Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1869 — Page 4

Sfci gstt’fi ®«utr, SB" *„..r - c. ■■ I’VE BEE* THINKING. Tvf been thinking, Pve been thinking, JWhat a glorious world were this, Did folks mind their business more, And mind their neighbors’s less; For instance, you and I, my friend, Are sadly prone to talk , Os mailers that concern us not, And others’ follies mock. I’ve been thinking, if we’d begin To mind our own affairs, That possibly our neighbors might Contrive to manage theirs, Wffve faults enough at home to mend— It may be so with others; It would seem strange if it were not, Since all mankind are brothers. Ohl would that we hod charity For every man and woman; -. Forgiveness is the mark of those Who know “to err is human." Then let us banish jealousy— Let’s lift our fallen brother; And as we journey down lifes road, Do good to one another. Don’t Leave the Farm. The following verse, a choice bit of good sense set to music, is respectfully submitted to the consideration of Farmer’s Boys: The farm is the safest and The orchards are loaded to-day, You’re free as the air of the mountain; And monarch of all you survey. Better stay on the farm awhile longer, Tho’ profits come in rather slow, Remcmberyou have nothing to risk, boys, Don’t be in a hurry to go! ” The false heir—The chignon. A fiery steed—Horse-radish. An essay on man—A woman’s attempt to marry him. The everlasting people of this world —The shoemakers. Why is a hen immortal ? Because her son never sets. » If you wish for a quiet conscience pay the printer. An excellent way to get rid of trouble from corns is to go barefoot. When a person is hungry, it does him good to eat, provided ho can get anything to cat. When you have anything particular to say, it is worth while to be particularly careful in saying it. When you don't know what to do with your money, you have too much; inform a friend, and he will suggest away to relieve you. If you are enamored after a pretty face, try and see it al the breakfast table, this has changed the currents of many a young man's thoughts. Not one of the sixteen varieties of horses found in the geological deposits of this continent was in existence when the white man came to settle here. A company in Buenos Ayrqs, propose to cary living cattle and sheep to Europe nt the rate of 5,000 of each, monthly. They will employ five large steamers, distil water for use on the way and feed with steamed food. Is Congress Some of the Radical Congressmen claim that the law making power in the Goverment should be or is absolute, and that the coordinate branches must be subisdiary to the will of Congress. Since the organization of the Government the right-of the Supreme Court to pass upon the constiutionality of the acts of Congress has been undisputed, hut it appears that some of the Radical leaders are disposed to question the authority of the Judiciary to revise legislative acts. Senator Drake, of Missouri, ia discussing the probable effect of a decision of the Supreme Court adverse to the constitutionality of Congressional reconstruction, “denied that the Supreme Count had a constitutional right, under any circumstance, to pronounced any act of Congress unconstitutional ” In order to illustrate the position assumed by Mr. Drake, wc quote from the discussion: Mr. Whyte, (Democrat) of Maryland, asked him whether, if the Supreme Court should decide the legal tender act to be respected ? Mr. Drake. — Not at all. He would be found standing to his position, and both Houses of Congress would have to come to that position at last, or else sweep from the bench of the Supreme Court the men who dared to at tempt to cripple, by their judicial decisions, the law-making power of the country. It is a remarkable fact that while this sweeping proposition of Mr. Drake had not the approv1 of a single Senator, not one oposed it or attempted to expose its emlcions tendencies. A few cars ago the sentiments express'd by the Missouri Senator would mre received a prompt and in lignant rebuke, but the silence upon tho occasion ia significant as to the revolutionary spirit that animates the extremists who now control that branch of the National Legislature. The despotism of Congress would be more intolerable than the despotism of an individual ruler—

.farm & fwnsiMtl. Hints Upon Cooking—BoilIng. The commonly received idea that what goes under the denomination of “good plain living,’ that is, joints of meat roasted or boiled, is best adapted to every person’s digestion, has been proved to be a fallacy. Many of us can bear testimony to the truth of Dr. Kitchener’s observation that “elaborate culinary processes are often necessary in order to prepare ' food suitable for the digestive organs.” Indeed, many of us know by the bitterest teacher, experience, that our health has been ruined by over indulgence in food rendered indigestible by being badly cooked. Boiled corned beef, which should be the most tender and healthy food, is often rendered utterly indigestible and hurtful by the mothod of prepar ing it for the table. Property cooked it is a delicious morsel, if well pressed and cut in very thin ! slices. But the common way of ’ cooking it is to place it in hot water and boil it very hard for two or three hours, than serve it hot, saving the remainder for hash or to be eaten cold. Now, if our readers will try our way we promise they will never pursue the erDirectly after breakfast have a kettle of water boiling hot: place ■ in the meat, allow it to remain over the fire until it recovers its boiling heat pskim carefully and remove to the back part of the stove, where it will simmer, just on the boiling point, for four 1 hours, at least, and five will not hurt it. Make a batter gravy of i one pint of milk with one tablespoonful of flour for thicking—boil ten minutes, add three or four tablespoons of butter; as soon as it is melted serve with the beef. The bones will slip out from the . meat, and the remainder after dinner must be pressed with heavy flat irons, or weights, placed upon a plate laid over the meat, right side down. The foundation of all good cookery consists in preparing the meat so as to render in substance without extracting from it the juices which constitute its true flavor. There is no error iii cooking so common as that of boiling meat over a strong fire and making the water gallop. It renders the meat tough, and deprives it of its nicest flavor; while if gently double the time, and never allowed to “boil up,” the meat’ with being too much done, will be found very toothsome and. savory to the palate. The reason of this is plain ; a quick fire coagulates and hardens the fibres of the meat; the osmazome is prevented from disengaging itself, and the result, is a piece of tough meat; but if the above plan is followed, if tho meat is plunged into boiling hot water, and when it again boils is removed from the too great heat, the effect is such as we describe; Meat loses, by cooking, one-fifth ,of its whole weight; more is lost bj’ roasting then boiling meat. So in cooking mutton ; it is more economical to boil tho leg than to roast it; but proceed in the manner described above, and the boiletbinutton will equal the roast. In preparing meat for mince pies it should be similarly cooked—never allowed to boil hard—then it will be tender as a chicken—Western Rural. Fkied Potatoes. —There is nothing so easy to get, and yet so palatable for breakfast, with a thick, tender beefsteak or a mutton chop fizzing fromlhc gridiron. To fry raw potatoes properly, they should be pared, cut lengthwise into slices, an eighth of an inch in thickness, dropped into a pan over the fire containg hot beef drippings, turned frequently, nicely browned all over, but never burned. The addition of a little salt and pepMrjvhile in the pan, and a liitle dredged over them, is an imftMkement It is stated that the last half pint of milk drawn from a cow's udder has sixteen times the quanity of cream in it than the first one. This is said to be one reason why the cow-milking machines are not more extensively approved. Although they may milk very fast, they do -not “strip” clean, and farmers cannot afford to lose the last half-pint of milk from each cow twice a day. — - . A farmer who had been in the habit of selling his hay for many years in succession, being asked , how he kept up his crop witbont j manuring or cultivating his land, ( replied, “I never allow the after? , math to be cut.” All wrinkled peas, says and ex--1 change, are more delicate than those that are full and perfect in ! ' form ; like sugar corn, the saccha ’ line matter contained in them t causes them to shrivel when dried, r, ' The grain-growing state in the f southwest will lie. in five years, sav - 1 its farmers. Mississippi. They • sre nearly all determined to abanffbn cotton planting

JOB PRINTING. S a Mid 1 1 EAGLE JOB PRINTING I I OFFICE, DECATUR, • - INDIANA. • » : ’ ■ J 1 # ' ’■ WE RESPECTFULLY CALL THE attention of the public to our increased facilities for the execution of every description of PLAIN, AHO ORNAMENTAL I 8. JOB PRINTING. < % Having recently m»do largo additions of new and fancy styles of TYPES, BORDERS, & ORNAMENTS, . r 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, 8 Programmes, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Pamphlets, Order Books, Handbills, Blank JVbtes, Legal Blanks, etc.' A - — ♦ • Special attention given to Colored & Poster. Printing. Order* Respectfully Solicited Amo Satisfactiox Olaiaxtebd. 1 1t > Addr»es all orders to the r I “EAGLE," PECATI'R. ISE-

■ 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.BIIHS, LOUNGES, CUPBOARDS. SECRETARIES, CHAIRS, sc. All of which 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 Prices before purchasing elsewhere. f ’ j*? Par *sl 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. and Furniture rooms on 2nd Streefi opposite the Public Square, Decatur, Indiana. vlln9yl. KNOFF’S ART GALLERY! 11. B. KNOFF, Artist, Decatur, - - - Indiana, 4 NNOUNCES 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 iUnmotli SoUc Gamoral 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! :o:— — Office School Examiner, I Adams Covsty, Ind. J Examinantions of Teachers for License will be held at the office of the School Examiner on the following days, to-wit: The last Friday of each of the following months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September. And upon the second and last Fridays of the following named months: October, November and December. Applicants will be required to present certificates of good moral character. — This rule will be strictly 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 eioiit branches required by law. sam. c. Bollman, July 12, ’67-tf. S. Ex. A. C. DAVIS4BRO., BOOK BINDERS, Blank Book and Paper Box Manufacturers, No. 25 Calhoun Opposite Court House EORT WAYNE, INDIANA. Magazines, Music, and old Books, etc., bound and re-bound in any style desired. « 6®“Particular attention paid to county work. T. ADELSPERGER, Agent, vlOnl. Decatur, Ind. PIAIVOS! C. Xi. HIIUL, *os. 52 & 54 Calhoun Street, FORT WAYNE, IND., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Pianos, American Organs, Melodeons, and all kinds of Small Instrumento. Sole Agent for Wm. Knabe A Co's Pianos, Baltimore: and Stienway & Son's Pianos, New York. Also Agent for Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machines. Parties desiring to purchase will do well to give me a call. vllnll. oT D. HURD, Manufacturer of SASH, DOORS & BLINDS, North side Canal, west of Gas Warks, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. • :oe work promptly executed. vlln'JJ

EIIASII sales -at’S CHINA STORE. . Wholesale & Retail Dealer, 48 Calhoun Street, Opposite the Court House, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. , \ :o: Looking Glasses. / FRUIT JARS OF ALL KINDSGoods will be sold at the following Prices until further notice : 177 piecesbest stone China, $25 to 30 00 100 “ “ “ “ 12 00 52 “ “ •' $5 to 5 50 12 Wine Glasses, 00 12 Goblets, large size, $2 to 8 00 Tumblers, each, 05 Crocks, thatboiling water will not break, per gallon, 12 j 6 common Plates, 40 6 common Teas, 30 Wall Paper best quality, per roll, 16$ Window Blinds, 5 in a roll, 40 Satin Wall Paper, per roll, 28 Glass Molasses Cans, tin tops, 85 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 Stoppers, Gso to 1 00 Pails and Wash Boards each, 25 Whiskey Glass, 12 for 1 00 6-inch Glass dishes, s@lo 12 Cup Plates, glass, 40 Steel Knives and Forks, per sett, 150 Large Glass Bowls, $1 tol 25 Knives and Forks, 1 00 Thick Hotel Dishes, each, 121 Large 3-hoop Tubs, 1 25 Large 2-hoop Tubs, 1 10 Glass Sugars, each, 40 Large Lamps, each, 50, 60, 80<«?,l 10 Spocn and Castor and Plated Goods China, Glass Bowls, Ivory Handled Knives, in fact everything in ti e China line, will be sold lower than in any other house. v11n46. DORWIN&BRO., -DEALERS INDrugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Toilet and Fancy Articles, Sponges, Brushes, Perfumery. Coal Oil, Ltimps, Patent .Bedicenes, Sfc. DECA TUR, - INDIANA Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. Farmers and Physicians from the .country will find our stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the bcstquality. vJn35 ts. DE GROFF *ELSO* & CO., -DEALERS INCRAIN, SEEDS, -ANDAjrisjltnral Proincts Generally, Proprietors of the (Established in 1850.) Ip XPERIMENTAL STOCK, FRUIT, j Grain, Seed and Vegetable Farm four miles east of the City of Ft. Wayne, on the New Haven Pike. Agricultural Ware House, Farm Implements, Machinery, Grain, Flour and Seed Store, Opposite Aveline House, on Calhoun street, Forf Wayne, Indiana. PURE CIDER VINEGAR, warranted free from poisonous compounds, furnished at their Factory on the Fruit. Farm, or at the Store, in quantities to suit purchasers. v!2n25. GEO. GOULD, Manufacturer and Dealer in UPHOU3TEBV & BEDWNC, Mattresses, Pillows, Bolsters, Bed Comforters, -A«DBHDS, SPRING LOUNGES, CHURCH CUSHIONS, No. 37 Corner of Barr & Columbia Sts., FORT WAWE, v12n25 * Indiana. . U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE. . The undersigned, Assistant Assessor, for the sth Division, of the 11th District, (comprising the Counties of Adams and Wells,) will be at the office of 11. J. Ras- , son, 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. having business to trans- , act with the office will govern themselves accordingly. AMOS TOWNSEND, v12n14m6 Asst. Aueuor Estray .Totire. Taken np by Benjamin Nicholas, In Hartford-Township, December 13, 1868. two whit. sows, witbout mark or brand. Appraised at S3O. Reported by B. Howard. J. P. Attest, A. J-. HILL. Jan. 22. IW2. Clerk.

NEW WAGON HmiAGt SHOP, IN DECATIR, INDIANzI. JOHN KING, Announces to the citizens of Adams county and vicinity, 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. Give me a call. kinds of repairing done to order on short notice. SHOP—On corner of Front and Monroe streets, east of the Burt House. vlln2yl. JOHN KINO. FORT WAYNE HOOP SRKIT FACTORY. No. 91 Columbia St. Hoop Skirts io New Styles, Made of the very best material, cheaper than ever, and will be Repaired Free of Charge when broken. CORSETS, an tmmcaßc Stock, Cheaper and Better than the Cheapest. Every Corset Warranted all Whalebone. DRESS TRIMMINGS and BUTTONS, an entire new stock, well selected and rich. LADIES' UNDERCLOTII, a complete stock. PARASOLS, a full line. NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, and other articles too numerous to mention. Will be sold cheap, at the HOOP SKtBT FACTOBVf * JOSEPH BLACK, v!2n7yl. Proprietor. N E W BOOT and SHOE STORE. TERMS CASH! COATER & IIOETIIOI SE Announce to the people of x. Adams County that they are opening, in their new building, on Second street, in Decatur, an entire Yew Stock oT Boots & Shoes, Leather, Findings, &c., which we offer to customers cheaper than the same can he bought at any other house. Our stock comprises Men’s &. Boy’s Boots, Shoes and Slippers, of every grade and price. Ladies & Hisses’ Gaiters, Boots, Shoes and Slippers, of eveiy style and quality. Children’s Wear in great variety; in fact everything usually found in a First Class Shoe Stork. CUSTOM WORK of every description 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. StriP Country Shoemakers supplied with Leather and Findings. we Credit no one. vl2n22tf. CONTER & HOLTHOUSE. sW&Wslop. R. BURKS, -MANUFACTURER and dealer inSaddles, Harness, Bridles. Collars, Halters, Whips, Bridle-Bits, Hames, &.c. Decatur, - • Indiana. 1 I keep cons'antly 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 county. All Work Warranted to be of good material and put up ip a substantial manner Repairing Done to Order on short notice. Call and examine my work and prices. A good stock always on hand. SHOP—On Second street, in Meibers’ building. v11n47. R. BURNS. FROMEFIELD h TODD, MANUFACTURERS OF SASH, DOORS, BUNDS And Window Frames. Alley, North of th City Mills, FORT WAYNE, IND. Bkg*Door«, Sash and W indow Blindly of all sixes, kept constantly on hand. All work warranted to be as represented. Prioes aalow as any other establishment. Country dealer,, lupplied at liberal rates., v!2n7yl. PLANING MILL. (At the old FORNAX MILLS,) DECATUR, INDIANA. to: 4 LL kinds of Lumber dressed to order. Persons bringing lumber any distance ean have it drewed so as to take it back the same trip. Shingles (joint) kept constantly on hand. JACKSON 4 WILSON. V12n29 Proprietor*

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