The Democratic Press in Eaton, Ohio

Remedial Coughs and Odd Gossip in a Colonial Paper

A jumble of short items from a 19th century column. The note covers a loud religious dispute waking a dog and an elder’s rebuke, a reader remedy for coughs using mustard served with horse feed, a Latrobe boys baseball mishap, a remark on whisky in bread, smart weed as tanbark substitute, a lover’s trick ending in marriage, and flippant fashion satire about gilt belts and brass bands.