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Wa MJj s '' 1 t The Ohio Democrat. . j VOL. T. NO. 4. LOGAN, O., SATURDAY. JULY 24, 1880. mi i,y ritlJWIS, 81.50 PEIl YEAR". THE PEOPLES' BANK OF LOQAN. (,'iinh Capital, . . 50,000.00. Deposits secured ly Individual Liability f ovor Four 'Hundred Thousand Dollars. Doe ii upiu-nil luinklm: IiiikIiichk. Knrelitn limn, mnl Htemimlilp Ticket lor fiil- nl low est mien. OFFICE, Itoom Xo. ',, Opera House. I.awiikxci: A. Citt.VKii, VresliVnt. UkiiimikjW. roi.i.K.v, Vlro l'ivt. IlKUHKN 1. CUI.VKK, ClllOller. THE FIRST BANK OF TjOOAX, OHIO. Olllco Hiiiim from l)u. m. to :i p. m. Paid in Gash Capital, $00,000. 'Toll n Walker, 1' reHUIe.nl. Chan, 11. Jloircn, Cashier. Dock ii t-'ciiiTiil 1 uml; I lit: ltnlnei, nit'lviw ilcpiHN, iMtouiiH pner, iinil liiiys mill cell K.M-lllltl!!e. HANK 111 lentrnl room In the .lumen llloek ATTOBNEYS. O. W. BREHM. Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public, City HulliHitg Logim, O. ('(illcrtldiimif ClnlniH, Notes nml Arriiiiulx, Mnrt;i!-'i'i Ien.ei, 1,'ontnietM, DeeilM, WIIIm. Meeliniile'K Mens, le., drawn mill iieknnwt rilccil. l'nrtltlon of Iannis, llnwer, Kiini'liw lireiirMortitiiKexiinil Mens nttemlftl Id. AIi Klnu'lKiif Tltlu fiiriiUlail. l'rolmte Ilitvlnt'ss, Hnle nf I.nmW liy Kxcc-ntiirs, Atlliilnlitnitors, (limnllnns, AimIiihii's or Trustees, nml their iieeiiuntHiintl Srttlciiicnt. prepnred. l'KNSION AMI INI'IIKAHK UK PCNKIIINH OlIT.UNKII KIIU KX-Slll.llll'.IIH ASCII Til Kl It M'llHlWSOH M I NOl! I'll 11.1111 KN, XKtll.KITKII lilt IlKIKlTIMl CLAIMS' I.OOKKII AKTiai, AMI Al.l. I.AW MATTIUtH Cir.NlMtAI.I.V. JOHN F. WHITE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Notary I'ulilleiiiiil .liKtleolol' l'enee. lllllci' Svrnml Klory of L'olllnx llloel:, Ilonms No. ;l iiii'J 4. JOHN HANSEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Olllee M'l'iiml KliMir Cnllliirt llloel;, Iipui, n. ltimniNo.:l.H. S. H. BRIGHT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW HnYe Seemiil 1'liKir I'dllliiK nioek, ItiMiniH NnKti. tr. I). W. II. WllldllT, C. II. IIIIKItllAI'H. WRIGHT &BUERHAUS, ATTOBNEYS.AT-LAW. lllllceHeionil KliMir McCarthy Mock Front. K. M. Wkst T. I JOHNSTON WEST & JOHNSTON, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENTS, I.OUAX, OHIO. Tilt' I.mvi'1-t Hati'M ami Ik'xt t'ouipiinlii.. Special Am-utx for The North WYtcru Mu tuiil Life, of Milwaukee. Money to l.i mil on Klrxt MnrtjaiKCH. Olllee In DiiIIIkoii IIIiH-k. PHYSICIANS. Z. V. RANEY, Dental Svii'pfeoii, Olllni over ltochenter Sons' More. Teeth Extracted Without Pain ! Teeth Inwrteil on rulilici-nml inetnl pliiteK, ami nil work wnrmntcU. N. H. BLOSSER, M. I). HOMCEOPATHI8T, SpueliiViitteutlon given tn iIImiuwii of wo men nml ehililreil. tti)l; nunilnor west of ArniHtroiiK'H Till Stole, .Mnlll Street, Iipill, O. H. G. CAMPBELL, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. nilleeoiii'iloor West of Work iV JIiiIut'h Tin Wore, Maun, I), I. C. WRIGHT PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Ollleu NiirllmcKt ciir.'t'lty llullillnir, Uwui, O. JIHIilin. J. H. DYE, VUVNIOIAX M NUltlUiOX, OilU'utuul Jtolili'in-o wllfi lir. .Iihiii'k l.lttle, .Mulii Street, Lugim, 0, rAIN STKEE.T HOUSE. - -Te-'MAX, pl)M Wm. Westlako, - --Prop. Terum Ono Dulliir per Diiy, Oooil Knoiim. I'lililewi'll Hiipplleil. TrilliHlent Sleilln 'i vn, rlrkU'luwuinpli' llumi nlliieliul, VERY DETERMINED. An lrt Fellow who Boy cotts VtirioiiH Patroii.s of the United States Mall. A traveling post-oflluu Insppctor went up Into Hcott county a few (Iii.vh ago for the purpose of Investl frntliiK certain reported erooked ne.MH. One afternoon lie reached a .suiiill cahlu situated near a lonely road. Ue stopped, IntendhiK to get a drink of water, and as lie drew near the house was astonished at seclii"; a sl";n-l)oard hearlii"; the following Inscription: "1'oostolls." An old fellow with grizzly bread and a hairy chest displayed, as his shirt was unbuttoned came out, and merely nodding to the in spector, fit down on a stump. "How aie you .'" said the inspec tor. "To'ble." "Have you some fresli water handy'.'" "Plenty uv It down thar in the branch. One uv titer boys shot my bucket all ter pieces, an' seuce then J hafter go ter titer branch when I wanter drink." "Just then a man, mounted on a mule, rode up and asked: "Mr. Plummet, got any letters for me'.'" "Yas, thar'soue here, Hill Patter son, but you kalu't git it. (Jo on away from here, or I'll make yer wusli yer hadn't come." "Wush yer would give it ter me." "Yas, and the nigger washed that titer 'coon would come down outen titer tree, but he didn't come." "Hay, Mr. Plummer " ".Shut yer mouth an' say nothin, an' mor'u that you'd butter mosey away from here." The man rode away, and the In spector, addressing the postmaster asked : "Why didn't you give that man his letter V" " 'Cause he worked ag'in me when I run fur jestice uv titer peace." "Yes, but thcOovernnicnt doesn't care any thing for that." "Iteekon not, but 1 do." "Jlut you were appointed to serve the people." "Yes, an' J sarve 'em, too sarve some uv tlieid like old Nick." "My friend, I am a traveling post oiliee inspector, an' " ".Ml right, then, travel." "If 1 report you to the Post-ofllce Department, which I shall lie very apt to do, you'll travel." "Iteekon not. This establish ment b'longs ter me, an' nobody's got a right ter tell me ter git out." "How long have you had tills olilee'."' Ever sense I built it." "I mean how long have you been postmaster." " Ulout a year, I reckon." At this juncture, an old fellow, cautiously picking Ills way among the bushes, approached the post master, who, upon seeing him, sprang to his feet and exclaimed: "Whut in thunder do you want here, Abe .Smith?" "Come arter that paper." "Didn't I tell yer that yer kain't git it?" "Yas, but I 'lowed that yer nuiut change yer mind." "Wall, I hain't. When yer re fused ter lend life yer slide an' boss tutlter M'eek I told yer that yer could't git nothin' else outen this offlce." "I'm er goin' ter git that paper." "Not lessen yer air a better man than I am" "An1 that's erhout what I think.' "Wall, help yerse'f." "With agility surprising for .such old men, they grappled each other and began a desperate struggle. Alto Smith succeeded in throwing the postmaster. "Now," said .Smith, as he began to choke old Plum mer, "goin1 ter let mo have that paper?" A gurgled "yes" came from the postmaster's throat. Smith released his hold and sneered Plummer to got up. '1 "Wall, said the postmaster as he stood hrushi.ngfrugmuutrt of leaves and bark from his heard: "I reckon I wiist sorter, mistaken in yer. I didn't know that yer wim slelt or nice man. Come in, Abe, an' git yer paper fur yer have earned it like a white man." "Ain't thar n letter fur mo, too?" "Yas." "Wall, I want It." "Kain't git it, Able. Yer lit fin ther paper an not fur thur' letter." "Out ter have It, Plummor," "Not lessen yer wluip mo ergln." "JJ'I'ovo I ken do it." "All right, Able." They widit at It again pnuiced arouhd, Htrlkliig at eucji otjier, Finally Pliiuimer struck Abu a heavy blow mid felled him, then, flouting himself on the prostrate man, he said: "Don't want liter letter, do yer, Able?" "Heckon not, Plumntoi." "All right, Oomo erliead an' git yer paper." . AVhen Alio bud gone, the post master turned to the inspector and said: "Want any tiling outen nte?" "No, 1 believe not." "Had er letter here an' I didn't want yer ter have It, wouldn't argy therp'int, would yer?" "I don't think that I should." "Don't want no truck with nte?" "None." "Wall, then, good-bye. Clot ter go in now an' make up titer mail." A I'kaiixttw Tmrelrr. Democratic Duty. "Tito patli which the Democracy of Ohio must follow if they desire success at the elections titis year, is so plain as to need no guide-board to point it out. The most important duty is to elect tdl the Democratic Congressmen possible. In this they have to face the fact of a gerry mander, by which the Itopublienns expect to secure a largo majority of the delegation. It is all important for either party in the next Con gress that the. Ohio delegation lto secured, as that delegation may turn the scale between the two parties in the House. In spite of the gerrymander we believe that the Democrats can carry the dele gation; but this is only possible by hard work and complete unanimity 'a long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together.' With di vision or apathy a sure defeat awaits them. "The duty of the Democrats of Ohio, therefore, is to yield individ ual preference and individual am bitions in every instance to tlte par ty' welfare. Tito object mint he to nominate the best men in each district, and then work unitedly and vigorously for his election. Whatever differences there nitty have boon In the past must now be forgotten. "Whatever disappointments nitty result in tlte niiiniuatious, must be accepted tis the fortune, of provi dence and no heartburnings follow. Above all, tlte National Adminis tration must have tlte genuine and hearty support of every one who professes to be a member of the Democratic party. . Tills is as ne cessary to the luvldual as to the party. The mussfo.s of tlte party are loyal to the party and to the Administration which the party placed in power. They demand that loyalty from everyone who seeks or may hereafter seek lienors at their hands as a .Democrat. They will tolerate no mutiny, no sulking in tlte tent. That Demo crat who does not, in the coming campaign, go heartily with his party, and tlte party administra tion, will hereafter have to go it a lone." NprfiiiJieM Trannerlpl. Terriiiic Explosion. On last Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, a frightful accident occur red at Johnson Uros. & Patterson's coal works, New Pittsburg, three miles east of this city, by the ox plosion of the air receiver, which was located some 411(1 yards inside the mine. Titos. K. Williams, em ployed at the works as blacksmith, was instantly killed, and Chas. Johnson, a member of the tirm, seriously injured. At time of the explosion they were running at a pressure of about !) pounds, and thu receiver, which was an old steam boiler, but had boon war ranted to withstand a pressure of 1(10 pounds, had sprung a leak, and Williams, and Johnson had gone into the mine whore it was located to repair It. It aoonis they debated the question of shutting oil' tlte pressure before commencing to close tlte leak, hut finally Williams commenced pounding on it with a hammer, whon the entire end of the receiver gave way. Williams, who was at the end, caught the whole force of the explosion, and was hurled along the entry -ill or fid foot. Ills death was Instantani1 ous, His clothes were all torn oil', and even his watch was blown to atoms, Chas, Johnson was blown Id or l:J feet, and severely injured, his clothing, also his watch, torn to pieces, hut liu Is recovering rapidly and expects soon to ho about again. THO.MAH II, WIM.rAMW, the victim of this unfortunate ac cident, wan horn lit Anglesey, North Wales, Aug, 1(1, 18 HI. llenioved to this country in March 18(1(1, Ho was marrjed to MuHndu V, Hw'yros in 187(1. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his untimely end. Kuneral services front the Christian church at 10 a. m. Tues day, i:lth. Sermon on the occasion by the pastor, llev. W. A. lloush, from Isaiah, 118: I. "Kel tlitne Ilium' In nnleri for llioil kIiiiII ille, nml not live." The service were attended by a large number. Interment in the Nelson vilic cemetery. XclnonvUlc Vatic ji ltefMer. None of our BiihIiichh. We have boon fearful, all along that the undisguised interest man ifested by Americans in the Kngllsh elections, and In favor of Home rule in Ireland, would result disastrous ly to the Gladstone party; and the fact that the Tories and Unionists used the argument on the stump that Americans were trying to rule (rent Britain and thus aroused English prejudice, shows that there was ample cause for our fears, fi'ladstone and Home Utile lost heavily in tlte English precincts, notwithstanding the heavy dona tions sent over from the United States to help tlte cause. The feel ing of Americans is of eiiur.se, in favor of a better government for Ireland, but tlte sending over of men ami money to aid a political party in (Ireat Dritaiu is hardly fair and not likely to accomplish the intended object. Put yourself In tlte Englishman's place, and sup pose a foreign power against which you shared a common national an tipathy, should attempt to force Its Ideas of government upon the United States by such means as those mentioned, anil say whether or not you would resist tlte oppor tunity to cast a vote of opposition. to tlte foreign intruders! It would be very like human nature for you to say by your vote "You fellows, over there, hands oil"; attend to your own affairs, and we will reg ulate our domestic concerns in our own way !" JfnA rffi nr Hiiiiilrer. Fearless General Kose crans. "Oonorul Itosoerans was the most fearless, as well as the most popu lar, man in the powder business that 1 ever met. .Some years ago he was exHrimentiug with nitro glycerine and chloride of potash. Ue was also trying to make a new kind of percussion cap. Every af- ternoon'Tie would go out to the old stone-uuarry and make experi ments with dynamite there, the Mayor having granted him per mission to do so. He had taken quite a fancy to me, and he'd come around and take me out there with him. I never saw a man experi ment with explosives as carelessly as lie did, and, as I did not care to bo blown to pieces myself, I kept warning Inni of the risks lie kept incurring. His only reply was: When a man's time comes it comes.' He appeared to be a fatal ist, ami would not believe that a person could be killed before It was allotted for him to die. Otto lie had some nitro-glycerine in a pan and was doing something with it. I knew that it would explode in the hot sun and said: '(loneral, look out. That's going to explode.' Ho did not seem to care, and I warned him again, hut; kept on witli his experiments, repeating that phrase of Ills about a man's time coming only when it was ap pointed. He needed some tool that was lying a short distance off ami wont over to get it. He was about twenty or thirty feet away when the nitro-glycerine exploded. It did not disconcert him in tlte least. He remarked without any emo tion: "Weil, that was a pretty close call,' and resumed his experiments. It was a wonder to nte how lie ever escaped death out t lie re." Sail Franc fnco Call. Greek Women. For live hundred years Clreece wore the holt for the production of beautiful women and handsome athletic men. And lit those days beauty was based on bodily health. Delicate health in young women was not considered "Interesting," and a dude would not have boon permitted to live. The professional beauty of ancient (Iroooo was a very tall young woman with an Imposing presence. Hliu never heard of such a thing as a corset, and she would have looked upon a pair of high heeled shoes as Inge nious implements of torture, and turned away from them with a sit udder. The fair Hoinerio women wore free, healthy and happy. The free dom they enjoyed was unknown to all the other women of antiquity, they were allowed to go out flop ping alone, to take a run down to the postolllce half a dozen times a day all by themsejves, and go to a matinee unattended. No one thought of any harm coming from It. True, there was an elopement occasionally, and once in a while a (1 reek ran oil' with another man's wife, lint such tilings happen where the softer sex nrojoalously guarded behind bolts mid bars. The (I recks kept a watch upon their women, 'tis true, but 'twas for the purpose of guarding against their being waltzed oil' by strangers and sold Into slavery. It may be judged how valuable they were as slaves when, in modern days, !f.jli,Hlit has been refused for one (Ireek Slave. Powers.' Texan Slflhujx, A Test Case. The pension tomfoolery may be counted as at an end. A test case was made in tlte House and, after a ridiculous speech by Mr. (Iros venor, of Ohio, the. Ilotisu voted to refer the veto message to tlte com mit toe. Tills means that tlte House will sustain the vetoes and the Ite publicaus will give up the foolish attempt to make political capital out of the President's conscientious discharge of public duty. In these vetoes the President has performed an important and much-needed service, in which the country will heartily sustain him. In serving the country he lias also served Ids party, and the fight on the pension vetoes litis had an excellent effect In stiffening up the moral backbone of the Democratic Congressmen. 'lifailctihla Time. The last Battle of the Be belliou. The last battle of the w;ar occur red near Drazos Santiago, Texas, May lit, 18(i,"i. A snjall expedition sent out to surprise a Confederate camp was overtaken on its return by a larger force and defeated witli a loss of eighty men. This engage ment is otllcially recorded as the battle Palmetto Hunch. The Fed eral troops engaged were the Thirty fourth Indiana Volunteers, tlte Sixty-second United States Colored Infantry, and tlte Second Texas C 'a va 1 ry. Inter Ocean. S. C. Shaeiier Vindicated. The following is from King's Life, an illustrated paper at Kansas City: Colonel Sum. C. Shaetrer, former ly of Lancaster, O., who has been before tlte public of Kansas City for some time in a conflict with Gov. John I. Blair, of New Jersey, who didn't get there, and the State of Missouri, came out victorious and has most effectually knocked out everything in the arena. Thu Supreme Court has an nounced that he has committed no offense, against the peace and dig nity, or law of the Stale of Mis souri. Dr. 11. W. Hansen has opened a neat office in tlte room adjoining Dr. Cooksey's dental ofllce, over McOill's store. The doctor is a pleasant, affable gentleman, and we hope he will secure a lucrative practice here. Henry Comstoek is finishing up bis new restaurant at tlte depot in superb style. The counter, refrigerator, and other fixtures arrived at the close of tlte week. Part of the work was done by the Logan Manufacturing Co., and is a good advertisement for their business In the injunction case of the Irontoii (Ohio) saloon keepers against the County Treas urer, to prevent him front collect ing the Dov. law tax, Judge Dan non dismissed the injunction hut sustained a demurrer, and the case was appealed to the Circuit Court, which does not convene until Nov ember. Itcv. Hurt, of Carthage, tills county, and ltev. K. Vincent, pastor of the Pro.-Jtytorian church, this city, exchanged pulpits hist Sunday Valley Jleyinter, Xelmm n'lle. Commenting upon the considera tion of tlte Dow case In tlte Supreme Court of Ohio, tlte Philadelphia Tlmen says: "The main beauty of all the Ohio Courts is that the de cision can always bo accurately predicted as soon as their politieal complexion is known." Not long ago this would have been the gross est of libels. Since the Republi cans have obtained control it seems to hojustificd. Ohio Is Is becoming a fearfully and wonderfully consti tuted State, when Its political Ju diciary receives such notice from a Pennsylvania source. SprlniJleltl TraiiKcrltit, A schoolboy being asked by the teacher how he should Hog him, replied: ''if you pletiMt'sIr, I should like, to have It on the Jtaliau sys tem ; the heavy strokes upwards, and the down utrokon light," Salt Creek. Ei. Ohio Dcmociiat: We com prise tile southwest corner of I lock ing county. Our township Is six by 'seven miles in compass, level measure, and about one-third more up hill and do" Salt Creek, our largest stream and valley, runs di agonally through the township and divides it about one-tlilrd on the eastern side anil the balance on the western side, We can boast of as great diversity of scenery as any locality in America. In political views, Salt Creek is Democratic, as 2 is to I. The first settlers were principally Pennsyl vania Dutch, who came here in the Jaeksoiilan faith, and their children adhere to the same standard. J. B. lUason recently made hi. most famous plea at law before F.q. it. It. Stevenson in a damage case which was so nearly on a bal ance, and defended by the wiry, far-seeing Barnhlll, of Vinton Co., so that Jake had to whip up or lie left. Blackberries nre plenty ami dull sale at K cents per gallon. A miniature cyclone passed over tills township on the night of the llfli ill till ir It 1 1 tn 1 1 iliiniiiirii n iiiiiim I'llllf lirill IMIIVO llllllilll IW Wl II. , oats, and fruit. A large acreage of buckwheat Is being sown. We have seen a few issues of your paper, and niu.-t say it lias a very invitingappearance, and ad vances in the rigid way, for in union there is strength. Nordowe think that Uncle Sam's hirelings should always sit at the table of luxuries and the balance of his children have to gather up tlte crumbs that fail, but .-ometimes vice versa. Ci.kvi'.i.and. Farm Notes. The number qf cattle now in Texas, according to one estimate, i .'i,(l()(l,lllHl. It costs .V.) cents to grow a bu.-hel of wheat in Michigan, '2'.) cents for oats, and 21 cents for corn. A Minnesota farmer believes that no fodder is equal to green aiiibor-enno for producing butter. Another breed of beef cattle, called the Sussex, is being intro duced in tills country as a rival of the Shorthorns and llerefords. An excellent liome-made axle grease I.-said to lie made of two parts tallow, two parts castor-oil and one part of pulverized black lead. Although Ohio ranks as the larg est wool-producing State, yet the eggs produced in this State last year is said to have nearly equaled her wool product. Itoad-dtist may be gathered easi ly now and stored for use in poul try houses, stables and out hoti-es in winter, where it will be worth much more than its cost. The floor is the most important part of the stable, for it lias much tit do witli the horses' feet, and we know that "if there is no foot there is no horse." If one-tenth of the laud In culti vation were covered by water in ponds from which nine-tenths might lie supplied in seasons of drought, tlte gain in production would be immense. Cellars are usually damp, be cause the walls are cooler than the air, which causes condensation of moisture. To prevent this conden sation of moisture it is recommend ed that tlte windows and doors of the collars be closed during the day and opened at night. It is stated that if an outside loaf of a cabbage plant which is infested with green worms is broken off and placed flat over tint top of such plant in the afternoon nearly all the worms in the cabbage will be found next morning, congregated on this leaf, and can easily ho re moved and destroyed. A valuable remedy if true. The owner of a cherry tree which stood In the way of a (fernian rail road extension (near Niodcrhthu stein) is said to have asked .fiion for the tree. Kxperts were appointed, ami, as ho showed that for years it had yielded hint crops, each of which had liceii sold for a sum equivalent to the interest on the amount asked, they agreed to award liim .flioo, and the tree had to go. In the process of drying grain into hay most of the volatile olN which give green herbage Its deli cate flavor ami odor are lost. Some farmers have found that putting clover and other grasses In burns while rather green, and mixing with them enough dry straw to ab sorb moisture, not only prenorves the flavor of the hay, but a portion is communicated to the straw, making It much hotter for milch cows. Trees are plants, like all other farm crops, ami if the -oil contain ing the one should he cultivated and immured, what reason ciltt there he for making an exception in the case of the other? it takes exactly the same plant food to build a tree and form an apple as It does to manufacture any other farm crop; and yet many fanners expect to keep on cropping tlte or chard and get the trees and fruit thrown in for nothing; they think they should not plow without planting. The rule in using gypsum should lie a little at a time and often. It is best applied on the leaves mid before a rain; but In midsummer or after it will Increase the size of the ears of corn when a second ap plication is made, as compared with that only plastered early in tit.) .-ea.-on. Its extraordinary ef fect on vegetation under some cir cumstances suggests the idea that it lias often some power to deconi-po-eair and makes its nitrogen available a plant food. The best and earliest grains of corn are those next to the butt of the colt; they form earlier, mature sooner and yield earlier and strong er plants. The best fruit buds are tho-e that form on the first third of tlte wood of last year's growth. Back pruning cuts off fruit buds, it true, but tlte fruit that is left will lie much larger and finer on ac count of it. The best and earliest cabbage, turnip, parsnip, kale or mustard seed are those that grow on the main stem oftlie plant; the lateral should always be rejected. Some one in describing a model hog pasture mentions as one grand requisite a small stream of water that will afford wallowing places. This may do well enough where tite swine plague has never been known, hut wherever it has once appeared these small streams are among the surest means of Its con tinuance and spread. Beware of sluggish streams and pools Df stand ing water, particularly toward the latter part of the summer and in the fall. Keep the hogs away front all. such places, and see that they are supplied witli good water daily. JlilhlmTltctnZ Mii.i.vii.i.i:,0., July 10, lSKii. Mr. Leonard Johnson and Mr. Albert Zeller, of Lancaster, O., vis ited Albert Wears on last Sunday. Miss CalHe Wear and Miss Liz zie Eauhle attended an ice cream supper at Mr. August list vers, Fair Held county, on the Kith. They pronounced the cream sweet hut some of the Fairfield hoys sweeter. Mr. Daniel Eauhle teaches tlte Clarksburg school, Fairfield county, the coining winter. George Morras teaches Brushy Fork school, Fairfield county. There is very strange talk that he will board with Ida, before his school closes. Well CJeorge, Ida is a good girl. Harrison Azbell drives the finest donkey team in the county. Black berry harvest Is In full blast, with a good supply of hands. Joseph I litis is shipping thirty bushels daily from Millvllle. The Ohio Diimiicuat is pro nounced the best county paper that has ever visited (food Hope; it Is cheap, newsy and excellent print. Dl'XTKit. CI.KVI'.I.AND looks lipoil pensions and fraud as synonoinous terms, and puts his foot on everything hearing tlte word pension Hop. (iazette. No such thing, but Cleveland rec ognizes tite fact that the war has been ended twenty years, and that during all that time there has lieeu in existence laws and rules by vir tue of which every soldier having an honest claim for pension might confidently prosecute his claim. Tlte men who wait twenty years, ami then apply to Congress instead ofthedepartnient,givetheIrclaiiiis, to say the least, a spurious appear, a nee. In Mich claims and only such has the Presidential veto in. tervened. If President Cleveland was as of, fectlve at turning lite Republicans, out as lie Is at vetoelngbad pension hills, he would be a "holy terror" to "otleusive partisans." SjirliiyJleM Traimcrliit, To never let an aero of ground lie idle any longer than can pons', lily be helped without producing, and largely, too, Is a good motto to a'dopt on the farm, Subscribe, for t lto Di;.moi'UAt, inly -f LAO per year,