Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1869 — Page 4

®h» f net’s CJorntr. \ One Tear Ago. IFhfct stars have faded from our sky I That hopes unfolded but to cie! What dreams so fondly pondered o'er, Forever lost the hues they wore ? How like a death knell, sad and slow, Tolls through the soul, “one year ago I” Where si the.face we loved to greet, The form tqat graced the fires’de scat, The gentle smile, the winning way, That blessed oar life-path day by day ? Where fled those accents soft and low That thrilled our hearts “oneyear ago!” Ah, vacant is the fireside chair, The smile that won, uo longer there; From door and hull, from porch and lawn, The echo of the voice is gone, And we who linger, enly know How much we lost, “one year ago I” Beside her grave the marble white Keeps silent guard by day and night. Serene she sleeps, nor heeds the tread Os footsteps o'er her lowly bed; Her pulseless breast no more may know The pangs of life, “one year ago I" But why repine? A few more years, A few more broken sighs and tears, And we, enlisud with the dead, Shall follow where her steps have fled, To that far world rejoicing go To which she passed “one year ago!” glisreiUntous. Josh Billings’ Farmers’ Almanax. Marriage tew a coquette iz often “letters ov marque and reprisal.” It iz very diffikult for a poor man tew be superior tew his fortune, and more diffikult for a rich one. The devil iz said to be the “father ov lies;” if this is so, he has got a numerous family, and sum very promising children amungst them. How menny people thare iz whoze souls hang in them, like the pith in a goose quil. Pick apples now, and cider make, And in a barrel juice it, Then git a straw, without a flaw, And through the straw seduce it, A debt iz alwus a growing; if it don't gro in size, it grows in heft. There iz lots ov folks in the world who covet misfortins jist for the luxury ov grunting. I thank God most fervently for one thing, and that iz, when everybody else is happy, i am sure to be. Love is sed tew be blind, but i kno lots ov phellows in love who kan see twice as mutch in their sweethearts as i kan. If yu want tew git a sure krop and a big yield, sow wild oats. In youth we run into difficultys, in old age difficultys run into us. When roosters are observed before daylite in the morning, soreing among the klouds. and uttering lamentashuns, then look out for sum sudden weather, and a severe pucker in the money market. When you see 13 geese, walking injtin file, and toeing in, yu kan deliberately bet yure last surviving ; dollar on a hard winter, and a grate fluxtuousness during the next season in the price of cow hide! boots? If pigs squeal in the night, and grasshoppers cum. pph ov their roost, and mingle in a free fight, yn may hope for high winds in a lew weeks, and also the typhus fever in yure naberhood. When spiders are seen climbing up the wall backwards, and frogs ! cough az tho they had the hickups, [ look out fur rain ; this iz also a i sure sign that children will have the measles light. If bees hang around their hives, and mules are seen in a brown studdy, a storm ov sum kind iz cooking, and yu will notis the mar- | ket for herring iz very cadaverous and shifty. Jist before a heavy sno storm ov 3 foot deep, chimbly swallows are unkommon skarse, and in the moral world thare iz a grate lazi- I ness in the agytashun of the temperance question When hens lay 2 eggs a day, and men cease tew brag, and wimmin cease tew dackle, then injun summer draws ni, ami the millenium nint fur oph, t ——•——— James Perry, an English schoolmaster, who drudged at whittling his urchins' quills, made the first steel pen. In 1825 he had fifty men engagedin making steel pens, but it was left for Jeremiah Mason to make the pen popular; the same man, by the way, who a few months since became a second Peabody, by establishing an orphan asylum endowed with 81.200,000. .Mason was a Kidderministcr carpel weaver, and saw in a shop window a steel pen, priced at sixpence. He bought three, made better and lighter ones at a cost of one penny and s quarter a piece, and sent specimens to Perry. The inventor was delighted, advanced money to Mason, and the intercourse, so commenced, ended in partnership and mutual wealth. Perry has since died, and Mason is now the •ole proprietor of the Perryan pen. ■ """ — There are two hundred and eigbty-four cotton %ud wooleu mill* in Connecticut.

MMcellaneous Items. Circumstances alter cases. Jews are Gentiles in Utah. France has a telegraphic money order system —quick and cheap. Ka besh-co da way advertises for a wife in a Minnesota paper. He already has three, but says his “wigwam and heart very big.” Reticence has grown to be such a commanding virtue that they propose nominating for the Presidency in 1872 the Onondaga Stone Giant. How the Chinese manage their deities: After a long period of wet weather, having prayed vainly for relief, they put the gods out in the see how they like it. Some weeks ago the Emperor of Russia, in a fit of hypochondri osis, refused food for three days, and serious apprehensions Were felt that his hypochondriosis would pass into insanity. Mrs. Partington says she did. not marry her second husband because she loved the male sex, but just because he was the size of her first husband, and could wear out his old clothes. An unreconstructed Eastern itemizer says: “The President will not receive any calls on the Sab bath, nor will he allow his Secreta ry to bring him any letters or tele- , grams on that holv day. He prefers to go fishing for trout, or to play billiards.” The onlv picture of God. the Father, in European museums, so far ns known, is that at Valentia, ; Spain. It is a face of severe as- ! pect. with a divine light flashing ! from the eves. The daring artist who painted it lived in 1500. A handsome, tall, and finely developed girl at a recent masked hall in San Francisco, who made herself particularly useful and obliging in the ladies’ dressing room, turned out to be a beardless young man about town. Mr. Street, of Salem, Massachusetts, moved to Ohio and founded the town of Salem; thence to Indiana, where he established the town of Salem; and thence to lowa, where he erected the town of Salem. The*streets of Salem are hardly more numerous than the Salems of Street. At the present rate of purchasing bonds the accrued interest on the sinkin? fund hv the Ist of Jan I uarv will be nearly two millions of 'dollars in gold, which amount will he disposed of at public sale, and I the sum received applied to the ; purchase of bonds. A White Pine landlord thus advertises his hotel in the pa pers : “And Joseph wept aloud, and he said unto his brethren, ‘I am Joseph; doth mv father yet live?’ And his brethren answered ■ him. ‘You bet; the old man is do- ■ ing bnllv, for he boards at the Cosmopolitan.’ ” A materialist surgeon of Paris lately showed to one of his friends one of his instruments, the handle of which was carved in bnne.— “Do yon know.” he asked, “of what this handle is made ?“ “Os ivory. I suppose.” “No,” said the doctor, while tears almost choked his voice, “It is the thigh i bone of mj’ poor aunt.” ! A hundred pages of Mrs. H. B Stowe’s “Vindication of Lady Byi ron” are in type and are being reI vised hv the author By-the-way, when is Harriet going to vindicate herself? r Bachelors are a much-abused class of persons; but Quilp says it is much better to be laughed at for not being married, than to be unable to laugh yourself because you are. “Pa. didn’t you whip me forbit- , ing Tommy ?” “Yes, my child; you hurt him very much.” “Well. then, pa, yon ought to whip ma’s music teacher, too ; for ! he bit ma right on the mouth, and p I know it hurt her. because she put! her arm around his neck and tried to choke him.” A plot has been discovered in ' Galacia for the sale of women into Turkish harems. The Austrian police laid hands pn two fiends who have carried on for some time this traffic. The letters of some of these victims are published, giving a harrowing account of the , indignities to which they have been subjected, their children being sold to the Turks and they themselves placed at the mercy of the Pshas On her wav to Egvpt the Em-. press of the French passed through a village, the depot of which the . loyal villagers had decorated with a festive areh. The inscription • was as usual, “P7re VEm pert* r!" I bnt in the middle of which >ere the letters N and U. The Empress sent one of her officers tn the Mayor to what these letters meant and he received the reply that they were the initials of , their sovereigns : NapoHoa and | Ugenis ’

0 -. W. 6. SPENCER & BRO., I - DEALERS IN—HARDWARE. HAVING increased their stock, so as to comprise ezery article kept in a Har Iware establishment, respectfully ask for a continued patronage from the citizens of Adams and the adjoining Counties. Being engaged exclusively in the Hardware Business thev expect to offer extra inducements to every one wishing to purchase anything in their line. Hardware for Blacksmiths and » Wagon Makers; Iron and Steel of every description. Horse Shoes, P Horse uhoe Iron. Norway Nail Rod, Hardware for Builders, Sash of every size, Glass, Nails, Doors, Locks, Thumb Latches, Butts, Screws, Hasps and staples in fact everything in the building line. For Carpenters and Joiners, Cross Cut, Hand, Tenon, Compass and Wood Saws, Axes, Hatchets,» Hammers, Planes and Plane Irons. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS of every description constantly oh hand Table & Pocket Cutleiy, Iron, Albata, Silver and Plated Table and Tea Spoons. It would be impossible to enumerate I everything kept in this establishment. All who are in want of Hardware of any description are invited to call and examine their stock. You will be remunerated by getting what you want at low prices. They have not marked their goods for the purpose of discountinp ten per cent for cash to favored customers at the expense of others, but intend doing an honest legitimate business, having one price for all, the rich and the poor. Call at tie Sim of tie “PADLOCK” before purchasing elsewhere, as they hope by strict attention to business and a disposition to sell at fair nnd rensonn-olepric-s, to establish a profitable Hardware establishment. vl3n3 MAYER & GRAFFE, -DEALERS INWatches, Clocks, Jewelry SILVER AND SILVEK-PLATED WARE Gold, Silver and Steel Spectacles Columbia Street, vllnslyl. FORT WAYNE,IND NEW WAGON & CARRIAGE SHOP, IN DECATUR, INDIANA. JOHN KINC, Announces to the citizens of Adams county and vicinity, that hi 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. Givemeacall. ti&*X 11 kinds of repairing done to order on short notice. SHOP—On jorner of Front and Monroestreets, east of the Burt Eouse. vlln2yl. JOHN KING. DORWIN & PETERSON, —DEALERS INDrugs, Medicines, Chemicals, ' Toilet and Fancy Articles, Sponrff, Brushes, ‘Perfumery. Coal Oil, Lampi, Patent .Bed 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 bestquality. | 8 v9n35 ts Manufacturer of Sash, Doors, and Blinds Forth tide Canal, west of Gat Works. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. Justotn work promptly executed. vtln26 < .Vottee of Appointment of Administrator. NOTICE is hereby given that the un- ! _ denigned has been appointed Administrator of the estate of Eiatai Dailey, decease!. The estate is sup-. posed to be solvent I AT. DAILBY. | Nev. A, 16*0. Adaiiaiatreter ’

P. C. SHACKLEY, House Painter WA LL PAPER of all kinds fu 8 s ed at Fort Wayne Prices. am pies can be seen at Dorwin's Drug Store All orders promptly attended to. Decatur, May, 1869. 13n8m6 NEW JEWELY STORE! IX DECATUR. - JAMES LALLEY,’ Announces to the citizens of Adams Countyand vicinity,thathe has purchased JEWELRY STORE in Dscatur, of Mr. Ezra Lyster, and will continue the business at the old stand where he will keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of XATat clie», Clo els. as. Jewelry, Notion* Spectacles, &e., which he offers atprice to suit the times. Repairing of all kinds dono on short notice. All work warranted as represented. v12n39 JAS. LALLEY. KNOFF'S ART GALLERY! H. B. KNOFF, Artist, Decatur, - ■ “ a 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 tothe taking of children s pictures. Having lately purchased a MAMMOTH SOLAR CAMERA specially designed for taking PHOTOGRAPH’S LIFE SIZE! I am now prepared TO COPY ALL KINDS OF PICTURES and enlarge tjjein to any size, without the slightest injury tothe original picture. A large assortment of FRAMES keptconstantly on hand. v!onstf. TIN WARE! STOVES! H. W. KOVER! Second Street, Opposite the Clerk's Office X>ec£ttxix*. Ind.., Respectfully announces to the citizens of Adams county, and the public in general, that he keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of STOVES, -SUCH ASCOOK, PARLOR AND OFFICE STOVES A large stock of Tin and Japai| Ware Os his own manufacture, always on hand. He is also prepared to put up Lightning Rods and Tin Spouting, and in fact is prepared to do allkindso workpertaing to hisbusiness, including COPPER SMITHING? He is prepared to fill all orders in his line, of his own manufacture, either at Wholesale or Retail, at lower prices than can be furnished by any other house in thecounty. ISrCall and examine his stock. Repairing done toorder. vlOnlltf CRABBS & MICE DKALEBS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, HATS A CAPS, BOOTS fit SHOES, GROCERIES , Qxxe enswar o , CARPETS, O X O Xi O T EC 0 , NOTIONS, 4c., DECATUR, INDIANA. Xy All of the above goode will be sold very cheap for or Country Prodoew

JOB PRINTING. JS. I ‘'EAGLE” ■ 1 I 1 I JOB PRINTING OFFICE, . Ji- —A—o._„— 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 addiTYPE, BORDER, & ORNAMENTAL, 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, PROGRAMMES. BILL HEADS, , LETTER HEADS, PAMPHLETS, ORDER BOOKS, > .» « : HANDBILLS, BLANK NOTES. ( LEGAL BLANKS, I Special attention given to Colored & Poster Printing. Orders Respectfully Solicited est Attn Satisfactiox Gvaraxtebd. Address all orders to the EAGLE,” DECATUR, INP.

FORT WAYNE HOOP SKIRT FACTORY , Nor, 91 Colombia St. Hoop Skirts in New Styles, Made of the very nest material, cheaper than ever, and will be Repaired Free of Charge when broken. CORSETS, an Immense Stoek, Cheaper anil Better than the Cheapest. Every Corset Warranted all Whalebone DRESS TRIMMINGS and BUTTONS, an entire new stock, well selected and rich. LADIES’UNDERCLOTH, acomplete stock. PARASOLS, a full lino. NOTIONS, WORSTEDS, and otherarticlestoo numerous to mention. Will be sold cheap, at the Hoop Skirt Factory, JOSEPH BLACK. vl2n7vl. Proprietor. BRO. & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in BOOKS & STATIONERY, ■ holographic Albums and Blank Rooks, Cap, Letter, Note, Wall ani Wrapping FAFERB, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. School Books of all kinds at Publish ars’ prices. v12n25. iraim n. BURNS, -MANUFACTURER AND DEALER INSaddles, H arness , BRIDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS, WHIPS, . BRIDLE-BITS, Decatur, - - ■ Indiana. I keep cons'antly on hand and manufacture to order, Saddles, Harness, Bridles Collars, Halters, whips, FlyNets, &c., which 1 will Sell Cheaper than any other establishment in ths county. All Work Warranted to be of good material and put up in a sub] stantial manner Repairing Done to Order on short notice. Cali and examine my work and prices. A good stock always on hand. SHOP—On Second street’,in Meibers’ building. v11n47. R. BURNS. II.W.SIIACKLEY> MANUFACTURER OF WAGONS & CARRIAGES, And Manufacturer and Wholesale Deal* er WAGON & CARRIAGE matehiaij, Bent & Sawed Felloes, Shafis, Poles, Single-Trees, Neck Yokes. Wagon Bows, kc., DECATUR, INDIANA. |®*The attention of Manufacturers ■nd Dealers is respectfully invited to my stock of w agon and Carriage materials, which for superior workmanship and excellence pf timber, I think, cannot be excelled by any other establish ment. I am prepared to fill orders by sample, of any style tha> may be desired. Samples sent when requested'. Cash paid for Hickory and Oak spoke timber. and Carriages repaired, and Horse-Shoeing done on short notice. v12n47 H. W. SHACKLEY. FROYEFIELD& TODD, MANUFACTURERS OF SASH, DOORS, BLINDS WINDOW FRAME, Allet, North of the Citt Mills, FORT WAYNE, IND. tST A large stock of Doors, Sash and Window Frames on hand which will be sold cheap for Cash. All work mada of tie lumber. vl2n7y2 Notice to School Teachers! Office School Examixer, ) Adams Cocxtt, Ixd. J Examinantion. of Teachers for License will be held at the office of the School Examiner on the following days, to-wit: - The latt Friday of each of the following months: January, February, March, April, May, June, Juiy, August and September. And upon the eecond and last Friday! of the following named months: October, November and December. Applicants will be required to present certificates of good moral character, — This rule will bc.sfrsrt/y enfcried. Under no circumstances will an examination be given on any day other than here advertised. Teachers will be requited to pas* an ' examination in the biobt branebe* required by law. 8 AM. 0. BOLLMAN, July «, 'l7-if, * Si AC.

FIAUXfOSI O. X>. HILL Nos. 52 & 54 Calhoun Street, FORT WAYNE, IND. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Pianos, American Organs, Melodeons, and all kinds of Small* In as t xrxxxxxoxx t ■*. Sole Agent for W*i. Knabe & Co’s Pi* anos, Baltimore; and Stienway & Son’* Pianos, New York. Also Agent for Wheeler & Wilson’s ”ewing Machines. Parties desiring to purchase will de well to give ms a call. vllnll. ■ ©AVIS & BRO., BOOK BINDERS, Axa*x> Blank Book and Paper Box Manufacturers. N 0.25 Calhoun s t., Opposite Court Home FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. Magaxines, Music,andold Books, ete., bound and re-bound in any style desired. attention paid to county work. T. ADELSPERGER, Agent, vlOnl. *'*’ Decatur, Ind. FIRST IN THE MARKET! J. G. FLEDDERMAN, Merchant Tailor, No. 25 Main Street, Fort vVavno, Ind., HAS just returned from the East with the choicest and largest assort rneut of FALL A WINTER GOODS Ever exh bited in this market, which bo is ready to make up in the most fashionable styles, at price* which cannot fail to please. A large stock of Ready-Made Clothing andGents' Furnishing Goods kept constantly on hand. Come and examinebefore buyingelsewhete. good coat makers wanted, vllnll J. G. FLEDDERMAN, BLANKS. Blank deeds, blank notes Justices Blanks, Constables Blanks etc. etc., printed and for sale at the EAGLE OFFICE. DE GROFF NEESON A. CO., .DEALER* IXCRAIN, SEEDS, —AND— Agricultural Products Generally, Proprietors of tha ELYI PARK NURSERY, (Established in 1850.) IpXPERIMENTAL STOCK, FRUIT, j Grain, Seed and Vegetable four miles east of the City of Ft. Wayne, on the New Haven Pike. Agricultural Ware House, Farm Implements, Machinery, Grnin, Flour and Seed Store, Opposite Aveline House, on Calhoun street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. PURE CIDER VINEGAR, warranted free from poisonouscompounds, furnished at their Factory on the Fruit Farm,, or at the Store, in quantities to suit purchaser*. J. X. NTTTMAX, U. C. PODBB Late of Decatur. N’UTTMAN & DODEZ, Corner Main and Harrison streets, one square west of Main St. Exchange; FORT WAYNE, IND. COMPLETE Stock of GROCERIES always on hand at the lowest prices SCislioflit Price always paid tor Butter, Eggs and other Country Produce. „ vl3n3 NUTTMAN & DODEZ. McCULLOCH & RICHEY Wholesale and Retail Dealerein Hardware, Tinners' Stock Agricultural STOVES, <fcci, No. NT Columbia Streel, f.h.mculloch, 1 FORT wAIN F. IND amosrichbt, / vlSnlSyl — — U. s. JjOO. MAIL. new stage line BETWEEN Decatur, Indiana ani St. lan's, Oil ALSO, FROM DECATUR TO MONROEVILLE, HD. Th. nndersifned will HI Stage, resolarly ba th.-shore namedpoint,. »>Tolle-., to-.1l Leave Decatar. forSt. Mary's, Moad,y,*,« ' Friday, at 7 o dock, A. N. „ . | Leave St.Man,.foe Decatar,ea Tawdaytaa* ’ Ratnrday.at 7 o'clock. A . M. j- Lear, Decatnr. far Moa roevilla, every mmalag l< Sunday, exerted) at 7 o'clock, end retara th, .am, day at S o'clock, P. M.. maklcs coaaocttos j w ltbteatß,rnanfti,both way, on the P\tt»hwg. Ft. Wayne d Chicayaß. 9. 1 willaleo do * naspl . U4 ' r ' rd '