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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
FUNERAL SERMON.
Preached March 9TH, 1854, at
Lewisburg, Ohio,
BY REV. H. l.. McMURRAY.
Pastor Of the Lutheran Church.
Published by request.1


DIED.-HBNRY PUNpT, born September
9th, 1885, died March 4tb, 1884, aged AZ
years, 5 months and 30 days.
In casting about for a text at such q time
and under such trying circumstances, we
were in a measure helped to it by the little
son Of the departed father. That boy, who
was the pride and Joy of his fathers heart
when living, helped us, though unconscious
Of 1t, to choose a text for the dead fathers
obsequies. In the simplicity Of his heart
and in his innocent and chiIk-like way, at
ter having seen his dead father, the little fel.
low said: "My papa's not dead, he's only
sleeping" This has helped us TO- the selec.
ton of what we deem a suitable text on this
sad and solemn occasion. You will lind il
recorded in the holy Gospel of st. John, the
eleventh chapter and part OF the eleventh
verse, John, II, 1l) "Our friend Lazarus
sleepeth." Few families have been more
honorably distinguished than the family of
Bethany. W sisters and one brother con.
stituted this godly household. The OF
Martha and Mary will be handed down with
holy fragrance to the latest posterity. Their
brother was also ON Of the especial objects
OF Christ's affection and esteem. But even
the most pious families are exposed to sick
ness, sorrow and death. Let ua, with the
help of Almighty God, learn from our text
some lessons that may be OF comfort to us in
our sorrow.
Observe first the true character of Christ's
disciples. They are His friends. Christ
called Lazarus His trend. sour friend Lag
urus sleepelli." And his is wat Christ calls
all His people-"l call you not servants, but
| have called You friends; for ali things that
| have of my Father, | have made known un.
to you" But observe that they were not al
ways friends; they were not such by birth or
education. Once they were a'nr of, mlieuated
without God IN the world. They were His
enemies instead ut His friends. But,hsy he.
His friends by accepting the recorcili.
alton offered in the Gospel. Yes, this bless
ed Gospel reveals the divine system of re-.
cancellation. 1t publishes il. 1t urges it
awe beseech you To be + cnnciied To God"
And by faith tlI- sinner is accepted in Gods
favor, and in Gods family; and in that day
the friendship hegins. This friendship is
with peculiar privileges aud great
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

William e. Brown Butler Common
vs.. Pleas. Order of
Jonathan Potts ct al. Sale OH Judg-
ment. Case No.
1880.
MT ro ~
AN
Oh sale issued rom the court OF
common Iieas Oh b4elei county ONO,
anu 10 me ~ulfecteu, VIII oHet for SAFE
at pupIlc auctlon, 1t tine o OF the
court House, II Eaton, treble county,
ohio' on
Saturday. ADri1 10Th. 1894
between the hours Of l and 4 O'Clock D.
IN. Of said day, the following real es-
tate, situate in Preble county, Ohio,
and described as follows, to-wit:
A part Of the southeast quarter OF
Section 81, Township z, Range 2 east,
In Preble county, Ohio, bounded as fol-
lows: Beginning at the northeast cor.
ner Of said quarter, thence west 81
poles to Davis corner; thence south
los poles to j.. Elliott's line thence east
so reds more or less to the section line
thence north 10Y rods to the place OF
teginning, containing SO acres of land
more or less. Except "a of an acre used
as a burying ground; also, 3 acres de.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

Citizens Of Montgomery county to
the number Of one hundred and
twenty four have petitioned the legis-
lature for the protection of dogs.
Sheep must be scarce in Montgom-
cry county or the dogs would pro-
teet themselves, is the remark of an
exchange. They do It in Prcble coun.
-.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20


The tyranny Of the Norman sys
tenn is simply indescribable. When
the missionaries make female con-
verts abroad they send their photo.
graphs to Utah. At the Sunday SER
vices in the temple these pictures are
displayed from the pulpit, and all
good Mormans who need fresh wives
inspect these portraits, select the
woman they want and furnish money
to pay their passage TO Utah. When
the female converts arrive they are
frequently dragged from the ears by
the brutal Mormans who haze bar
gained for them, placed in wagons
and driven away. The initiation. in
to the church and the marriage cere
monies at the endowment house are
represented IS being brutal and
shocking in the extreme. Norman
wives are compelled to labor to sup
port their husbands. Once under
Norman rule it is difficult to escape.
The government is tyrannical. No
one "a build a house or plants tree
without a permission from the head
Of the church. In the schools the
children are forced to study the Book
Of Norman. The young people are
trained M in hostility to the nation
al government, and are educated in
the belief that oaths administered by
courts and civil authorities are not
binding. This makes Mormans alb
solutely useless as witnesses and jur.
ors, and protects Mormonism from
exposure in the courts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
SANDS OF +

Time nor tide waits for no man, but
the sands of life continue to flow on
and on, year after year, never stop
ping, Fever hesitating in its work Of
G Gasie, or %n som. 0 fmng sa. cy a Cough,
DR.. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup
it and makes the span of life
it's allotted three scores and ten. Go to
Webb q Coover, the Druggists, aud
ask them for a free trial bottle Of This
medicine. They have them to give
away. [mar29-1y
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
Keenan,, the Republican Treasurer

Keenan,, the Republican Treasurer
Of Jackson county. Zimmerman, the
Republican Corporation Treasurer of
Greenville, Darke county, Vanheet,
Republican Treasurer OF Ii uron coun
ty, and the Iniirmsy Director Of
Preble county, are thelntest, and yet
our good neiglbor of the Rcgiste,
banters US. TO compare Republican
public stealings with Democratic
Git eout! They all seem to do it, and
the only way to correct this r~ascally
business is to elect mt whom the
offices seek, instead of office seekers
bosses aid ringsters.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

Two sets Of delegates from Virgin
ia will doubtless appear in the Chi
cago Republican Convention. One
will be sent by the Straight out Re
puhlicans and the other by the Coali-
ton Republicans. AS General Wick
ham will probably be n member Of
the former, It is well to note that in
the present Legislature he has in
varibly voted with the Bouibons.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

The probability that Mr.. Holman
will be nominated for governor Of
Indiana by the Democrats has
brought out a swarm of candidates
fer the congressional nomination in
his district. Holman has been in
Congress solong that the stock of
political timber has increased to an
alarming extent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
Of I Acres I

Situated = miles east OF Richmond,
Ind, well improved, has large substan-
tial brick house, new bank barn 4ix10
feet, good orchard, sugar orchard, new
spring, &C.. soil very fertile,
equally well adapted to farming or gar
dening. For information cali at Neal
Station. or address HENRY l.. HILL,
Box POI, Richmond, Ind.
Eaton, March G., lSSl-tf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

The graded tax bill decided upon
by the Democratic caucu runs as
follows: From sales per year of from
$4,000 to $4,000, 300; from $4,000
to $4,000, $3.50; from $4,000 to 49,.
600, 5000; from $4,000 and over $3.50.
We are beginning to think that the
best thing the Legislature could do
with the temperance elephant on
their bands, would be to wipe it out
entirely.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

The treasurer ofthe United States
has prepared q statement showing
the total coinage Of standard silver
dollars under the act Of February %,
1879, to March /, 1884, was $780,.
l25, held in the treasury offices
and mints, 1926, 1925, 399; out stand,
ing, $50 ;302, 100. OF the amount
held by the treasury, there is held to
redeem outstanding silver certificates
$50, 247,721. leaving owned by the
treasury $30,574,67s.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

The Supreme Court Of Iowa, e
Gently rendered a decision which an
bodies a world of truth and warning
that should be brought prominently
before every young girl in the land.
A wife had made application for a
divorce, on the grounds that her hus
band was a confirmed drunkard,
when the evidence showed that she
had knowledge OF his incorporate
habits before she married him. In re
fusing the petition, the judge said
You voluntarily chose a drunkard
for a husband, and you should dis
charge the duties Of a drunkard's
wife. His failure to keep a pledge Of
reformation, made before marriage,
does not justify you in DESERVING
him. Having knowingly married o
drunkard, you must make yourself
content with the sacred relationship
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

Bossism which had possession of
the last Republican national conven-
tion has not died out In the Republi-
car party, and the bosses assert
themselves this year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

The Senate of the United States
voted q private Secretary to each
Senator, and they have selected
wives, and daughters and SON to act
in that capacity for six dollars. n day.
This will increase the salary about
one thousand dollars per annum.
This is Republican economy as prac-
ticed by o Republican Senate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

Already ZONE Of the leading Re-
publican papers are looking with
grave fears upon the success o ftheir
party, and the Ohio State Journal
confets SEES that Ohio is a clos, ifnot a
doubtful State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

Tho Senate Committee on terri
tories have agreed to give the name
Of "Lincoln" to the new territory
which it is proposed to make out of
the northern portion of Dakota.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

j. X. Newcomer Of the Clinton Co.
Democrat has purchased the Della.
ware Herald, and j. s. Hummel, who
was connected with Mr.. Newcomer in
the Clinton County Democrat, will
assume control of 1t. We wish both
the gentlemen prosperity and sue
cess, because their efforts rs journal.
lists deserve It.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

The Secretary Of the Ohio State
Board Of Agriculture, after visiting
several counties in the State, return.
ed home last week and reports the
wheat crop presenting a very favor
able prospect.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

The United States Senate has re-
ported favorably upon q bill fixing
tie rate ofpostage On transient news.
papers at one cent for four ounces.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

While the paymaster OF the G.. Is.
d Q. railroad stepped out Of his
Chicago Office TO get a lunch, a thief
stepped in and carried off 1927, 600.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

The present Legislature didn't nd
jonrn On the 18th Of March by q long
shot, and it may not even on tie 17lh
Of April. The Legislative ability Of
Ohio Is wonderful!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

A bill is pending in the Ohio Legis,
lature to abolish the Office of Infirm
AIRY Director. We hope it will pass.
1t ought TO pass.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
Thursday, MarcL 20. 1854

Governor Sprague is 10 be elected
from his home, the last. remnant Of u
once princc!y estate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
One of 193 Acres!

Situated In Preble county, Ohio, 4
miles cast of Richmond, Ind; well i'm
proved, frame house, barn 50xl00 feet,
30 acres in timber, soil very fertile,
mostly Elkhorn bottom, ne%ver-failing
water; first class for either farming or
stock raising.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
NOTICE.
To the Qualified Voters of Preble
County, o.:

To the Qualified Voters of Preble
County, o.:
VOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
Il that in accordance with Section
800, Revised Statutes of Ohio, and Acts
amendatory thereto, that the question
of establishing a Chiidrens' Home and
the issue of County Bonds TO provide
funds for the purchase of n site and the
erection thereon OF said Home, will be
submitted to the qualified voters of said
County at the next regular election, to
be held the
First Monday I'm April, 1854,
The estimated cost of such Home is
Twenty Thousand Dollars. Those in
favor of said Home will have written
or printed OIL their ballots-Childrens'
Home, YES. Those opposed will have
written or printed, Childrens' Home,
No.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
II. l.. ROBBINS, Aud.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

IT Bro. Calderwood of the Green
Vile Courier wants to flaunt the
dirty rag" of twenty years ago, and
his readers n stomach the diet, we
have no objections, but they certain
ly must have singular tastes! II is a
miserable ~subterfuge of o sinking
party t.ken hold of only by the
''crauks" in an effort to save the party
from popular Indignation for the out
RACES aud rrscalities It has perpre-
trated upon a contidiug people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20

II Major Shaw, Superintendent of
the Q. :. and 5. o. Home had not ex
hibitcd such u bitter and malignant
PURITAN spirit in his government of
The Institution. VIC would say let him
remain. Our voice has always been
aeaihst mailing the management Of
oaf State Institutions n political
HIHgteF Dat fat Shaw's course we say
n bim, and we don't care
nit aef . fttffsl Republican or n
t5tt sf,a y tB6erAt takes bis
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
III. C. & co.

OF DISCOUNT AMI DEPOSIT.
Deal in Government and County Bonds, Coin and Exchange. Money to loan
on liberal terms. Interest paid on Time Deposits. Mortgaged papers negoti-
|aed. Per- ns having good mortgage notes to sell, DR. wishing to purchase, al
be accommodated. Foreign Exchange, or Letters OF Credit O. ali psrtso Of Eu-
rope, can b. obtained of us in any sums required. h ~s
The Business Management of the Bank is In charge Of II. c. HIEsrAND. who
Eaton, Feb. 4, 1s75-ly
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-03-20
SheriH's Sale.

William E. Brown Butler Common
vs. Pleas. Order of
Potts ct al. Sale on Judg-
ment. Case No.
$780,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14
How Mnsic Became Fashionable

There is little need to refer to Swift'5
bitter sneer against Handel and Bon
oncini, or to the somewhat obsolete
ieer of Jean de SirieX, in M. Sardou's
famous play, against ''iddler," to
mark the appreciation in which pro-
fessors of music were held, as well in
this country as in France, until within
n comparatively recent period With
out calling upon a centenarian to bear
witness, abundant testimony can be
found as to the estimation in which
musical studies on the part of man
were once held by his associates. Very
early in this century, while what were
called convivial habits We're sowing the
| seeds of the govt and rheumatism
reaped by the present generation, a
| cheerful gentleman like Captain Morris
might be begged to sing, as the far
greater Moore and Hook were after
him, to amuse the company, and Bac-
chanalian ditties were not only runred
out, but Lived up to" all over the
lscountry, while music for its own sake
part music and instrumental music
were little studied, the latter being held
| in profound contempt by the sterner
| sex When the novelist wished to put
an unsuccessful swain in an especially
ridiculous light he made him play the
| flute When the caricaturist wished to
| do likewise by the late Prince Consort
| he drew him seated on a music-stool
and humping the keyboard of piano
forte. 1t was well to go to the
opera, as lounge, to display a new
| l,Vt@ 10
fiddle ones self was quite out Of
the question. With young ladies it was
much the same The practice of music
was one of the arts of display, and tho
| harp was the instrument best calculated
to exhibit the elegance of a beautiful
figure. Therefore the harp was fash
ionable, and ladies were painted in the
act of performing on it. They could
hardly be said to play upon it, for it is
one of the most difficult of musical in
struments, but they twanged an accom-
paniment to a song or an obligato to a
| pianoforte piece executed, literally,
by less graceful sister or an obliging
cousin. There was one lady, Mrs
George Grote, who. played the violon-
cello, and she was considered, at least,
eccentric. Many years later there was
one nobleman who played the violin,
and no term of contempt was strong
enough to be used concerning him by
his brother officers in the distinguished
regiment which he joined as prelimi-
nary to higher destinies.
| All this has been marvelously changed,
and in a marvelously short space of
tire. Our girls not only play the piano
tet the violin; many of them very well,
and some with such enthusiasm chat
fond mothers dread that their darlings
may become deformed through perpet-
ual clinging to the fatal Cremona To
play the piano badly is now less the rule
than the exception, and the actual sci
entitic knowledge of music has advanced
with wonderful swiftness No amount
of teaching can make every woman a
musician, as is sometimes tacitly as
sumed, any more than it will make
every man a successful painter; but il
has been. so improved in method that
almost every one can be taught enough
of music and drawing to take an intel
ligent interest in those arts.-L0ndosl
Dahl NeWS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14
Novel Method of Making Pin Money.

The general and intense thought
which impecunious or restless feminin-
ity has put upon ways and means of
swelling the exchequer has developed
some curious expedients in the none
tary line. Women try unheard of ex-
periments to make money; and though
often, with pitiable results, the certain
consequences of desperate or ill-timed
measures, quite as often with rare and
radiant success.
One that has grown to be recog-
nized business. extensively pursued,
though on the sly, is the practice of
taking women and children out to ride,
at price per hour far below anything
the livery stables offer As this bust
ness is almost exclusively monopolized
by ladies, who toll not, neither do they
spin, so far as the world knows, it has
gained but little publicity. Frequently
| advertisements, similar to the following,
appear in the newspapers, but always
signed simply by an initial:
Notice to invalids-A lady will take an in
valid lady or child for drive in the park, or
| elsewhere, as often az desired, for small com
pensation. Address Y, ID, etc.
Every issue of such advertisement, in
fair weather, is apt to bring several an
swers. To these the female Jebus re-
ply in person at the modest figure of fifty
cents an hour. Their phaetons are
generally stylish and well Kept and their
horses handsome. if not the most man
ageable in the world. They array them
selves in modish driving costume, and
rein up in front of the houses desig-
mated in the note of response to the
advertisement, quite as nonchalantly as
though their fares were friends OF
years standing. They know nothing Of
the person they take out, and their
fares know nothing of them. All
women affect the severest propriety in
regard to whom they are seen with in
public That it is an aftectation with
many of them is proven by the readi-
ness, with which they are willing to
drive out with somebody who may be
anything but congenial, or even repu-
table, when the chance of earning a little
money on the sly presents itself N Y
| World.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
OF your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething Its value rs incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers,
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom.
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription OF one Of
the oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is fol
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price % cents per bottle.
feb 29- m-w-s m 1-y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

well, how did you get out?" asked
one of the bystanders.
''Why, l had to stay there" said old
Jake, "till old man Westbrook went
over to our house and walked up my dad
and borrowed a saw, and come back
and sawed me out, and as soon as |
got looseI broke for home, right through
the rain without any umbreller,
for l was afraid the old man might go
for me for KILN his hog, and takin'
his girl home from the spellin. ~
And how about the rice?n asked one
of his hearers.
"Oh, that was pretty much worked
off by the rain agin' l got home, but
every body found out about it anyhow.
Mirandy never could keep nothin', -
and with melancholy air, old Jake
Strengthened himself up and walked
pensively away.-.Burli0gton HaWkeye.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-14

sudden dashes for the pole have been
unsuccessful and sometimes disastrous,
a few years since the leading maritime
nations entered into a joint arrange
ment to make a simultaneous advance
upon the polar regions from many diff
ferent directions. The plan was to es-
tablish colonies in low latitude at diff
ferent points, and then advance north
ward, keeping open lines of commune
cation and taking advantage of favor
able seasons to near the desired goal.
The United States was the first,to send
out its expeditions, which were estab.
lished at Lady Franklin Bay and Point
Barrow. Russia chose for her stations
Nova Zcmbla and the mouth of the
Lena; England, Fort Rae; Austria,
Jan Mayen Land; Germany, Cum
berland Sound; Holland, Dickson
Haven; Norway, Bossekop; Fin
land, Sodankyla; Sweden, Spitzbergen;
Italy and the Argentine Republic were
to cooperate with independent explora-
tons, News now comes that the
Dutch expedition has failed, the
Varna having foundered on July 4th
last near the island of Waigatz. The
other Dutch vessel was ice-bOund. The
Austrian expedition reports good prog
ress; so does the English party at Fort
Rae. The Swedish station sends favor
able news. At the Finnish outpost
some very interesting discoveries have
been made respecting the aurora bo-
reals. Lieutenant Rays American
party at Fort Barrow will soon be
heard from, but the relief for Lieuten-
ant Greeley's party at Lady Franklin
Bay failed last year, and has succeeded
no better this year, for the Proteus was
crushed by the ice, and its crew had to
travel thousand miles in boats before
being relieved. The Yantic, the COM
panion vessel, was driven back by the
terrible ice barrier. 1t does not follow
that Lieutenant Greeley's party will
perish, for their supplies ought to last
| until next summer. Game was abund-
| ant at last accounts. 1t is mighty
struggle to solve the mystery of the
pole, but man will never be satisfied
until he knows all about every square
/ inch of the planet he inhabits. Demo.
rests Monthly.