Decatur Eagle, Volume 11, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1868 — Page 4

<£Mt’s Couul COMIXG HOME. 0 brother and sister growing old, Do you remember yet That home, in the shade of the rustling trees, Where once our household met? Do you know how we used to eome from A* school Through the summer’s pleasant heat, With the yellow fennel's golden dust On our tired little feet? And how sometimes in an idle mood We loitered by the way, And stopped on the way to gather flowers Xnd in die fields \to play? Still warned by the deepening shadow's fall That told of the coming night. We climbed to the top of the last long hill . And saw our home in sight! And, brothersand sisters, older now Than she whose life is o’er, Do you think of the mother’s loving face That looked from the open door? Alas! for the changing scenes of time; That home in the dust is low; And that loving smile was hid from us, In the darkness, long ago! And we come to life's last hill, From which our weary eyes Can almost look on that, home that shines Eternal in the skies. Lo, brothers and sisters, as we go. Still let us move as one. Always together keeping step, Till the march of life is done. For that mother, who waited for us here, Wearning a smile so sweet, Now waits on the hills of paradise For her children’s coming feet! Wit, —1 -Patriot—A candidate for some office. -A miss-spent life—Squandering all your salary on a girl who does not care for you. -“You ought io lay up something for a rainy, day,” said an anxiotjs father to a profligate son. “And so I have,” replied the youth. “What?” An umbrella.” -A clergyman gave the following toast, that was not very gallant, at a late firemen's celebration: “Our fire-engines—may they be like old maids—ever ready, but never wanted.” -A little girl in one of the public schools being asked, in the course of her geography lesson, what a waterfall was,' replied, that it was “hair wrapped around her dad’s old stocking.” -“John,” said a stingy old curmudgeon to Jjis- hired man as he was taking dinner, “do you know how many pancakes you’ve eaten ?” “No.” “Well, you’ve eaten fourteen. ’ “Well,” said John, “you count and I’ll eat.”

-Precocious pnpil-“Please Miss Jones, what is the meaning of suburbs?” Governess (who is extensively crinolined)—“The out- ! skirts of a place.” Pupil (seizino- 1 Miss J. by the dress)—“Then. Miss ' Jones, are these your suburbs ?” [ -A young lady, after reading at- 1 tentively the title of a novel called ! “The Last Manff-exclaimetl, “Bless 1 me. if such a thing were to happen, what would become of the women ? I We think a more pertinent inquiry is, what would become of the poor man i —A gentleman being asked bv aclergyman why he did not attend the evening prayer-meetings, said he coultl not leave the children. "Vy hy ! have you no servants ?” “Yes,” he replied, “we have two servants who keep the house and board us, but we are allowed few privileges.” -Elegant and consequential ;ady —-“I won’t go, except in a ladies' car; the regulations oblige you to ! have one, and you shall." AccomTnodating. Superintendent—- “ Certainly, ma’am, certainly. I’ll order one immediately; but that baby in your, arms can’t go in it, ma am. It must stay in the geutlemen’s carit’s a male ” -A certain colored deacon, on occasion of missionary collections, was wont to shut his eyes and sin«\ “Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel?” with such earnestness and unction that he would quite forget to see the plate as it came around. “Oh yes!” said the plate-bearer, “but just you give something to make it fly.” • ° -A ready-witted Irishman lives in Rockwood, Illinois. The other day one of the boys, thinking to have a little fun out of him, said : “Roley, have yon-heard the news ?” “No; what news?” ““Why. the devil is dead.” Not a word said Roley, but putting his hand in his pocket, and pulling out a ten cent shinplaster handed it to his questioner, who asked what it was for. “Why,” answered Roley, “in the ould country, where I came from it was the custom to give the children something when the parents died.”

Roasting Fish, Decks <tc.—The. very best way of cooking fish and fowl ever devised is familiar to woodsmen, but unknown to city epicures. It is this: Take a large fish—say a trout of three or four pounds, fresh from its gambols in the cool stream—but a small hole in the neck, and abstract the intestines. Wash the inside clean, and season it with pepper and salt or, if convenient, fill it with stuffing made of bread-crumbs orcrackers chopped up with meat. Make a fire outside the tent, and when it has burned down to embers rake it open, put in the fish, and cover it with coals and hot ashes, wiihin an hour take itfrom its bed on the skin from the clean flesh, and you will have a trout with all its original juices and flavors preserved within it—a dish too good, as Izaak Walton would say, “for any but very honest men.” Grouse, ducks and various other fowls, can be cooked deliciously in a similar way. The intestines of the bird should be taken ont by ; a small hole at the vent, and the j inside washed and stuffed as before Then wet the feathers thoroughly, and cover with hot embers. When the cooking is finished peel off the burnt feathers and skin, and you will find underneath a lump of nice juicy flesh, which, when once tasted, will never be forgotten. The peculiar advantage of this method of roasting is, that the covering of embers prevents the escape of juices by evaporation.—The Trapper's Guide. Measuring Land.—Almost every farmer has some way of measuring land, and the most common is to Step off five paces for a rod and call sixty by sixty five paces an acre For comm on purposes this mode will answer very well, but when the exact measurement of a piece of land is desired it can not be depended upon as being at all acurate. When a field has once been measured correctly, a man knows exactly how much seed will be required to put it to grain, and also the exact yield per acre of any crop he may see fit to put upon it. A light pole just sixteen and a half feet long, is a cheap and convenient measure, but a four rod tape linens much better. The Maryland Farmer gives the following table of distance by which it says an exact acre can be found. A plot of ground, 5 yds, wide, by 968 yds, long, is 1 acre 10 , “ “ 484 “ “ 1 acre 20 “ “ 242 “ “ 1 acre 40 “ “ 121 “ “ 1 acre 80 “ “ 60J “ “ 1 acre 70 “ “ 69 1-7 “ 1 acre 320 feet “ 197 feet “ 1 acre, 440 “ “ 99 “ “ 1 acre 110 “ “ 369 “ “ 1 acre 60 “ “ 726 “ »’ lacre 130 “ “ 363 “ “ 1 acre 340 “ 1814 “ “ 1 acre

Farmers’ Work Shops.—Every farmer should have a work shop where he can repair farm imple ments and store them from the injurious influences, of the weather. When cold storms prevail, and high ways are blockaded with snow drifts, he should have a convenient place, where himself himself and boys may employ their leisure hours in -repairing some tool, making a farm-gate, or some such work. Boys should be instructed in the use of tools. If they do not succeed, the first time, in making a water-tight joint, let them try again. A cheap book on edge tools, and a lew dollars worth of tools delivered to an ambitious boy, with now and then a word of encouragement, will often be of incalculable value, not only in restraining him from doing things that tend to vice and dis” sipation, but in developing a mechanical talent that may Cal of great nil vantage in future ygars. Young men like to try experiments m performing numerous mechanical operations. This is an excellent practice, as it tends to untold and develop the powers of mind. Let the door-yards, pastures and roa<ls-l»e supplied with shade trees’—mo’stly of file varieties native to the soil. Let them be protected. Let every Christian man consider it his duty to go half a a mile rather than'hitch his horse to a shade tree, unless it is a very large one. Unchristian men perhaps deserve to be sent further. • To Fatten Geese.— The Irish Farmers’ Gazette says, to fatten geese, put up three or four in a darkened room, and give each bird one pound of oats daily, thrown on a paq of water. *ln fourteen days they will be found almost too fat.. Never shut up fewer than two together, as one pines left alone. Dr. Randall says he should not dare winter sheep without salt especially when any kind of disease is prevalent. The best way is to give sheep constant access to it allowing their instincts to guide them, after they have become habituated to its free use.

“COSTAR’S” PREPARATIONS! EVERYBODY—Tries Them! EVERYBODY—Uses Them! EVERYBODY—BeIieves in Them! EVERYBODY—Recommends Them! Are you troubled by Rats, Mice, Roaches, Ants, &c.? Eta7*’Buy a 25c. or 50c. Box of—- “ Costar's” Ex term inators. ‘‘Only infallible Remedies known.” “Free from all Poison.” Not dangerous to the human family.” “Rats come out of their holes to die.” Improved to keep in any climate. Areyou annoyed with Bed-Bugs? Can’t sleep nights! BfcA"Buy a 25c. or 50c. Box of—- “ Costar' s” Bed-Bug Exter. “Destroys, and prevents BedBugs.” “Never fails.” A liquid. used by Hotels, Boarding Houses, Ships, Boats, Public Institutions, and Housekeepers everywhere. For Moths in Furs, Woolens Carpets, &c. J§y“Buy a 25 or. 50c. Flask of—“Costar’s” Insect Powder. Destroys instantly Insects on Fowls, Flies on Animals.— “Nothing cxcee Is it in power and efficacy.” “Free from Poison.” Imported and prepared only by “Costar.” “A sure thing” -Thousands testify to its merits. B@”Buy a 25c. or 50c. Box of—“Costar’s” Corn Solvent. For Corns, Bunious, Warts, &c. “Try it.” It is positively efficacious. Take away the cause. Apply the Corn Remedy, to your comfort. Then tell your frieids about it. Don’t suffer with Pain! A wonderful power of Healing! Every family should keep it in the house. BQTBuy a 25c. or 50c. Box of—“Costar’s” Buckthorn Salve. • Its effects are immediate. For Burns, Bruises, Wounds, Sore Breasts, Piles, Ulcers, Old Sores, Itch, Scrofula and Cutaneous Eruptions, Chapped Lips, Hands, &c., Bites of Animals, Insects, &c. This Salve has proved a comfort and blessing ■ to thousands. “A Universal Dinner Pill” (sugar coated). 30 years administered in aPhysician's Practice. .. B£§“2s cent and 50 cen i Boxes—“Costar’s” Bishop Pills. Os extraordinary efficacy for Costiveness, Indigestion, Nervous and Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Dysentery, General Debility, Liver Complaints, Chills, Fevers, &c. Not Griping, Gentle, mild and soothing—cleanses the system of impurities, and builds up Constitutions broken by the use of Tobacco, Liquors, &c. “That Cough will kill you."— Don’t neglect it. Take home the Cure—the niceest improved article. firxf"2s cent, and 50 cent Sizes — “Costar’s” Cough Remedy. The children cry for it—it is a “Soothing Syrup.” For Coughs, r Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup, Whooping Cough, Asthma, Bronchial Affections. Singers, Speakers, and all troubled with Throat Complaints, will find this a beneficial Pectoral Remedy.

For the “Toilet,” for beautifying the Complexion, giving to the skin a transparent freshness. JB®“Bottles, SI,OO. “Costar’s” Bitter-Sweet and Orange Blossoms. Renders the skin clear, smooth and soft. Removes Tan, Freckles, Pimples, &c. Ladies of taste and elegance ill New York are now using it altogether, to the exclusion of everything else. Try one bottle, and see its wonderful quality. W!!! Beware !! lof all Worthless Imitations? BS-Noae Genuine without “COSTAB’S” signature. «®"2sc. and 50c. sizes kept by all DKUGGISTS. sizes sent by mail on receipt of price. Kir ß2.Oo pays for any three 81.00 sizes hy Express. S»*s3.oo pays for eight 81.00 sizes by Express. Address HENRY R. COSTAR, 434 Broadway, N. Y. B®"T. T. DORWIIS & BRO., -AGENTS AT—viln44m6. Decatur, Ind.

FORT WAYNE FRUIT HOUSE -AND GREATTEA DEPOT! FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. Dealers in all kinds of Teas, Groceries, TOBACCOS, PROVISIONS, &Cs -FOR THEFAMILY TRADE. —o—- — OUR PRICE LIST. —o—- — tYoung Hyson Tea, good 90c to §1 ft do best $1,25 to 1,40 do Imperial do good 90c to 1,00 do do do best 1,25 to 1,40 do Gunpowder do good 1,00 to 1,25 do do do best 1,25 to 1,50 do Oolong do good 75c to 1,00 do do do best 1,00 to 1,25 do Japan do best 75c to 1,00 do COFFEE. Good Coffee, - - -23 c per pound. Best do - - - -28 cdo do SUGARS. Good Sugar, brown, 12Jc per pound. Best ’do do 14c do do do do white de do do do crushed, 19c do do. do do powdered, 19c do do • O TOBACCOS. Best Navy Plug Tobacco, 50c per Tb 2d quality do do 4Qc do do Best Smoking do 25c do do 2d quality do 20c do do —O— ; FISH.

No. 1 White Fish, per half barrel., $4 00 No. 1 Pickerel, do . do 350 No. 1 Mackeral, do do 6 00 Fish in Kitts, 1 50 White Fish, per pound, 05 Cat Fish, do do 05 All our Fish are warranted good or money refunded. — CANNED FRUITS. Peaches, per can, 25c Strawberries, do 35c Blackberries, do 25c Whortleberries, do 25c Tomatoes, do 20c —o—- — FRUITS. Good Raisins, per pound, 15c Best do do 25c Currants, do 121 Dried Peaches, ‘do 10c do Apples, do - — 8c —o—- — guarantee a saving of 50 per cent., at least, to our customers. Familes at any distance can have their orders filled and shipped to them by express or stage, with the same care and attention as if they werepresent—and any goods not satisfactory can be returned to us and the money refunded. The express charges on shipping will be a small consideration in view of the per cent, saved —from -J- to 1 cent per pound—according to distance. All orders should lie addressed to the fort Wayne Fruit House, Fort Wayne, ind. —o — We Also Pay Cash -FORBUTTER AND EGGS! IN ANY QUANTITY, AND SELL ALL OTHER GOODS -AtsPROPORTIONATELY LOT PRICES! Address all orders to the FORT WAYNE FRUIT HOUSE. vlln4lyl. Ft. Wayne, Ind.

1 8 68 . 1868. -FOR ALL KINDS OFI oil Clotlis, Notions, cfco. CRABBS, MOSES & RICE. East Side of Second Street, DE CJITUn , -------- IN’DIANJA:—to:— HAVE now the largest Stock of Goods in the County; and at surprising LOW PRICES. 12,000 Yards Prints, - • - 8 to 15 cts. 1,500 lards Shirtings, - • 10 to 20 cts. 1,500 Yards Sheeting, - - 10 to 20 cts. 1,000 Yards Deiains, 25 cts. AU other Goods at proportionately Low Prices. We. have a large Stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING, HATS fc OPS, BOOTS AND SHOES. We shall keep constantly on hand, a General Assortment of Goods of all kinds, CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. Thankful for past favors, we invite the public to call at our Store, and examine our Goods and prices before buying elsewhere. «We will pay the high test market price for GRAIN. STAVES AND BLACK SALTS, ggTAll kinds of Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods. Nov. 22, 1867. CRABBS, MOSES & RIcE.

Ai CRABBS & GOij 1 -DEALERS INHARDWARE, stoves &c„ HAVING REMOVED To Delks’ New Brick Building, on tha west side of Second Street, o'ne door north of Spencer & Meibers, have enlarged their Stock direct from the East, since the DECLINE IN PRICES! and offer to the Public agreate? Variety of Goods and at LOWER PRICES than rever before. We sell FOR CASH ALONE! and by so doing can sell our Goods at least Ten Per Cent. Cheaper!! than any House that sells on the credit system. We will hereafter keep a larger and more varied Stock than has ever been kept in > S <A- ® « consisting of everything necessary for the use of the FARMERS, MECHANICS, HOUSEKEEPERS, and in fact for all classes. We keep on hand and manufacture all kinds of TIN WARE, and sell it as low as the lowest; also do all kinds of repairing in good, order and on short notice. Our Tinner is one of the best and will not fail to give satisfaction. jRSrWe invite all CASH Customers to call and see us, and we will make it to their advantage to buy of us. A. CRABBS & CO. Grain Wanted. We will pay the highest market price for Wheat, Rye, Corn, Buck wheat and Oats, in Goods, or take the same on old accounts now due us. A. Crabbs & Co. Oct. 18, 1857. vlln2Btf.

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Election Notice. Strte of Indiana, ) Adams county, j 8SThe State of Indiana, to the Sheriff of Adams County, Greeting: I, A. J. Hill, Clerk of the, Adam?.Qireuit Court, hereby certify, Giat at an election to be held at the usual, places, of holding elections, in the sevexal townships of Adams County, named below, to, be held on Monday, April 6th, 1868, the following officers, are to be elected, to-wit: -One Justice of the Peace for Root Township, to fill the vacancy caused by the eviration of the term of service of Jacob Bottenherg. One Justice of the Peace for Monroe Township, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of D. M. Kerr. One Justice of the Peace for Hartford Township, to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of service of Benjamin Runyan. You are, therefore, requested to give notice according to law. Witness my hand and the seal of , , the Adams Circuit Court, hereto t ' v affixed, this the 13th day of Marcq, a. d. 1868. A. J. HILL, Clerk. State of Indiana, 1 Adams County, J ’ I, James Stoops, Jr., Sheriff of- Adams County, Indiana.' do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the precept issued by the Clerk of the Adams Circuit Court, requiring me to give notice according to law of the election of the officers therein Vnamed, for the several Townships. JAMES STOOPS, Jr., March 13,1868. Sheriff. Township Election. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held at the usual place of holding elections, in Washington Township, Adams County, Indiana, on Monday, April 6th,’ 1868, for the purpose pf electing the following Township officers, to-wit: One Township Trustee,- two Constables, and one Supervisor for each road district in said Township. JOHN MEIBERS, March 13. Trustee, Wash. Tp. Petition for Divorce. State pf Indiana, gs . Adams County,. J In the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county, May Term, 1868. Jacob May | , vs. [-Divorce. Ruth May, J It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause that Ruth May is a non-resident of the State of Indiana, Notice is given the above named Ruth May that she be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, at the Court House in the town of Decatur, on the first day of the next regular term thereof, to be held Monday, the 11th day of May, 1868, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in her absence. Witness my hand and seal of said (ls.) court, this the 17th day of March, 1868. A. J. HILL, March, 20,. w 4. Clerk. Petition for Divogee. State of Indiana, 1 gg Adams County, j In the Court of Common Pleas, May Term, 1868. Thomas Sturgis j vs. [ Divorce. Lillian F. J It appearing from affidavit filed in the above entitled cause that Lillian F. Sturgis is a non-resident of the State of Indiana, Notice is therefore hereby given the said Lillian F. Sturgis that she be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, on the first day of the next regular term of said Court, to be begun and held at the Court House, in the town of Decatur, on Monday, May 11, 1868, and plead by answer or demur to said complaint or the same will be heard and determined in her absence. Witness ray hand and the seal of (1.5.) said Court, this the 25th day of February, 1868. A. J. HILL, Feb. 28, w 4. Clerk JV'otice of Survey,. Notice is hereby given that I will, on the 13th day-of April, 1868, at nine o’clock, A. M., begin the survey of section twenty-seven, in township twenty-eight north, of range fifteen east, and the perpetuation and location of lines and corners thereof. -Said survey to begin at the south-west corner of said section, and be continued from day to day till completed. . H. C. PETERSON, S.’A. 0. Jno.M'Gill, 1 . Lewis Koldewe,y j ican *’ March 13, 1868, w 3. JVotice of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that the Copartnership heretofore existing between the undersigned in the Hardware business, under the name of Spencer and Meibers is dissolved by mutual consent. The business will be conducted by W. G. Spencer, at the old stand. Those knowing themselves indebted to the late, firm will call and settle with W. G. Spencer, who alone is authorized to collect the indebteness to said firm. W. G. SPENCER. Feb. 11, 1868. JOHN MEIBERS 11. W. SHACKI/EY, —MANUFACTURER OFCARRIAGES ATO WAGONS, FRONT STREET, DECATUR, INDIANA. , :o: Repairing and Horse-Shoeing done at short notice and on reasonable terms. B@“Cash paid for Oak and Hickory spokes. vlln26tf. SEND 25TCENTS for your choice of 150 Useful Articles for ONE DOLLAR EACH, and full particulars of the most popular Sale in the world. Address, TOWLE & CO., 7 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass. vllnsßw3.