Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1869 — Page 4

r wifi#* &«»■ FORGETFULNESS. Who can forget a loving word, Though said in language plain? It sinks within the inmost heart, And is not sent in vain. Who can forgets loving glance, A smile for us alone, Ah! these are what we love to get, And prize them as our own. *- r T T fls 1 r * " Who can forget < porting kies. The last fond lingering look? ’Tie these that after years have flown, Are found in memory's book. Yet there are some who can forget, Whose memories never stray; «. With whom the present is enough— The past has died away. ’Tis with sbme, yet I am glad, Os such I know but few, And may it ne'er be said, dear friend, Os either I or you. »-r--T - - - - 1776 and 1868. At a recent meeting of the Farmers’ Club one of the members read the following contrast; the first lines by Dr. Franklin : j 1776. “Farmer at the plow, Wife milking the cow, Daughter spinning yarn, Son threshing in the barn, All happy to a charm.” 1868. Farmer gone to see a show, Daughter at the piano, Madam gaily dressed in satin, All the boys learning Latin, With a mortgage on the farm. ~~ -The population of Boston is 352,136. Counting niggers as onlv one each, and there are some -18,000 of them. -The Abyssinian war will cost England about 815,000,000. -The last stake upon the California Pacific railroad has been driven. -“Jacob Omnium” Higgins left £70,000, mostly made out of journalism. -lowa, with a stringent liquor law, consumes $1,996,583 worth of liquors per year. -Boston went to 5,700 funerals, talked about 4,694 marriages} and welcomed 6,384 little Hubbites last year. -In the city Os Boston women are taxed upon $23,000,000 of real estate, and 810,000,000 of per-, sonal property. -A pack of six or seven wolves is roaming about Erie County, j Pa , which has so far defied all at-; tempts at capture. -The daily Advertiser, of Portland, Oregon, refers to Brick Pom- | croy as the “noted obscenist.” -Opium-eating is increasing in ' Indiana and other parts of the west, as well as in the Now Eng- ■ land states. -Gov. Baker pardoned forty-; two criminals during 1868. In, 1867 he issued 115 pardons. • -The average weekly number of 1 deaths in London during the win j ter season is about 1,600. -The convention to organize a Society of the Army of the Poto-1 mac is to meet in New York February 22. -A party of negro burglars . parroted a Philadelphia lady in . her bedroom Friday night, -A saloon keeper, at Stratford. Conn,, has found a petroleum vkill j in his cellar, and refuses $40,000 for it. . * -Boston is so well satisfied with its easy digestion of Roxbury, that it now proposes to swallow Charleston, Somerville, Dorchester and Brooklyn. -A partial list of crimes in the * northern states during threemonths past presents the bloody i record of 45 persons murdered, j and that is by no means the full I number. Where's Sumner? -Two thousand women, wives, etc., of the Rajah of Jeypore, late ly set upon their guardian, who was keeping them too-strietly. and Lfejjt hirfi most ‘ unmercifully. He barely escape I with his life and a broken arm.

•-A stone at Mcthcn, Mass., is ' situated in two states, Masschu- ' sett and New Hampshire, three counties, Rockingham and Hillsborough, N. Y., and Essex, Mass , and three towns. Sshran an 1 Pelham, N. Y., and Methuen, Mass. -A Newfoundland dog saved tlfcAifo of his drunken master, a soldier, garrisoned at Fort Preble, in Portland harbor, last Saturday night * The drunkard "was freezing in the snow, and the dog watched him and howled until help came. -Every spoonful of raw sugar which a man puts into his tea or coffoe is alive wttti vermin. A pound contains a hundred thous and of them Refined sugar, on the other hand, is free from impurities. is sweeter, better, and therefore cheaper than . the raw sugar, nnd should be the kind used. - ♦ . .-s • —A “SahUne clnb'' ha® been formed at Hartford

. ■ & gsusttoH. Clover as a Renovator of the Soil. A writer in the Country Gen tieman says: “If all the crops grown in the United States could be put in after a good clover lay, it would hardly be too much to say it would add from one-fourth to one-tbird to the yield,'which in the aggregate would amount to hundreds of millions of dollars.” He speaks of the benefits of clover in enriching and preparing the soil, which it does largely. The grasses form a tough, compact sod, but clover is different, —it leaves the ground mellow. It does this always, and by its large tap root, which by crowding the soil, loosens it. Here then we have mellow ground does this, and there is no baking, no packing, but only loosening. This is the effect that all clover fields will exhibit. Now shis improved condition of the soil, fitting it for any crop especiali ly for corn, as extensive experi- , ence has demonstrated, —this, and the fertility which the long roots furnishes, are what is needed in most soils—are just what is needed. One year will do this. If now well rotted manure is added in the fall, early, and worked close to the ground, as this correspondent recommends, there is, as he says, a combination of circumstances superior to any reached in any other way. From all this we gather not only that manure is good, but that the benefits of clover are not yet fully developed. It is among our greatest renovaters of the soil, and getting in favor more and more every year. — Journal of Agriculture. — - i “Corxed . Beef.” —The pickle should be made as follows : To six gallons of water add nine pounds of pure salt, three pounds of brown sugar, one quart of molasses, three ounces of saltpetre, and one ounce of pearlash. Let these 'ngredients be boiled and carefully skimmed as long as impurities from the tsugar and salt continues to rise the surface. ( “Knickerbockeiypickle, just what everybody knew before,” you say. But wait a moment, and see if we don’t tell you something you did r not know before. When the wa- J ter is ready to receive the rest of the material, pour in the saltpetre only, and when dissolved and the water boiling, dip your beef, piece * by piece, into the boiling saltpe- j tre water, holding it for a few f seconds only in the hot bath.— When the beef has all been thus immersed, and becomes quite cool pack it in the cask where it is to remain. Then proceed with your pickle as at first directed and when perfectly cold, pour it upon the ineat, which should be kept down by a cover and a stone. The immersing of the beef in hot saltpetre water contracts the surface by closing the pores, and prevents the juices of the meat from going out into the pickle.— The saltpetre absorbed by the contracted or cooked surfaces will modify the salt that passes through I it, the whole producing the most 1 perfect result. Beef cured in this manner will preserve its color, and cut almost las juicy and inviting as a fresh : roast. Is Drainage Manure? What are the effects of drain'age! Through drainage depens I the soil. Os what use is it to plow I deeply and manure heavily while the soil is full of water? The roots of plants will not go down into stagnant water. The elements of plant food are not all on the surface: many of them have been washed down by the rains y soma of the are found in the de i composing rocks themselves.— Take away the water and the roots | will find them. | Drainage lengthens the seasons. 'ln our climate this is an important point to be gained. If by | . drainage one or tw« weeks could be gained, it would be quite a re-I . lief to our backward springs, when j there is so much to bo done in so short a space of time.

Drainage increases the effect of application of manure; the soil being drier is more easily worked fine ; the manure is also more evenly distributed. The water, also, passing through the soil, carries fertilizing matter down to the foots of plants. When there is stagnant water, manure must decompose slowly, if at all, but let, the water pass off. the air is ad mitted, and decomposition takes place. What observing man is there who does not know that his crops ar aimproved in quality by drainage? ■ Sweet English grass and clover take the place of sedge and rush-I es.— Agriculture of Mats., by C. I L. Flint. Deep s tiring. alight manuring, late planting, clean hoeing, will make melons. • -• W - —. Big rocks ’ook best when drap ol with C Si? rig-ape

JOB PRINTINC. ' - A. t • • . EAGLE” JOB PRINTING K OFFICE, DECATUR, - INDIANA. WE RESPECTFULLY CALL THE attention of the public to our increased facilities for the execution of every description of PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL JOB PRINTING.

Having recently made large additions of new and fancy styles of TYPES, BORDERS, & ORNAMENTS, to our Job Department, we are now prepared to execute every description of Printing required in a Country Job Office, such as Cards, Labels, Circulars, Ball Tickets, Programm cs, “ Bill Beads, Tetter Beads, Pamphlets, Order Books, Bandbills, Blank JMotes, Tegal Blanks, etc.

Special attention given to J ■ • Colored & Poster Printing. Orders Respectfully Solicited And Satisfactiou Al Ircss all order* to the “E.4IGL.‘E,” DE‘JATI’B. fSD =

CABINET WAREROOMS! BARTHEL & YAGER WOULD respectfully call the attention of the public to the fact that they keep constantly on hand, and manufacture to order, all kinds of FURNITURE! —SUCH AS— Bureaus, Stands, BEDSTEADS, Breakfast, Dining, Side and Centre TA-BXjES, LOUNGES, CUPBOARDS, SECRETARIES, CHAIRS, .Jc. All of whieh we will sell cheaper than any other establishment of the kind in this county. All work warranted to be made out of clear and seasoned lumber. Please call and examine our Furniture and Privet before purchasing elsewhere. We also make to order all kinds, sizes and styles of COFFINS. We have a first class Hearse with which to attend Funerals, whenever desired, on reasonable terms. Repairing done to order. KfrjgTShop and Furniture rooms on 2nd Street, opposite the Public Square, Decatur, Indiana. vlln9yl. KNOFF’S ART GALLERY! 11. B. KNOFF, Artist, Decatur, - - - Indiana, VNNOUNCES to his patrons and the people generally, that he is prepared to accommodate them with every style of Picture known to the Art. Special attention paid to the taking of children’s pictures. Having lately purchased a > Mammoth Sotav Camera 1 . specially designed for taking PHOTOGRAPH’S LIFE SIZE! I am now prepared TO COPY ALL KINDS OF PICTURES and enlarge them to any size, without the slightest injury to the original picture. A large assortment of FRAMES kept constantly on hand. vlOnstf. Notice to School Teachers!

Office School Examiner, I Adams County, Ind. j Examinantions of Teachers for License will be held at the office of the School Examiner on the following days, to-wit: The lazt Friday of each of the following months: January, February, slarch, April, May, June, July, August aJfcSeptember. And upon the zecond Friday» of the following named m<TW|is,: October, November and December. Applicants will be required to present certificates of good moral character. — This rule will be ztrietly enforced. Under no circumstances will an examination be given on any day other than here advertised. teachers will be- required to pass an examination in the eioht branches required by law. SAM. C.’BOLLMAN, July 12, '67-tf. 8. Ex. A. C. DAVIS & BRO.. BOOK BINDERS,

-4IXVX» Blank Book and Paper Box Manufacturers, No. 25 Calhoun ®t., Opposite Court House FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. - Magazines. Music, and old Books, ete., bound and re-bound in any style desired. attention paid to county work. T. ADEL3PERGER, Agent, vlOnl. Decatur, Ind. PIAMOS! o. 1,. HILL, Nos. 52 & 54 Calhoun Street, FORT WAYNE, IND., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Pianos, American Organs, Melodeon*, and all kind* of Small Xzx*tirvi.xxxoxx.t az. Sole Agent for Ww. Knabe & Co’s Pianos, Baltimore; and Stienway & Son’s Pianos, New York. Also Agent for Wheeler tk Wilson's *ewiag Machines. Parties desiring to purchase will do well to give me a eall. ~ vllnll. O. D. II I KI), Manufacturer of SASH. DOORS & BUNDS, North tide Ornal, writ of Gru Wark*, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. —-tor. 10*Custoin work promptly executed. v11n25 -

IMMENSE SALES WARD’S CHINA STORE. Importer, Wholesale & Retail Dealer, 48 Calhoun Street, Opposite the Court House, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. Looking Glasses. FRUIT JARS OF ALL KINDSGoods will be sold at the follo wing Prices until further notice : 177 piecesbeststoneChina, $25 to 30 00 100 “ “ “ “ 12 00 52 “ “ •< $5 to 5 50 12 Wine Glasses, „ 106 12 Goblets, large size, $2 to 8 00 Tumblers, each, 05 Crocks, thatboiling water will not break, per gallon, 12j 6 common Plates, $ 40 6 common Teas, 30 Wall Paper best quality, per roll, 16f Window Blinds, 5 in.a roll, 40 Satin Wall Paper, per roll, 28 Glass Molasses'Cans, tin tops, 35 Tin Toilet Set, 3 pieces, $5 to 6 00 StoneChinaßowlandPitcher, 1 50*2 00 Common “ $1 to 1 25 Stone China Plates, 75 Stone China Teas, 75 Beer Mugs 12 for 2 00 Labeled Bar Decanters and Pails and Wash Boards each, 25 Whiskey Glass, 12 for 1 01 6-in.ch Glass dishes, 5010 12 Cup Plates, glass, 4 ) Steel Knives and Forks, per sett, 159 Large Glass Bowls, ?1 tol 2> Knives apd Forks, 1 Op Thick Hotel Dishes, .each, 12$ Large 3-hoop Tubs, 1 25 Large 2-hoop Tubs, 1 10 Glass Sugars, each, 40 Large Lamps, each, 50, 60. 800,1 10 Spocn and Castor and Plated Goods China, Glass Bowls, Ivory Handled Knives, in fact everything in the China line, will be sold lower than in any other house. v11n46. DOR WIN & BRO;, -DEALERS IXDrags, Medicines, Chemicals, Tollrl and Fanri/ Articles, Sponges, Brtuhtf, Perlumeru. Coal OU, Lamps, Patent Jledicenes, Ifc. DECA TUR, ------ - - - INDIA NA 1 Physician's Prescriptions carefully 1 compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. Farmeis and Physicians from the country will find our stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality. v9n35 ts. DE GROFF RWLSOIK & CO., -DEALERS IXGRAIN, SEEDS, -ANDAgricultural Prodacts Generally, Proprietors of the HIM ms NURSERY (Established in'lßso.) Experimental stock, fruit, I Grain, Seed and Vegetable Farm four nirlcseast of the City of Fi. Wayne, on the New Haven Pike. Agricultural Ware House, Farm Implements, Machinery, Grain, Flour and Seed Store, Opposite Aveline House, on Calhoun street, Fori Wayne, Indiana. PURE CIDER VINEGAR, warranted free from poisonous compounds, furnished at their Factory an the Fruit Fann, or at'the Store, in quantities to suit purchasers. v!2n25.

GEO. GOJJLD, Manufacturer and Dealer in UPHOLSTERY & BEDDING, Mattresses, Pillows, Bolsters, Bed Comforters, -AMD-r ~ ’ FHATHHTI 33£3X>S, STRING LOUNGES, : CHURCH CUSHIONS, <Jc., No. 87 Corner of Barr'S Columbia Sts., 'I FORT WAYXE, ▼12n25 Indiana. U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE. The undersigned, Assistant Assessor, for theSth Division, of thellth District, (comprising the Counties of Adams and Wells, ) will be at the office of H. J. Ramsom, in Decatur, on the Fourth Monday of each Month, and will remain through the week; and the balance of the time at my office in Bluffton. tSjCTbose haring business to transact with theoffic. will gov#m themselves accordingly. AMOS TOWNSEND, r12n14m6 Aset. Assessor Estray Taken up by Benjamin Nicholas, in Hartford Township, December 13, 1868. two white ao*a. without mark or brand. Appraised at S3O. Be ported by B. Howard, J. P. I Attest, A. J. HILL, I Jan. 22, 1869. Clerk.

NEW WAGON & CARRIAGE SHOP, IN DECATUR, INDIANA. JOHN KINC, Announces to the citizens of Adams county and vieinity, that he is now prepared to put up WAGONS, . , BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, SLEIGHS, SLEDS, and anything in my line. None but the best seasoned stock used in their construction, and all work warranted as represented. Giveme a call. JS7?“AII kinds of repairingdone to order on short notice. SHOP—On corner of Front and Monroe streets, east of the Rnrt Rouse. vlln2yl. JOHN KING. FORT WAYNE' HOOP SKIRT FACTORY, No. 91 Columbia St. Hoop Skirts in New Styles, Made of the very best material, cheaper than ever, and will be Repaired Free of Charge when broken. CORSETS, nn Immense Stock, Cheaper and Better than the Cheapest. Every Corset Warranted all Whalebone. DRESS TRIMMINGS nnd BUTTONS, an entire new stock, well selected and rich. LADIES' UNDERCLOTH, a complete stock. PARASOLS, a full line. NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, nnd other articles too numerous to mention. Will be sold aheap, at the HOOP SKIRT FACTORY. JOSEPH BLACK, yl2n7yl. Proprietor. BOOT and SHOE STOKE. T 11. TH SI C -A. SI II! COSTER & IIGLTHOESE Announce to the people of Adams County that they are now opening, in their nety building, on Second street, in Decatur, an entire New Stock of Boots & Shoes, Leather, Findings, &.C., which we ofler to customers cheaper than the same can ho bought nt any other house. Our stock comprises Men's & Boy’s Boots, Shoes and Slippers, of every grade nnd price. Eadies & Hisses’ Gaiters. Boots, Shoes and Slippers, of cveiy style and quality. Children's Wear in great variety; in fact everything usually found in a First Class Shoe Stork. CUSTOM WORK of every desdriplion done to order. Particular attention paid to fine work. None but experienced workmen employed. We keep no apprentices. Mending done on short notice. All work warranted. fiklT <’ ountry Shoemakers supplied with Leather and Findings. trty“Remeinber we Credit xo oxe. v!2n22tf. CONTER & HOLTIIOUBE.

SADDLE HARNESS SHOP. It. BURNS. -MANUFACTURER AND DEALER INSaddles, Harness, Bridles, Collars, Balters, Whips, Bridle-Bits, / Hames, Jfcc. Decatur, - - ■ Indiana. I keep constantly on hand and manufacture to order, Saddles, Harness, Bridles Collars, Halters, whips, FlyNets, &c., which I will "Sell Cheaper than any other establishment in the 1 county. All Work Warranted to be of good material and put up in a substantial manners # Repairing Done to Order on short notice. Call and examine my work and prices. A good Stock always on hand. SHOP—On Second Meibers’ building; v11n47. R. BURNS. FRONEFIELD & TODD, MAXirACTt REBS or SASH, DOORS, BUNDS -A.xi.cl Window Frames. Alley, North of tiieA?tty Mills, FORT WAYNE, IND. B®“Doors, Sash and Window Blinds, of all sizes, kept constantly on hand. All work warranted to be as represented. Prices .slow asnny o'herestablishment. Country dealers supplied at liberal rates. ' vl2nlyl. 'Flaming mill. (At the old FORNAX MILLS,) DECATUR, INDIANA. ■ ■ —;<>■•■ ■ — A LL kinds of Lumber dnssssd. W .rA der. Persons bringing lumber any distance can hare it dressed so as to take it back the seme trip. ISTSawed Shingles (Joint) kept constantly on hand. JACKSOX 1 WILSON, v12n29 I‘ropri.tors.

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Terms: Harper’s Weekly, one year $4 (XF An extra copy of either the Magazine, Weekly or Bazar will be supplied gratis for every club of five Subscribers at S 4 each, in one remittance; or sik dopies fors2o 00. ■ Subscriptions to Harper's Magazine, Weekly, and Bazar, to one address for one year, $10; or, two of Harper's Periodicals, to oao address for ono year, $7. Back numbers can be supplied at any time. Address •- HARPER & BROTHERS, 1 v!2nßs New Xprk._. “Unquestionably the bent sustained work of the kind in the World. HARPER’S NEWMOSTHI.Y MAGAZINE. (Critical notices of the Press.) The most popular Monthly in tho world.—N. Y. Observer. We in list refer in terms of eulogy to the high tone and va ied excellence Os llaui’Ek's Magazine—a journal with a m.outhly circulation of about 170,000 copies—in whose pages are to be found some of the choicest light and general reading of the day. We speak of this work as Tin evidence of the culture of the American people; nnd the popularity it has acquired is merited. Each number contains fully 144 pages of rCnd-ing-niatter, appropriately illustrated with good wood-cuts; and it combines m itself the racy monthly nnd the more philosophical quarterly, blended with the best features of the'daily jourpnl. It has great power in the dissemination of n love of pun; literature.—Trvbker’b Guido to American Literature, London. We can account for its success ouly by the simple faet that, it meets precisely the popular taste furnishing a variety of pleasing and instructive reading for all. —Zion's Herald, Boston. SUBSCRIPTIONS-1869. Termii: Harper's Magazine, one year $4 00 An extra copy of either the Magazine, Weekly or Bazar will be supplied gratis for every club of five suliscribers at $4 each, in one remittance; or six copies for S2O 00. 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It is not surprising that the journal, with such features, has achieved in a short time an immense success; for something Cf its kind was desired in thousands of families, audits publishers have filled the demand. —N. Y. Evening Post. Wa know of ns other English or American journal of fashion that can protend _ to approach it in completeness and variety.—N. Y. Times.It has the merit of being sensible, conveying instruction, of giving excel-, lent patterns in every department, anil . of being well stocked with good reading matter. —Watchftiani and Reflector. To dress according to Harper's Bazarwill be the aim and ambition of the worn-. I en of America.—Boston Transcript. SUBSCRIPTIONS—IB69. Terms: Harper's Bazar, one year . $4 00 An extra copy of either the Mag**'“s> I Weekly, or Bazar will be supplied gratis j for every Club of five subscribers at »4 I each, in one remittance; or six copies for S2O 00. . . „ . Subscriptions to Ilarper a Magazine, I Weekly, and Baasr, to one address for one vear, $10; or, two of Harper's Period icsls, to one address for. one year, $ <. Back numbers can be supplied st sny time. Address HARPER & BROTHERS, v12n33 . New York. McCULLOCH & RIO HEY, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Hardware, Tinners' Stock, AGRICULTURAL MPUMENTS, - Mechanics’ Tools, STOVES, &c., Wo. 87 Columbia Street, If . sa'wiiweSi Y FORT WA ¥N E, IND, amos sicHEY. / v!2slßyl