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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-12-24
Freeman Free.

"a all Ministers, the FREEMAN will be sent
80. 81 OD a year. in advance. Better still-to
WI WI Minister sending 500 with the names of
20 no YEARLY subscribers, the FREEMAN will
Nv sent free, for one year.
Regular Terms-sl.5o a year-same rate for
shorter time. Address,
FREEMAN. Parkersburg, w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-12-24

Corner Lot on Murdoch Avenue,
for sale by Atkinson.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
A Faithful Preacher.

Rev. N. T. Allen, of Grotop, is a Bap-
fist minister of the old school. He is
about sixty-six years of age, yet as Wig
rou as many who have not attained
half that age. He performed q pretty
good days work Sunday. He left his
home in the morning and walked to Up
per Mystic, a distance of seven miles,
where he preached in the Baptist church
at 10:45. He participated in the Sunday
school exercises at twelve o'clock, and
administered the Lords Supper at one
o'clock. He then rode three miles for
dinner, and returned to the church and
preached atseven o'clock in the evening.
At the close of this meeting he started
for his home on foot. His walking time
was about five hours, two hours and a
half each way. The severe rain storm
of Saturday night caused the road to be
very muddy and in some places badly
washed. He arose this morning at foul
o'clock, as usual, and in fine condition
to repeat the work of the previous day
if occasion required.-Nea0 London Tele
gram.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
One Cent.

Boys have now a new reason to save
their pennies. AT the sale of Professor
Anthon's collection of coins some days
since, a cent of the coinage of 1892
brought S77. SO. This precious cent was
coined under the direction of Thomas
Jefferson. Secretary of State, to whom
Congress gave the matter in charge in
1871. It was debated for some time
whether the United States should make
its own coins or have them made abroad,
and Mr.. Jefferson being consulted, gave
it Al his opinion that coinage was ian
attribute sovereignty which ought to
be delegated. Congress having adopt
ed his view of the subject, he sent to
Europe for workmen and set up a small
mint at Philadelphia.
At that period no copper was mined
in America, nor were our inexhaustible
stores of this metal known to exist.
Mr.. Jefferson, therefore, had to import
his copper, and this valuable cen was
made Of part of the first lot received.
Any careful boy can begin a modest
coin collection, which, in his old age,
may be worth much more than its weight
in gold.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Beef.

Beef is cut UP and the parts are named
as follows: The slaughtered OK is first
''quartered," that is, cut the four parts
after the hide has been removed. each
quarter comprising a leg and that por-
ton Of the flesh Immediately connected
with it. The fore quarter is divided in
to the ''rattle," the better part of the
fore quarter, and the back; and the
'.chuck," the neck flesh of the animal,
and the poorest beef, used frequently
for stews and pie-meat, is cut from the
back. The rattle is much better than
the back on account of its not having
the coarse tissue and toughness of that
part, and is near the bellyof the animal.
The hind-quarter, which is sometimes
very incorrectly called the s'hind should
en-" is the mealiest portion of the flesh.
1t is divided into the round, furtherest
down the leg, the rump just above it,
and the loin or sirloin, extending from
the hip to the rib and including and
covering by a slightly coarser grade OF
meat, the precious tenderloin, the pride
of luxury, and considered the finest bit
of beef. The round is, of course, much
less tender than the rump, being furth.
er down the limb, and the rump is YET
less delicate than the loin.- Stocknaan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
A Hardware Sto'.

Last spring while I was on my way to
the 'Mardi Gras'' we stopped at a vii
lage restaurant for dinner. A gentle
man desired to take a cup of tea into
the train for a sick lady. sNo!" yelled
the proprietor, you can't take no cups
out o. yere."
But it is for a lady who is too i'll to
come in"
Don't make no difference" was the
reply; "no cups kin go out O. yere."
"I'n pay you for one," persisted the
gentleman, producing a dollar bill.
1--WE don't sell cups" was the sheer
ing answer. s.D'ye think we keep a
hardware sto'p''
Judging from this said the man,
who balanced one of the doughty sand
witches in his hand and looked at it crit
ically, 81 should suppose you did,"
The passengers set up a mighty shout
of laughter and approval, but neverthe-
less the man did not get off with the cup
of tea, and the invalid lady's thirst re-
manned unquenched .-Southern Manu-
factWrer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Making it Even.

The Duke of Wellington got a letter
once from a lady saying that she was
soliciting subscriptions for a certain
church in which she was interested, and
had taken the liberty to put him down for
f200, and hoped he would promptly
send her a check for that amount. He
forthwith replied that he was glad she
thought so well of him; certainly he
would respond to the call; but he, too,
was interested in a certain church
which needed subscriptions, and, count
ing upon his correspondence well-known
liberality, he had put her down for f200,
land So" he concluded, "no money
need pass between US. "-Erchange.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
PORk-M MAKING.
The Secret of Making 1t Proftable-so4ne
- Good Advice.

The Secret of Making It Proftable-some
Good Advice.
The prevailing opinion expressed by
Western New York farmers, at a recent
meeting of the Farmers Club at Roch-
ester, was opposed to the old time prac-
tice of wintering u shoats and butch
ering them a year or a year and a half
old. The practice favored is to have
pigs Uttered in the spring by old breed
ing sows, OF improved breed, and butch
cred before the first of the next Janu-
airy. Thispractice is based on the be-
lief that swine feeding pays best which
keeps the animals growing rapidly from
birth to butchers block.
One member, who had practiced
different method for some twenty years,
explained his system. He planned to
have a portion of the pigs Uttered early
in the spring, in order to have some
ready to kill at ten months. Others
were Uttered in June, when cows milk
is plentiful on the farm and there is
good pasture. The June litter he kept
in thriving condition the first season and
through the winter. The next summer
he allowed them the run of pasture, with
milk and Stops, %fattening in the autumn,
when they would average in weight
about four hundred pounds.
The secretary of the club, an advo-
cate for the practice of having pigs lit
tered in the spring, advised feeding the
| pigs for the first six months on clover,
| peas, middlings and skim milk and
| other feed in which the albuminoids
predominant, the leading object during
these months being the rapid making o.
muscle and bone rather than laying on
of fat. A good clover-pasture with milk
and mill-feed promotes rapid growth
until midsummer, when gieanings Of
the wheat stubble, a crop of field peas
and the like carries them on until the
| first of October, when the final fatten-
ing process begins. At that season,
the secretary believed that no other food
corn-meal cooked. Whether it always
other question.
The presidents experience had lee
him to believe that pork can be made
more rapidly on cooked barley-meal than
IN corn-meal. A member reported sue
tessful results with a feed of oats and
aarley mixed with corn-meal. His OBJ
Servation had been that old hogs thrive
better on corn-meal alone, while
younger animals require a change Of
food.
The members agreed that the state Of
The market is an important factor in
ieciding the most profitable time tc
butcher and sell. The opinion was,
however, very generally expressed thai
1t does not pay to hold the pigs very
long after extreme cold weather begins
Unless the animals are warmly housed
considerable loss of flesh occurs, for the
fat-forming ms Rodents are expended in
keeping up the vital heat.-N. Y. World
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Riding Double.

Mr.. Russell, a famous M. F. H. in the
west of England, was on one occasion
inning a fox in a wild and unfre-
quented part of his country, when, on
ccount of a strong wind and deep
cover. he had for a short time lost all
sound of the pack. Suddenly he over
took Il miller, who, having tied his
donkey, with his sack of flour, to a
hedge. was joining the chase and run
ming for his life. Have you seen or
heard the hounds?' said Russell, in a
hurry. Yes, sir" said the miller;
they're just afore, running like bells;
don't We hear mp Jump up" said
Russell; my horse shall carry us both
as far as he cam and he actually a r
ried the miller behind him till the fox
was killed. Mr.. Russell would rather
have one sportsman out with him than
twenty fine gentlemen who put on the
scarlet coat merely for the love of the
fashion -Ninprod.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Cheap Food.

We have heard of potato crops ten
uns of sound roots to the acre. and if
aheat at thirty to thirty-three shillings
S only three farthings per pound, 1.-THE
vegetable bread of potatoes is yet
much cheaper. On bread and potatoes
the Englishman now could almost, if
the diet would content him, rival the
East Indian living upon rice; as regards
cheapness, the rations costing three
pence or two pounds of bread, and the
balance laid out in potatoes and salt
butter, would maintain health and
strength. Cheapness then prevails in
Europe, at least as regards the prime
n~ecessaries of food. Cheapness of meat
Is only at present dangled before the
public in the promises of New Zealand
and other mutton. Home-bred stock
that come to market demand one shill-
ing per pound for their cost, az against
wheaton flour at a penny. Twelve hun
dred per cent is a wide difference be-
tween bread and meat! However, even
at present prices the wheat and flour
markets keep very dull.-London Spec
slt0r.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
A GREETING TO CHRISTMAS.

o, Christmas! happy Christmasi
We greet thee once again
With garlands and with posey,
And merry minstrel strains;
We greet thee for the millions
Who hail thy joyful morn
For those who have long passed away
For millions yet unborn.
We greet thee for the mothera,
And for the loving sires
Who call the little children
Around the household fires;
We greet thee with sweet carols,
With offerings free and glad,
And gifts more rare and prectons
Than Eastern magi had.
Unto the Unid Of Mary
What shall the mothers gtfe
But golden deeds Of mercy
To all on earth who live?
We greet thee for the aged,
Who hail the dawning light
Ahich streams from Bethlehem'S mangel
As star of promise bright.
We greet thee with hosannas
And hallujahs sweet,
For they who seek the Holy Child
Have nearly reached his feet.
Unto the hope of Nations
What shall the aged raise?
Sweet odors of thanksgiving
And f~rankincense of praise.
We greet thee for the mourners
Who raise the holy hymn,
From hearts bowed down with sorrow
And eyes with tears grown dim.
We Irvine mid the holly
The cypress n the yew,
And keep the feast with bitter herbs
The NORWOOD and the rue.
The myrrh of human anguish
To offer shall we dare,
Till in the hearts pure censor
IT'S changed to mems rare?
We greet thee for the children,
Fair girls and stalwart boys,
Who usher in thy dawning
With revelry n noise.
We bring no well-flled caskets,
But In our hearts believe
Twill be q gift most precious
To lovingly receive.
And He who sent the Christ-child
Hath humbly deigned to say:
"'Tis better than ~burnt-ofering
In meekness to obey"
o, Christmasi happy Christmasl
Be not in haste to 60,
We've woven wreaths of holly
And merry mfstletOe;
o, blessed Christmas evening,
Why dost thou haste away?
Roll round, New Year. n bring to us
Another Christmas day.
-Kate Laurence. IN N. y. EIdmtner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

"A Crow who was bitterly complain.
ing that the coming winter had deprived
him of the opportunity of scratch ng
for corn was overheard by the Rat, who
said: But you must rememb4 that il
is only after the farmer gets his in
the crib that l have any show at ALL
winter is my enemy."put in the Hare
because it leaves my tracks in the
snow to be followed" "And only fol
that" added the Dog, "Tm afraid
should not taste of hare once a year.
Moral-Dame Nature realized that sh'
couldn't satisfy everybody and sh'
didn't try to.-DetroH Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Loss of FIesh anal Strength.

W tn poor appetite, and perhaps slight
cough in morning, or ON first lying down
at night, should be looked to in time. Per-
sons afflicted with consumption are pro-
leading to bad digestion and imperfect as
similation of food-hence the ~emaciation,
or wasting of the flesh. 1t is a form of
scrofulous disease, and is durable by the
use of that greatest of all blood cleansing,
anti-bilious and invigorating compounds,
known as DR.. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
How to save Money.

and we might also say-time and pain as
well in our advice to good ~housekeepers
existing always to have a perfectly safe
remedy convenient for the relief and
prompt cure of the ailments peculiar to
woman-functional irregularity, constant
pains, and all the symptoms attendant
upon uterine Observation-Disclosures us to rec
ommend strongly and unqualiiedly DR..
Pierce's "Favorite Observation-Disclosures
best friend. 1t will save money.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25
Young Men, Read This.

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offer to send their celebrated ELEcTRo-VoL
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

Mr.. ]. CARPENTER, 1853 Fourth avenue,
New York, after running a gauntlet of
eight years rheumatism, used st. Jacobs
Oil, the great pain reliever, by which he
entirely cured and has had no return
of his complainf.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

There are now six different persons
in Chicago in the business of making
artificial dimples, and you can't walk
a block in that city without some wo-
man will dimple at you in the melting
est manner.-Detroit FIRE Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

THE London Globe says: "The higher
the civilization the later the dinner hour
In this country the lazier the cook the latel
the dinner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

1t has been recently shown that fly
ing fish do not fly at all, their wings
and tail being employed merely to sus-
tain their owner while he is in the air.
The wings produce a curved compress.
sion in the water from twelve to fifteen
inches apart. while the tail produces
almost no effect save that of a propel-
ling force. After the fish leaves the
water both wings and tail are rigid, and
so remain until the fish falls back by its
own weight Chicago Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

The weather-table of the London
Times shows that the great city had but
five and a half hours Of sunshine during
the entire week ended November 20.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected, often att
tacks the lungs. BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs give sure and immediate relief.
Sold only In 60res. Price, % cents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

A BosroN girl never calls an iceberg an
iceberg" Oh, no! She always speaks Of
it as "a floating aggregation Of tangible
frigidity.v-N. KHerdld.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

MRS. HARRIET CUMMINGS, of Cincinnati,
o., writes: Early last winter my daugh.
ter was attacked with a severe cold, which
settled on her lungs. We tried several medi.
cines, but she continued to get worse, and
finally raised large amounts of blood. We
called a physician, but he failed to do her
any good. Afriend. who had been cured BY
DR. WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR II LUNGS,
to improve, and by the use of three bottles
was entirely cured"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

A HEALTH journal a you ought to take
-three-quarters of an hour for dinner. It is
well, also, to add a few vegetables and q
niece of meat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

BUsTLEs have been revived. A few
years G fashion showed a disposition to
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

A HEAVY sigh-A cyclone.-Louisuil
Journal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

Is THE poet who writes cheerful songs q
cheer-up-ode-ist?-N. Y. Independent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

MANY imitators, but no equal, has DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

There is much smuggling from
Mexico into the United States,-M Y.
san.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

Cat breeding has become an indus
try, as the skins can be used to line
SloakS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

III afficted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell It &c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

A LEGAL blank-The new-fedged attor-
uey,-BOst0n Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

Jacob Smith nodded, while visions OF
such munifcent sums as five OF ten, OIL
possibly twenty-five dollars, rose before
his minds eye,
Everybody says I'm tight an graspin
an mean" Absalom Strong went on
''but I'm agoin' to try an do the righ,
thing by you. l made one Thousand
dollars slick an clean out O. that farm,
an may l be roasted eff l don't give yol
every cent of it"
Jacob Smith could not credit his
senses. Why" he gasped, Il neve
considered the place worth more thar
one thousand dollars
Il know, but got eighteen hundred
dollars, an my mortgage, all told, wuZ
have the money tomorrow" and with
he quilted the house and once more be.
took himself homeward.
1t was somewhat after noon when he
arrived, and the ~well-cooked goose was
growing cold, but Absalom Strong had
never felt sc happy before in his life.
As he drew bis chair up to the table he
told Polly what he had done.
You're a FOOL commented the fru-
gal housewife; and the husband smiled,
if such a distortion of the face could, be
called a smile, as he answered.:
II wish I'd ben a fool long ago"
And then he added as he looked from
the window, This is what ye' call a
green Christmas. l think I'll keep its
memory green as long as l live"
Mr.. Case somehow got wind of Alb
salom's generosity, and did not insist
on the payment of the forfeit, though
Mr.. Strong never hauled another load
of the bark.
But Absalom is a different man. and
even Polly has evinced at certain times
a slight show of generosity, or perhaps
, symptoms of this c~ommendable virtue
would suit the Ease better.-J. W, Da.
vtdson. an Springfield. Mass. Repub
lic0ns
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-25

"What l wanted to ask was whether
or no you wouldn't like to throw up the
job"
Absalom was about to jump It the
offer when Mrs. Strong stopped him
with an imperative gesture.
What do you want the job throwed
up for?" she asked, as her husband
closed his cavernous mouth without
speaking.
"Welf, I'll tell you,'' answered Mr..
Case a little %nervously, for he did not
fancy the Intervention of the sharp
featured woman, my tannery vas
burned last night, and 1 am thinking
of building next spring and sum-
mer in a different place, and
so 1 should like to have the bark
lie where it is till next winter. It's well
piled up and can be easily covered. /
am thinking of building quite near to
where the main body of the bark is"
Mrs. Strong eyed him shrewdly. "Ef
Absalom hadn't a done as he agreed,
you would a made him pay 5000 forfeit.
Now you want to throw up the bargain,
an you don't say nothin' of payin' him
any forfeit"
The visitor drew down his brow
sharply. Il thought perhaps he would
like to cancel the agreement" he said,
slowly. THE season is very backward
about hauling; he has been to no ex-
pense so far, and 1 didn't know but that
it might be to his advantage to do So"
Again Absalom essayed to speak, but
once more Polly enforced silence. "It's
all terrible nice an smooth when it's
n goin' to benefit you," she said, in a
decisive voice, '.but eff the boot VINE on
t'other foot you wouldn't be so willin'.
Now, Absalom," she said, turning to
her husband, ''don't We let him off on
less he pays We; make him gin
We at least one hundred dollars"
Mr.. Case REDEEMED with anger, while
poor MI. Strong looked first at his
scheming wife and then at his visitor.
Il thought l made this bargain with
! = nsn and not With & wnman." ~reterted
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-31

raised, prosecuted their work, and to-day
they have the satisfaction OF knowing that
their efforts have met with hearty approval
from persons of all sects and creeds. Other
denominations than Roman Catholic are
represented i'll the list of students. and the
ia It that there are 100 or more pupils now
upon the rolls shows how the school is es-
teemed.
Recently we visited the school. and Sis
ter Eliguis kindly escorted us through the
different rooms devoted to study and reci-
tation. In the primary department we
took especial interest. Here among older
scholars, were little tots not yet six
years of age. who showed II degree of prof.
cheney that was remarkable, and the bright
eyes and happy faces and the actions OF all
could lead us to draw but one conclusion.
and that was that the scholars appreciated
their advantages and revered their inStruc-
tors, So they well may, and parents may
well do the same, for the labor of those
Sisters has been and is self-sacrifcing.
aiming at the mental and moral good of
those in their charge.
The intermediate and advanced depart
ments were no less noteworthy than the
primary; the discipline in each depart
ment is kind but effectual, and love rather
than fear is the ruling power. The course
of study is preparatory and academic; at
tention is also paid to music. drawing,
painting. &c. and needle-work. both plain
and fancy, is also taught. for the Sisters
rightly look upon it rs being an essential
feature in the education of every young
girl. In brief, St. Francis Parochial
School is deserving OF hearty support from
all denominations. fU- the success OF it and
similar schools advances the good of the
community to an incalcuable extent.