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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
TWAS ALL A MISTAKE.
wss # all a mistaken All, fold your ar

Wes II all a mistaken All, fold your arnak,
closer,
And press my head nearer your breast
For my brain has grown weary with thinking
n weeping,
And my sad heart is longing for rest
Was It all Q mistake when, within your deBH
hand,
You elasped mine with Guickening breath,
And vowed before God that, forsaking all
others,
You would love me and keep me till daathR
Was It all a mistaken Is there any onsr
dearer
For whom your mans heart cries aloude
u there any Sweet hope" lying dead In Your
bosom
That your marriage vow hides Ike IL
shroud2
Was It ali a mistake when I thought I eONl6.
And brighten your pathway through hfeP
Do you dream of @ face that Is fatrer than
OF a name you hold dearer than "wife"E
Was It all a mistaken Are you longing toc
freedom2 /
Ali pray that release may be near;
That Deaths arms may take me and heNl.
To await-what was thatP Not a tearl
All. my own, you are weepingl You're sorry
you said II?
Twas anger that made those words faIlf
Then take me yourself, dear, and don't Jas
Death have me, e
Eor I don't want to die after all.
Toronto GlcAA
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
In and In Breeding.

= Judicious in and in breeding, says The
Southern Live Stock Journal, does not
run the stock out. The most perfectly
developed and c~onspicuously valuable
cattle in the world are those that have
been skillfully and i~nteIligently bred for
generations with no intermiXture of for.
eign blood. In and in breeding, to attain
a high degree of success, requires the
liberal use of brains interviewer with
more than average judgment. Most of
the ills hat are predicted by agricultural
writer's for stock bred in and in are more
imaginary than real.
The general principles of heredity and
the laws of breeding are subjects of spe-
cial interest to stockmen, and ought to be
studied more carefully and e~Xtendedly.
The only way we may hope to intensity
and perpetuate a desired quality with
reasonable assurance of success is by
means of in and in breeding. All our
prominent and most useful and valuable
breeds of domestic live stock and poultry
were nodded in this way, and it is the
only way to create new breeds hat will
transmit their personal characteristics
and excellences to their offspring with
fidelity.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
ne asked the coffee-colored station

master.
''That? pelo cenizo-gray peltry," said
the Mexican, knocking the ashes off his
cigarette.
"Gray-what?"
"Gray peltry. Wolf skins, you know.
They are getting too foul to let them get
mixed up with the other freight"
"Wolf skins!'' detaching one of the
shriveled hides, 81 thought they would be
larger. Wolves must be puny brutes
after ALL"
The Mexican shrugged his shoulders.
''They are large enough to give us a good
deal of trouble, Senor."
Few primitive nations would question
that fact. The gray wolf does not reach
the height of a mastiff, and his weight
rarely exceeds ninety pounds; but for
long ages that "puny brute" has disputed
the prestige of Gods viceregent on earth,
and in many pastoral regions of Europe
and North America is still a greater
plague than all other beasts Of prey and
all troublesome birds and reptiles taken
together. The wilderness of the northern
hemisphere has been conquered only by
an alliance of men and wolf-dogs, and the
unaided powers of our primitive ancestors
might have failed to prevail against the
versatile talents of a creature that COM
bines the fangs Of a panther with the
fieetness of a deer and the keen scent Of
the fox, and which only incessant perse-
cution can prevent from multiplying at
the rate of sixty per cent. Il year.
The last wild wolf of the British Is
lands is said to have been shot in 1862 in
the highlands of the western Grampians,
but wolves still abound in the Apen-
mines, in the Carpathian Mountains, in
the southern Alps, in Russia, Turkey,
Norway, Pennsylvania, southern Switzer-
land, in all the Spanish Sierras, and even
in the highlands of the French Cevennes,
hardly two hundred miles from the "cap-
ital of civilization"
Mexico and our southern border states
still harbor not less than three different
species of the genus lupus: The black
wolf, the coyote, or prairie wolf, and the
gray wolf (cdnis occidCntGltS)-the latter
the most mischievous, and withthe single
exception of the grizzly bear, the holdest,
predatory quadruped of the North Ameri-
can continent. Wolves, surprised in the
act of di~sembowelling a dead horse, have
been known to attack a meddlesome dog
and tear him limb from limb, and then,
as il encouraged by their success, make q
headlong charge upon a mounted hunter,
and in spite of repeated pistol-shots, pur-
u him for a distance of several miles.
A full-grown wolf is more than a match
for a man armed with the primitive
weapons Of our forefathers. Unlike the
black bear, who preliminates the use OF
Il AI I-o h,-rn;o- xoakoh kha Orop
wolf is apt to decide his duello by asingle
spring at the throat of his adversary, and
neither the dewlap of a steer nor the gar
ments of a fur-clad hunter, can resist the
efficiency of his terrible ~fangs-fangs diff
fering from the teeth of a New York
butcher dog as a Spanish stiletto differs
from a common j~ack-knife.
A "hue and cry" is q phrase often ap
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
On o Mental Drunk.

There is another kind of intemperance
ragingin our midst which Injuries and
eventually kills many people, who die Of
respectable, though painful, diseases, on
respectable beds. There are men and
women who never use alcoholic stimu-
lants, who are on a certain mental ten
sion, a mental drunk, from years end to
years end, and who are being worn out
by such mental condition quite as rap
idly as the person who drinks too much
whisky. They go off prematurely.
Their demise is sometimes attributed to
a dispensation of providence. They
have tempers they cannot control, or
erves which go into a twitter at the
least aus for excitement, or brains al
ways on the run trying to think and do q
dozen things at once,-New York Star.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09

right, answering the cheers of the viIINg<
ers with deep-mouthed bark.
A dozen such champions can bs wkr~
ranted to save the expense Of ~gunpovlGarS
ever in a wolf-hunt. In the first > Gat
the pursuit, and when the plurality ct
his allies are still far behind, they O&tE1ra
o~utstrip the horses and strain every nEES%
to accomplish the main purpose OF IutEs>
rupting the fugitives, but in a P4tkS&
battle they can appreciate the Advantage
of cooperative tactics, Two and kHos.
or in larger packs, they keep close .
gether, and while the mounted Auntar&i
charge in with clubs of blackberry wood.
their canine allies pick off ~blocka6e-YGa-
ners till the reduction of the hostile fOreRa
warrants a signal for a general ssAHt.,
That signal tests the power OF he LEND
ers, for the wolves now close their TankRr
and the valor of their veterans seems Tn
increase with the hopelessness OF their
plight, and even the last survivors peglsh
in selling their lives as dearly as pUs-
sible: dripping with blood and the 3NaER,
of their savage snap-bites, they stand.
bristling at bay, grimly determined tn
resist their aggressors to the very last
She-wolves, however, somewhat lack
that stoicism, aud in view of inevisAhlA
death are apt to lift their heads and Whkas
the echo of the dlt1rGS with a weird fAre-
we'll howl, addressed perhaps to thR
memory Of their starving whelps in thR
caverns of the distant Sierra.
FELIX l.. OSWALD
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Experience with Barbed Wire Fence.

Ten years ago, when l first began
building barbed wire fence" says j. NJ.
Stahl, II was almost afraid to use the
barbed wire, Igot the experience of more
than a score of farmers who had used
harbed wire quite extensively, and almost
without exception they contradicted the
narrowing stories published in the papers
of animals meeting a lingering death on
the cruel wires. At first, l was careful
to drive the cattle and lead the horses
along each piece of new wire fence, allow.
ing them to nose! it,, Now the animals
have become accustomed to wire fence.
Il never had an animal injured on the
fence. know of but one animal in my
neighborhood that has been injured
severely on barbed wire fence; and the
same night another colt belonging to the
same man jumped on the broken off stake
Of a Virginia rail fence and disemboweled
itself.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
On the Country Road.

To be thrifty our animal must be COM
Portable. This is true In summer as we'll
as winter.
Better feed inferior fruits and vege-
tables to the hogs than send them to
market, is the opinion of many.
Have a place in which to deposit what.
ever will burn. A shallow trench Of
proper size should be made to hold the
ashes. When o burning has been made,
cover the trench with boards to prevent
the ashes from being blown away. By
care in gathering the rubbish, o supply
may be secured without outlay of ashes,
one of the most valuable of fertilizers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
rhe Demand for 1areer Horses.

Only q few years ago 1900 to 1.4O0
pounds was thought to be a big horse.
Now our grade draft horses, 1,400 to 1900
pounds, are demanded by the city mar
kets, and even heavier horses sell all the
better if they can be found. Many of our
best farmers have grand teams Of grade
draft mares hat money cannot buy.
Every one Is worth o fortune for breeding,
while the amount Of work they can per
form Is astonishing. The farmers all
want larger horses to work. and are Gag
erly breeding to increase the size. The
dealers everywhere are actively looking
for the grade draft horses all over the
west, and fortunate the farmers and the
communities where this popular horse Is
found.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09

surface, draw the circle and dig down
strnight' Is inches. Level off again
and draw a circles inches less in diane
ter, thus giving you a 4 inch shoulder
width of a brick) all around to start the
arch on. Digdown from this last circle ~
feet, gradually widening again to 8 feet,
then to draw in and dig u feet
deeper, gradually drawing to 6 feet in di.
ameter at the bottom. Dish out the bot
tom A inches lower in the center, to col
iect the water when cleaning out the els
tern. The cut SHOWS a section of the
hole when finished. A is top of the
ground; B, the 4 inch shoulder, 19 inches
below the surface; c, the bulge, 8 feeC in
diameter and 5 feet from surface; D, the
bottom, G feet below G, and II feet from
surface; Z, the center of bottom, 8 inches
lower than side at D. This jug shape
places the bulk of the water nearer the
top, making it easier to pump.
To build the arch, commence on the
shoulder, at B. Lay the brick in lime
mortar, 1 lime and 4 sand. Bed the first
course of brick thoroughly in mortar,
raising the edge next the bank, to give
direction to the arch. Build the arch up
until the hole at top is 2 feet in diameter
and about 6 inches above surface of the
ground, at o. Cover the outside, or up.
per side of the arch bricks with lime NOR
tar half an inch thick, and the arch is
complete. The cistern is now ready for
the cement.
Take one bucket of good cement and
two buckets of well screened sand. Mix
well together, dry, and then add the water
and mix to a mortar that can be laid on
without running. Commence cementing
OH the side, at the bottom, being careful.
not to let the mortar get the least bill
hard before putting on; cement hardens
rapidly after being wet. Plaster the sides
over up to top of arch, II inches thick
When nearly dry apply a half inch coat O.
nice, smooth cement made of half cement
and half sand. Now cement the bottom
like the walls. Before covering the arcl
with earth, spread q coat of cement incl
thick over the lime mortar on outside o
arch; make this coat ! cement and sand
Fill in the earth and pack it down hard
The arch being six inches above surfac,
of ground will prevent surface water from
flowing in. Such a cistern will requir
800 bricks, and two barrels of cement, on
Of lime and the sand, costing about s.
for all.
Two c~ister1s were built as described
and finished in two days, at a cost les
than $12 each, and have been in use 70
20 years or more. This size holds owe
100 barrels of water.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
THE VETERAN RIDING TO THE FRAY.

THE VETERAN RIDING TO Il FRAY.
piled to the petty stop-thief sensations Of
our modern cities, but he who would
know the original significance of the
term should witness the effects of a wolf
alarm in the uplands of Chihuahua. The
restless vigilance of the mounted herders
has gradually driven the wolf population
to the Businesses of the altturds, or rugged
highlands, where caverns and thickets OF
myrtle and cedar-shrubs offer them a n in
expugnable vantage ground. In stress Of
famine, however, the fierce h~ighlanders
now and then sallyin force, and, by avoid
ing all beaten roads, occasionally succeed
In raiding the pastures of a lonely rancho
and effecting their retreat to the summit
regions of the Sierra.
The experienced leaders of such expe-
ditions are not apt to tarry on a scene OF
carnage, we'll knowing that the shelter
Of night alone can avert retribution II his
retreat should be interrupted. At the
first sound of the trompddd, or alarm
trumpet, the farmer leaves his pillow and
tho miner his pan, dogs are unclaimed,
horses saddled in wild haste, and five
minutes after, dust-clouds sweeping
across the vega as II on the wings OF tho
storm, announce the arrival OF rescuine
parties from far and near. There Is no
time to be lost. The bafled marauders
are flying for the Sierra, and by an I'M
sparing use of spur and whip may be
overtaken, headed of, perhaps, and Turk
willingly, possibly caught in the coils Of a
TOdeS, or circle hunt,-a sport the wild
hunters would not exchange for the spec
tacle of the finest bull-fght in Spanish
America. Forward, hounds and racers
ahead, through. bush and bramble, guided
by the bugle signal of the vanguard
joining the direct pursuit or taking adj
vantage OF a beeline trail to gain the up
lands ahead of the fugitives, and turn
their flight by a flank charge.
The wolves keep we'll together, fully
aware that stragglers will be instantly
cornered; another mile and the thickets
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Stall Feeding Beef.

Wheat bran Is not a proper ingredient
of a ration for fattenipg cattle, as it is
not a fat producing food. Corn meal is
the best fattening food for cattle. For
each 1000 pounds of live weight mix
twenty pounds of best hay or fodder and
eight to ten pounds Of corn meal. Clover
hay is the best, but even corn fodder will
do, or you may give six or eight pounds
of corn meal, three pounds of cotton seed
meal and twenty pounds of hay. An &C.
~casional change or addition of other food
promotes appetite and digestion, but corn
meal and hay should be the main reliance.
Southern Cu~ltivator.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09

Through the simplest remedies relief
comes, and the new methods of medi-
eating q patient by food chiefly are car
rying out this formula in Gen. Sheridan's
case. Tactic acid, which is not far off
from the beverage commonly termed
buttermilk, has been doing peptic
ders, it is announced. A good many
people who are "out of sorts" with liver
troubles might try the buttermilk cure
direct without waiting for an illness to
have it prescribed for them. Especially
old people and worn out people fire.
quently find a fountain of youth in the
churn's surplus. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
WOLF HUNTING.
WILD SPORTS IN THE HIGHLANDS
OF THE MEXICAN BORDER.

Hue and Cry--A stecple ChaSe-Mountain
Wolves and Their Canine Rivals-A
Race for LIfe-FOur-foOted GuerillaS-
In the TOiIs-A Test OF Courage.
Copyright 1881
Sixty miles south OF Ell Paso the main
line of the Mexican Central Railroad
reaches a mountain gap where u trains
stopped to replenish their tenders. While
the poems carried up fagots Of gnarled
mesquite sticks, one Of my travelling COM
panions strolled out on the platform OF
the freight shed, and presently stopped
in front of an uncouth-looking bundle-a
heavy pack of grizzly skins, blood-stained
and haunted by myriads of buzzing flies.
WINS in the world would you call
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Enc. 2-RARN DOOR ON noL1ERs.

The rollers, track and other trimmings
may be obtained at any hardware store.
The track is first securely fastened to the
edge of an inch or two inch board, about
four or FIVE inches wide. This is then
firmly nailed or spiked to the building,
parallel to and even with the top of the
doorway, and should extend the width of
the door on each side. In order that the
doors may run easily, the track should be
laid as level as possible, and upon one
board. The manner of fastening the
rollers of the doors is clearly shown in the
engraving Fig. 2. The doors are placed
upon the tracks at the end of the latter,
and are prevented from running off by
placing a block at the end of the track or
upon the side Of the door. The track
should be protected from the weather by
some kind Of covering. Two narrow
boards nailed together similar to an caves
trough, and fastened to the building above
the track and rollers, form a protection
from snow, etc.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
SALE.
Legal Notices.
Legal Notice.

Abraham II. BaIr, residing at Odessa, In Buffalo
county. in the State Of Nebraska, Will take notice that
on the 27th day OF June. 1888, Elizabeth M. Bair
filed her petition in the Court OF Common Pleas, OF
stark con ty, Ohio, in case No. $3.50, against Will
lam Henry Ciapper, said Abraham II. Bair and 9TH
ers- praying for Judgment against said William
Henry Ciapper for the sum of $500, with interest
dne her on three several promissOry notes OF said
William Henry Clapper, made payable to Abraham
II. Bair or order, and by said Bairasslgned to plain
tiiF ana for the foreclosure of q mortgage made by
saiid William Henry Clapper to said Henry II. Bair
on an a tract of land situated in Osnaburg township,
stark county, Ohio, and being part OF the south one
section thirteen (I3), township eighteen (lS1 and
range seven 10, containing thirty (90l acres, and
given to secure the aforesaid promlSSory hotes anu
others. and Tor equitable Keller.
said Abraham II. Bair Is required to answer on or
before the 25th day OF August, 1888. or said petit
'ion W." ELIZABETH NJ. BAIR.
H.. L. GIBSON and JNo. G. GIVEN, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Rsceipt for Packing Butter.

A good receipt for packing butter is as
follows; Churn the cream as nearly sweet
as possible and work out all the butter.
milk. Make a brine strong enough to bear
an egg, add one pound of sugar and one
of saltpeter, bring to a boil and strain.
Keep in a new jar; add butter from time
to time as made, wrapped in cloths. When
the jar is full, weight down and keep in a
cool place.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Notice of Insolvency.

IN the i7th day of May, In the year 1888, the Pro-
nate court Of stark county, state Of Ohio, declared
the estate OF Abraham Harry, deceased, to pc prod
ablv lnsolyent, Creditors are therefore required 70
nresent their claims against the estate to the under
signed, for allowance, within six months from the
time above mentioned, or they Will not pc entltleu
to payment. u
Administrator Of Abraham Harry, decd.
HartvIlle, o., July 90 1e-a.-26-Lw
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09

8 feet in diane
ter. To make a
compasses, take a
strip of lumber 2
inches wide and A
feet A inches long.
Bore a ! hole 2
inches from each
end. This gives
you a compasses
4 feet long Put
a pin in n end,
to drive into the
ground. and a
sharpened pin in
the other end to
make the mark
,r-i4h Inrnl hha
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Road Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that a petition will be pre-
aented to the commissioners OF Stark county, az
their next session, September Ord, A. d.. 1893, pray
ing for the location OF q county road on the follow
ing line, to-wit; Beginning In the county road at
the northeast corner OF the southeast quarter OF
section 8. In Marlboro township, Stark county, Ohio,
md running thence west to the road commonly
Known as the Randolph road, or Gelb road.
An'" A PETITIONER.
lime Doth. A. D. lss8.-aug9-hw
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
BUTTER MAKING.
Description of the Two Methods Now
Employed for Sailing Butter.

Employed for Sailing Butter.
Much of the excellence of butter de-
Ponds on the sailing, and while butter
that for any reason is really inferior can
not be raised to grade Of excellence by
the sailing. says The New York World,
that which otherwise might be classed as
good is often reduced to an inferior grade
by the manner in which it is treated at
the time of sailing. A good deal of butter
is churned to death; that is, the churning
is continued to gather the butter so long
after the butter has separated from the
milk that it is pounded into a creamy,
pasty condition, exactly the opposite of
what it should be.
A piece of really good butter, explains
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Hanring Barn poors on Rollers.

The great convenience of sliding or roll
Ing doors on the farm out buildings, says
Country Home, is well known. and as
every farmer with a little ingenuity can
construct them himself, there is no reason
why these should not be generally
adopted.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Whnt,n Yon Take 2

Milk punch makers are men who hS~
long to the Shakers. Champagne drink
ers are Quakers in the morning. Bap,-
fists want water straight. MethodfsAs
take a sprinkling of it.-New Orleans.
Picayune.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
administrators Notice.

notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
~ Iriy nualIded and appointed rs Administrator
" the estate OF GOtleib Kashner, late of Stark
county, Ohio, deceased "a LdSintstrsto
Dated July 81, lses.-aug2hw
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Stark County School Examiners Notice.
Stump Blasting a Speciality!

Plenty of experience, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Also Dynamite for sale at the lowest prices.
Also Grape, Blackberry and Wild Cherry Wine
for medicinal purposes, at 81 a gallon; none better
Also pure p. Rock, Il. LeghDrn and Aylesbury
Duck eggs for sale. j. ID, MACHAMEk,
mgrI29tt Hartville, Ohio.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09

There are a great many practical build
ers of c~isterns who give preference to the
jug shape in their cisterns, such as is de-
picted in the accompanying illustration.
An advocate of cisterns as near jug
shape as possible described recently in
Ohio Farmer his cisterns, which he makes
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS
FROM MANY SOURCES.

4 Farmer Who Understands the Subject
Gives Minut Directions About Building
Clsterns at Small Cost and with Com
paratively Little Labor.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
Saturday, the 25th day of August, 1883,
sHERTF SALE.

Lewis Ruch Order OF Sale In Parti-
VS.. u0n,StarK COuntyCOE-
Caroline Bammerlin,et al mon Pleas Court.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-09
saturday, the 18th day Of August, 1883
SALE.

JOHN c. wEnTY, Atty.
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Saturday, the LIST day of Sept, 1883,
SHERIFF. SALE.

R. W. MoCAusHEY, Atty.