Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1869 — Page 1

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ATTORNEYS. DANIEL D. BELLER, Attorney at Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice bia Profeaaion anywhere in lu dlana or Ohio. OFFlCE—Opposite the Recorder’s Office. v!ons2 JAUES B. 8080, Attorney at Ijrw, DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Land and pays Taxes. OFFlCE—Opposite the Auditor's Office. vlOnC. D. STUDABAKER, Attorney at Claim & Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice Law in Ad.inis and adjoining Counties; secure Pensions aud other claims against the (Icverfiment; buy and sell Real Estate; examine titles and pay taxes, and other business pertainini! to Real Estate Agency. He is also a Notary Public, and is prepared to draw Deeds. MortI gages another instruments In writing. vlOnll. PHYSICIANS. F. A. JF.LLEFF. W. H. SCHROCK. JELLEFF & SCHROCK, Physicians ans Surgeons, DECATgR, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, opposite the Public Square. v mi Its. CHARLES L. CCRTISS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. nAVIXQ-permanently located in this pla^e,offers his professional services to the people of Decatur-ind vicinity. OFFICE—In Houston's Block. Rcsidenceat the Burt House.vllrpfitf. ANDREW SO RO, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—Ou Second Street, over W. 0. Spencer's Hardware Store. ySn42ff. A. J. ERWIN, ¥7, Surgeon. Dispensary, Aveline Block, v11n25 FORT WAYNE, IND. REAL. ESTATE ACENT. JAMES R. 8080. LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATUR, INDIANA. ACRES of good farming laud, set*•”’CFvF eralTuwn Lotsand a large quantity jof wild Inriq for sale. If you want to buy a gpud I (armor wildland he will sell it to you. Ifyouwant I your land sold he will sell it for you. No sale, no charge. vKrmitf. DENESTRY. Ji. M. McConnell, Surgeon Dentist, DECATUR, INDIANA. w.‘ r k nentlr cxeciitnlnnd wnr* 1T T I jmntod to elve Mtlsti.ctfon. Cull nrvr, 1- r examine »pocl>nen«. 1,;., L; 1 - ,h hover', building, v wr Heller’s H ' >,lnit - »llu49tf. AUCTIONEER. ~ CHARLES m/fra NCE, •A-uctioneer, WILSHIRE, OHIO. "WRy-ould announce so the public flint h« is . rep n n Li.-msctl Auctione. i. nnd will attend nil 1 untie Nile, whenever re<|ue»ted. bv addressing him as abme.or eullinp nt his residence in BlueCrook Township. Adams Co., Ind. ts. __J HOTELS. M I ESSE HOC S E, I. J. MIESSE, Propri?tor. Third St., Opposite the Court Houte, DECATUR, INDIANA, i W’n connection with this Houko there is a Stng o ■ run to and from Decntnrand Monroeville.daily, which connects with trains running buth wavs. vllnPtt. MAIN STREET EXCHANGE. A. FREEMAN. Proprietor, B'r.’t .Vain Street, near the Public Square, vllnHtf. F ° RT WAXVE » INDIANA. MAYER HOLM!. J. W. BULL, Proprietor, Corner of Calhoun and Wayne Streete, rnm.tf. FORT WAYXE ’ ixoiana. IIEDEKIN IIOLSE. A. J. H. MILLS, Proprietor, On Barr, between Columbia and .Vain Stt.. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. dYFFIUE of Auburn and Hoeatur Stage lines. Al*t*bling iii connection with the House. JEWELERS. MAYER & URAFFE, -DEALERS INWatches, Clocks, Jewelry, I sum a\d silvek-plated wahe. Goli, Silrer anil steel Sjectacles.. Columbia Street, vlln-slyl. FORT WAYNE, IND. NEW JEWELRY STORE! XJNT DECATUR. JAMES LALLEY, i Announces to the citizens of Adams • County and vicinity, thrthe has purchased .he 1 JEWELRY STORE i I in Dieatur. of str. Eir* Lystet, and will continue the business at the old stand, ' where he will k-ep constantly on hand » large and complete assortment of ' Watches, Clocks, * -■ ’ i Jewelry, Notions, I Spectacles. Ste., which he offera at prices 1 * to suit the times. , { Repairing if all kinds dono on abort , All work warraatod as represented.! 1 . vI2U9 - JAB LALLEY I*

DECATUR, ITSTD., FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 1869.

Enclosing an Acre with a Fence Rail. BY F. R. GOULDINQ.i “Eh, boys!” said Farmer Thomas, in his rough and ready way ; “do you think it is possible, under any circumstances, to make a rail fence an acre? Who says no ? Ah, you all say it, do you? Then I will show you that it is possible, and not by any splitting of the rail into threads, either, as somebody in the crowd says; nor by making the rail of India-rubber and sti-etching it around, as somebody else suggests; but by using an ordinary fen cerail, ten feet long put up with others of the same kind into a ten rail fence, in such way that each one of them shall have an acre answering to it inside the field. “Do you still say no ? Well, I will show you how it can bb done. But, first, I must tell the story how I came to find it out, and give you a chance to find it out for yourselves. “When I was a young man, 1 settled on a new place, all in the woods, at the outskirts of a pleasant little village, and, soon after I began to plan out a ‘truck patch,’ as we backwoodsmen in Georgia call a small field for turnips, potatoes, watermelons, and roastingear corn for table use. But how large shouk] it be? And how many rails would it take to fence it ? This was an important question, for, though land was plenty, rail-timber was scarce. Less than an acre would be insufficient, and more than that would be very desireable. So I sat and calculated first, how many rails, it would take to inclose a single acre with a crooked rail fence. “Do you all know what is meant by a croo/ced rail fence? No doubt all know who have been raised in the country ; but, ha, ha! I suspect that some of these city hoys are ready to make the mistake that is • said to have been made by a workman in tho early history of Connecticut. As the story goes, he was engaged by a farmer to make him a fence of this kind, and in doing so he gathered all the crookedest rails he could obtain. The fanner said that it was-the best fence on his farm, for the rails were so crooked they could not lie still, an<L would scare off all wild beasts that came near; and that nothing could get over for, whenever any one attempted to climb, the rails would turn and throw hinuback on the side from which he was trying to cross. “Well that is not what we mean by a crooked rail fence; but one made of straight, rails laid in a zigzag. The mils are all ten feet long, but when laid properly, it require two panels to span fifteen feet. I made my calculation in this way : Each acre measures about seventy yards, or two hundred mid ten feet, toA side; and, of course, four times that all around. Now allowing twenty rails to every fifteen feet will take—who of you boys, can tell me how many rails eh ? “Yes, little Mr. Rule-of-Three you have made it out —one thousand one hundred and twenty rails; but, for the sake of round numbers, we will call it one thousand. Right here; though, when I had finished my calculation,|here came up a thought was this : That it would take only a few more rails to fence in two acres, and that it would be a great saving to enlarge my truck patch. And the question, which has amused many a one since that time, was this: *‘ff one thousand rails trill fence one square acre, hotr large a square trill two thousand fence ? “Boys, I will leave this question with you for a minute or two to see if you can calculate it for yourselves, while I go on with another part of my story. Somebody says, ‘Two thousand rails will inclose two square acres.’ So they will. But that does not answer the qnestio; for they will fence one acre here and another ecre yonder, while the question is. How large a square; Now calculate, while 1 go on with my story. } “lu the same neighborhood where I liveil there was a young! Vermont schoolmaster —the most perfect ‘Jack of-all-trades’ I ever saw. He was a good tailor, and a good shoemaker, and a good ‘ watch tinker, and a good blacksmith, stone-cutter, and instni : < ment maker; and. among other: things, a good calculator. Now whether it was that I took a fancy to the man, or the man to me, 11 < cannot tell, bnt he was often at my hotßc, and I was si ways glad . to see him; and many a knotty ; i question did we ask each other,} 1

and many a new idea did we give and get in exchange. “After having made my calcti- ' lation about the truck patch, and being somewhat surprised at the result, I determined to give the question to the schoolmaster the ! next time he came around, and to have a little amusement with him. ' I knew be would be interested in ■ it, because it was a practical ques-' tion arising in tire way of business i and he was a very practical, busi- i ness man. But quick as he usually was at figures, the question rather bothered him, for, not only was ' it out of the ordinary line, but he had no rule ready made to hand | by which to calculate it. So he , said to me— ‘Don’t ask me for the answer to-day, I will give it the next time we meet; “Not many days after he met me, laughing, and said, ‘I can answer your question now, but there is another one growing out of it which I wish you first to promise that you will answer me.’ i “I told him I would do so if I could. He said that the answer j to my question was—But stop! j These boys have been calculating, and I should like to know who has got the answer. Eh ? Nobody ! Why, that's strange, for it is a very simple sum. Then I will have to tell you. “Here is the diagram of a square acre, inclosed by one thousand rails.— Os course, there are two hundred and fifty to a side.— But we are going to double the number of rails, and sec how large a field we can inclose. If the field I is only one acre wide, then there will be two hundred and fifty rails I at each end, and the other two sides must be made up of seven hundred and fifty each; that is, the field will l>e three times as long as it is broad, and therefore, will contain exactly three acres, thus : 750 But the figj | ure of that If, field is not ° properly a 750 square; it is an oblong or, as some call it, a long square; nnd my question! calls for a square square. Now, ' let us make a diagram of one with I five hundred rails to a side, aud see how many acres it will contain. 500 Here it is. You i —— see that each side c is two acres long g 7 'o I and. therefore, the fie’d contains ex- . L actly four acres. 500 •‘I said just now that, when the schoolmaster gave the answer to my question, he had a question for me to nnswer growing out of it. It j was this: “If one thousand rails will fence : one square, and two thousand rails will fence four square acres; then by the same rule, four thousand rails will fence sixteen acres, and eight thousand will fence sixty- j four. That is, as you double the number of rails, you quadruple the number of acres. Is it not so ?’ “I answered that it certainly was; and he went on to say, ‘The number of acres increases so much faster than the number of rails, that although at first they are as one to a thousand, yet, after a while- the number of acres will j overtake the number of rails.— Now, my question is this: “If one thousand rails will fence I one square acre, and two thousand : rails will fence four square acres.' how large must that field be that shall contain as many acres as there are rails that fence ittf “Well, boys, I must confess that when the schoolmaster gave me that sum it made me draw a long breath : for I saw in a mo > ment that, although the acres of j the field must overtake the num- j her of rails somewhere or other. ■ they could only do so in an awful l big field, and I began to think (you know a farmer will think of such things) how long tho fur- I rows mus be from end to end, and 1 how many of them could be plowed i it: a hot summer day without stop 1 ping to rest. “As for the question itself, I was well enough acquainted with figures to know that, althong the snm looked larcre. a few doublings on one side, and double doublings (or quadruplings) on the other, would either bring them together or make the smaller number pass the greater. Suppose you boys try it: and. In order to do It in! less time, let one begin with 1,000 and go on doubling it for ten or a dozen times, and another boy take 1 and double-double .or multiply I it by four, the same number of time, and and see at what figure on each side they pass one another. “Ah. that is right! At the tenth 1 doubling of 1,000 you get 1,024 K-1 OOOyind at the tenth quadrupling;

of 1 you get 1,128,000. Well, you :do not find the exact number at which the two quantities meet, but you may say, in round numbers, that, at the rate proposed, one million of rails will fence a million of acres; or in other words, that, every rail will then fence an ’ acre. Eh .' do you believe it now ? “As to the question that made me draw a long breath when I ask--1 ed about the furrows, I will say no i more, except that the field must be j one thousand acres to each side, : and that will make each furrow 1 from end to end, to be about forty miles long. I •* <5 v j “Butlamnot quite done with 1 fencing the field. There was an- ! other question, still, that grew from it. I- WF talking over the matter one day with some friends, and showed them that a million of rails would fence a miflion of acres when I noticed that one of them looked rather quizzical. Said he; “Farmer Thomas, at the same i rate, would not two million of i rails fence four million of acres? i “Certainly,’l replied. “And four million of rails fence [sixteen million of acres? That j is, every quarter of a rail fence an acre ?” “I still said, ‘Certainly.’ “Well,’ said he, ‘I have another sum for you to do. At the same rate, making half a rail fence an 1 acre, then one-fourth of a rail, then I one-eighth, and so on, how large ■ must the field be that will be fene- : ed by no rails at all?' | “Eh, boys ! who can answer this ' question ?”— Uiverside Magazine. A Singular Couple. 1 ~ The circumstance which, more ; than anything else, obtained the dingy old town of Ilaxam a last-1 1 ing place in my memory, was ourj ! taking lodging with an extraor-j dinary pair—an old man and wo-! man, husband and wife—who lived by themselves, without child or servant, subsisting on the letting of their parlor and two bed rooms. They were tall, thin and erect, though each seventy years of age. When we knocked at the door for : admittance, they answered together; if we rang tlie bell, the hus- ■ band and wife invariably appeared ! side by side; all our requests and demands were received by both, and executed with the most exactness, The first night, arriving late by the coach from Newcastle, and 1 merely requiring a good fire and tea, we were puzzled to understand the reason of his double attendance: ajul I remember my brother rather irreverently wondered! whether we “were always to be! , waited upon by these Siamese I twins.” On ringing the bell, to ’ retire for the night, both appeared ■as usual—the wife carrying the bed-room candlestick, the hus band standing at the door. I gave her some directions about breakfast | for the following morning, when : I her husband from the door quick ; ly answered for her. “Depend upon it, she is dnmb.”i whispered my brother. But this, was not the case, though she rarely made use of the faculty of speech.! “They both attended me into 1 jmy bedroom, when the old lady, seeing me look with some sur-i prise towards her husband, said : I “There is no offense meant, ma’am, by my husband coming] I with me into the chamber he’s stone-blind.'' j “Poor num !'’ I exehimetl: “but why, then, does he not sit still ?— Why docs he accompany you everywhere ?” “It's no Use, ma’am, your speaking to my old woman,” said the] hu band ; she can't hear you; she's [ quite deaf.” I was astonished. Hero was a I compensation ! Could a couple be ; [better matched? Man and wife were indeed one flesh ; for he saw with her eyes, and she heard with his ears! It was beautiful to me,: j ever after, to watch the old man ' and woman in their inscperable•< ; ness. Their sympathy with each j other was as swift as electricity, and made their deprivation as 'nought I have often thought of that old | man and woman, and can bpt hope that as in life they were inseperable and indispensable to each other, so in death they might not be divided; but that either might be ( spared the terrible calamity of be-' i ing alone in the world.— Cham- , bers Journal. Gen. Sherman is said to detest, i “new' uniforms, and neverappears iin new clothes if hs can help it.! I The reason is said to be that, | when a lieutenant, he waa one day at Washington, sunning himself in a bran new outfit at the door of a ■ hotel, when • crowd of boys gath 1 ered, one of whom inquired: I “Mister, where’s your engine go-_ ing to squirt •’

No. 47.

A Virginia City Incident. “Guess the Governor’s consid’rable skeert.” ; “You bet. he’s mad.” ‘My sitting down to breakfast at the same table, seemed to end ! the talk; but I had not been out; West for nothing,, so, explaining! that I was only four hours in Vir- ; ginia City, I inquired what had oc- ! curred to fill the Governor of Ne- ' vada with venation anjl alarm. “D’you tell now! only four hours >n this great city. Well, guess it’s a bully business. Y r ou see, some time back the Governor ! pardoned a road agent after the I citizens had voted him a rope !— Yes, sir. But that ain't all. Yesterday, cuss me it he didn't refuse to pardon one of the boys who had jess shot another in play like. ! Guess he thinks himsplf , some ! punkins.” I duly expressed my horror, ■ and my informant went on : “Well, guess the citizens paid I him off party slick. They jess ' sent him a short, thick piece of' rope, with a label, ‘For his Ex- . cellency!’ You bet if he ain't! mad—you bet. Pass up those molasses, minister.”— yew Or- ■ leans Crescent. A Cunning Elephant. In the Garden of Plants, in London, the keepers were recently engaged in destroying a great number of rats, when one of them escaped and ran to the spot usually allotted to the elephant. See-1 ing no other .refuge, in the twink ' ling of an eve, the rat snugly ensconced himself in the trunk of! the elephant, very much to the; dissatisfaction of that animal. He] I stamped his foot and twisted his ; trunk around like a windmill, and then stood suddenly still, appar--1 entlv reflecting on what it was best to do. Presently he ran to the waterthrough. where he was accustomed j to drink, plunged in his trunk and filled it. and then raising it dashed ! ont the rat in a torrent like that ' which issues from the hose ..of a When the ratstruck the I ground the elephant seized him. [ and made him undergo the immer- i sion and projection three or four times. The fourth time the rat fell dead. The elephant, with a quiet, but majestic air, crushed it under his foot, and then went ! round to the spectators to make his usual collection of dainties. • Women and Men. Mr. Blackwell, writing about . the “Era of Reconstruction.” I says; “Women, as women, dis ier from mon. ‘Mind has no sex.’ but in soul .and character men and women, differ. As a class, women are more peaceable thari nim?, , therefore, woman suffrage will be i more influential for peace. Thev ! are more temperate, therefore! , their vote will strengthen the ! cause of temperance. They are | more chaste, therefore the inter-! i “sfs of purity will be promoted.— I Thor are more alive to moral and | religions considerations, thereI fore the interests of morality nnd ! religion will bb advanced by their [vote. As mothers they will al j ways feel a deeper interest than I men ip public education. Re.mnvi ed bv their position from the cor I rupting innflencc of the outer world—occupied ns a class bv do-! mestic.and family duties, they will always bring to the consideration of great public fresh ! ness and purity of spiritual insight to which men are less keenly sen-1 sitive. The 0141 Man. Bow low the head—do rever [ ency to the old men. once like you. The vicissitudes of life have silvered his hair and changed the round , merry face to the worn visage be- j fore you. Once the heart beat with aspiration, crushed by disappoint- ’ ment, as yours, perhaps, is des- I tined to be. Once that form stalked proudly through the gay scenes . of pleasure, the beau ideal ofj grace; now the hand of time, that withers the flowers of yesterday, has bent that figure and destroyed 1! that noble carriage. Once at your age, he possessed the thousand I, thoughts that press through your , ] brain, now wishing to accomplish deeds equal to a nook in fame. . anon imagining life a dream that , [ the sooner he awoke from it the i i better. But he has lived the dream ] very near through ; the time to ~ awaken is very near at hand ; and ( I the hand takes a firmer grasp of , 1 the staff. Bow low the head, boy. | as you would in your old age be reverenced. - . - — j | A Hebrew Bible, dated 1491 or or 1482. printed upon parchment, • was recently sold la London -GmX I . I

Healb Hints for the Season. -Keep the children's feet warm and dry during cold and wet days. By doing this, many severe attacks of disease may be averted. Do not let the children play out of doors without being sufficientlyprotected about the shoulders and neck. Avoid any change to lighter garments until the weather is fully warm and settled. Be especially careful of laying aside .your flannels. If you are uncomfortably warm for a few hours, it is betI ter to endure it than to run the i risk of a severe cold, while 1 sudden changes in the weather are 1 <5 • taking place. . If those who are subject to [ rheumatism or predisposed to pul--1 rnonary disease would wear flan- ■ nels all the year round, it would be greatly to their advantage. The garments that are worn i next the skin should be changed [ about twice each week. Most people change only once, bnt it is bbst to renew the clothing before it becomes saturated with secroof the skin. Be careful to have all clean I clotlies well aired and thoroughly ! dried. It is extremely injurious Ito wear damp clothing, especially ! for an invalid. | The cleansing and using disin1 fecting agents to purify the air of our houses, is of the utmost im- ’ portance. Draper says: “It is i very important that the cellar of ! every house, whether private or ! tenement, should be properly [ dried and ventilated during the years when the epidemic diseases are raging.” This may be done “by placing a small stove in it, in which a fire should be kept continually. ft the cellar is long, it would be well to place the stove at one extremity and pass the pipe through the whole length of the apartment.!’ “Next in importance to the pu- ! rification of our streets aud ; houses,” says Draper, “is a pro- ! per attention to the condition of the skin and the character of the I food. Every one should wash the : whole surface of the body every day. ot at least twice a week. In these general applications, soap should not be used more than once a week, for it is not desired to remove the oily secretions too often, ' but merely wash oft' the salts that i are excreted so freely in the form lof perspiration during the warm l weather. “The greatest care should be . taken,” says the ssme authority, ! “in the purchase of fruits and veg- ■ etables—they are rarely fresh, and the best have been generally plucked or gathered two or three days before they reach the table—and it would perhaps be best to flvoid their use altogether and adopt a brcitd and meat diet, to which tea or coftee is added.” Dress Items. Brown velvet is much worn at the cast. Striped silks are much worn this winter. r Scoch pearl has again come in I fashion. Roman gold jewelry is becoming I very fashionable among young la- : dies. The richest street dresses are now trimmed with fur. : Jet and gilt are no longer to be ! used for trimming of any kind. Dresses of poplin and brighter materials are not so cosily, and are quite as much worn as silks. An exchange thinks the woman who had upon her but a single rose-bud was not over dressed. Brown dress, brown hair, and brown muff are frequently combined, and the effect is monoto- [ nous. , • . Plain satin chemisetts ant sleeves with sashes of the same and a scarf are, with velvet skirts, the. newest Parisan costumes. Short carriage or walking dresses are made with silk underskirt in almost any color, with I tunic or overskirt of black. Satin ribbon for sashes now 1 comes in all colors, with doubleface, the same on one side as . another. The width is 26 inches. o -1 Michael Muxill, an * employe in the Brownsburg woolen mills, was in the dye house arranging a belt. His coat was caught and wrapped around a shaft that revolved very rapidly, near the wall which at once dragged him to the shaft and whirled him with it round aud round for half an hour or more. When found his body was literally torn in pieces, the flesh and blood scattered and sprinkled over the floor and wall. A day after the burial of such remains as could be gathered up, a leg was found in the dye-vat. A gentleman - sold a piece of land in Des Moines, lowa, fifteen years ago, for 8500. Las week he bought it back for 827,000. A Cincinati physician advertises for a mad dog. to be used fdr the take of scientific investigation. Heating cars from the loco mo i Uve is to be tried in PennsylTa-