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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

about for days with secret on her
mind.
So she told the whole story and ended
by saying that there was some one in
the old we'll. Mr.. Ramsey looked sur
prised as he cried:
"Some one in the old welli How did
any body manage to get in THEREOF
II don't KNOW" said Lou, "but some
ones in there"
"Perhaps it's the robberp" Mrs. Ram
sey suggested.
We'll soon see who 1t is," Mr.. Ram
sey replied as he started off. "There's
that miserable goat again"
A ladder was let down into the we'll
and the man, who turned out to be Par
ker's hired man, crawled out. Mr.. Ram
sey found his money in the mans pock-
ct, so there was no doubt of him being
the thief, and after awhile he confessed
to the charge.
The fellow was naturally vindictive
and cruel, and two or three times dur
ing the summer he had cruelty beaten
the old goat, and the beast had formed
Il strong dislike for him.
He knew of the money being in Mr..
Ramsey's house, and knew also of Mr..
and Mrs. Ramsey going away so he re-
solved to attempt the robbery, and was
waiting behind the hedge for that pur-
pose when Lou left the house.
After getting the money he went out
the back way, and was making off, when
Parker's goat happened along, and gave
chase and at last butted him over in the
weeds where he broke through the cover
ing and fell into the well, and was held
fast prisoner the rest of the day.
Parker's gcst was not killed, since he
had unconsciously captured thief and
saved Mr.. Ramsey's money, and Lou
was not "licked," but she made some
mighty good promises, and kept them,
too. THOMAS 2. MoNTFoRT.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
ALL MAKE MONEY.
Hend-Porters in the Large City Hotels
Have "Soft Snap"


''How are hotel porters paid?" said
the clerk of well-known hostelry yes
terday. "Well, they get their board
and lodging to begin with, and wages
ranging from Sl5 to S25 month. The
head-porter gets little more. They
used to be permitted to keep all their
tips, or rather to turn them over to or
divide them with the head-porter, but
now good many houses, even first-class
ones, make them turn them over to the
house. For my part, / think it looks
very small for hotels which make all
the way from 800, 900 to $3.50, 900 year
to take the tips given by their patrons
to porters to help swell their profits.
Haven't good many head-porters got
rich through their places? Well, Ishould
say they have. The old head-porter of
the Grand Pacific in Chicago is worth
$3.50, 900 and many others are worth $780,
600. You see, it is one of the odd things
of life, but many men have what is
almost mania for befriending hotel
porters, head walters and barkeepers.
Old Jake Sharp took fancy to Lovejoy,
of the Fifth Avenue, and he made him
buy street railway stock when it was
way down in price. Its rise has made
him independently rich, though he
works every day as though he didn't
have dollar. Bartenders are not only
the recipients of the secrets of many
men, but they often get points on the
money market that are worth big money
to them. Unfortunately for them, they
also get tips on the races, or most of
them would be millionaires in short
time. Some men have penchant for
making them presents, while others
will wait around for hours at night until
their favorites are off watch and then
take them around town for good time
and pay all their bills with pleasure. 1
know one bartender who is very good
company, who has had enough of new
suits, gloves, neckties and things of that
kind given him in the last six months to
set him up in toggery as second Berry
Wall. The queerest duck Of all, though,
is the well-to-do man who wants to have
checks cashed by hotels. have known
cases where man who had thousands
on deposit would pass his bank and
walk to our Office to have little $50 or
$50 check cashed. What was his object?
Why, merely to show those sitting
around that he was man of such con-
sequence that big hotel would thus
favor HMM. Y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
ON THE EVE OF SLEEP.

Wnat Is softer than two snowflalSes meeting
In MINDLESS fall Of snow?
What IL lighter than q down ball sinking
On still streams polished flowY
Smoother than the liquid circle spreading
From the swallows touch.andgo?--
Oh, softer, lighter, smoother, is the FIRST ap.
proach of Sleep,
(Yet guard us in that moment lest thy boon we
may not keepO
What Is stller than two blossoms kissing
Charity with petal.tips?
Sweeter than the dewdrop that their kissing
Doth unsphere-and down 1t slips?
What is DINNER than the night-moth cropping
For tho lily's nectared lips9-
Oh, stiller sweeter, DINNER, is the first up.
proach of Sleep!
(Yet guard us in that moment, lest thy boon we
may not keepD
What is subtler than the clues that tighten
Round the dancing midge's wingsY
Shyer than the bird its nest concealing
AS aloof it fits and singsf
Closer than the poppy.leaf-lined chamber ~s
Where the lone bees cradle swingsY-
Oh, subtler, shyer, closer, is the first approach
of Sleep!
CYet guard us in that moment ere we reach thy
safest deepO
What is stranger than the moonlight mingling
With the red fire of the West9
Wilder than an Amazonian forest
Where no foot the mold hath pressed9
Dearer than the hearts most secret brooding
On the face 1t loveth best?-
Oh, stranger, wilder, dearer, is the irst ap-
proach OF Sleepl
Ooh, guard us in that moment, lest we waver
back and weepD
Edith M. Thomas, in Atlantic Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
MANIA FOR LITIGATION.
The Most Costly Luxury in Which II SANE
Person Can Indulge.

A mania for going to law seems to
possess no inconsiderable portion of our
population. The calendars of our courts
lengthen with every term, and judges re.
gard with dismay the frightful accumu-
lation of cases. Cynical people insist
that the immense number of young law
yers turned loose upon the community
every year has something to do with
the tremendous impulse that has been
| given to litigation within the last few
years.
| Immoral glaciers out of employ have
been known to incite idle boys to break
the windows of exemplary citizens,
with the view of creating demand for
the services of panss-taking class; and
it is asserted-libelously perhaps-that
people who live in glass houses are
egged on to throw stones at each other
by newly-fedged counselors, who hope
to profit by the damage. However this
may be, it Is quite certain that the pro-
portion of litigants to the population at
large is much greater now than 1T was
ten years ago.
| To be sure, the demand for all costly
luxuries increases every year; but law
is 80 ruinously expensive, as general
rule, that one would think the most
reckless spend-thrift would hesitate to
indulge in it. And yet, strange to say,
grave, sedate and even apparently
pious, self-denying members of society
are continually getting entangled in
suits, cross suits and other legal meshes,
from which, in nine casos out Of ten,
there is no escape until the parties con-
cerned have been thoroughly pigeoned.
| Anybody can set the legal ball in mo-
tion; nobody can tell when it will STOP
1t can not be too strongly impressed
upon individuals of a litigious spirit
that there are usually seven requisites
| to success In law-suit-a good cause, o
good lawyer, good judge, good wit
nesses, good jury, good long purse,
and last but by no means least impor-
tant, good luck.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
MILITARY MATTERS.

ITALY is at last beginning to econo-
mize in her military and naval expend-
itures. She promises to spend S6,0oO,-
900 less the coming year on her army and
navy.
THE form of the new German armored
vessel Siegfried is very peculiar, giving
her the appearance of gigantic fish,
vet she is said to have made sixteen
knots.
THE military authorities at ST. Peters
burg have decreed that in future for
eigners shall not be allowed to serve in
the army unless they are willing to be-
come Russian citizens.
THE German feet Is already 80 impor-
tant that it stands at 130 vessels In q
French estimate of effective naval
forces, which gives only 161 to France.
Italy comes before 1t with 152 vessels,
Russia before Italy with 1856 and En-
gland before all Of them with 1888.
GREAT disappointment is expressed in
naval circles at the remarkable loss OF
speed exhibited by our ocean cruisers
The Baltimore averaged only seven
knots an hour on her visit to Sweden,
and on run from Hawaii to the Pacific
coast tho Charleston barely made eight
knots,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

said MIR. Ramsey, as they resumed their
places at the table. "He's n nuisance,
and II Parker don't kill him I will.
don't see what he wants OF him anyway.
It's all nonsense about keeping goat
around to keep Diseases away from the
stock"
Anyway" said Mrs Ramsey, Park
er had as we'll have diseases among his
stock as for me to have every thing eat
up and broke up by that goat"
There are people who have an idea
that goat on the farm protects the
other stock from diseases, but why they
should have such an idea, and in what
they think the goats preventative vir-
tues lie, am at a loss to understand.
But there are people who are firm In
that idea, and Barker was one Of them.
The Ramsey family consisted of Mr..
and Mrs. Ramsey and Lou Ramsey,
their twelve-year-old daughter. They
lived on q small farm adjoining the
the Parker homestead, and the two
houses were less than quarter of q
| mile apart.
However much Mr.. Ramsey was re-
solved on exterminating Parker's goat,
he had to smother his desire for the
time being, for he and Mrs. Ramsey
had arranged to drive over to the store
that day with load of apples and some
| butter and eggs, and as the distance was
quite long they were compelled to start
early.
| So, when breakfast was over and the
feeding" done, Mr.. Ramsey brought
out the old mules and hitched them to
the already loaded wagon, and as soon
| as Mrs. Ramsey got her marketing to-
gether she took her place up in the seat
by her husbands side, and they were
ready to go.
"Now, Lou," Mrs. Ramsey called back
as they drove off, 'be careful about
things, and don't you leave the house
| to-day, and remember about that money
in the drawer"
Lou promised to remember, and, after
watching the wagon out of sight over
| the hill, she returned to the house
and for an hour or so was quite con-
tented and happy in looking at the
pictures in an old book which Mrs.
Ramsey brought out on special occasions,
and which was a rare treat to Lou, who
had but little to do with books or pict-
ures. But the most fascinating occupa-
tion becomes irksome after time, and
SO at last Lou tired of the picture book
and feeling lonely began to look visit
fully out across the big bluegrass past.
ure toward the woods where the chill
dren went every day to gather hickory
| nuts.
"Oh, dear" she sighed, II just know
all the boys ard girls of the neighbor-
hood are down there gathering nuts,
and why can't I go? It's just horrid to
have to stay cooped up here in the
house all day."
| Pretty soon there was wild burst OF
laughter and hurrah, from seemingly
dozen throats down in the woods, and
Lou exclaimed:
| "There, / knew they were all out.
Oh, how would love to go!'
Still she remembered her mothers
words, though, and stood debating the
question of duty and inclination for
some time, but another burst of laugh
ter from the woods quito decided her,
and snatching her bonnet she pulled
the door shut after her and went flying
off over the grass to the woods.
She ran along quite close to the
hedge, but SO eager was she to reach
her playmates and join in the sport oi
hunting nuts, that she did not hear 9
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

slight cracking of the dry brush, nor
little way above the hedge, gazing
after her with sinister looks.
"I'll not stay long" she thought, as
she sped on, 'and no harm will come of
it, I'm sure"
But once in the woods, and with such
lively companions, Lou forgot every
thing, and time flew by so rapidly that
the first thing she knew it was growing
late and the sun had sunk far down the
Western sky. With start she cried:
"Oh, my! how the day has gone.
must run home at once, or pa and ma
will get back and find me away, and
then I'll get licking. didn't mean
to stay but minute when came"
Lou was somewhat relieved when she
approached the house, to find that her
parents had not yet returned, and after
all, she thought, no harm was done by
her day in the woods, and 1T was much
more pleasant than staying at home,
even If she had disregarded her mothers
commands.
But when she entered the house her
spirits fell and she stood aghast The
drawers were all taken from the bureau,
and the contents scattered about the
floor, and her first thought was of the
money-two hundred dollars, the pyo-
ceeds of her fathers sale of fat hogs.
SITS gone, it's gone," she cried, ''and
pa will lose his farm, and I'll get an
awful whipping. Oh, me! wish I'd
minded ma and stayed at home"
Lou sat down on the floor and cried
until she was tired, then getting up she
looked about the house and finally went
out the back way in the vain hope of
discovering some trace of the robber.
The backyard was quiet and no liv-
Ing thing was to be seen there, save
Parker's goat, and he was calmly graz
ing around an old abandoned we'll that
had been covered with thin boards and
was overgrown with grass and weeds.
Lou hallooed at him and threw at
him, trying to drive him away, but he
would not go.
"Well, you'd as we'll make the most
OF this day. you old BRUTE" she said,
''for guess pa will kill you tomorrow
II you come around here"
At that moment LOUIS attention
was attracted by noise from the old
we'll resembling groan and curse COM
bined. She started forward to see what
1t meant, but the goat drove her back,
and just then the old farm wagon
ratified up to the gate and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ramsey alighted. Lsu had to tell heI
parents all, including her going nut
ting, for, as she said, she felt like she
needed clicking" and she'd rather
take 1t and have II over than TO &C
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Executive Chamber, October 20, 1890
News Items.

HENRY STEINFELTD, accused of for
gerry; John Smith; for rape; James Mon
roe, for burglary; John Madden,
burglary; Geo. Perry, burglary; Ed. Nc
Quirk, burglary, escaped from Jail at
Lockport, N. Y.
WORLDS FAIR DIRECTOR GENERAL
DAVIS announced the appointment of
General Il. p. Armstrong as his assist
ant, to be sent to the different States to
assist in organization.
The wife of John Mueller, a St. Louis
saloon-keeper, fatally shot herself after
failing to shoot her husband and friend
with whom he was conversing. She had
become suddenly insane.
MARY lyman, one of the victims
of the Leland fire, Syracuse, died.
She was domestic and jumped from
window.
ABIJAH TIsDELL, his son George, aged
fourteen, and man named Murphy, all
of Whitman, Mass, are believed to have
beon drowned while out shooting.
HENRY KRoN, living near Blairsville.
Ind, quarreled with his wife, then kill
I'd her, and committed suicide in the
presence of the children.
The British Foreign Office has reGog-
nized the Brazilian Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
A Now Florida Industry.

English Industries states that novel
business, resting strictly on chemical
principles and needing nothing but a
little capital and dash of dishonesty
to develop it, is said to be practiced in
Florida. 1t consists in avoiding de-
pendence upon the slow and imperfect
ripening of lemons by the SUMS rays, by
picking the fruit while green and ex-
posing it to the fumes OF burning sui
phur whereby its color is changed to a
rich golden yellow, infinitely more at
tractive than tho natural hue. "It is
true that the interior OF the lemon Is
practically free from juice, fact which
the hypercritiaal might reckon slight
drawback; but this is, after all, a trivial
matter, affecting only the consumer, is
.the salve applied to the conscience.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

Maude-I wanted George to take me
to the theater the other night but he
pleaded another engagement. Then
cried, and he came around after that,
all right.
Alice--Why, he's regular rain-beau,
isn't he?
Maude--W What do you mean?
Alice Ae came around after thI
showor2--Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
Past, Present and Future.

"Why do you keep diary?'
"ro read over in later years and see
what fool was"
at is pity you can not project your
mind ten years into the future"
"Why?"
$50 as to read your diary and see what
= fool you are now" Munsey's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
"wHY poN'r you DO soMErHINe9

WHY DON'T YOU DO boMErhiNS'
an air of supreme contempt, and by his
looks and manner said. as plain as a
goat could say any thing:
"Pm right here, good people, and III
go away when get ready, and not be-
fore, aad II that don't suit you help
yourselves IL you can"
Five minutes passed, and at the end
Of that time, the goat, probably decid-
ing that no further attacks were going
to be made on him, leisurely walked
away In the direction of Parker's, only
stopping once to make stand" when
Mr. Ramsey showed some evidence OF
pursuit :.
'srhat old varmint has got TO die"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

HE Ramsey fam
lily had just sat
down to an early
breakfast, when
there came the
sound of a fear
full rattling and
crashing of tin
ware and dishes
out in the sum-
mer kitchen.
" w h q t on
earth is that?'
Mr.. r q m s @ v
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
I'd Is AM in the HabIt.

Mr.. Pacific (of Oregon)-It doesn't
seem natural for woman to marry more
than once.
Mrs. Lakeside (of Chicago) 1t de-
pends. Habit is second nature, you
know.-West Shore.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01

-Lummix-"Dinwid used to call
his wife Birdie but he has quit II
now" Skimgullet-"Not entirely. i
heard Linn refer to her the other day as
the pld ben."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-01
PARKER'S OLD GOAT.
Why He Was to Be, and Why He
Was Not, Exterminated.

Written for This Paper.l
The Press., 1890-12-04

Presidents Message :- "iThe general tariff act has only partially gone into operation, some of its important provisions being limited to take effect at dates yet in the future. The general provisions of the law have been in force less than 60 days. Its permanent effects upon trade and prices are still largely con- lecture. It is curious to note that the advance in the prices of articles wholly unaffected by the tariff act was by many hastily asscribed to that act. Notice was not taken of the fact that the general tendency of the markets was upward from influences wholly apart from the recent tariff Legislation. The enlargement of our currency by the silver bill undoubtedly gave an upward tendency to trade and had a marked effect upon prices, but this natural effect of the silver legislation was by many erroneously attributed to the tariff act. There is neither wisdom nor justice in the suggestion that the subject of tariff revision shall be again opened before this law has had fair trial. II is quite true that every tariff sohed ule is subject to objections. No bill was ever framed, suppose, thatin all it's rates and eia5zi6eations had she the full approval even of party caucus. Such Legislation is always and necessarily the product of compromises as to details, and the present. law is no excep- ton. But in it's general scope and effect believe it will justify the support of those who believe that American legislation should con- serve and defend American trade and the wages of American workmen. The misinfor- nation as to the terms of the act which has been so widely disseminated at home and abroad will be corrected by experience and the evil auguries as to it's results confounded by the market reports, the savings banks, in ternational trade balances, and the general prosperity of our people,"
The Press., 1890-12-04

A T a Court of Probate holden at Stafford, "A within and for the District of Stafford, the 26th day of November, A. D., 1890.
 Present, JAMES E. CHAMBERLIN, Esq, Judge. testate estate of Lyman w. Crane, late of Stafford, within said district, deceased. !. and limited for the creditors of said estate exhibit their claims against the same to the executrx, and directs that public notice be given of this order by ad vertising one week in newspaper published in Staf- ford, and by posting copy thereof on tle public sgn-pos in said town of Stafford nearest the place wh re the deceased last dwe Certified from Record
 MARCUS B. FISK, Clerk,
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MARY M. IVES vs The Granite Mill Com


 M pany. Holland County Superior Court, Decem- Der I'd, 1890. 8A .I x Upon the application of Mary M Ives of Stafford. showing to this court that the Granite Mill Company Is corporation duly organized under u joint-s ock laws of the state of Connecticut that she is the owner of more than two-hrds of it's stock and that on the 1st day of May 1SS8 said corporation abandoned the business for which it organized and has therenf ter neglected to wind up it's affairs and distribute ita effects among its stockholders although reasonable time therefor has long since elapsed and asking that the affairs of said company may be wound up under the direction of the court by etatute provided and that said corporation be dissolved. Said application having been duly heard, due service having been the officers return endorsed thereon and said corpor- ation making default of appearance, all the aiega. tions thereof found true and e hereby ordered that said corporation be wound up and disoved ana for this purpose 1t being found to be necessary James F. Chamberlin, of Stafford is appointed receiver of the estate of said corporation, and s ordered that four months from the Sth day of December. 1S90, be and the same is hereby allowed and limited for all of the creditors of said corporation to present ther claims against to said receiver or be forever barred or M right to recover the And it is further ordered that notice of the pendency of this order be gwen 70 all editors of said company by publishing .a copy ford for two weeks successivey, commencing on the 4th day of December, 1890, and by mailing copy oi this order to every known creditor of said company postage prepaid directed to such creditor at his last known place of abode on or before the Sth day o1 December, 1S9O And it is further ordered that the said James Chambern be- and he hereby ie edirected 10 this order and make return to this court Dated at Holland, this 2d day of December, 1880. By order of court. ERWIN o. DIMOCK, Clerk
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The people of SousnbFidge, shfass.s tho readers of the Journal especially are 10 be congratulated on the purchase of that pa
 per by Frank E. Beach, recently of the Willimantic Journal. MT. Beach made the Willimantic paper one of the most in- fuential weekly papers of the state-a clean, able, newsy epitome of news and comment. He will do as much for the Journal, which now comes under his con. trol, having in this case the added interest of ownership. =.
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Born Q

Westford, Nov. 21st, daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Richardson.
 Orcuttville, Nov. Both, daughter to Wm. E. Robbins.
 Staffordville, Nov. 17th, daughter to Geo. B. Fisk '
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Died

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov 26th, of consump- tion of the lungs, Arthur H. Gay, 26.
 Columbia, Nov. 3Oth, Mrs. Fred Abel, B
 Westford, Nov. 18th, Mary Lillibridge, 30, wife of Marc, Lewis. >,5~., Hayden, Neb., Oct 27th. James H. Bow ea, 63 years, g months, formerly of Stafford.
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Rockville, ,1st, by Rev. c. H. Ricketts ot Somers, Geo. H. Prouty of Newport Vt. and Henrietta Allen of Rockville.
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