Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 18 November 1881 — Page 4

The tendency o{the Arne Jeans is and has been rer many toward quaint and expresMve “slang” for the tarae expression ot thought. A fw y ear»aii« UiWMjpopularly suj>j“s«d that only the lower classes of soeiefy indulged tn this form •of'e'iptesMwn,! btih it seetW* at present to- pterade all grades, aod tlift ytkuiigiany oi Murray Hill will talk <rf at Jerome Part M».a nine ‘ hgrlne of (lAthrtm'S coairserwordings. Tracing these popular siang phrases to tlfeH Ofltin conatitutegan interesting study and often leans the explorej Inro the deepest depths of literature. Doubtless thousands of persons have heard the expression, * What will Mrs. Gti»»dy say!«’ yet not one in a thousand is awaie that ii is found in the,first scene of Morton’s favorite the Plows.” “Too thin' ’ is Qfteuheard when the hearer wisher to express a disbelief in a sto ry, itnd l« m*yhe found in “Peregrine Pickle "which was published in London in 1771. The expression is alsodo be found in Shakspeare’s Henry v 111 seem one of five acts. “All cry and no wool,” a very common siang expression. is traced directly to canto one, part one of Butler’s “Hudibras.” The original leads: •Or shear swine, all cry and no wool ” Fo-the very often-heard expression, “ What are vou giving me?” indiea tive of disbelief—no less a source than the Bible is responsible, 11 maybe found in the thirty-eighth chapter oi Genesis. , , Bv slightly twistins the words iu vei n rusre,” iu that goo I old LttTn author, Virgil, we arrive at the saving, “To go to the bad.’ ‘He s a brick." indicates that the person spoken of is a “good fellow,” and dates from an expression of King Agesilaus, who on a certain occasion, pointing to his army, said: “They are the walls of Sparta. Every man there is a brick. There’s millions in it," comes from Mark Twain’s novel, “The Gilded Age,” and Bret Harte is responsible for “Ways that are dark and tricks that are vain.” Many of the Mang phrases in use are local. IS ew 1 ork is responsible for “You bet your boots,” "Yes, sir-ee, horse-fly,’ “Knights of the green cloth, and a thousand like expressions. Twenty-five years ago one of the popular phrases was '‘Syksey, take the butt.’, It had its orgin in an expression by Frank Chanfrau as Mose in “Life in New York,” a very popula; play at that period. “By a large majority” is found in Woolf s play- ot “The Mighty Dollar.” “Step down and out” is attributed to the Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher, and “Not for Joe” is the refrain of a London concerthall song was very popular ten years ag >. ‘‘Dog-gone it ’ was born in Indiana. From the immortal Shakspeare a great amount of slang is derived. In “Othello” the bard speaks of “crocodile tears;” he also speaks of “a party,” and from the exclamation of Hamlet, “You cannot play upon me,” meaning that the person does not accept the truth of the story. “He’s gone on her” is only a new way of putting Polonius’ words regarding Hamlet,s love lor Ophelia, that he was “gone, far gone.” “Giving him taffy” is popularly supposed to be of recent origin, but in reality 200 years old, and has been in use in London for fully that period. Among the men ot note of the past decane who have contributed to the slang of the period may be mentioned Andrew Johnson, whose promise I’ll be your Moses,” is still heard. “Shoo fly’’ was originated with Ben Butler, as applied to S. S. Cox. “On the ragged edge” is the offspring of the Plymouth pastor; “Gone where the woodbine twineth” was invented byJim Fisk; “To hell across lots” belongs to Brigham Young; “Where it would do the most good” came from Oakes Ames, when speaking ot the placing of Credit Mobiler stock; “The almighty dollar” may be found in Irving’s works,and “Truthful James” comes from Bret Harte. “The regular .urn turn propah eapah” was involved from the intellectual true inwardness ot archy Gordon, feuilletonist of this city. The following conversation between a couple of newsboys in Park row will give an idea of the American form of the English language as improved up date: “I told ‘that rooster’ to ‘hump himself’ “Did he‘acknowledge the corn?’ ” “ ‘You bet.’ If he hadn’t, I’d just ‘put a mansard over his eye.’ " •‘ ‘ Hold yout horses,’ ‘he’s on his muscle,’ and could ‘lay you out.’ ” “ ‘Not much.’ He’s only a ‘toddy blossom,’ and ‘hangs up his landlord.’ ” "That’s ‘small potatoes,’ and if I was his landlord I’d ‘sit down on him.’ ”

“That would be the ‘correct thing.' You see r e’s a bad egg,’ and I’ll ‘make it warm for him,’ ‘don’t you forget it.’ ” “All right; ‘let’s take a nip.’ ” “Have vou got ‘the necessary?’ ” "Yes, I met an old chap who was ‘dead gone’ on piety, anil I played ‘lnnocent,’ and he came down with the ‘rhino.’ ” It is estimated that two-thirds of the slang now in use originated with English tramps and thieves and English writers. Among thieves there is a distinct class of slang which is in quite common use. They denominate a sentence of imprisonment as “air and exercise.” aud call a drink a “ball.” A penitentiary is known as a “boarding-school,” and a suigevn is termed a “bonesetter.” Morey is known among them as “chink," and a poiice-man as a “cop.” “Darbies” are ha id-cuffs, “earth-bath” isagrave, and “eternitybox” is the proper name for a coffin, Hemp is denominated “neck-weed;” a sluug-shot is called a “neddy,” while the head is known as the "dimple.” When a man dies he is said to have “kicked the bucket,” and when he is buried he is said to have been “put to bed with a shovel.” By means of this slang the thieves of various countries can talk to each other uuderstandiugly, although iguorant of the language of the country in which they happen to he.—New Y'ork Star.

A Venetian gondolier descends generally from a long line of ancestors, who were for centuries boatmen. A gondola costs about S2OO. The father lays by week after week a small sum in order to buy bis son one, and thus start him i i life. The gondola costs about S6O per annum in repairs. The owner pa;, s a tax to the municipality, according to the station to which be is allotted and he is obliged to be there not only every day, but every third night. During the summer months he gains a dollar per diem;in winter almost nothing. When the gondolier goes home he has to cook and engage in other domestic : avocations for his family. His wif n , dressed in rags, with her hair in disorder, and a pair of old slippers on her feet, sits on her doorstep looking to her husband to find her in polenta, and to cook it for her when earned. The food of the family, when they have food, consists of polenta and a handful of small fish, so small, indeed, that nothing remains of them except bones and skin when dried. On feast days, if the gondolier has been fortunate, they eat a little rice. Thw however, is an exceptional luxtr rice is dearer than polenta, -.i these men are able to row

strong,* and niuscufar, anil their u'nkempt wives seem to be in the rudest of health. PhfsicaUv, fnteHertmttly. and morally, Urey compare advautairousiy witn ■ the descendants of the D<)ges.lir- or i-'.t • I• [ Mr. Ardhfeald FbtWs. tfflv Wellknow English war c<Mre*pß»«ent. witnessed the dressparade and drill oi 'the tiMbrt'<Minea*Wi«t( KtgWirtrl fol militia in Charleston, 8. C., the other dav. To a reporter who talked awlth/him He ex‘t>rt£sbfl his great Surprise and 'adiiffrsfrion cs's the soldfefly appearance and movements of the meh. Ms. Forbes said: “I am free to that it seems to me that if there are a great many regi inents like that Connecticut regimen! which I saw here on parade in a nation, it don’t want any standing army at all, as they would constitute a far cheaper and more effecting force than any standing army would, 1 ’ believe," from Afghan scalawags to Russian Imperial Guards, and I have seen greater precision and stability than those men manifested on that dress parade. To me it was a revelation, and a rather dissagreeable revelation, from this point of view, which you can easily understand, that I became painfully aware that there was another factor in the world capable of beating us. A man never likes to find out that the ntrnber of men stronger ' than himself is on the increase. We Englishmen have been indulging In the satisfaction that however continental countries might grow with their millions of reserves against our 100,000 or 200,000 trained troops, we were yet capable of swaggeiing over the United States in the matter ol 1 drill and discipline afid the punctilious performance of evolutions. But what I saw yesterday proved to me ‘ that such was not the case. Those men marched and wheeled quite 1 equal to our Grenadier Guards, and I 1 don’t think I have seen anything to ’ equal the precision in the manual in 1 that dress parade?’

Kissing the Wrong Man. A very laughable occurrence was witnessed at the Union depot last night. When the train from the south stopped a lady alighted, and seeing a gentleman standing by whom she supposed to be her husband, sue ran toward him, and throwing her arms about his neck, showered kisses upon him. The gentleman made no objection, but when she'ceased her osculations a gentleman standing near by remarked, "Well. Laura, haven’t you made a mistake?” Laura turned toward him in astonishment, and flying into his arms, buried her blushing face on his shoulder, saying, “Lord bless me, Steve, I thought it was you! Why didn't you speak?” In Berlin, Germany, there are 750 miles of telephone, and a service rendered to 1,533 houses. Chicago. Flour —Steady and unchanged. Grain — Wheat, demand active; opened weak and lower; advanced and dosed weak again; No. 2 Chicago spring, $1 2714 J No. 3 do, $1 13. Corn, unsettled but generally higher; closed weak at Oats, moderately active and higher at Rye, firmer at 94c. Barley, firmer at $1 Oil. Provisions- Pork, active, firm and higher; sls 75a16 00 cash and November; sls 80a$15 85 December and year; sl7 2 12a17 l 2 a17 35 February. Lard, strong and higher; $lO 85 cash and November; $lO 95a 11 00 December; $lO 85 year; sllls January; sll 27l 2 all 30 February. Bulk meats, steady and unchanged. Whisky—Steady and unchanged. Call—Wheat firmer, but not qnotably higher; closed easier. Corn easier at 59%e December. Oats weak and lower at 43 ! 4 a43 7 8 e. Pork active, firm and higher; sls 90 bid; sl6 10 December; sl7 January. Lard active and a shade higher; $lO 90 year; sll January. Hogs—Receipts, 24,000; shipments, 4,600; more activity and stronger on all grades, averaging 5c higher; mixed packing, $5 50a6 10; light hogs, $5 60a5 95; choice heavy, $6 15a6 70; culls and grassers, $3 60a5 20. Cattle —Receipts, 5,000; shipments, 1 800: slow and weak on shipping; choice exports, $6 50a6 75; good to best,* $6 00; common to fair, $4 00a 4 50; general market for butchers and canning fair; poor to choice cows and mixed, $2 20a4 00; oxen, $3 25a4 75; grass Texans, $3 00a4 25; half breeds, $4 00a4 30; natives, $4 25a5 00; stockirs slow, $2 90a3 00; feeders, $3 40a 4 00; milk cows and springers, $25 to s6sper head; eastern calves, $4 to $5 per head. Sheep—Reeepts, 2,000; shipments, 600; very active and steady; common to medium, $2 75a3 50; good to choice, $4 00a4 75; extra $4 90a5 40.

New York Produce. Flour—Quiet; superfine state and western, s4ot’@s 00; common to good extra, $490@5 75; good to choice, $5 80 @9 00: white wheat extra, $7 25@9 00; extra Ohio, $5 30@8 25; St. Louis 15 15@9 00; Minnesota patents, $8 00@ 9 00. Grain —Wheat opened I@l% higher and closed weak; ungraded red, $1 20 @144%; No 4 do. $120; No 3 do, $1 35%@1 36; steamer do, $1 30; No 2 red $1 43%@1 42; steamer do, $138; No 1 red, $1 43%@1 44; mixed winter, $1 36; ungraded white, $1 26@1 40; No 2 do, $1 36: steamer do, $132. Corn opened % to l%c higher,closing dull, with the advance mainly lost; ungraded, 62@63%c; No 3, 67@67%c; steamer, 67%c; No 2, 68@68%c; low mix -d, 70c. Oats dull and weak; exports, 52c; mixed western, 45@48c; white western, 50@54%. Eggs—Fresh, quiet but steady at 26 @26% c. Provisions —Pork stronger; new mess, sl7 50. Beef steady. Cut meats dull and nominal; long clear middles. $0 12% ; short do, $0 37%. Lard steady; pr me steam. sll 25@11 30. Butter—Finn for choice an 13@36c, Cheese —Dull and lower at 8@12%c. Cincinnati. Flour —Stronger; family, $6 25a6 60; fancy, $7 10a7 35. Grain—Wheat firmer; No 2 red, $1 37al 38. Corn strong and higher; No 2 mixed, 62a63c. Oats scarce but firm at 45c. Rye strong and higher, at slosal 06. Barley quiet; No. 2 fall, $1 12. Provisions —Pork dull at $lB 25. Lard firmer, at $lO 94. Bulk meats quiet and unchanged. Bacon scarce but firm at $8 75, 10 50a 11 50. Whisky—Week at $1 09; combination -ales of finished goods, 730 barrels, on a basis of $1 09. Butter —Weaker and lower; creamery, 36c; choice western reserve, 26c; choice central Ohio, 20c. Hogs—Steady; common and light, $4 90a6 00; packing and butchers’, $5 80a6 35. Receipts, 6,000; shipments, 1,160. >■ ■ — New York Ory bloods. Business is checked to-day by stormy weather. Cotton goods are very firm and stocks are unusually light. Woollen goods quiet but stead v. Prints, ginghams and dress goods mostly quiet. Pepperell fine brown sheetings advanced. The Bulletin says: “60,000 United States military overcoats will be peremptorily sold at auction November 17.” Toledo. Grain—Noon board opened wheat quiet but firm; No 2 red spot, $136. Corn quiet; No. 2 spot, 60%c; old, 61c December. Closed—Wheat firm but a shade lower; No2redspot Novembe., $1 35; 136 asked. Corn dull; No. 2 Decem- • her, 58%c.

A ’WHITE SPARROW. The rewMikalAe Feathered thuioalb , that has Made Peace Ameng Wawhig Brethren. Within two weeks a vara avis, a white spariow, t.ias made its appearuieeiu Indianapolis, and the advent of this peculiar member of the finch family has awakened considerable interest among the people in that vicinity, some ot whom are so desirous of possessing the prize that they have iffered various sums ot money for its capture. Efforts have been made to rap the tiny warbler, but the little creature keeps at a safe distance from all suspieious-looking objects. It was at first presumed that the bird was a stray canary, but its continued presence with the flock of sparrows and its family resemblance to the other “irds, except in color, soon disabused the minds of the curious of that

theory. Besides, the English or house sparrow, which is the little bird that chirps iu the squares, hops through the trees, and picks up crumbs in our yards, is not of a very social disposition, which would preclude the supposition of a bird of another family being tolerated. This statement is l>orne out by the fact that when the English sparrows were introduced in New Y'ork in 1862 to destroy the worms, which were devastating vegetation in the parks and public squares, they drove-away nearly all the other birds which thrived in sueh places. Prior to the advent of the white sparrow there were two flocks, numbering over twenty birds in each, whose domains were divided by Montgomery Avenue. Those north of the thoroughfare named were seldom seen in the territory of the other covey, and the southern tribe were just as particular in this respect. Combats have often been witnessed between the two flocks, but the white sparrow seems to have come as a dove of peace. Its appearance was signalized by a combination of the opposing tribes* and now they flock, willingly, while such a thing as a tight is a rare occurrence. The newcomer appears to wield great influenceover the other birds. It is apparently chief of the whole flock and usually occupies the centre of the feathered tribe while feeding on the ground. Its wings ate longare long and more like those of the genus Chizella, which gives it a decided advantage over its subjects in flying. It is a pretty sight to see such a large flock of dark-colored birds headed by a white one, and a number of ladies in the neighborhood while away many pleasant minutes in watching and studying this apparently new member of the finch family.

Mormon Polygamy. Upon coming face to face with Mormonism as it really exists, many are surprised and shocked. Some renounce the faith at once. Others, with less courage, submit, but so ungraciously as to attract the evil eye of the priesthood. Nevertheless, most of the converts learn to swallow every doct-ine however rank, and to appreciate the flavor of such as ar most highly seasoned. When the missionaries abroad, in Sweden for instance, have collected a number of converts they take them to the seaboard, where a ship provided by the church is awaiting them. If possessed of money they are persuaded to give it to the missionaries for safe keeping. The latter promise to return it. Many of the poorer taints, desirous of “living up to their privileges” as inculcated by the priesthood, have several wives in one hovel, and that hovel with but one room. That room serves, of course, as kttchen and bedroom, dining’ room and parlor, Butevsn Mormans prefer harmony in their own household, and as rapidly as their means wi 1 permit they p ovide a seperate house, or at least,a distinct apartment, for each wife. When this has been accomplished by a prosperous Saint, he lives with each oue for a week at a time until he has made the circuit, when be commences anew. Nothing is known in polygamous families of the inestimable blessings of home. I mean home in strictly the American sense. Each child looks to its mother alone for advice and s.v mpathy. Many men do not know their own children, and it requires a very wise eon to know his own father. Recent ly a Bishop was passing along the streets of one of the cities of Utah, when he found several boys quarreling and disturbing the peace. “It is ashame,” he exclaimed in righteous indignation, “that children should be allowed to grow up in this way Who is your father?” “We belong to BishopS.,” was the reply, “so you had better let us alone.” And then It dav ned upon him that they were his own children. The offspring of the first wife regard the others as illegitimate. They look upon the later wives as women who have robbed the first one of her husband’s affections, and as not better than prostitutes. The second wife by a plural marriage revenges herself by flaunting in the face of the lawful wife the tact that the younger enjoys a much higher degree of the husbands favor. Neither does harmony prevail among the later accessions themselves to the harem. The youngest, and generally the favorite" of their common lord, is looked upon by all the others with malicious envy. When they live in separate houses the head of the family can generally maintain discipline; but when they meet frequently abusive language, hair pulling, and the use of r ods and fists are the result, and the old wife who has outlived her usefulness is coolly given up by the husband to the malice and cruelty of the others. Mr. Cannon claims that the mormons are building up the kingdom of God on earth, but does not explain the way iu which it is being done. Residents of Utah can learn for themselves. Casual visitors, on the other hand especially men of distinction, are received by the Mormon leaders with great consideration. They are fed and flattered. The iniquities of the Mormon system are concealed effectually from their view. Many of them return to the east believing that they know ail about Utah, and that the Mormons are not such bad fellows after all.—[The Fortnightly Review.

Daughters, Wines, Mothers, i YP V7= * ir - : 'A Dr. J. B. MARCH SSI, UTICA, N Y , Dit-covBREu op DR MARCHES I’b UTERINE ( ATIIOLH (H A POSITIVE CURE FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS Thi* Remedy will ac in harmony wi’h :»:#• Fema’-fyettin nt all timet* arm ata> irv--.< d a’cly upon the abdominal and uterin mwe? and restore the n to a bea'thy and -trw»r to? di: < Dr. Marchvd’s Uterine < atho'ic n w I rnrfalimtrof the Wnmo, LeaccoThatt. Oro> »c Inf.amtnaion and Ulceration o‘ the womh, Ir.ciiie tai Hera.v or Finodintr. ra*nfu . JMsppx and Irreffffar .Menrtrn-tnon KM'-ey C- • •v’ah t and i* e*pee ally adapted n-e Chui c . • ; Send for pirnpfctet. Tec. Al l-ru r o . frweW in»wprcii Addr •• a* * FOttSALK B¥ ILL » Price Al 5.1 p.r h ■ t’e ft- ~, , , , Macchwra Uteriu* ' ithu'

sSHtii, I MHMKRK •i „ — HORSES & MULES. o We wish to purchase for the fall trade 2,000 Horses and Mules, for which we will pay the very outside prices in cash. Our trade demands good, nice, smooth, driving stock for for buggy and carriage horses, and. heavy square made draft horses Persons having stock to dispose of can always find -A MARKET—for the same at our stables, at all times, and giving you the full value for the same. You can rely upon —SQUARE DEALING,as we intend to make this a permanent business. * All we ask is that you give us a call before disposing of * your stock. Persons living at a distance will find it to their interest to give us a trial. It will cettaioly do no harm to look around before selling. In short, if you wish to buy a horse; if you wish to sell one, we can accommodate you. In connection with our sale

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Stand Bapids ft Indiana and Cincinnati Biohm ond 4 Fort Warns Railroads. Time table taking effect Baaday October fl, 1881. "T RAINS GOING NORTH. BTATJOWB. No.l , No.l No J No?f~ Cincinnati R 15 am;.. Richmond SO6 pa'll 19 Wiacbeeter 4 19 12 14 Ridgerille 4 41 12 3m pm , Portland 6 it 1 07 iMwatur «» 2 20- 1...*.” Fort Wayne. . Ar 136 i 320 1 Lt 3 36 3 Warn 9 Kaa Bturgia 684 6 42 11 28 V ickeburg 1706 8 al 1226 Kalamazoo Ar 739 .7 20 12 If Lt 806 I7 40 321 Grand Raptda... Ar 10 00 9 60 4 99 Lv 8 0C am 10 20 I U HowardOity 9 32 11 66 6 47 b<R .Ada i 10 21 12 49pm 7 48 R**u City Ar 11l 90 1 2U 8 17 Lv 11 SJ 1 40 • 3 87 Cadillac ....Ar U 20 pm 3 01 10 00 Lt 3 11 Trarer** City.. Ar 6 48 Petoekwy | 7 20 Mackinaw Ar Ari °«• No-2 | N 0.4 t N 0.9 NcJ iiackiuaw I - Petnakey let 6 48 Trarerae Oity | 8 90 Cadillac ar ' ill 06 Cadillac W 8 30 pm JU 18 6 80a» Heed City ar 4 47 02 36 pm 146 Reed City iw. ««7 12 66 lit Blgßapida 521 .........I 1 • Ib 16 HowardOity i 6 19 ........ 290 918 Grand Rapide ar 750 406 pm 10 M Grand Rapids .!▼ 730 am 446 Hpn Kalamazoo ar 930 6 46 I 3 93 Kalamazoo Jv 933 700 2 67 Vieksbnrg 10 01 7 33 8 61 Btnrgla 16 58 IN 4 40 Fort Wayne ar 1 10 pm 11 00 1 16 Fort Wayne .... iv 3 00 6 21 am ..... Decatsr 2 57 7 21 rUand .4 10 ,8 90 iidgwTHie 4 44 * iDcbester i 6 08 I 9 14 cfimond |6 20 IL 10 0!n taaati I 8 10 130 pm .... , e ! 1 B .rTT^J^2™jb | *» l The w ekly statement of the Bank of France shows -n increase of 10,6T5,000 francs in gold, and a decrease o’ 2,525,000 francs in silver.

——T G. HOLLOWAY, M !>., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, DZCATUR, INDIANA. Office in Hoastoa’s Black, up-st»irs. Will »tlenJ to all professional calls promptly, night or day. Charges reasonable. Rest dence sn north side of Mnnroo street, 4tU house east of Hart's MiU. 26jy79tf K B. Alusoj*, Prea’t. W. H. Niblick .Cashier. P. STOTiABAMBB, Vice FtvA. THEADAMS COUNTY BANK, DECATUR, INDIANA, This Bank is now open for the transaction of a general banking business. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 25jy79tf PETERSON i HtfJTMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . DKCATVB, INDIANA. Will practice in Adams and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to collections and titles to real estate. Are No t ries Public aud draw deads and mortgages Heal estate bought, eold and rented on reasonable terms. Office, rooms 1 and 2, I. O O. F. building. 25jy79tf FR ANCE & KING. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ISBCATTM.INDIANA. ——wiCKS? - ATTORNEY AT LAW, DICATV*, INDIANA. All legal business promptly attended to. Office up stairs in Stone's building 4th door. v20n24 year 1. B. R. FREEMAN, M. D., PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. DECATUR, INDIANA. Office over Dorwin & Holthouse s Drug Store Residence on Third fetreet, between Jackson and Monroe. Professional calls promptly attended. V 01.25 No. 22 ts. J. T. BAILEY, ATT YAT LAW. J. P., DBCATVB, INDIANA. Will Practice in Adams and adjoining Counties. Collections a specialty. y24n29tl sTg? HASTINGS, M. D. HOMOEOPATHIST PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, DBCATCB, INDIANA. All calls day or night promptly attended to Office in Studebaker sr building. srst doir sou h of Court House Square. Vol. 25 No. 14.

THE DECATUR WOOLEN MILLS RUNNING AGAIN! Having purchased the Eicher Woolen Mills we are prepared to announce to the public generally that we have for sale at Bottom Prices at our factory on the corner of Ist and Jefferson streets a fine line of strictly ALL WOOL GOODS, Os our own Manufacture. We earnest ly solicit all former patrons of the Eicher Woolen Mills to come and see us, as we expect co reciprocate your patronage by honest, fair dealing. We will pay you the highest market price in cash for your wool, or make anv exchange for goods. Call and seeour stock of FLANNELS, BLANKETS, SATTINETS, JEANS and STOCKING YARNS before purchasing elsewhere.we promise to furnish you a better article for LESS MONEY! Than you can buy anywhere else. MYBKS BROS. Decatu* May 5, 1881. ts

Employment for all TO — SELL J HOUSEHOLD ARTICLE The poor as wellas the rich, the old as well as the young, the wife, as well as the husband, the girl as well as the boy, may just as wall earn a few dollars in honest employment, as to sit around the house and wait for others to earn It for them. We can give you employment, all the time, or during your spare hours oniy; traveling, or in your own neighborhood, among your friends and acquaintances. If you do not care for employment, we can impart valuable information to you free of oust. It will cost you only one cent for a postal card to write fur our Prospectus, ahd it may be the means of making you a good many dollars. Bo not neglect the opportunity. You do not have to invest a large sum of money, and run a great risk of losing it. You will readily see that it will be an easy matter to make from $lO to $ 100 a week, and establish a lucrative, and independent business, honorable, straightforward and profitable. Attend to this matter NOW, for there is MONEY’ IN IT for all who engage with ua. We will surprise you and you will wonder why yon never wrote to ns before. Ws sbsd rent. fabttcitlabs sbib. Address, BUCKEYE M’F G CO. (Name this paper.) Marios, OHIO, no 28 m 6. About larv. The N. Y. Sun to-day leer,rds the death of a female child 6 weeks old, a victim of the pernicious wactice of pierceing the ears, which remains among us from the ages of barliafrism. It is strange that some foolish notions of beauty peculiar to wild tribes are yet sacredly adl ored to by the women of the most civilised countries. Onlyin exceedingly rare eases have my eyes been gratified by the sight of a young woman possessingunmntllateo ears. What beautiful ears, with rosy and shapely lobules, they had, too! The ear, numutihated and unadorned, in its natural shape and color, looks a thousand times more beautiful than when pierced and distorted by the weight of metals andwtrnies. It would be Interesting if physicians would ’■cep a record of case- of death, of facial neuralgia, of toothache, and of diseases of the ear resulting from the h»rberou» habit of piercing the ear.

KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE. / TKENDALrsIW It cures Spavins, Splints, Curbs, Ring bones and all similar blemirhes, and removes the bunch without blistering. For man it is now known to be one of the beet, if not the best liniment ever discovered. We feel positive that every man can have perfect success in ev.ery case if he will only use good common sense iu applying Kendall s Spavin Cure, and preserve in bad oases of long standing Read below the experience of others FROM COL. L. T. FOSTER. Youngstown, 0., May 10 1880. Da- B. J. Kksdall & Co., Gents.—l had a very valuable Hambletonian colt which I prized very highly, he had a large bone spavin on one joint and a smallei-one on the other which made him very lame; I bad him under the charge of two Veterinary Surgeons which failed to cure him I was one day reading the advertisement of Kendall's Spavin Cure in the Chicago Express, 1 determined at once to try it and got our Druggist here to send for it, they ordered three bottles; I took them all and thought I would give it a thorough trial, I used it according to directions and by the fourth day ihecoit ceased to be lame, and the lumps had entirely disappeared. I used but one bottle and the colts limbs are as free from lumps and as smooth as Any horse in the State. He is entirely cured. The cure was so remarkable that 1 let two of my neighbors hare the remaining two bottlels who are now using it. Very repecetfuly,, L. T. FOSTER. Perseverance Will Tell. Stocohtos, Mass., March 16, 1880. B. J. Kendaii. k Co., Gems:—ln justice to you and myself, I think I ought to let you know that 1 have removed two boae spavins with Kendall's Spavin Cure, one very large one, don't know how long the spavin had been there. I have owned the horse eight months. It took me four months to take the large one off and two for the small one. I have nsed ten bottles. The horse is extremely well, not at all stiff, and no bunch to be seen or felt. This is a wonderful medicine. It is a ne.w thing here, but if it does for all what ithas done for ue its sale will be very great. Respectfully yours, CHAS E PARKER. KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE. Acme, Mich, Deo 28, 1879. Dr B J Kendall & Co. Gents:—l sent yon one dollar tor your Kendall's Spavin Cure last summer which cured a bone spavin with half a bottl-. The best liniment I ever used. Touts respectfully, HOMER HOXIE From Kev P. .a.Granger Presiding Elder of the St Albans Dsstrict. St Albans, Vt, Jan 20, 1880. Dr B J Kendall & Co, Gents:—ln reply to your letter I will say that my experience with Kendall's Spivln Cure has been very latisfoctory indeed- Three orfouryoars tgo 1 procured a hottie of your agent, and with it cured a horse of laments* caused by a spavin. Last season my horse became lame and 1 turned nim out fora few weeks when he became better, but when I put Xim on the road he grew worse, when I iiscovered that a ringbone was torming, 1 procured a bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure ind with less than a bottle eured him so dial he is not lame, neither can the bunoh >e found. Respectfully yours, P N GRANGER.

Statement Male Under Oath. To whom it may concern—ln the year 1875 I treated with Kendall s Spavin Cure, v bone spavin of several months’ growth, learly half as large as a hens egg, and lompleteiy stopped the lameness and renoved the enlargement. I have worked he horse ever since very hard, and never isa been lame, nor coul a I ever see any lifference in the size of the hock joints liace I treated him with Kendall’s Spavin 3ure. R A GAINES. Enosburgh Falls, Vt, Feb 25, 1879. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 25th day of February A D 1879. JOHN G JENNE, Justice of Peace. KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE On human flesh it has been ascertained by repeated trial* to be the very beet liniment ever used for any deep sealed pain of long statnding, or of short duration. Also tor corns, bunions, frost bites, or any bruise, cut or lameness- Some are sfiaid to use it on human fi o sh simply because it is a horse medicine, but you should remember that what is goed for beast is go d for iran. and we know from experience that ‘‘Kendall s Spavin Cure” can be used on a child 1 year old with perfect safety. Its effects are wonderful on human flesh and it does not blister or make a eore. Try it and be convinced. What is Good for Beast is Good for Mao. BIAD ITS BFFIOTS CX HUMAJt FLESH I Patten s Mills, Washington co, N Y, Y February 2!. 1878. j B J Kendall, MD, Dear Sin—The particular case on which I used your Kendrll s Spavin Cure was a malignant ankle sprain of sixteen months standing. I had tried many things, nut in vain. Your “Kendall Spavin Cure’’ put the foot to the ground again, and, for the first time since hurt, iu a natural position. For a family liniment it excells anything weeper used Yours truly, REV M P BELL. Pastor M E church, Patten’s Mills, N Y. Bakersfield, Vt, Dec 23, 1879. B J Kendall & Co, Gents—l wish to add my testimony in favor of your invaluable liniment, ••Kendall’i Spavin Cure” In the spring of 1872 I slipped on (be ice and sprained my right limb at the knee joitt 1 was very lame and at times suffered the most excruciating pain. I wore a bandage on it for over a year, and tried most everything in my reach, but could find nothing that would give tn« permanent relief. When I cverwcrked it would pain me very much. In April 1878 I began to think I should b rt a cripple for life; but having some of ‘‘Kendall s Spavin Cure” thought I would try it. I used one-third of a bottle, and experienced relief at once. The j sin left me and has not troubled me since. 1 feel very grateful to you and would recommend ‘Kendall s Sp&vine Cure to all who suffer with sprains and rheumatism. Yours truly, Mas. J. Boutbll. KENDALL S SPAVIN CURE.

Kendall's Spavine Cure is sure in its effects, mild in its action as it does not blister, yet it is penetrating and powerful to reach any deep seated yain or to remove any bony growth or aoy other enlargement if used for several days, such as spavns, splints, curbs, callous, sprains, swellings, any lameness and all enlargements 'it the joints or limbs, or rheumatism in man and for any purpose for which a liniment is used for man or beast. It is now tuown to be the best liniment for man used, acting mild and yet certain in its effecis. It is used full strength with perfect safety at all seasons of the year. Send address for illustrated Circular which we think gives positive proof of its virtues. No remedy hasever met with ouch auguo iified success Co our knowledge, for beast as well as man. Prie“ sl. per bottle, or six bottles for $5 let DAiaxhsts bavg it or can get it for , uu,or it will be sent to any address on -. eipt of prise by tne proprietors. DR J. B KENDALL ft CO. Enesburg Falls, Vermont vol. 25. no. 28—1 year SOLD BY ALL DRUGOIBTB.

carpets oil cloths. mattings. CARPETS oil CLOTHS. MATTINGS. CARPETS. OI LCLOTHS MATTINGS. rugs mats. upholstry goods. RUGS MVTS. UPHOLSTRY GOODS. RUGS MATS. UPHOLSTRY GOODS. CURTAIN GOODS. CURTAINS, CURTAIN GOODS. CURTAINS. CURTAIN GOODS. CURTAINS. ROOT AND COMPANY. 0 Have now in store and are offering by far the LARGEST, CHOICEST, and CHE \'' EST assortment of above lines of goods ever shown in this part of lha state HOUSEKEEPERS Should not think of purchwing elsewhere without giving our stock a thorough exam ination. Wf WOULD ADVISE 0 Early selections, as the choice styles invariably sell the quickest and we can d„ much better jobs in making and laying Carpets and putting up Curtains and ehadts just now than we can when we get very busy a little Irtar in the season Root and Company CALHOUN STREET, FORT WAYNE, INH.

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