
a the TINES for enlightenment. As
We remember the meaning given it in
New York. it is "Big Indians" or
council OF chiefs or Sachems. The
principal officers of the Association
are Sachems or called such, tile Grand
Sachem being equivalent to the Pres
ident of civic societies. .....
In the explanatory and pronounce
ing vocabulary OF the noted names of
fiction, published in Webste,'s Una
bridged Dictionary, We find the fol-
lowing: $1,000
ST.. TAMMANY. The name Of an In
dian chief, who, in the United
States, has been popularity canon
lied AS saint, and adopted as the
the tutelary genius of one branch
OF the Democratic party. TIM.
many, or Tammenund (the name is
variously written), was of the Del
aware nation, and lived rrohab
in the middle of the 18th century.
lie resided in the country which is
now Delaware 'untilhe was of age,
when ne moved beyond the Ale
ghanics, and sct.!-l on the bans
ii the Ohio. He became a chief
sachem OF his tribe, and being al
ways a~friend Of the whites often
fcstrained his warriors from deeds !
OF violence. His rule was always
discreet, AMI he endangered to in
duce his followers to cultivate ag.
rculture and the arts of peace.
rather than those of war. When
he became old, he called council
to have successor appointed, after
which the residue Of his life was
spent III retirement; and tradition
relates that "young and old repaired
to his, wigwam to hear him dis
course wi5dom."s His great motto
was: ~tnite in peace FOR happiness, +
IN war for defense When and by
whom he was first styled saint, or !
by what whim he was chosen to be
the patron of the Democracy, does
not appear.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-07-10
N Il" TODAY.
For Sale Chean.
Good Bargains.

For Sale-Lot No. Q. on west side of Main, be-
tween Bull ian and Croy streets, HALEY.
Also, house and lot No. i, in blocA AZ, Second
avenue. between Carbonate ard Galena streets
formerly occupied by DIR. Ffaginst
will be sold dirt cheap.
. Apply to JP. CAMPBELL,
Jy10 At County Jail.