Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1868 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. A. J. HILL, EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND OFFICE—On the west side of Second Street, over Dorwin & Brother’s Drug Store. Terms of Subscription. One copy, oneyeer, in advance,, $1 60 If paid within the year, 2 00 If paid after the year has expired 2 60 Papers delivered by carrier tweentyfiv* cents additional will be chaaged. No paper will be discontinued until all arrerages are paid, except at the option of the pnblisher. Rates of Advertising.

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Vol. 12.

ATTORNEYS. DAMEL D. HELLER, Attorney A,t Xiaw, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice hia Profesaion anywherein Indiana or Ohio. OFFlCE—Opposite tfio Office. v10n52 ja oT R. BO 80, -A-ttorxxey Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deed., Mortgages and Contract*. Redeems Land and pays Taxes. OFFICE— Opposite the Anditor’s Office. vlonf>. dslidabaker. Attbrney Law, Claim & Real Estate Agent, Decatur, Indiana. WILL practice Law in Adams and adjoining Counties: secure Pensions aud other claims against the Government; buy and sell Real Estate; examine titles and pay taxes, and other business pertaining to Real Estate Agency. He is also a Notary Public, and Is prepared to draw Deeds, Mortgaged and other Instruments in writing. vlOnll. PHYSICI AN S7 F. A. JELLEFr. KOCK. JELEI.i l & SCHROCK, Physicians Ifnd Surgeons, DECATUB, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, opposite the Publie Square. vSnlotf. CHARLEsT. CURTISS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. HAVING permanently located in this ph-e,of-fers hi. proteMiouai services to the people of Decatur and vicinity. OFFICE—In Houston's Block. Be.idenceat the Burt Home.vlln36tf. ANDREW SOR G , physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE-Ou Second Street, over W. G. Spencer’s Hardware Store. vßn42ff.

A. J. ERWn, M. D., Surgeon. Dispensary, Aveline Block, v11u25 FORT WAYNE, IND. REAL ESTATE AGENT. JAMES R. 8080, LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATUR, INDIANA. ACRES of good forming lnml,B"V. e" i-rnl Town Lot.aiitl n large quantity cf wild land for sale. If you want to buy a good turn, or wildland hewiil soil it to you. Ifyouwant your land sold ho will nel! it for you. No sale, no charge. viOnCtf. DENESTRY. M. W. MeCOWXELL, Surgeon Dentist, DECATUR, INDIANA. All work neatly executed and war* ranted to Kive satiefactlou. Cal* and examine *p ‘cimer,s. OFFICE—In Kuwr’s building, uver TTeller’s Law cflicc. vlhHvtL AUCTIONEER. CHARLES M. FRANCE, A.uction.cer, WILSHIRE, OHIO. Would announce no the public that he is a regularly Licenced Auctionect. and v ill attend all Public Salex. whenever roaiicsted. by addrwing him a« above, or calling at his residence iu BlueCreek Township, Adams Co., Ind. ts. HOTELS. in i~e s s~e iTo ii sE, I. J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Third St., Opposite the Court House, DECATUR, INDIANA. In connection with thi4flou.se there in a Stage run to and from Decatur and Monroeville.daily, which connect* with trains running both ways, yllm'tt. MAIN STREET EXCHANGE, A. FREEMAN, Proprietor, IFiit Main Street, near the Public Square, FORT WANYF., INDIANA, vltnlttf. MAYER HOUSE. J. W. BULL, Proprietor, Corner of Calhoun and Wcyne Streets, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. jllniltf. HEDEkIY HOUSE. A. J. H. MILLS, Proprietor, On Barr, between Columbia and Main Sts., FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. OFFICE <»f Auburn and Decatur Stage lince. Also gt»od stabling iu connection with the House. ▼llnlltf.

JEWELERS. MAYER A GRAFFE, -DEALEBSINWatches, Clocks, Jewelry, SILVER A.VD SILVER-PLATED WARE. Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles, Columbia Street, vllnslyl, FORT WAYNE, IND. NEW JEWELRY STORE! Or DECATUB. EZRA LISTER Announces to the eitisens of Adams County and vicinity, that he has opened a JEWELRY STORE in D?catur, one door north of Martin 4 Bro’s. Bakery where be will keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Notions, Spectacles, . whieh he offers at prices to suit the times. Hoving secured th* services of *n experienced Jew*l*r. h* is prepared to do all kinds of repairing on short notice. All work warrtntod as represented. vlSeli MXBAIJBTFJL

DECATUR, IND., FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 1868.

The Sea Shell. You stopped and picked up a wreathed shell, Beside the shining sea; “Thia little shell, when I am gone, Will whiaper still of me.” I kissed your hands upon the sands, For you were kind to me. I hold the shell against my ear, And hear its hollow roar, It speaks to me about the sea, But speaks of you no morel I pace the sands and wring my hands, For you are kind no morel _ frlnt ptettltaij.

A RICHMOND ROMANCE. A Virginia Maiden In a Bo J’s Attire—All for Dove. Commission house and their counting rooms have little of romance about them, and consequently they are the last places where the world looks for the romantic. But very recent developments in a Richmond establishment have very beautifully illustrated that line of Walter Scott’s that “Love rules the camp, court, grove, and mart,” and sheds its influence, untrammeled as the sunshine, investing with its warmth and brightness the darkest and most uninviting places. Two months or more ago, a vacant clerkship in the house referred to was applied for and filled by a youth apparently about sixteen years of age. He applied in response to an advertisement of the firm—‘’Wanted, a youth, who can write a good hand, and come well recommended.’’ Out of sixty applicants, our hero, or heroine, took the palm for the neatness, legibility, and regularity of his chirography; was sent for, presented himself, and was installed in the position of entry clerk. He displayed remarkable aptitude for business; was quick and accurate at figusS*; ever ready to run an errand, or lend a hand at anything that was to be done. In manners he was blushed when looked at or spoken to; wept when chided by his employers, or chaffed by his fellow clerks because of his peach cheeks, feminine figure, and gentle girlishness of appearance. Time wore on.— The busy season came, and brought with it a gentleman from beyond the Blue Ridge, who had occasional dealings with the bouse. Desiring to examine the stock, the entry-clerk was called from his stool and instructed to show the gentleman over the floors. Their eyes met, those of the strange gentleman and the entry-clerk—the gentleman stammered “Great God !”and starggered into a seat; the clerk blushed scarlet to his car tops, then burst into tears. Then came the The gentleman explained that he recognized in the clerk the lost daughter of a citizen of his country; that she ran away in Augvst last, and had since been mourned by her parents and friends ns dead, as they could gain no tidings of her whereabouts or fate, though all considerable towns of the State, including Richmond, had been searched by the father in person, aided by tbc police. > The daughter in clerkly disguise then explained, as best she could between sobs, and it was “the old story told again.” She had loved and seen her love thwarted by parental opposition, the most relentless and unfeeling. Her lover, youthful as she, being also opposed by his parents, left his home soon after, and came to Richmond where ho was not long in obtaining employment. A secret correspondence was opened between the two aided by other parties. This lasted for some time, and strengthened the cords of affection drawing the twain nearer each other, though separated by the misty mountains and many miles of cruel space. At last, in one of those fatal moments of a girl’s weakness, she resolved to give up all for love—home, and heaven, too, if need be—and left the house one evil night, when the family were absent, equipped in her brother’s Sunday suit, determined to Join her lever in Richmond. This she did do ; and although he—timid boy—was at first frightened at the step his sweeetheart had taken, she, by artful stories of her treatment at home, infused into him a manly spirit, and he—bold boy—resolved to become the protector of innocence, while he buri-’ ed the secret of her sex in his own bosom* He took her to his boarding boose, procured for her a room separate aud apart from his own. It was agreed between

them that she should preserve her incognito, and sink her sex and identity in male apparel. Thus, with the assistance, in this disguise she had sought and obtained the position of entry clerk in the establishment where she was discovered as we have related. Well, having told her romantic story, the girl, who shall be nameless, gave the address of her lover ; a messenger was dispatched for him, and be came. He made a clean breast of it, confessing all. They had both been industrious, working hard, each, in their situations, with the one object in view, and that was marriage, so soon as they had acumulated enough money to procure a bridal trousseau, rent chambers, and set up housekeeping. The respective parents of the truant lovers were informed by telegraph of the situation of affairs, and they telegraphed back at once, “Marry them and send them home.” One day last week witnessed the return and reconciliation beyond the mountains. May the couple who have attained the fruition of earthly bliss through such tribula tion have scores of children, and live to celebrate their golden wedding.

Advantage* of Crying ‘ A French physician is out with a dissertation on the advantage of groaning and crying in general, and especially during operations. He contends that groaning and crying are two grand operations by which nature allays anguish ; that those patients who give *way to their natural feeling more speedily recover from accident operations than those who suppose it unworthy a man to betray sneb symptoms of cowardice as to either groan or cry. He tells of a man who reduced his pulse from one hundred and twenty-six to sixty in course of two hours by giving full vent to his emotions. If people are at all unhappy about any thing, let them go into their rooms and comfort themselves with a loud boohoo, and they feel a hundred per cent, better afterwards. In accordance with the above, the crying of children should not be too greatly discouraged. If it is systematically repressed, the results may be St. Vitus dance, epileptic fits, or some other disease* of the nervous system. What is natural is nearly always useful, and nothing is more natural than the crying of children when any thing occurs to give them either mental or physical pain. Probably most persons have experienced the effect of tears in relieving sorrow. It is even curious how the feelings are allayed by the free indulgence in groans and sighs. Then let parents show more indulgence to noisy bursts of grief on the part of children as well as other persons, and regard the eyes and the mouth as the safetp valves through which nature discharges her surplus steam.

Wisdom From Josb Billing*. Liberty iz a just mixture ov freedom, restraint and protection. Advice iz, like caster ile, eazy enufl! tew give but dreadful uneazy tew take. A good conscience is a fortaste ov heaven. Every man can boast ov one admirer. No man iz rich who wants any more than he has got . ' Don’t give outward appearance a*wl the credit, the spirit ova handsum boot iz the little fut in it I don’t belev in bad luck being sot for a man, like a trap, but I haV known lots ov folk* who if there was first rate bad luck lying around loose, would be sure tew git one fut in it enny how. The butj* ov gratitude iz that a beggar can be az grateful az a prince, and the power ov gratitude iz that ‘I thank you’ makes the beggar equal to the prince. Married life iz like a game ov Sers— the grate struggle iz it into the King-row. e Nothing.—A talented African, of the boot black persuasion, while dancing like St Vitus over a customer's boots the other day, observed a neighbor poring wisely over a newspaper, whereupon he addressed him thus: “Julius, what de debel you lookin atdat paper fur? You .can’t read.” “Go way, fellah, replied the other indignantly. “Guss I can read. Tse big ’nuff fur dat.” “Big ’nuff," retorted the other, scornfully. “Dat ain’t nuffln. A cow's big 'nuff to cotch a mice, but she can't do it" -Base ball is played out iu Philadelphia, the paper* say.

From the Detroit Free Press. A REMARKABLE CASE. A Brother and Sister Vn> knowingly Become Man and Wire~Dlscovery of the Fact»Sad FinalThere passed through this city yesterday, en route to Chicago, a ' lady whose history is one of the i most remarkable ever brought to public notice. It’has been well said that truth is stranger than fiction, and the details of this lady’s history abundantly verify the adage. For reasons which all will see the propriety of, we withhold j her name, merely relating the : facts as they were communicated to our reporter by one who had heard her “strange, true story” from her own lips. In 1838 her parents emigrated to this country from England, leaving behind them an only son some ten years of age, who had engaged as a cabin boy on a merchant vessel in the East India trade. They landed in New York when, a few months later, the subject of this sketch was born.— I While she was yet a helpless infant, both her parents died, and she was sent to the Foundlings’ Home, where slie remained some time, when she was finally adopted by a lady and gentleman, who then resided in Elmira, N. Y. Os, course, she knew nothing of her sailor brother, and she grew up in the belief that she was really the child of her foster parents. At the age of 18 she married an industrious young mechanic, and set out for the great After traveling in various states, they finally settled in Missouri, where they continued prosperous and happy until the storm of war burst upon the country. Then her husband, in common with the thousands of his misguided countrymen enlisted in the service of the rebellion, and waS assigned to Gen. Price's army. He served faithfully during the first eighteen months of the war; but was finally killed in one of the southwestern engagements. From the -breaking out of the war, the lady of whom we write had lost all trace of her foster parents, owing to the disturbed condition of that portion of the coqntry in which she resided, and after her husband’s death she removed to St. Louis, where she sought to maintain herself by sewing. In 1863 she again married, and tier husband embarked in business in St. Louis. This marriage was a thoroughly happy one, and in the course of time two children were born unto them. The husband gradually extended his business operations, so that much of his time was nccessarially spent in traveling about the country, and during one of his business• tours he visited Chicago, where he became acquainted with a lady and gentleman who by a fortunate chain of circumstances, he ascertained were the long lost foster parents of his wife. Delighted at the discovery he had made, and pleased, no doubt, with anticipations of the joyful surprise he should give his wife, the husband at once concluded his business, with the intention of returning to St Louis, and bringing her to Chicago, for the purpose of reuniting her with her friends, without having first prepared either party for such an event. On the night before his contemplated departure for home, while conversing with Mr. and Mrs.—, it happened that he was led into a recital of his adventures about the world, and before the narrative was finished his listners knew that their adopted daughter had married her own brother, who, before she was boru, had sailed for East India. — ' Horrified beyond expression, the wretched man fled from the house and from that hour no tidings of him have ever reached his friends. This was in March last, and a few we.ks later the wretched sisterwife was rendered comparatively i poor, by the destruction of a large portion of the property left in her , hand®, by fire. Although written to by her •tricken friends, their letters never reached her, and a few weeks since! ahe started for Elmira, her early home. Upon her arrival there she learned the address of her foster parents, with whom she at once communicated, giving them full details of her experience since she had first bade them farewell, upon setting out for her western home. Their answer to her letter contained a statement of the terrible discovery of the identity of her i husband and brother, together ■ with an affectionate invitation to come to them with her children and share their home. Heart-broken, and nearly erased br tbe strange denouement of.

her happy married life, the wretched woman hastened to accept the offer, this morning will doubtless see her reunited with her earliest and dearest friends. A Boy’s Trials THE FIRST LONG-TAILED COAT. | We do not think that any boy i ever put on his first long tailed coat without a sense of shame. He first twists his back half off looking at it in the glass, and then, when he steps out of doors, it seems as if all creation was in a groad grin. The sun laughs in the sky, the cows turn to look at i him ; there are faces at every winj dow; his very shadow mocks him. The very boards creak with consciousness of the strange spectacle, and the old pair of pantaloons that stop a light in the garret window nod with derision. If he is obliged to"pass a group of men *and boys, the trial assumes its most terrific stage. His legs get all mixed up with embarrassment, and the flap of the dangling appendage is felt agaiostthem, moved by the wind of his own agitation he could not feel any worse were it a dishrag, to be worn by .him as a badge of disgrace. It is a happy time for him when he gets to church and sits down with his coat tail under him ; but he is still apprehensive with thinking of the : Sunday school, and wonders if I any of the children will ask him to swing his long-tailed blue. GOING HOME WITH THE GIRLS. The entrance into society may be said to take a place after boyhood has passed away, yet a mul- ‘ titude take the initiative before i their hearts . are presentable. It i is a great trial to a tender or tough age. For any overgrown boy to go to a door, knowing there are a dozen girls within and knock or ring with absolute certainty that in two minutes all their eyes will be upon him, is a severe test of cour age. To go before these girls and make a satisfactory tour of the room without stepping on their toes, and then sit down and dispose of one’s hands without putting them in one’s pockets, is an ' j achivement of which few can boast. If a boy can get so far as to measure off ten yards of tape with one of the girls, and cut it short at one ! end, he may stand a chance to spend a pleasant evening: but let him not flatter himself that the ’ trials of the evening are over. — { There comes at last the break up. ; The dear girls don their hoods and put on their shawls, and look so saucy, so mischievous and unimprcssiblc, as if they did not wish any one to go home with them.— Then comes the pinch, and the boy having the most pluck makes up to the prettiest girl, his heart in his throat, aud his tongue clinging to the roof of his mouth, and crooking his elbow, stammers out , the words: “Shall I see you home ?” Site touched her finger to his arm. and thus they walked home about a foot a part feeling as awkward as goslings. As soon as she is safe inside her own doors, ■ he struts home, and really thinks ' he has been and gon« and done it. Seeing Is Deceiving. Here is a row of ordinary capital letters and figures: SSS XXX ZZZ 333 888 They are such as are made up of. two parts of equal shapes. Look 1 carefully at these and you will per- ■ i cieve that the upper halves of the characters are a very little small- i er than the lower ones—so little ■ i that an ordinary eye will declare them to be of equal size. Now turn the page upside down, and, with ' out any careful observation, you will see that this difference in size I is very exaggerated—that the real 1 top half of the letter is very much smaller than the bottom half. It will be seen from this that there is a tendency in the eye to enlarge the upper part of any object upon which it looks. We might draw* two circles of unequal size, and so place them that they should appear equal.— Once a Week. ~ -We notice the following method of curing a felon : When you first feel the stinging or thumping sensation, procure a small piece of fly blister, placing it directly over the spot, and let it remain for about eight hour*; then remove the same and you will see the fel- 1 on or matter, under the surface of the skin, and which you can remove by picking with the point of a needle. This is said to be a sure remedy. -A little four-year old girl, in Sudburry, Mass, saved the life of her brother, who had fallen into I a cistern of water, by holding his , head above the water until twist- j anoe arrived

Personal and Mbcallanoon* Items* -Tom Thumb is growing taller. -Two printers represent Lynn* Mass., in the Legislature. -Macon, Ga., is to be Herschel V. Johnson’s future home. -Galveston is said to be the healthiest city in the South. -The hair of a copper worker in Buffalo has turned sea-green. -John Bright’s voice is failing, and his hair is of a silvery whiteness. -A Buffalo Justice has decided that it is a crime to steal an umbrella. -The grave of Thad. Stevens is in the same yard with that of Buchanan. -General McClellan has been elected President of the University of California. -Charles Dicken’s only surviving brother died, a few weeks ago, in England. -The vote of the State of Illinois has increased about 100,000 in two years. '-A 16 year old “Eton boy’’ has written a highly praised ornithological book. -A New Havener sat all day in the top of a tree byway of paying an election bet. -Lawrence, Mass., factory hands have a free reading-room, and 8,000 volumes in their library. -The New York State Inebriate Asylum has eighty inmates —for-ty-two males and thirty-eight females. -A flock of ants, ten miles in width, recently swept across Shasta Valley, Siskiyou County, Cali fornia. -A Mississippi editor, in praising a favorite candidate, says : “He*ris as fine a fellow as ever lifted a hat to a lady or a boot to a blackguard.” -The Orleans Crescent says that Henry Ward Beecher was a teacher in that city in 1842, and was distinguished for his vigorous use of the birch. -Swinging a hat or screaming at a runaway horse is about as sensible as would be the application of dry straw to the flames pf a burning building. -The Mayor of Washington has appointed a lady resident of that city, who is a large property holder, to the office of Assistant Street Commissioner. -The Harrodsburg (Ky.) Signal tells us that Dr. Gather, of that town, has a cow that has carefully nursed a litter of pigs for several months past. -London papers announce a new book by the late Artemus Ward, edited by his executors, with thir-ty-five pictures from his world renowned panoraiha. -Cuba has about 1,500,000 population, one-half negroes and Chinamen; 730,000 natives of European descent, and about 30,000 foreign whites, -A New York- insurance company has offered General R. E. Lee ! a Southern agency worth 810,000 a year. He is also mentioned for a railroad Presidency. -Somebody in Vernon, Conn , j votes the following ticket: “For President of the United States—the Lord Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords,” -A*girl iu Edinsburg, Cambria county, Penn., who was caught applying a torch to her employer'* ; dwelling, said she was instigated I to set it on Are by the devil. -The New York Sun suggest* I that if Mr. Greeley should be sent to the Court of St James, among | other achievements he would “introduce a new court costume." -A London Clergyman, Who wm fined five shillings for being found drunk in a gutter, plead that it did not happen very often, and that he was not “on duty" at the time. -French privates while on leave are to be paid at th* rate of one cent in gold a day. Corporal* get two cents. Sergeant* four cent*, and Sergeant Majors six cent* a day. -It has been decided, in Kentucky. that selliug a horse, to be paid for on the election of certain candidates, is a bet, and that the debt so incurred cannot be collected. -The N. Y. Sun suggest* as the very best means of paying the national debt speedily that every of-fice-seeker pay a dollar a week toward its liquidation until he receives office. -The Ex-Empre** Charlotte i* quite prostrated, and she only re rives at interval* to utter fearful cries. Burdened by two invalid children, one mad and the other dying, the health of the queen of Belgium threatens to break up, and •he is only buoyed up by her mfr ternal feeling*

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