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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
Il MCDOWELL.

1 hear you in the orchard hid in clouds of
hear you tapping. tapping, busy woodwele
My heart is glad to hear you in this golden
morning hour.
our tapping is-you can not know-how
sweet a sound to me.
Oh, tap, tap;tap, tapl
The old man hears you, and he hits head as
And dreams he is the passionate heart of
fifty years ago!
The glad church bells were ringing then as
they are ringing now;
The orchard was in bloom, and there was
Sunday in the arr;
MY dear loves face was sweeter than the
blossom on the bough,
Twas bluest May time in her eyelids and
her golden hairi
oh, tap, tap; tap. tap. tapl
We leaned together, lips to lips; we heard,
but could not see,
Awoodwele-'twas not you, friend-tapping
in that apple tree!
Although twas Sunday, still. 1 thought. no
And though to-day is Sunday, too, no Sab
bath breaker you:
You can not break, but you can make. a holy
Your tapping crowds my trees with bloom,
and fills my skies with blue.
Ihear you, and my cheek is flushed: my but
1 stride erectIwhat need have 1 of any staff
tO-ddys
Oh, woodwele, with the laughing note, l feel
my heart beat fast,
My eyes are dim, my cheek is wet, my head
grows white again;
For remember, in the light of that long
vanished past,
How kindly life has dealt with me, how hard
with better men.
Oh, tap, tap; tap, tap. tap!
For those church bells, that orchard bloom,
that woodwele in the tree,
And all that plighted happiness have kept
their pledge to mel
My dear loves eyes are faded and her face is
wrinkled now,
And all the golden color changed to silver
in her hrir:
But when she smiles-ah, then you see the
blossom on the bo1gh;
And when she speaks, you feel q sense OF
May time In the air!
Oh, tap, tap; tap, tap, tap!
Through all disgu Sc, my dear old wife, De
sure / see and know
The pretty maid who loved a poet nifty
-Wfuidm Canton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
SURVIVED THE SHOCK.


How q Rich Lover Won the Girl Who Had
Tilted Him.
A tall man with a. somber look on his
lace entered Major Mackelvane's private
office, and stammered:
'Maior, I have most unpleasant tidings
to communicates; try and nerve YOURSELF"
What is it? My house on fire?"
mo, Major, worse; far worse. Your
darghter-my e sir, prepare yourself
your daughter has brought disgrace on
your proud house by clipping with the
gardener"
'She has, Ell? Take a cigar with me
I'm going to have a holiday. That
gardener she refused three weeks ago
when he was an honored guest, worth
eight hundred thousand dollars, SO he dis
guised himself with a hoe and a straw hat,
and inside of two hours she asked him to
elope with her. I desire to say %hurrah."-
st. Louis Whip.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
The Profit in Fruit.

Brown Ito his wife)-Did you notice that
old woman on the corner with a basket of
apples?
Mrs. Brownies.
Brown-She has stood on that corner
every day for ten years with her basket OF
apples. How much do you suppose she is
worth?
Mrs. Brown-H-m! A thousand dol
lars?
Brownie.
Mrs. Brown-A hundred thousand?
Brownie.
Mrs. Brown-A million? She can't be
worth more than a million, John?
Brown-Not a cent, and she owes for the
basket.-M. Y. Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
Worse Than Coincidence.

Galveston, Tex, is much infested with
mosquitoes, which are almost as big as
English sparrows, and whose sting causes
the sufferer to imagine that a honey bee
has strolled over an exposed portion of
his body. They make almost as much
racket as a girl playing on the piano.
With this explanation the reader may
comprehend the point of the following:
WHAT" asked a Galveston Sunday.
school teacher. sis that invisible power
that prevents the wicked man from sleep
ing, and causes him to toss upon his pill
low?"
"Skeeters!" shouted the bad boy at the
foot of the class.-Texas Siftings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

The writer remembers sucL q day. The
Sunday-school-the one that Jones be-
longed to-was going to have one. Mrs.
Jones said:
"Now, Jonesie. dear, we'll go and take
the little loves"
Jones agreed, and said ''picnics were his
stronghold"
So they got up at five o'clock in the
morning, got the children out on their pins
there were seven. all under twelve years
and liked them all up nice.
Jones combed their hair, tied the baby's
sash, put on his white pants and vest,
took the youngest of the family incum-
ORANGES IN his arm and a basket in his
hand with Zachariah hanging onto the
handle; Mrs. J. followed in his wake with
a young Jones unde each wing and a
sweet smile on her face. and they started
for the train, the rest of the young Joneses
skirmishing along the tanks. Mrs. Jones
saw a man running, SO she got nervous
'knew they would be late" and they all
ran for it.
Arrived at the depot. Jones was hot, the
starch was fading from his collar, and
they found that the train didn't cave for fl
teen minutes. They got seated, the chill
dren scattering over the whole sid OF tho
car. just as Jones had got settled down
to cool and wipe the perspiration from his
brow, and the bell was ringing for the
train to start. Mrs. Jones discovered
that she had forgotten the tickets, Zach
Gus was out on the platform, and Maria
had her finger squeezed in the window.
Jones made a dive for Zacheus and dis
concerted the prsvender basket; Mrs.
Jones shit for" Maria and knocked her
hat out of the window, while Nebuchad-
nezzar cried and jumped up and down on a
fat lady's toes. But at last they got adj
justed; Jones snatched Zacheus into the
hand and Nebuchadnezzar sat down in an
old lady's lap.
When they arrived at the park Jones
got together the basket, the shawls and
parasols, with the exception OF some they
afterward found at the railroad Office in
the city. Mrs. J. took the children in tow,
except three that fled out OF the other end
OF the car and got lost in the crowd. As
Jones got on the platform he discovered
Zachariah balancing on a plank that
crossed the ditch and heard Mrs. Jones
shrek:
"For Heavens sake, Zacheus, come out
from under that carl"
Jones was never SO put out in his life
and yelled, with his hair standing on end
and blood in his eye:
"~Zachariah, climb out OF that ditch, or
I'll tan your Internal little skin," and then
he stood Zacheus on his head for about a
minute.
But when they reached the grove and
Jones had got a halter on Zacheus, and
they oun a nice shady place where the
sun would strikeasurer than guns in about
fifteen minutes, Jones began to feel easier
in his mind and sat down to view the stu.
alton, just where somebody had spilled
some lemonade; hat it did not matter-he
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
HAY BARRACKS.
h Importance of Having Some Kind
of Protection for the Hay Crop.

The Importance of Having Some Kind
of Protection for the Hay Crop.
Clover is hard to keep in stack. On
well regulated farms there is but little
tame hay but what is more or less
mixed with clover. When clover is
once fairly established on the farm it is
difficult to keep meadows clear of it.
even if n wanted to. Timothy meadow
will produce more timothy hay to have
one-third of the crop clover. The latter
keeps the soil loose. mellow and damp,
and the timothy makes heavier crop.
If therefore the hay be one-third clover
it is ALMOST impossible to stack it SO it
will keep successfully. But hay which
is thoroughly cured and kept safely
is far better for any class of animals, if
it be at least one-third clover. 1t is
therefore highly important that farmers
should have some kind of protection
for their hay. A good barn is the best
for such a purpose. But that is costly.
Sheds or barracks can be made cheaply.
One twenty feet square and twenty feet
high, with a movable roof. will do very
well without boarded sides. Such q
barrack will hold twenty tons of hay,
and with a horse fork can be easily
filled twenty feet high.
The cost of a hay barrack of this kind
will be paid for the first year in the bet
ter keeping of twenty tons of hay. The
roof should be made as light as possible,
so that it can be raised and lowered, as
it is filed or emptied. 1t should be light
enough so that one man can raise or
1ouyar n Orr nf n %f~oa ~ bic aon
%venience. Without this it will have to
be boarded up, as the rain or snow
would blow under the roof. But if the
roof is raised as it is filled, in haying a
load can be put in at any time, as it is
in a barn, and then it is safe.
And when hay is part clover, as it al
ways should be, great are and good
judgment have to. be exercised to have
the hay cured just right, and when it is
right, it should 60 Immediately to the
barn or shed, as mixed hay can not be
saved successfully in cock in a rain. Sc
| it is al important to have a place
/ where hay can be stored just as soon as
! it is ready. Nearly half of all hay cut,
when it is stacked is spoiled. Where
clover is, the water will run init will
spoil in for some inches all over the
stack, and a considerable of a layer al
the bottom is worthless. And when
stack is opened in winter or summer tt
feed, y is at the mercy of the weather
which is always of the worst character
at the wrong time.
Or, if you do not like the barracks,
make sheds with stationary roofs. They
can be twenty feet wide and as long a:
desired. 1t should be sloped all ONT
way, and if covered with boards made
pretty steep. IL is best to have the
highest side face the east, as the heavy
dashing showers seldom come from tina
direction. If the hay settles after pu
in, it would be better to put on boards
extending FROM the roof down to the
hay, to protect it.-Des Moimes (Ia.,
Register.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
The Eno,;sb co,,rt for crov

The English court for crown cases
reserved has just decided a curious point
in criminal law. One man aimed a blow
at another, but missing him struck and
wounded a He was tried for
striking the woman and found guilty by
the jury. 1t was admitted that he did
not intend to strike her, and that the
blow was purely accidental. The court
sustained the conviction. Lord Cole
ridge explained that the prisoner '.in-
tended to do an unlawful act, and in
doing it he inflicted the injury. The
intent to injure a particular person is
not required" That is, the offense is
made out if the assailant purposely and
maliciously strikes at n person bu,
hits another.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
GaIiIeo Was Dead.

A very dull a by some chance, sat
down to a dinner given by a circle OF as
tronomers. When the wine began to flow
he arose and proposed the health of Gall
leo. A friend pulled his coat sleeve and
whispered that he was dead Gentle.
men," said the dull man, with moistened
eyes and a tremor in his voice. my friend
has just conveyed to me the startling
intelligence that Calico is dead. move
that resolutions of respect be drawn up
and passed by this body, and a copy Of
them, together with a letter OF coincidence,
be sent to the stricken widow.
Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

climbs the staircase to the village church
belfry and, with a half dozen companions,
startles the slumbering town with the dis
cordant peals Of the cracked bell, and
then fees with precipitate haste and
boisterous laughter, to hide away, and by
and by venture back again to wake the
echoes, growing bolde and holder when
no one comes, until at last, with perfect
unrestraint, he shivers the air until the
sun comes up. and, by rousing to life Of
day the village people, dispels the fun that
consisted solely in the mischief. Our an
cestors enjoyed this sport; SO did we; 80
do Dur boys now, though in the city they
are mostly deprived OF it.
In another respect the Fourth is great.
1t is the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
There are three kisses in the wor

There are three kisses in the world
of miscellaneous kisses which may be
counted true-the kiss the mother light
ly lays upon her baby's dewy lips, the
kiss the mother gives her boy as he gors
forth into the world, and the kiss we
press upon the still, pale lips of the
dead. All the rest are like the straw.
berries in the bottom of the basket-tc
be taken on suspicion. Chicago Jour
nal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
A Natural Couclusions

Cora (reading)-Here's a story OF dog
hat knew when it was time to bring the
sheep hume by looking at the clock. What
kind Of n dog do you think II Shs:
Merritt fsmtiing,~A wntsi,.dog, sip
pase,eH5advsi
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

The old proyerb is certainly true in the
case Of DR. Pierce's PLEASANT PurEative
Pellets" which are little, sugar-wrapped
parcels, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
containing as much cathartic power as il
ing pill. Unlike the big pills, however,
they are mild and pleasant in their OPERA
tion-do not produce gripping pains, nor
render b bowels costive after using.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
No More Swearing for Him.

"You say the trout weighed ten
pounds?"
Eyes, sir; it was the biggest trout ever
saw"
"And it got away from your"
Yes"
Will you take an oath to that?"
"Tl take no more oaths; Iswore enough
about it when it got away Yonkers
Statesman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

Madness in cattle was once sup
posed to arise from a distemper in the
internal substance of their horns, and
furious or mad cattle lad their horns
bound with straw.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

Application for divorce has been
made by a Lewiston (Me.) couple, who,
il Is said, did not exchange words for
nearly a quarter of u century, until n
month ago. They lived In The sgnid
hsuss all the while.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

For restoring faded and gray hair to it's
original color, use Halls Hair Remover.
Sufferers from malarialdisorders will find
. specific in Ayers Ague Cure. Try it
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

who held it to be grand for their offspring
to lose their ears, fracture their limbs,
spill their blood, and in extreme cases,
even get killed, and be brought home on
shields (for they didn't use shutters in
those days) dead-dead for their country.
Mothers at the present day have entirely
eschewed the fascinating pleasure of glad
~ letting their sons die-even on the
Fourth. What is true of American moth
ers is largely true of American fathers.
The primitive love of country seems to
have waned in the human heart. That
grand and heroic devotion to ones native
land. which, in the days Of traditional
poetry and song, prompted men to yield
their lives on the altar of their country,
to hew their ways into the thickest of the
fight. and there, sinking exhausted inpools
OF blood, give up the ghost at the shrine of
patriotism, or NOW a swath through
battling columns and die protecting the
body of a fallen chief or king-is no longer
emulatcd by fathers in real lie, in their
own persons. nor is it looked upon with
especial favor by them when exhibited by
sons; indee.l, in most cases, it appe airs to
dN u W ~ " Y
their sons shoot off their ears and main
themselves in working off. with cannon and
| crackers, the wild frenzy OF their patriotic
devotion.
Old maids and old bachelors-two classes
of people totally unlike and yet in whom
there appear q strange analogy-are,
equally, with fathers and mothers, averse
to Fourth-of-Julys. The explanation of
their disaffection probably lies in the
fact that their temperaments won't stand
the racket.
To tell the truth, the pleasures of Fourt
of July seem, to the greater part OF the
race, ~idealistic and illusory; there is a sort
OF effort to get some fun out of what isn't
d bit funny. 1t is like fooling with an
electrical machine. So that the only por-
ton of the population to whom the
Fourth OF July comes with real unadulter-
ated delight is the young-and this means
especially
Christmas is more properly the girls
holiday, but the Fourth eminently belongs
to the boys. There is no doubt that in
the Fourth of July "Young America"
finds a fullness of joy-an illimitable, alb
sorbine satisfying pleasure-that knows
no counterpart: Tha this Joy is peculiar
to and inseparable from the day itself is
manifest from the fact that there is not a
cents worth OF fun in firing fire crackers
the day after the Fourth, and the only
enjoyment that attaches to it a week OF
so before is in anticipation OF the surpass,
ing Joy to come. This anticipation is like
thR. whiSl, prseeje. II picnic or Il scliobl
vacation. nuiy inRgn;iisi 6. about ti,s
io~aF.hUnissith ttiiSe.s,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

back against the door to keep Zacheus
from riding on the platform. while that
hopeful was riding on the other one.
The baby cried all night with the ice
cream collie, and Jones swore he'd never go
to another Fourth of July picnic, $50 help
him."
But. nevertheless. he pro badly will.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

PLEASE remember that GEENN's SULPHUR
Soar presents all the advantages Of Sui
phur Baths at a cheap rate. Luis HAm
AND WASHER DYE, Black or Brown Soc.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

DELICATE diseases of either sex, however
induced, radically cured. Address, with 10
cents in stamps for book, Worlds Dispen-'
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. 7.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

Ii afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr.. Isaac
Thompson'sE Eye Water. Druggists sell it. &c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

MUST yotIr kitchen IRE be Of . dissipated
disposition because it goes out every night
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

PIso's Remedy for Catarrh Is agreeable
to use. 1t is not a liquid or a snuff SOC.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

A NEW YORK paper says the milk sold in
that city III . white 1ie.b
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

THERE are two things . woman likes to
get n papersEher front hair and her
name.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

Tan skeleton man travels on his shape
Indianapolis Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

hand"
Notwithstandin
our ancestors are
won't to tell us
that they knew
nothing of fire.
crackers and torpe-
does, but used to
amuse and MAIN
thems elves with
anvils and blunder-
buses, or flint
locks, while the
smaller children
amused themselves
with slices OF GIN
ger bread and
humps OF brown
G we are prone
to believe that they
must have known
something of the
joys that lie coiled
up in a ~pin-wheel,
or, at least, if these
were foreign t 20
their acquaint-
ance that they
must have found q
JOY somewhat like
that OF the modern
boy, who, at two
a. m. of the morn
ling of ''the glori-
ous," stealthily
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

TALK is cheap-except through the telo
phone.-Nesc Brunsscick Fredosaa.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

BACK PAY-Kicking q book agent ont Of
your ofica-Aerchant Traveller.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

TIM Texas Sifimgs suggests that this 10
thes season Of the maiden all for lawn
tennis
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

WHEN blacksmiths begin to strike horse
shoes are turned out faster than ever
Chicago Aaa.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

Aparticle Is applied into each nostril and II agreeable
to use. Price 50 cts. by mail or 1t druggists- Send for
circular. ELY BROTHERS, Druegists. OWego N.x.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01

Advantages Derived by Girls from Serving
an Apprenticeship in the Kitchen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-01
DAY OF PICNICS.

The writer remembers sucl q day. The
Sunday-school-the one that Jones be-
longed to-was going to have one. Mrs.
Jones said:
"Now, Jonesie. dear, we'll go and take
the children-itTl b. such a nice changefo
the little loves"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-07-14
suppose.

Suppose that last fall, in Gin
cinnati, there had been serious
effort to elect officers and represen-
tatives favorable to prohibition,
what reason is there for thinking
that the votes so cast would have
been honestly counted and report
ed? In 1888 there was a large
prohibition vote cast in this city.
larger than ever before or since, yet
we have been creditably informed
that the canvassers, in many in
stances, made no account of such
ballots, threw them under the table
as of no consequence; and this
while yet there was left some little
regard for the forms of law at the
polls. How much more would
prohibition ballots have suffered in
in 1885? Until the forms of law
are regarded at the polls, and until
some of those who have been de-
trauding the people Of their rights
in the franchise are punished, there
is very poor prospect for a
straight prohibition majority
Journal and Messenger.
And suppose that the people of
Cincinnati go right on voting with
the old parties for fear that ballots
cast for a new party will not be
counted; what reason can the
Journal and Messenger give for sup.
posing that the stencil of Cincin-
natl politics will be removed?
We have seen a great many ex-
hloltions of political cowardice,
but the suggestion that old parties
should be voted for because the old
party judges are too dishonest to
count ballots cast for a new party
Is about the most abject exhibition
OF the white feather that has as
yet come to our notice,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-07-14
The IntellIgencer's Lack OF In
tellIgence.

In the approaching campaign
the Democratic managers wiz en-
Jeavor to have Prohibition llcKet
~ mn in every Republican distl,lc,tt
that the Prohibitionists may a.
r;de and the Democrats conquer. ,
seeing that Republicans in the
LEGISLATURE have been practically
~ for the submission of pro-
S;hitorv amendment, it might be
tbought that Prohibitionists would
eTert themselves to increase, not to
ont down, the Republican vote.
And 30 the non partisan Prohibi-
t;onists are, but by the Third Party
managers they are not regarded as
orthodox or indeed of average hon.
esty.-Intellagemcer.
The htelligeacer does not seem to
have very thorough understand
ing of the situation. The Prohibi-
tionists will not need any "endeav-
mrs" from without to insure nomi-
nations in both Republican and
Democratic districts. The object
is to unite, not to divide, the Pro-
hibitionists. If the Intelligeacer
will reflect moment, it will recall
the fact that, from the beginning
of the Prohibition agitation until
now, Prohibitionists have always
been divided, and the Democracy
has conquered every time,
By the way, what do our mon
partisan" friends say to the asser-
ton of the Intelligemcer that they
have been ererting themselves to IN
crease the Republican uote? This is
grave charge to be brought
against people who take pride in
working on strictly "non-partl'
san" basis, and if possible should
be promptly refuted. AS to the
statement that "non-partisan" Pro.
hibitionists are not regarded by the
Third Party" managers as OF av'
erage honesty, we have only to say
that it is a specimen either Of
dense ignorance or wilful misrep
resentation, and wholly inexcusa'
BILE in either case. Prohibitionists
are willing to give the credit o.
sincere motives even to those
whom they regard as entirely il
the wrong, When the leaders Of
the Republican party can do the
same, they will have made long
step towards reform.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-07-14
County Teachers Institutes.

A list of the times, places and
names of Instructors OF a few OF our
adjoining County Institutes, as
taken from the West Va. School
Journal:
Braxton couny, Sutton, Aug. %,
S. B. Brown.
Calhoun, Grantsville, Aug. 16
S. B. Brown.
Clay, Clay c. H., Aug. %, W. S
Henderson.
Gilmer, Chenille, Aug. 30. S. B.
Brown.
Jackson, Jackson G. H., Aug. 16,
A. L. Purinton.
Lewis, Weston, Aug. 9, J. F. Og-
den.
Nicholas, Summerville, July IL.
W. S. Henderson.
Pocahontas, Huntersville, Sep. 6,
J. w. Hinkle.
Randolph, Beverly, Aug.23, G. A.
Sipe.
Richie, Huntsville, Aug. 2, J. S.
Cornwell.
Roane, Walton, Aug. %, W. J.
Kenny.
Upshur, Buckhannon, Aug, 16,
R. A. Armstrong.
Webster, Addison, July &c, ]. w.
Hinkle.