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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23

HINTS FOR THE SEASON.

LL - |"L ~
/. Now is the time-a late time we
admits cot all briars and weeds of
various kinds that may be growing in
corners or uncultivated ncoks. If the
seeds are mature enough to terminate,
be sure not to scatter them. Gather the
plants, and burn tho whole.
2. Do not forget to keep your yard
and garden neat. This is apt to be neg
lected now, because most gardens have
yielded nearly all they will this year
But these weeds will SOW themselves for
next year, unless they are destroyed
Besides something is due to neatness
and taste.
8. Do you pick up all the apples every
day, and have the defective ones fed out
to pigs or cattle +? If not, begin at once
70 do 50. Those apples that have fallen,
are likely to have worms in them
These worms multiply rapidly, if not
destroyed. Gathering them each day
and feeding them out, prevents this pro
pagation greatly. The nourishmeut in
these apples will pay for the trouble
But the great reason for the opration.
is the future value of your orchard.
A. If you have pears that are ripen-
ing, do not let them hang on the tree
Gather them now, and let them finish
ripeniDg in some dry, cool place under
cover. All pears should be gathered
for one week to several before they are
dead ripe. Their flavor and richness
are greatly improved thereby. Besides
you thus save them from pilferers.
5. Early grown meadows have now a
second growth of grass, almost fit to
NOW, SO a~bundantly have been the rains.
When such meadows are in or near orch
ards, We suggest that they may be mowD,
or in some way fed off, else they will
furnish homes for hosts of mice during
the nezt winter. We have in mind two
instance swhere lourishipg orchards have
been nearly destroyed by mice burrowiDg
for the winter in the grass of the pre-
ceediDg year, which was left unknown.
6. AS far as you can, estimate the
amount of everything your farm pro-
duces this year. Spare a little time on
this matter. Be accurate. Persuade
your neighbors to do the same. Com
pare this with former years study the
couss of difference. You will find some
curious things to think Of, if you do so.
T.. The season of Fairs is at hand.
We recommend to all, to get their work
out of the way, if possible, so as to at
tend one or two at least. Have some
Thing, too, to exhibit, aud take it along.
1t may take the premium, and if it does
not, it may give a hint, which will enable
you to deserve, if not get the premium
next year.
8. Finally for this week, we wish to
furnish one hint which we hope will last
for the whole season. It will do great
good, if needed. tits this In gather
ing valuable fruit, mever shake it Off
Altcays pick it with the hand, and place
it, without bruising, in baskets. For
the SAINT reason, do not pour the fruit
into bags, barrels, or out upon the floor.
In handling it, always move it in the
gentlest way. 1t requires SEINE care and
experience to save fruit well.-Ohio
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23
THE AMERICAN HORSES IN ENG
LAND.

It is known to our readers that several
mouths since three horses were taken
from this country by their owner, R.
Ten Brock, esq for the purpose of
making a comparative test of the Eng-
lish and American modes of training
The intelligence concerning the first
meeting was brought out by the steamer
Canada, which arrived at New York on
the 18th inst, and the result is adverse
to our horses. The French horse Mon
argue won the race by a head. The
English horse Riseber was second, Fish
erman third, Arton fourth. The Ameri-
can horses Prior and Prioress were fifth
and sixth, and the others pulled up
The finish is said to have been the most
exciting ever witnessed. The English
papers remark, but without assigning
any reason, that the American horses
would have figured more prominently
had they been ridden by English jock
eys. "a +
The Goodwood course is not a gravel
ed track, but a fine turf, and We believe
sporting men hold. that animals trained
to a hard track cannot do as we'll upon
turf. It was the determination of Mr..
Ten Brock, in the contingency which
has happened, to challenge the English
sportsmen to a match on this side of the
Atlantic, and some of those who enter
into such matters with a sort of ~''nation
al" feeling say that the trial will be in
conplete until that is done.
English sportsmen, iu- training their
horses, desire speed alone, and the dis
tances run are short-from one mile to
two and a ~half-while the object among
our turfmen is to combine speed with
bottom, hence our four mile heats. As
all u horses are entered for additional
races, we may hear of something a little
more favorable before the season is clos
ed. Pryor and Lecompte are entered
for the Newmarket Houghton meeting,
single dash for four miles, one furlong
and one hundred and seventy-tbree
yards, to be run October goth. Lee
compte and Prioress are entered for the
Sussex County cup, W. mile and a half
dash, at the Lewis county meeting, on
the 10th inst. AT the Houghtou meet
ing, Lecompte carries 12s pounds, and
Pryor l26 pounds, being the weights for
aged and Eve years old. There are
thirteen entries for the Sussex County
cup, Leconpte carrying ITO pounds and
Prfofess LOG pounds.
The following account of the perfor-
nance Of our respective horses in COM
parison with that Of other celebrated
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23

THE HARVEST TIME.-The classic
sickle is fast retreating to a place among
the relics of antiquity only to be a visible
mythical representations of old Father
Time, and in the consultations on the
celestial globes. For practical gather
ing of grain, bo3h it and the great i'm
provement thereon known as the cradle,
are fast becoming obsolete in the great
grain districts of this country. A cor.
respondent of the Chicago "Tri5~ae"
went ~ on the top of a hill called Mount
Zion, six miles from GAINESVILLE, Wiscon
sin, and counted on the surrounding
plain hundred and Wfy reapiDg
machines, each of four-horse power, busily
cutting down wheat. There were on
thousand men. women and boys follow
ing after, binding and shocking up the
golden sheaves. He enjoyed a sight
worth seeipg-grain falling and being
gathered up at the rate of two hundred
acrc s per hour. Z
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iron the newark Advocated
tsosFAED FROM UNDER.
Thsohio state Agency gone up

The news from New York and Gin
cinnatissbrinqa the startling
ment that the Ohio Life assurances and
Truss Company, has fulfilled as destiny
and closed IT'S doors This establish
ment is probably the largest banking
house west of the Allegheny mountains.
Its head quarters are at Cincinnati, with
anSAgeDcy Office. in Wall street, New
Ii April, 1856, the Chase admins
tration appointed this concern it New
York Agent and Depository for the
oust6dV and disbursement of all moneys
nevnbIs forsinterest aud principal, and
tie Ohio State Journal announced that
k.P.aStone fGibson's successor,) bad
selected the home ofieesat Cincinnati as
one of his republican repositories of the
public money!
kEsWe Just learn that q portion OF
tIe,money received on the sale of State
Bonds last October, was still on deposit
with The Trust Company at the 9aie.of
; itsr faiiare. - As matter of course this
uiilbe aenfed, and it's truth cannot be
tested until sthe meeting OF the next
Legislssure. :.
Huzza for Morris and an IndePndent
State Treasury
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HOW TO EXPEL RATS.

The last number of the Farm Journal
gives a scientific receipt for clearing a
house of rats. The plan is a chemical
one and the editor describes it as having
been put in force by a friend of his in
Boston, to expel an army of rats, after
all other means had failed. The follow
ing is the ccoun of the affair:
t'Raising a small board in the floor,
cur friend opened a communication be-
tween the floor and ceiling beneath,
which interior communication with the
spaces between the side walls and the
laths and plaster extended over the
whole house.
Into this opening he placed a dish
containing finely pulverized black oxyde
of Manganese, and poured over it a suit
able quantity of strong hy~dro-chlOric
muriatic acid. The floor board was then
replaced. The effect of the chemical
mixture of black oxyde of m%agahese aud
hydro chloric acid is to disepgage in the
cold that most powerful, deodorising
fumigatiDg gas chlorine. In common
with all gases it gradually diffuses itself
through the air, but having a greater
weight than atmosphere air, it ccumu-
lates at the lowest levels. The tenden-
cy of the gas liberated, therefore, was
to penetrate every vacant place between
the walls and ceiling and found exit in
the cellar.
1t may be stated that the quantity OF
gas SO liberated can exert no irjuri
Gus effect upon the house or its inmates;
indeed the result is rather beneficial
than otherwise upon the general health.
The chemical arrangement described.
had not been long in operation, when il
became evident that something unusual
had occurred in ratdom. All night long
it would seem says the narrator, as il
Bedlam had broken loose between the
partitions of my house. Towards morn
all had become quiet-the rats had We
mosed big and little, and for a period O
nearly three months, not one was heart
or seen on the premises.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23
Dated April Sd, 1857.


U d
ResOlred by the General Assembly IF the State Of
Ohio, three hfIlis of the members elected to each
branch, concurring therein, that-it be and hereby,
is proposed to the electors of the State. to vote ON
the second Tuesday OF October next. to approve
for the second and third sections of he twelfth
artiCl.or the Constitution.
Aliproperty. personal aud real, shall be subject
to taxation by a uniform rule, at the true value
thereoi IN moGey, but such de ~uctions from cred
its NAV re allowed as the General Assembly may
deem eSpedient; Provided, that burying grounds,
public shool houses, and all other public property,
and all Institutions Of purely public charity, and
all houses used exclusively for public worship,
shall be exempt from taxation and if the total
value of the personal property of any person shall
not exceed fifty dollars, the same may be exempt
from tax alton. All properly employed in banking
shall always bear a burden of taxation equal to
that imposed OF the property OF individuals.
N. H. VAN VORHES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
THUMAS n. FORD,
President ftke S. nate.
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Dated April Sd. 1857.


II AMENDMENT NO. A.
Resolced by the General assembly of the State of
Ohio, Three fifths of The members ele cted TO each
house concurring therein, That il be and hereby
is proposed TO the electors of the State, on the Sec
ond Tuesday of October next to approve or rejec
the following amendment as a substitute for the
first aud second sections of the Thirteen tn article
oil the Constitution, Viz Corporations of every
description shall be created, and corporate powers
granted only by general laws which ST all defbe
the powers, privileges and immunities and pre-
scribe the duties and lab: lities OF each class oil
description OF corporations. but the General As
scmbly may enact special laws for the relief oil
corporations in peculiar cases, and may make
special provisions in regard 10 corporations in
cases where from their peculiar location or inter
ests such special provisions are required, and may
from time to time alter or repeal all such laws, as
are authorized by this section.
NH. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
-. President of The SeRcte.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23
Dated April 3D., 1857.
NO 2.

AMENDMENT NO. 2
ReS0ired By the GENERAL Assembly of the State Of
Ohio, Three-fifths of the members elected to each
House concerning therein, that it be, and hereby
is. proposed to the electors of this Slate to vote
on the second Tuesday OF October next, upon the
approval or rejection ofthe following
as a substitute fol the fifth and sixth sections of
the fourth article OF the Constitution, viz Sec.
5, District Courts shall be held in each county al
least once In each year, by one or more District
Judges elected by the electors of separate districts
to be prescribed by law, who shall hold their of,
fee for five years: and during their continuance
in office shall reside in the district for which they
are elected. The provisions of tie fourteenth
section OF this article shall apply to District
Judges. The General Assembl may by law au-
thoriZe the judges of the district Court, and OF
The courts Of common pleas, to fix the times OF
Judges shall have been elected and quelihed,
district Court shall be held By the Judges oil the
: .preme Court and of the Courts of Common
Pleas. as now authorized Sec. q. The District
Court shall have such jurisdiction as may be pro
vided by law. and the judges thereof shall have
and exercise such power and jurisdiction at cham.
bers, and may be required to sit as judges of the
Courts of Common-Pleas as shall be directed by
law. N. r. \
Speaker of The House Of Representatives.
THOMAS H.. FORD,
President Of the Senate.
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SALT BARRELS FOR Preserving AP-
PLEs.-We have received a letter from
G. w. Cook of Waterloo, N. Y, in
which a fact of great Importance is re-
lated in reference to the preservation of
apples. He purchased five barrels of
choice apples taken from one pile, last
summer, and put them into his cellar
On the FIRST of April last, when he
came to examine them, those in four of
the barrels were mostly all damaged,
whilst those placed 10 the other barrel
was sound, fresh and good. What was
the cause of the preservation of the ap-
ules in this barrel? Our correspondents
says it was a Syracuse salt barrel, and
had contained coarse salt, and he he
licves this was the cause of their i'm
muuity from rot. He, at least, can
give no other reason. Neither can we.
American Farmer.
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prevention BttieT lIldn CuTt. ~
HUNDREDS OF are spent daily
Ii which a little prudence might have saved. b,
using DIR. GEORGE X. BONDS
I'VE. The article is specially intended as a sure
and positive PRoTEcToR. against disease and Preg
nancy 1t is perfectly safe no metallic substance
enteIs into its composition, and can be used at all
times without trouble or Inconvenience. The
price ofthe PREVENTIVE is 81 90 thu single one ;
81 90 per haifdozen and. 81 90 per dozer. The
above article can be sent by m aiituany part fthe
United States. or Canada, postage free. A liberal
discount NJ ade to Dealers. Druggists. &c. brI &
GEORGE r BOND, NJ. d.
65 Orchard street, corner Grand, New YORK.
1yl2
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23
Dated April ,, 1857.

Resoloed by the General assembly Of the State Of
Ohio, Three lffths OF the members elected to each
House concurring therein, that 1t be. and herery Is
proposed to the electors of this State to vote, on
the second Tuesday OF October next. upon the ap-
prevail or rejection of the following amendment
a. as an additional section to article ele ven of the
Constitution. Every county which now is ormay
hereafter be entitled to more than one Senator, or
Representative for the residue of the present de-
cennial period. or for all. or any portion OF an
subsequent decennial period shall be divided INFO
as many Senatorial and Representative districts as
there may be Senators or Representatives elective
in any year of the present. or any subsequent de-
Gennlal period, which tilstrlcts snail be OF con
tiguous territory, and each district shall contain as
nearly a ratio fer Senator OF Representative as is
attainable. without violating the rule herein given
as to contfguity of territory, and without divid-
ing any township. election precinct: or ward
If any representative, OF Senatorial district, COM
posed oftwo or more counties shall by reason of
any excess of population over a ratio. be entitled
TO additional Representatives or Senators for any
portion OF the present or any subsequent decennial
period, the district shall be divided into two dis
tricts, for each portion of such fecenRial period
which shall be contiguous territory. and each shall |
contain as near ratio as is attainable without di-
viding counties.
ITby reason of the annexation of one Senatorial
district to another. there shall ne any excess of
population over a Senatorial ratio, which shall be
entitled to additional Sen atorialr representation for
any portion o. any deCennlal period, each district,
"a now constituted, shall elect one Senator.
Counties shall be divided into districts by the
county commissioners or such other board of of
fcers elective and resident in the proper county
prior to Il general election in 1858, the counties
entitled to more than one member of either house
shall be divided into dist riots for the residue of the
present decennial period, and at least four months
prior to the general election in the first year of
each subsequent decennial pc riod, the counties en-
titled to more than one member for all. or any ror-
tion OF suth decennial period, in either or both
houses. shall be divided into districts for the whole
of The decennial period. a description of the dis
trict of each county shall be published as may he
direc ed by the county commissioners OF as may
be prescribed by law.
N. Il. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
nntni hnriI q IaSr -.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-09-23
Disease V~anquished
By DR.. Roback's Scandinavian Remedie

y ouuS AOouu1AiatAd4 hCmtutIo
A FTER years of study, analysis and ek-
IA pertinent, DR.. Roback, heseminent S#e-
dish Physician succeeded in pr-odncingamedf
cine from the mountain herbs of his native
land, which acts directly upon the causes of
disease in the blood, and by restoring the corr
rupted fountain of life to q condition of health,
and purity, expels disease from the system
wherever it may be located, or whatever may
be its character. Indigestion, nervous Gom-o
plants, epileptic and other fits, coughs, con-
sumption in its early stages, sore throat, bron-
chitis, fever ahd agte, asthma, low spirits sex
ual incapacity, feminine weakness, pricking of
the skin, symptomatic of paralysis, rheumai
tlsrn, neuralgia, tumor, cancer, Diabetes, lAssi.
tude and debility, diarrhe, and all other dis
orders of the organs of respiration, the liver,
the kidneys, the stomach, the nerves, or the
muscular fibre, are unertingly cured by this
preparation. 1t is to the AArEffEs tonHIs or
seeds of disease, what an alkali is to an acid
it neutralizes them with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY,
while at the same time it regulates the secre-
tions, removes distractions from the bowels,
creates appetite, renews bodily vigor, and re-
generates every animal function. Such is the
nature, such are the effects of, DIR. Robaekis
famous SCANDINAVIAN BLOOD PURIFIER which;
taken in conjunction with his BLOOD Pulls, will
not only obliterate the most painful diseases,
but prevent their recurrence, and lengthen life
beyond its ordinary span. @
To prevent imposition, purchase only of re-
spectacle druggists. etc., of regular agents, or
of DR.. Roback, sole proprietor and manufac.s
turer, No.6 East 4th street, Cincinnati
GPrice of Purifier, 81 per bottle-six hot
ties s.. Pills 25 cents per box.
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TEaRE HAUrE. Ind. Oct. 10. 1855,

DR.. RoBAcK-Sir,eThe last three bottles o
your Blood Purifier and the accompanying
Pills. have relieved me of the last vestige of
my rheumatism. l consider the cure all but
miraculous. After having suffered the most
acute agony, almost without intermission, for
eight years, and being for three years a cripple,
l can scarcely realize the fact that at this mo.
ment, after having used your Scandinavian
Remedies for only three months and a few days,
] am a hale, hearty man, capable of manual
labor. and entirely free from pain. When I
first applied to you, by letter, for a supply of
your medicines, , I was little better than q an
natical skeleton. For more than two years I
had never enjoyed one hour of unbroken night
rest, and my mind sinking with my body, had
become greatly enfeebled, the very first bottle
of the Purifier wrought a surprising change for
the better in my system, and after taking that
wonderful restorative, together With the Blood
Pills, for one month, 1 felt that o complete re-.
generation of every animal function whs in
progress. / was not deceived. / am now, at
81 years CT age. as free from every symptom Of
rheumatism as l was at %. There can be no
doubt that this wonderful cure Is due to your
remedies alone, and l am willing, if it will
serve you or induce others to seek relief from
the same source, that this letter shouldbe maed
public.
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Cincipn,ti. December "a NJ

CInclnnatIs Hecember n I635-
DIR. C. W. Roback-Dear Sir: This will certify
that l called on DIR. Roback last March and got
some OF his Scandinavian Blood Purifier, which
hiss entirely cured m e ola complaint ofnine months
duration and after trying other physicians with
out effect. |, as Hast resource, called on the above
named DR. Roback. and he relieved me OF the Ntu4
raIgia, together with weakness in the back In the
course of three weeks from the time I first applied
to him I was able to get up aud attend to business,
and can safely say that from that time ] have en-
juyed the hest of hcalth. Those who are suffering
from any illness would do we'll to call on DIR. Ro-
back, at his estahe lishment. No. 6 East Fourth
street. H. G. STEWART.
Iy2s No. II Chestnut street.
For Sale by Dulin d Crane, Ashland Thos.
Durham, Jeromeville J.. P. Stamets, Rows
burg D.Shfiver, Savannah; Ia. Beverstock.
Olivesburg: Geo. Witwer, Pleasant Ridge j.
Kininger, Hayesville Lewis & Co. Mifain.
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Painting, Glazing, &c.

fENHE subscriber having purchased
Il the old and popular Paint Shop lately
occupied by Cd F. Knoth, will hold himself
in readiness to execute promptly all orders
for Sign, Ornamental or House Painting, in all
its various branches.
CHARLES SMITH.
Ashland. May 20, 1857. 1y50