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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05
AND SUGGESTIVE.

The number of ~clover-fields is re-
ported as increasing in the Western
States.
Give the boys a chance to develop
their judgement in regard to horses.
It may be money in their pockets in the
future.
Let us have q standard of excel
lence for poultry which will promote
quality. as well as beauty.-Our Country
Home.
"A farmer who has every thing con-
venient can care for 200 hens without
neglecting his other work, says an TX
change.-Boston Post.
To make wet ground dry, drain it;
to make dry ground moist, drain it.
The drainage rule is a good one, be-
cause it will work both ways.
Ginger Cake: Two cups of mo-
lasses, one cup of shortening, one cup
of hot water, two rounding teaspoon
fuls of soda, n egg, ginger to taste;
mix lightly and bake in a quick oven.-
Toledo Blade.
"A Tennessee farmer describes ga
new pest which works into the fruit
twigs of pears, ounces and apples, and
decimates the crop. The point of at
tack is where the new growth joins the
last years growth.
"A man may walk a mile in twenty
five minutes and return refreshed and
benefited for the exercise. Let him
run a mile and it may harm him in
many ways. 1t is the same with a
horse. 1t is fast driving that kills.
Some improvement should be made
in the OK yoke commonly used. 1t
should fit the neck; or else, when the OK
is drawing the load, much inconven-
fence may be the result, the windpipe
being at times partly closed and the
inner part of the neck galled.-N. Y
Telegram.
Bread Mullins: Take a quarter of q
pan, roll it out about half an inch thick.
baking-sheet with tin ring the size Of
a muffin round it. Let it rise to double
the size before it goes into the oven
Bake lightly, split and butter it; send te
table hot.-Egchdnge.
Market chickens may be pushed tt
advantage by frequently feeding. be-
sizes having q Iree run, II poSSlDle
while they are growing and before they
are put up to fatten. After ducks have
passed the delicate stage and have theil
feathers, they may be given frequen
feeds of food to give them rapid growth
and size. The earlier they are sold af
ter they become marketable, the greater
will be the profit.-M Y. Times.
Crooks of butter to be kept fol
several months, should never be PLACED
upon the cellar bottom. This cause
two degrees of temperature in tn
crock, which will be at the expens,
of the quality of the butter near tn
top. The creeks will keep their con
tents far better if placed at least a foo
from the cellar bottom, upon a bench
and a thick wooden cloth thrown over it
= Western Rural.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

An old farmer at the opticians was
in a curious difficulty in choosing spec
tacles. 81 am far-sighted in one eye
and short-sighted in the other" he ex-
planned. '.Do you think you can fit me
outP This short-sighted eye has done
all my hard work for years, and l want
to ease it a spell. When I read 1 use
that eye, but it can't see anything in
dropping corn. Then I have to use my
far-sighted eye, and after planting for a
time it gets SO tired I have to close my
eyes occasionally to rest them. But the
most uncomfortable part of the whole
trouble is seeing things halfway be.
tween. If ] hold a book halfway, the
short-sighted eye can't see, and it AIM
far enough for the far-sighted eye. I'm
afraid you'll have an awful trouble ir
adjusting those glasses" - Chicago
| Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05
LAST VACATION.

] met her on West Hampton beach,
Where l was spending my vacation,
And pelted her with flowers of speech
1t was my only recreation.
! told her that ] loved her well,
Admired her face, her graceful carriage,
And in the pause of oceans swell,
Hfnted OF prospective marriage.
We sought the beech at morn and eve,
On the piazza took Jul incoming,
And in two weeks, you may believe,
We did an awful lot of spooning.
i was q fool; 1 might have known
That i, In town, would soon recOver;
While she still claims me as her own
Accepted and acknowledged lover.
She sends me gushing missives, all
About her heart-and how / won it;
And oh, my salary's so small,
Ireally wish i hadn't don ii.
-Harpers Bdzdr.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05
TAKING
Lack of Taste and Originality Displayed
by a Majority of Persons.

Lack OF Taste and Originality Displayed
by a Majority of Persons.
'.Is there much doing in the way of
making ~presents?" was asked recently
by a reporter of an uptown fancy sta
toner, who conducts the .'gift'' bust
ness in all its branches. The reply was
partially in the negative, and yet he adj
mitted that there was something doing.
He then said:
'One of the %peculiarities of the,giving
of presents is the fact that very little
originality is exhibited on the part of the
giver. Few ever consider the taste of
tn e receiver, and as a gift horse should
never be examined in the mouth, the re-
cipient expresses his or her thanks for
the gift, and that is all there appears to
be in it. We scarcely ever receive an
order to get or make any thing that
displays originality on the part of the
purchaser. Extravaganza and show
is often more the ruling passion
than elegance and taste. OF course,
it would not be quite the thing to
ask a person to whom a present is
to be given what would be preferred.
But a person of tact would be able to
ascertain the wishes or tastes of the pro-
posed recipient without even giving
away the intention of making a pres
ent. Some effort might also be made
at originality to indicate the peculiari-
ties of the giver or receiver. This is
rarely done. Something is picked up
out of a large stock of goods intended
as presents, without any reference to
that fact. Therefore, apart from the
intrinsic value, the recipient has. no
special reason to care for the gift.
Take, for instance, the Christmas, st.
Valentines and Easter Day presents.
Very few choose the neat and elegant
in preference to the snowy. Conse-
quently. cards are generally chosen
without any reference to either the
views of the giver or receiver. Often
the latter will send the same card to
some one else, and this may be re-
peated. Now, if presents were selected
with a view to represent the special ma
ture of the giver or specimens of indi-
vidual handiwork, such as painting,
fancy ncedle-work, or other evidence Of
art or taste, the gift might be valued on
that account.-M. Y. Mail and Egpress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05
-..Talk is cheap!" said old Uncl

Talk is cheap!" said old Uncle
Darius, sneeringly, to impecunious
nephew, who was telling what great
things he was going to do. "Not al
ways, uncle" responded the nephew.
s.Td like to know when it amt cheap"
snarled the old man. '.When you en-
ploy a lawyer to talk for you, or do
your own talking through a telephone"
triumphantly said the nephew.-N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

WARS THE BEST DIsINyEcTANT and RENE
DIV for skin irritations and defectsl GLENN's
SULPHUR Soar. HILLS HAIR AND WHIsKEH
Dye, Black or Brown, SOC.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

. Delicate Diseases, affecting male
or female, however induced, speedily and
permanently cured. Illustrated book for
10 cents in stamps. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main Street.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

An Armenian version of the hymn,
81 am a wandering sheep, was translat-
ed into English as to its title by a native
for a traveller who heard some children
singing it at Constantinople, thus: 81
was a misled mutton"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05
For the Ladies'.

For the Ladies'.
Laughteris the poor mans plaster,
Making every burden light;
Turning sadness into gladness,
Darkest hour to May dawn bright
IT'S the deepest and the cheapest
Cure for Ills of this description,
But for those that wOman's heir to.
Use DR.. Pierce's ''Favorite Prescription.
Cures all weaknesses and Irregularities,
abearing DOWN. sensations, "internal
fever,' bloating, displacements, infiamma-
ton, morning sickness and tendency to
cancerous disease. Price reduced to one
dollar. By druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

YES" said a fond mother to her
visitor, ''Flossie is so impetuous and i'm
pulsive. And such a temper! You
never saw any thing like it. Dear little
thing!" els your other little girl the
same?" asked the visitor. 'sOh, nv,
no. Sadie has the sweetest disposition
in the world. She is never the least bit
impetuous OR impulsive. And so good
natured! You neve saw any thing like
it. Dear little thing!"-N. Y. Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

HALL's Hair Remover always gives salts
faction, and is Endorsed by our best ply
sicians.
AS a stimulant t the stomach, liver and
bowels, the safest remedy is Ayers Pills
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

i Had q Cougn,
and raised a considerable amount of blood
and matter; besides, I was very thin, and
SO weak 1 could scarcely go about the
house. This was the case of q man with
consumption arising from liver complaint
He recovered his health completely by thu
use Of DIR. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery." Thousands of others bear similal
testimony.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

The Iowa Homestead says you can't
steal from your land or from your calf
without being caught in the act. I'm
even crops and thin ribs will not be
driven out Of sight,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

Ovens & Co. run a bakery in Buffalo,
Buffalo Express.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Pisoi
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. so
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

WHY is a doctor never sea-sicki He is
used to see sickness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

PAT-"Be jahers, what harrud tonnes
If l had me leife insured I'd take it,
CHICAGO Journal,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

FRAZIER AXLE GREAsE lasts three times as
long as others and saves horses and wagons.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

A BANG is something to a doer-especial
ly when it is on a pretty girl.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

The great trouble with q buzz-saw is
that it never wears false teeth.-LoDA CT
ixen-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05
Had a Dreadful Cough.

THE moth exhibits much taste in dress
Boston Transcript.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

"A floating item AYERS that there is
no nutriment whatever in beef tea made
from extracts.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

IT actually improves the bicycle record
to have it broken.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05
An accident befell an athlete in

An accident befell an athlete in
New York in a somewhat queer way.
He was participating in a running
broad jumping contest, and aad just
made his leap, twenty-one fest and s.
half inch, when it was noticed that he
was unable to straighten his arm. An
examination was made Immediately.
and it was discovered that his left arm
had been dislocated by the jar With
which he alighted upon making the
jump.-M Y. Mail.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

Experience il a torch lighted 10 tht
ashcs Of OUT dslusiens.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

"A college paper crltlcised recently
very severely the students who act as
walters in the summer hotels. 1t thinks
the practice is unworthy of young men
who expect to occupy an honorable po-
sition in the world. This, says the Bos-
ton Journal, depends upon the motive.
If a needy collegian who is anxious to
earn money to secure an education,
gains a few dollars as a waiter in a
summer hotel, it can not be regarded as
an unworthy act. We sat opposite to a
gentleman at a White Mountain hotel
last summer, who holds an honorable
and responsible position, who did not
think it reflected upon his manhood to
state that he was once a waiter in the
same hotel where he was then a guest.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-05

fences Tell upon his ear; then, with a
white, set expression about his mouth,
he, pressing all his weight against the
door, burst it open.
A startled look of amazement gath
cred in the DOCTORS eyes as he bent
owe the slight figure of his housekeep-
er, who, still babbling wildly, gazed
with an unconscious stare into his face
my God, spare her!" came with a
sti1ed groan from the doctor, as his
lips caressed the little hands that had
always done him such willing service.
y
The autumn was well under way be-
fore Mrs. Sphinx was able to sit up, for
the doctor had fought with death and
conquered. 1t vas the first day of her
convalescence. and the housekeeper sat
in a large easy chair before a cheerful
fire, awaiting the doctors coming. A
wistful look shone in her brown eyes
(the spectacles had been laid aside dur
ing her illness), and there was a tremu-
lous culver to her lips, while one or two
tears chung to her dark lashes. She
dashed them hastily aside as a we'll
known step sounded outside. The next
moment the doctor was asking her how
she felt.
'Oh. l am much stronger" she an
swered with loweredlids Then, as the
color literally dyed her cheeks crimson,
she exclaimed: "Oh, what must you
think of meP But, indeed-indeed, l
never thought to be found out"
The doctor was about to speak, but
! she stayed him with:
'No, you must hear me. l believed
it was my last chance, and it seemed
such an easy thing to do when l read
the advertisement. l had tried so hsrd
to get a place as governess, but l aas
always toe young. 1 made sure you
would be an elderly gentleman, and l
was dreadfully scared when l found out
you were not, but saw that you never
suspected, and that you gave me cour-
] age, and then sou see reas papa having
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03

to dislike and despise their fellow-citi-
zens of the Southern States that 1t
must be, and we hope it will be, slim
illus as well as surprise to them to
learn that in many things the South is
getting ahead of us. The vigor with
which prohibitory laws in relation to
the liquor traffic are being enacted and
enforced in the South must make the
North rouse up to its duty in that mat
ter. In education the spirit of the new
time is also rife in the South. Brother
Cheever of the Ne,o England Farmer
has the following to say on the matter,
which is well worthy of both considera-
ton and emulation in New England:
While some of us here at the North
are complaining that our state colleges
are not doing the work that they were
founded to do, that they are unpopular,
and that the farmers and others do not
patronize them by sending their sons
to them for an education, the peo-
pie of some of the Southern States,
where industrial labor, until recently,
was looked upon as degrading to gen.
tleman, are patronizing their state in
dustriat schools to their fullest capacity.
The Mississippi State College, of which
we have occasionally made mention,
has this year three hundred seventy
five students, the highest number it
can at present accommodate. A clergy
man who recently visited son among
the students writes in the highest
praise of the school to the Times Demo-
crat, as follows: I" have just seen
what L consider the most hopeful sight,
so far as visible to my eyes, in Missis-
sippi-fifty or sixty young men (white
men, mind you) with hands and hoes
down in the soil digging potatoes and
planting strawberries at eight cents an
hour. They were not tramps, nor
Doors, but scholars and gentlemen-sons
of our best people-and were learn
ing many things of vast promise to
themselves and Mississippi in this
close and practical acquaintance with
the soil" The Democrat well adds:
preparing the South for its new des-
tiny, that are educating it in thrift and
industry, teaching it the dignity and
value of labor and industry. They re-
fleet the public sentiment of the South,
for they are everywhere greeted with
favor, appreciated, encouraged and at
tended"
1t will be noticed how interested the
clergy and the press of the South seem
to be in this new educational departure.
Here in New England both the clergy
and the press are, as a rule, entirely in
different and often antagonistic or con-
temptuous of industrial, and especially
of agricultural, progress through special
education. Who in Vermont has seen
this matter discussed in the local press
during the last twenty years? Who
seems interested in behalf of industrial
schools? Who visits our agricultural
college? Who, dying wealthy, thinks
of remembering it in his will? Who
thinks of educating son or daughter
in any other than the old literary way?
Perhaps this is all right, but if it is
then all over the world the people and
the governments are wrong, for every
where else this matter is growing rap
idly in the public eye. Shall we be
left, even by the poor and despised
SOuth2
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
The Way Railroads Treat Farmers
i'm Maine.

Last winter, when some of our citi-
zens living along the line of the Maine
Central road thought some unjust dis
elimination existed in the matter of
freight rates and sought a rem
edy through legislation, Mr.. Tucker
promptly addressed to the leaders in
this matter letter in which he de-
clared: sour aim is to serve the pat
rons of the road well; but, not claiming
infallibility, we willingly agree to adopt
any suggestions which can be made as
clearly for the public good, realizing
our dependence upon the public's good
will prosperity and patronage" These
declarations were not glittering gener-
alities, but disclosed the policy of the
road, the good sense and sound judy
ment of its management. The promise
has been faithfully adhered to, and
where any grievance has been brought
to the attention of the management it
has been remedied. One year ago Mr..
Arthur Sewall, who had been for some
years in the dictatorship of the road,
was elected to its presidency, and un-
der the combined management of Mr..
Sewall and Mr.. Tucker the bonds of
this road are worth $50 premium upon
hundred, and its stock has risen from
eighty-fve cents on dollar to pre-
MUM of twenty-five, selling for 1925
per share, being placed among the sure
six per cent dividend-paying railroads
of the country. This result has come
because the right men were in the
management of this great property
We refer to it at length because this
road and the development of our goodly
state have become inseparable. -Maine
Farmer.
In every other business besides rail-
reading it has been for some time set
tied that profit depends upon accommo-
dating customers. In Maine this knowl-
edge seems to have progressed to that
point even as regards railroad manage
ment, and the result, as above stated,
ought to be instructive to railroads
elsewhere. 1t is fact that it is the
common people, and not the rich peo-
pie, who are the best patrons of every
kind of business, and to please them is
the secret of business success.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Swindling the Farmers.

The speech made by ex-senator Ham
ilton of Maryland, at farmers exhibit
ton at Shepardstown, West Virginia,
recently, created something of stir in
the patent office. Senator Hamilton
charged that there were more frauds
committed against the farmers in the
issuance of patents for agricultural ma
chinery than there were in any other
department of the government. 1t is
understood that Senator Hamilton in
tended his remarks to relate to plows,
threshers, wire fences and driven wells.
1t has been contended for long time
that the patent office has been too lib
eral in granting patents for everything
that the farmer must use, and that there
is combination between certain man
ufacturers of agricultural implements
and employees of the patent office which
operates directly against the farmer.
The policy of the patent office has been
in the past, it is claimed, to increase
the receipts of the office as much as
possible by issuing as many patents as
they can, regardless of the question
whether they are of value or contain
new ideas. This policy has operated
directly against any other class of users
of patent machinery. Senator Hamil-
ton when in congress was a member of
the committee on patents, and agitated
unsuccessfully for several years re-
form of the patent office and its prac-
tice.-Grdnge Bulletin.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-03
Farm and Garden Notes.

THERE is no kind of sheep which
will thrive as well in large flock as in
small one.
If the amount lost in the last ten
years in western loans was published,
the public would be amazed.
THOSE who have gone West to better
their conditions have generally had to
pay for all they have acquired.
HORSES and vehicles and roads are
each an essential part of the question
of what horse is best fitted for any par
ticular use.
THE farmer who attempts to raise
hogs and begins by keeping them until
about year old before attempting to
feed them makes mistake.
OBSERVE two principles-the keep
ing of well-bred animals, and giving
them good keep. This is the secret of
successful stock-raising in nutshell.
OUR love of country should not be
restricted to our own town, county or
state. We are all brothers in one great
family, and we have common interest.
AN animal that is neither growing
heavier from day to day nor giving
milk or labor in exchange for its keep
ing must be running in debt to its
owner.
FAT brings as much in market as
bone or muscle, and costs the farmer
much less to produce, so far as the ele-
ments derived from the soil are con-
cerned.
LAST year we paid Canada 50 100000
for II 100000 dozen hens eggs, not
withstanding hard times and lack of
employment for women, invalids and
children.
IT is hoped that the next man who
writes bee book will get some new
illustrations. The same stereotype plates
have been through all the books and
all the papers.
Do not keep different breeds of sheep
together. The conditions best suited
to some are not the best for others, and.
when mixed, the result will be that all
will come short.
THE census taken in Tennessee shows
that there are 100000 worthless dogs in
the state, which consume food enough,
if fed to hogs, to make 30,000,000
pounds of bacon.
He is rated the best farmer who cuts
the greatest number of tons of hay and
can keep corresponding number of
cattle to the hundred acres throughout
the year without the aid of foreign sup
plies.
GRAIN-RAIsING and pasturing may be
made mutually profitable for time
without rotation of crops, but the
time is certain to come when the grain
farming needs to be alternated with
grass.
CANE sugar, or saccharose, occurs
chiefly in sugar-cane, sorghum, the
sugar-beet and from the sap of the
sugar-maple; it also occurs in corn
stalks, and in small quantities in the
grasses.
EAT plenty of good apples and let
your children eat all they wish. Even
at SO barrel or more they are cheaper
than druggists medicines. Never let
them eat poor or specked " fruit, as
that is not fit for the human stomach.
THE Russians have an efficient way
of managing runaway horses. They
take a cord and make it into a slipnoose.
which is passed around the animals
neck. The other end is placed where
the driver can easily reach it. Any at.