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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-16
Prospectus of the Wyandot Pioneer.


INview of the rapidly improving condition of
the county of Wyandot and town Of Upper
Sandusky, and for other reasons not neces-
sary to bementioned, / have purchased new
press, type and other printing material for the
enlargement of the PIONEER. 1t is my intention
to attempt to get up as large aud neat paper
as any one printed in any Of the adjoining coun-
ties; and in SO doing, shall have to look to the
citizens of the county for the support necessary
for its continuance. The liberality of the peo-
pie will therefore determine the success and pub
LEGATION of the paper, and it will be expected
that each man interested in the future growth
and prosperity Of Wyandot county will freely
lend his aid in securing subscribers.
The PIONEER, in politics, will be Democratic
and at the same time, claim nothing for itself
that will not be extended to others. While the
editor has his PECULIAR NOTIONS of political and
other matters, he believes that other men have
alike privileges to their opinions. Although l
may publish a political paper, it must and will
be free from ALL FACTIONS, and controlled alone
| by the editor. When say this it is not my in
tention to say that the advice of friends will not
be received for shall, at all times be pleased to
counsel with my friends upon all matters per-
tanning to the best interests of county and the
publication of the paper. If however, l might
differ with others in opinion, that difference can
alone be changed by full conviction of my
error.
The FARMER shall not be neglected, as good
~ portion of the Pioneer will be devoted to his
interests. A gentleman of ability has kindly
consented to aid me in this department of the
paper, and with his aid, hope to be able to rem
der the country subscribers, good service.
The mechanic and laborer will always find
the columns of this paper open for the defence
of their rights and the advancement of their
prosperity. In fact all classes will find our pa
per ready to vlndicate every thing calculated to
promote the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber
With this exposition of what the Pioneer will
be, 1 ask every gentleman, who can, to come up
and subscribe, and get as many more as he can
to do likewise. The prosperity of every town
and country depends more or less upon the pa
per of the county; and that the paper may be
what it ought to be, let it have a good living
support.
JOB OFFIcE.-The selection of job type in the
Pioneer office being large, job work of every de-
scription will be neatly and expeditiously execu-
ted, at low prices.
The following rules and charges will in every
particular be strictly observed and it would
therefore be well for subscribers to observe these
rules:
Terms Of Subscription.
The paper will be published weekly, per year
if paid in advance, at So 90
If not paid till the expiration, $50
For six months, if paid in advance, 90
If at the expiration of six months, so
W. 7. GILES.
Upper Sandusky, June Goth, 1853.
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Pruning Apple Trees.

lpresume it is generally believed that
the people of this state have become thor
oughly enlightened, therefore to say any,
thing on the subject of pruning might be
considered unnecessary; but having seen
several farmers pruning their apple trees
this winter. Ithoughtit might not be amiss
to say word on the subject. In the cli-
mate of all northern New York, from the
18th of May to the 10 of June, is the
season for all general pruning The sap
at this season has ceased its rapid flow so
as to prevent bleeding; it is the season of
growth, so that wounds soon heal and the
surface where large branches are cut soon
dries, so that no disease is caused by it.
If large branches are cut off in the win
ter, poisonous sap runs out, which by
passing down the bark, blackens and
deadens it. This every careful observer
will discover. By pruning in the winter
north of latitude forty-two degrees, disease
is pretty sure to follow; but in warmer
climate the same result do not follow this
practice. "A word to the wise is sufficient;
therefore I will aynomore at this time
Com. Gent.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-16

PRUNING GRAPE VINEs.-A present of
fine grapes from valued friend, reminds
US that we omitted to state, that the earlier
in winter vine -pluning is attended to, the
less the liability Of their bleeding in spring
have remarked that young vines should be
pruned but sparingly, until the roots are
well established. The growth of the root
is in proportion to that Of the leaves, and
to promote the one we should encourage
the other. Give the vine dry, rich, and
low soil, when you set it out, and let it
grow all the leaves it will for the first two
years, and then you may begin to prune
and train it.-Rurm New- Yorker.
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Giving Air to Plant-HOuses.

Any one having the management of
plants in ordinary constructed green
houses, knows the difficulty of giving air,
with the thermometer at or near zero, and
warm sun shining on the glass, without
having the house ON the one hand rise
much too high for the health of the plants,
or on the other have them frozen by the
ingress of fresh air.
The following is the method adopted
here, in lean to house, and is found to
answer the purpose admirably. The ad
mission of fresh air is by openings in the
front wall, just over the hot-water pipes,
by means of which it is somewhat warm
ed before coming in contact with the 70
liage.
The back wall for strength and warmth,
is l6 in. hollow wall; into this, two feet
below the rafters, is placed other ventilla-
tors. nothing more than pieces of wood,
working on central pivot, having cor
responding openings on the outside, about
the same height above the rafters.
This prevents all possibility of back
ward current, SO that we can commence
giving air gradually, as soon as the sun
begins sensibly to raise the temperature,
and increase with its power, SO that it is
seldom necessary to use the sash at all du-
ring winter for ventilation.
If the house is span-roofed by means of
two or three of the ejecting ventilators
recommended and described on page 359,
vol. 1, and the opening in the front wall
as have here pointed out for the admis-
sion Of fresh air, little difficulty of keeping
the desired temperature would be expert
enced.-Co Gent.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-16

DCRANBERR1Es.- Cranberry
vines, producing fruit of the best quality,
sometimes grow without culture on upland
in New England. DR.. Shurtleff, of Car
yer, says that while crossing field where
corn and rye grew fveyears ago, he found
cranberries growing quite thick; more
than quarter of an acre was covered
with the vines, and they were quite full o.
fruit in many places, of the best kinds.
1t was on high, sandy land-the fruit was
perfectly sound and uninjured by frost,
and much better than on very low mead
oWs
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'T.HE PIONEER.
AGRICULT TU RAJ.
Culture of the Potato.


~Afriend sends US the following, as what
he believes the best means yet known fol
avoiding the potato disease
/. Be content with medium crop, say
100 to so bushels to the acre, selecting
land but moderately rich, and using nc
stimulating manure. The land should be
alightish loan, easily permeable by wa
ter; and it would be well if it had beer
treated with no stimulant, nitrogenous ma
nure the preceding year.
2. Let the land be brought into fine
tilth by means of the plow and harrow,
to debth of five or siz inches, as early as
may be in the spring. Furrow both ways
at adistance of three feet, letting the plow
incline to the mould board side, SO as tc
give broad, shallow furrow, of about
three inches deep.
3. AS manure for one acre, take 50
bushels of charcoal dust, or if this is not
at hand, so bushels of dry, well cured
peat, or il neither of these is conveniently
to be had, SO bushels Of turf, piled up the
summer previous aud rotted down to fine
powder with little lime; add 10 bushels
of unlcached ashes; 5 bushels of oyster
shell lime, or common slaked lime, or
leached ashes, whichever can be obtained
with the least trouble; 9 bushels of plas
ter; / bushel of bone dust; and bushel
of common salt; mix the whole toroughly
together, and throw it into the crossings,
little less than pint in each, in that car
less sort of way, which will cause it to
spread itself over at least asquare foot.
A. For seed, select sound potatoes of
medium size or little less, and plant one
in hill, and never more than one, if it be
ever SO small, without cutting.
Plsnt as early as can be done with pru
dence or safety to the crop from spring
frosts. Should the weather be wet after
planting, shallow covering would be the
best. If it should be dry, deep covering
would be moro favorable. 1t would be
perhaps the safest, over such manure as
have prescribed, to cover the seed nearly
three inches deep, which would bring the
top Of the bill just about even with the
average level of the field.
s. For the first hoeing, the harrow, or
cultivator, might be run through both
ways, and the plants should be welded,
but not killed. or at most but very little.
Let the whole surface of the field be left
very nearly level.
6. For the second hoeing, which should
be very soon after the first, before the tops
begin to leave, similar course might be
followed, except that broad, but ratherlow
hills should be formed
An acre SO planted would have 4,840
hills, which would give, at only one quart
to the hill, Isl bushels, worth, at SO cents
a bushel, S75, SO; at 40 cents, $50. 40; at
80 cents, $45, 80; at 60 cents, $50, in
which last case, it would hardly be pay
ing crop, but would give profit, less or
more, in each of the other cases. Conn.,
Gent
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Seeds of the Hawthorn.

Mr.. TUcKER-In your last no. I find
an article asking information of any meth
cd of inducing the seeds of the hawthorn
to vegetate the first year. Happily I can
inform you of process lately received
from practical English Nurseryman now
residing in this vicinity. Gather the haws
when fully ripe; feed them to geese, and
after digesting, gather and plant in the
usual manner. The plants shell, enclo-
sing the germ, becomes so much worn
and softened as to vegetate readily the
first year. This to me seems plausible,
and from its authentic source, / have full
confidence in its practicability.-Coum.
Gent.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-16
MIsCELLAN EOUS,
A T = E n q T O n!


The K'yaHdOts are not Coming Rack, but
JOSEPH B. WHEELER,
Has just returned from the Eastern cities, and is
now opening the largest and best selected as
sortment of Fail and W'inter Goods ever
offered to the citizens of this county, and at such
prices as will astonish the natives and defy COM
petition His goods were selected to suit this
market, and he is determined to sell on terms
to suit all purchasers. To his extensive assort-
ment of Boots and Shoes he would call the at
tention of all the ladies and gentlemen who wish
to have something neat and durable for their un-
derstandngs. He would respectfully call the
attention of the public to his extensive assort-
ment of HARDWARE, comprising all articles
usually kept in that department of business;-
which will be sold lower than can be had in
Northern Ohio.
His general assortment consists of Dry Goods
Groceries, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes
Queensware, Glassware, Hardware, and grea.
variety of fancy and other articles of all kinds
The citizens Of this county and the s'rest OF
are respectfully invited to call and ex-
anime his stock Of goods before purchasing else
where.
He will at all times pay the highest price for
country pruduce--so do not forget to call at the
Big Brick opposite the court house.
Upper Sandusky, June 7th, 1S53.-S-tf.
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MISC CELLAN EOUS
TURKISH WARII-GREAT RE7

TURKISH WAR!!-GREAT REVO-
4 LUTON IN UPPER SANDUS- Aa, n
KY Y.-D. F. Feighner would respect EfAg
fully announce to the citizens of Upper $a'&
Saadusky and surrounding country, that he
has received the finest stock of JEWELRY ev-
er offered in this market, consisting of Gold
rings, breast pins, portmonies, Carnelian rings
and everything else, usually found in Jewelry
shops, in this or any other place, which he Of
fers at prices that cannot fail to please the buy
er he is bound to sell and no mistake, he flat
ters himself he can sell cheaper and better ar
ticle than can be found in any other establish
ment in this section of country. Ahy one wish
ing things in his line will do we'll to call before
purchasing elsewhere as he will received daily
from New York, through the hands of H. A
Feightner of Bucyrus, anything that is needed
to supply the demands of this market, on the
shortest notice. He will be found on Sandusky
avenue, three doors east of the Post Office, near
ly opposite the court house.
DE. FE1GHNER.
January Goth, 1854. n38-tf.
TURNER'S PURE EXTRACT OF SAR-
L sapparilla.-This medicine has no equal as
apurifer of the blood, and general regulator of
the system. 1t has been tested in all Parts of
the World, with the most gratifying effects The
Medical Profession, as we'll as thousands of pri-
vate individuals, have accorded to it the palm of
superiority. Its operation is pleasant, safe and
effectual 1t is composed of the purest mater-
al and manufactured under the eye of the pro-
prietors Proof Of its excellence can be estab-
lished cat the mouth of many witnesses. /" Be-
yond all question of controversy, the greatest
benetactor of the age, as well as the cheapest
medicine of its kind
PRICE-Two Quart Bottles One Dollar pint
ditto, Twenty five cents;
Also TURNER'S GINGER WINE! 1t is
sold cheap and warranted to be a sure remedy
for dyspepsia.
For sale by VIM. B. Mercer, Upper Sandus-
ky, Ohio
September 7th, 1653-n19-ly
NEW CABINET AND CHAIR SHOP.
4 The undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of Upper Sandusky, and Wyandot
county, that they have located shop in the
above place, where they intend keeping on
hand all articles generally kept in furniture
store, and feeling themselves fully competent,
from long experience in the business, would
ask share of the public patronage. All arti-
cles warranted to be of the best material and
we'll manufactured.
Coffins made on the shortest notice, attended
by hearse free of charge.
Sign and Ornamental painting done to order.
All kinds of produce and lumber taken in ex
change for work.
" Shop in the old printing office, on Wyan-
dot Avenue, four doors east of the Post office.
J. M. AUSTIN & Co.
Upper Sandusky, Jan. l9, 1853.
CHOICE FOWLS FOR sALE.-I WILL
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acknowledged to be the best in use. They are
fire-proof and water-p proof, and can be had at
prices varying from $50 to $780, Business men
arc invited to call and examine them-they will
be warranted
Also, in connection with the ware room, a
large Jewelry establishment by Thomas New
man.
WILLIAM LANG, Agent
September 7th, 1853 nl9-1y
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DIERSON HoUsE,-THE ABOVE HOUSE

DIERSON HOUSE--T EABOVE HOUSE
Il is new brick building, erected ex- -
pressly for hotel, with large and conve- Eaa
nient rooms, and furnished with entire new fur
niture, and fitted up in the best style. His ta-
BILE will at all times abound with all the daintes
viands and substantialsi that the market and
season will afford. Drovers' and Movers will
at all times find suitable accommodations.
and bills reasonable. Stock registry kept
for the purchase and sale of all kind Of stock.
Horses and carriages kept on hand for
the conveyance of travellers to any neighboring
city or village. Bills low, and accommodations
guaranteed to suit those who may favor him with,
their patronage. W. j. MARSHALL
Upper Sandusky, June llth, 1889 n9-tf
TUSTICES'S BLANKS OF ALL
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MOORE,S RURAL NEW-YORKER
THE LEADING WEEKLY ACRI-

Il cultural, Literary, and Family Paper, con-
tains more Agricultural, horticultural, Sclenti-
fic Educational, Literary d News matter, than
any other journal published in America. 1t is
emphaticafly "Home Newspaper for the Mil
lion' in Town and Country, and of its class
has no superior Published in the best style
each No containing Eight Double Quarto Pa
ges, (forty columns) illustrated with appropri-
ate Engravings.
D-A new half year and volume will com
emnce July 2, when we shall add largely to fol.
mer addition in order to supply new subscribers
from that date. Hence, Now is the time to
subscribe-though subscription may begin with
any number. Money, properly enclosed, at out
risk.
Terms.-IN ADvANoE:-Two Dollars year
81 for six months. Three copies one year for
SIS; Six copies, and one to agent, for $40; Ten
les for sos. IL Specimen Numbers, &C., sent
free. Give US your address.
Address D. d. T. MOORE,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-16

MAKING VINEGAB.-A correspondent
of the Dollar Newspaper says:
"The cheapest mode of making vinegar
is, to mix five quarts of warm rain water
with two quarts of Orleans molasses, and
four quarts of yeast. In few weeks you
will have the best vinegar you ever tasted
NeD- Yorker.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
GALE OF REAL ESTATE BY OR

GALE OF REAL ESTATE BY OR
~ DER OF THE PROBATE COURT-On
the 23rd day of March next, at IL o'clock, NJ i,
der, the following real estate as the property of
David Adams, deceased, to wit: The north
half of the southwest quarter of the southeast
quarter of section eight, in township two, south
of range IL east; containing twenty acres; and a
part OF section seventeen in the same township,
beginning at the northwest corner thereof -
thence east along the section line, ten four pole
CHAINS to corner thence south thirty one
chalns and fifty links to a corner; thence north
eighty one degrees and twenty minutes west,
ten chains and thirty links to a corner: thence
10 Ihe place OF beginning; containing thirty
acres and seventy five hundredths of an acre,
being IN the county Of Wyandot. Also, the fol-
lowing lands situate in the county of Hancock
to-wlt: The northeast quarter OF the northeast
quarter of section eighteen, in the original tow
ship aforesaid, containing forty acres; the north
part of the south east quarter of the northeast
quarter of the same section, containing twenty
one acres and eighty -four hundredths Of an
acre, and the north part of the west half of the
north east quarter Of the same section, contain
ing thirty six acres and sixteen hundredths of
an acre: subject to the dover of the widow :
appraised at $2,360.
Terms OF SALE:-One third in hand one third
IN one and one third in two years from the day
of sale.
DAVID A. ADAMS, Admir-.
de bonis non of David Adams, decd
R. McKely, Atty for pit
Feb. 3, 1853. 81 .prfS4 90
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For HEMoRRHoIDs OR PILEs.-White
or black oak bark, and alum, make tea,
wash the parts frequently. Never known
to fail-often gives immediate relief, and
when persevered in, has cured where 9TH
er means have failed.-RurolN New- Yorker.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-16

Successful mode of Grating the Peach.
To successfully graft the peach tree, has
been universally considered next to an I'M
possibility; but in consequences of the ease
and success of building, this concession
has seemed Of but little practical impor-
tancc. Yet every one, of the least expe-
ri.nce in this matter, knows that many
trees, where budding had been neglected
or unsuccessfully performed, might be
saved and rendered valuable if grating
could be performed with success.
l am aware that DR.. Page, of Wash
ington, published and Copyrighted about
ayear ago, method Of graftingthe peach,
for which he claimed success, equal to
that attending ordinary grating. His
plan consisted in checking the growth of
the tree simultaneously with grating, by
ansplanting or root pruning.
The plan given below is more simple,
and from limited experience l should think
more successful.
1t consists in grating carly, as for 9TH
er stone fruits, in the manner Of the COM
mon cleft.
The side seams are to be waxed in the
usual manner, the cleft filled, and the end
of the stub covered with ararn, or melted
composition. The whole is then to be
wound with composition cloth, to prevent
curling of the bark.
That this plan will succeed, is demon
strated fact, but in how great a proportion
of cases, experience is too limited to de-
termine. Suffice it to say, that eight scions
set in different branches of the same tree,
all lived and grew with astonishing rapid
lty. Will others give this plan trial
and report the result. O. c. Gibbs, M
D., Pery Ohio.--Coun. Gent.
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RE- Mr.. John johnson, near Geneva,
writes to the Geneva Courier that he has
got Shanghai hen, Which for the last
three months has laid two eggs day
from two to four days in a week.
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Deep and Shallow Ploughing.

There are some, probably one or more
of the readers of this paper, who are not
yet Thoroughly convinced of the advanta-
ges of deep over shallow ploughing. We
say not Moroughlg convinced, for we look
to mems actions rather than to their words
when we wish to ascertain their thorough
convictions, and we observe that many do
yet plow shallow, though IN aoords they
might admit that it were better to plow
deeper. Here is fact for such farmers.
In the south part of Michigan farm was
recently bought of a aFrencEman, who had
go treated it, that he could no longer get
any good crops from it. The last spring
that the Frenchman was on this farm he
plowed 12 acres and planted it with corn.
He plowed this corn-feld with a small,
worn out plow, with a pair of small ponies,
going only about three inches deep, alleg-
ing as his reason, that the soil beneath
had never been stirred, that it was cold
and useless, and would, if turned up, spoil
his crop. The wpurchascr plowed four
acres adjoining, eleuen inches deep, and
planted to corn. The corn on the g acres
shallow-plo looked sickly, and much
of it died in the course of the summer,
while that on the four acres deep-plowed,
grew large and of good color, and pro-
duced more corn than the l2 acres Coun-
hy Gentleman.