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Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23

To CANDIDATES. Those who wish to
have their names printed on the primary
election tickets for next Saturday will de-
post 25 cents at this office before Friday
evening. We have quit printing tickets for
nothing Those who neglect ''the needful'
need not get angry because their names are
not printed on the tickets.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23

INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION.
Rollins, acting Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, has decided that 'al bonds issued
by county or town officers for State, county,
city or town purposes, are exempt, as are
all official instruments executed by State,
county, city or town officers. in the discharge
of their official duty"
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23

THE NEGRo.-A young woman, of this
place, said few days ago, that negroes
should have the same right to vote that
other people do" Espousing the cause of
negro suffrage is next to espousing the ne
gro himself, nor would we be surprised to
see this young woman tied to darky.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23
Democratic Nominations.

Democratic Nominations.
The Democrats Of Paint township have
nominated the following excellent ticket to
he voted for on the first Monday Of April
nGxt
Justices of the Peace,
FREDERICK CLEOPHAS,
JOHN T. MCINTYRE.
Trustees,
FREDERICK ISELY,
j. e. WYLER
WIN. McCULLOCH
Treasurer,
n. L. JOSS,
Clerk,
FREDERICK WYLER.
Assessor,
HENRY LOWE.
Constable,
LEWIS SUNkEL.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23

From Rev. J. s. Herman of the German Refor-
med church, KutZtown Berks county, Pa.
DIR. Jackson-Respected Sir: | have been
troubled with Dyspepsia nearly twenty years,
and have never used any medicine that dld me
as much good as Hoorand's Bitters am very
much improved in health, after having taken
five bottles.
Yours, with respect, J. S. HERMAN.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23

MERIT will not go unrewarded, though
oftentimes justice may seem to be tardy.--
In the case DIR. ID. III. Seelye, who dis
covered the Liquid Catarrh Remedy which
has cured thousands who had almost given
up hope Of cure, it has been thus but dur
ing the last yearin the unprecedented amount
of sales to inhabitants of nearly every cline,
do the people acknowledge the value of his
long study and great learning.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23
SIIERIFF,S SALE.

DOUGLASS WHITE, Plaintiff,
In Partition,
AMOS WoRKMAN, et0l, Defeuda'tb
DY virtue of an order of sale issued from the
ID Court of Common Pleas OF Holmes county,
Ohio, in q certain civil action therein pending,
wherein Douglass White is plaintiff and Amos
Workman, and others are defendants, and to
me directed as Sheriff OF said county, will offer
for sale at public auction. M the north door of
the Court House, in the village OF AiillersDurg,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23
Benofactor,

4 Cooking Stove for wood or coal, that took the
premium over all its competitors, at the State
Fair held AT Cleveland in 1853. 1t is Stove that
has given no room for complaint, and it is only
necessary to enquire of the many persons in
this vicinity who are using the Bcnefactor to
ascertain its superiority over all other stoves.
1t is cheaper and better than the stewart stove
that there has been SO much humbusgery about
An kinds Of Tin, Copper, Brass, Japan and
Sheet-lron Ware OF our own manufacture al
ways on hand, and warranted.
The highest price in cash goods paid for
Scrap Iron, Old Metal, Copper and Brass.
ES- Rooms on the north side Of Main street,
two doors East of Cherryholmes Corner, Mill
ersburg Ohio y. j. WOLGAMOT.
March III, 1866
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23
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BEWARE OF CoUNTERFEITs.

Large Size (holding nearly double quantityD
II 90 per Bottle-half doZ. SIS %
Small Size-75 cents per bottle-half doz 81 90
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23

See that the signature of sc. NJ. JACKSON
is on the Wrapper of each bottle.
Should your nearest druggist not have the ar
ticle, do not he put ofby any of the intoxicating g
preparations that may be offered in Its place but
send to u.s. and we will forward, securely packed
by express.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-23
MEDICAL
e EE d l.,

Adopted by general convention al Millersburs,
Holmes county, Ohio, January IL, 1866.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15
How TO Cat and 7. i'm Pork.

The following directions, says the
Baltimore Sun, may be found useful at
the killing season Have the hog laid on
his back on stout table. Clean the car
case Of the leaf fat Take of the feet at
the ankle joints, Cat the head Of close
to the shoulders, separating the jowi from
the skull, and open the skull lengthwise
on. the under side, SO as to remove the
brains fully. Remove the back bone in
its whole length, aud with sharp knife
Cut off the skin-then the fat, leaving
only about one-half inch of fat on ia a
spinal column. The raildings or sheds re-
now cut from between tae quarters, lea
ing the shoulders square shaped aud the
ham pointed, or it may be rounded to your
fancy, The ribs are next removed, parti-
ally or entirely from the sides. he trim
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

NATURE Covers Up BarrLE-WEhps.-
Did ever tell you, says correspon.
dent Of an eastern paper" among the al
fecting things one is always seeing on
these battle-6elds, how. on the ground up
on which the battle of Ball Run was
fought. l saw pretty, pure delicate flow
ers growing out Of the ammunition boxes.
and Wild rose thrusting up its graceful
head tbrough the top of a broken drum,
which doubtless sounded its last charge in
that battle; and a scarlet verbfna peep
ing out of a,bsrsted she'll in which strange
spot it was planted Wasn't that peace
growing out of war? Even SO shall the
beautiful aud graceful ever grow out OF the
horriA ard terrible things that transpire
ia this changing but ever advancing world
Nature covers even tao batte-grounds
with verdure and bloom Peace and pier-
ty springs up in the track of the devouf-
ing campaign: and all things in nature
and society shall work out the progress oil
mankind"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

Too MucH METAL Fer JOHN Bull
Recently. when the United States war
steamer Wyoming, was at Simons Bay,
Cape of Good Hope several of that vessel $
officers on shorS met a number of English
officers from .a English vessel-of-war in
the bay. One of the Englishmen putting a
circular piece of glass in front of one of his
eyes, asked, in an ironically obsequious
manner:
Officer how many guns do You carry 2,
"Six," replied the officer of the Wyoming.
80 We carry eleven, said the English
man strengthening out in IA very pompous
manner.
What weight of metal do You throw off
at hroadsidc !"asked the officer of the Wy
oming.
About eighty pounds. answered the
Enslishman, initiating himself with mix
ture of wind and pride.
"Wcllreplied the officer of the Wyoming
lone Of our guns alone throws one hundred
and sxty-eight pounds; that's double your
whole broadsisie y
The Englrshmau Immediately collapsed
struck the elevation OF his head and walked
off.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15
A Cheap Smoke HOUSE.

No farmer should be wthout Il good
smoke-house, and such one as will be
ire-proof and tolerably secure from THEY
es. Fifty hams can be smoked at one time
in a smoke-house seven by eight fe, t
square. Mine is six by seven, and is
large enough for most farmers. first deg
ali thu ground out below where the frost
would reach. and filled it up 10 the surface
with small stones. On this laid my brick
floor, in lime mortar. The walls are brick
eight inches thick aud seven feet high
with door Oh one size two feet wide
The door should he mad Of wood and
lined with sheet iron. For the top | put
o. joists two BY four, set up eiecwise,
and eight and half inches from center
to center, covered with brick, and put on
heavy coat of mortar | butt small
chimney ON the top in the center archihg
it over and covering it with single
roof in the usual way. An arch should be
built on the outside, with small iron
door to shut up, similar to a stove door
with hole from the arch through the
wall OF the smoke-house, md an iron crate
over it, The arch is maca more convent
ent and better to put the ire in. iuan 10
build fire inside the smoke-Aoss,. AMI
the chimney causes draft through into
the smoke.house. Good cora cobs or
hickory wood are the best materials to
make smoke for hams. The cost of
such o smokc-housc as have describe
is about s20.-Selec'ed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15
Miseellanenns.
Facts and Freaks Of Currency.

Many things have been used at differ
ent times as money---cowrie shells in At
RIGA wampum by the American Indians;
cattle in ancient Greece.
The Car;haginians used leather as
money, probably bearing some mark or
stamp.
Frederick II, at the siege of Milan, is
sued stamped leather as money.
In 1860, John the Good, King Of
France, who was taken prisoner BY the
celebrated Black Prince, AID sent to Eng
land until ransomed, also issued leather
money, having small silver nail in tho
centre.
Salt is the common money in -Abvsin-.
MIA; goldfish in Iceland AID Newfoundland
-'tLiving money" slaves and oxen, pas.
sed current with the Anglo Saxons, III pay
ment of debts.
Adam Smith says that in his day there
was village in Scotland where it was not
uncommon for workmen TO carry nails in
stead of money to the bakers shop and the
ale house.
Marco Polo found, in China, money
made Of the bark CT the mulberry tree,
bearing the stamp of the sovereign, which
Ii was death to counterfeit.
Tobacco was generally used as money
in Virginia up to l6Go, fity-sevcn years
after the foundation OF that colony.
In l64l. the Legislature of Massachu-
sets enacted that wheat should be receiv-
cd m n yment of All debts
The convention OF France, during the
revolution, on the proposition of jean b Il
Saint Amdree, long discussed the propri
ETY. of adopting wheat as money, as the
measure OF value oil ali things.
Platina was coined in Russia from
1928 to 1915.
But the metals best adapted and most
generally used as coin, are copper, nickel
silver and gold; the first two being now
used for coins OF small value, to make
charge: the two latter, commonly desig
mated 'the precious metals" are used as
measures af value and legal tenders.
On the continent Of Europe, a corpo-
sition Of silver and copper, called billion,
has long been used for small coins, which
are made carren. at much higher value
than the metals they contain. III China,
Syce is the principal currency, and is
merely ingot silver of a uniform fnencss,
paid and received BY weight Spanish
dollar. also circulate there, but only after
they have been assayel and stamped is
proof that they are Of the standard fine
ness.
As Asia Minor produced gold its ear.
est coinage was that metal.
Italy and Sicily possessing copper,
bronze was Grst coined there.
Herodotus says the Lydians were the
first people known to have coined gold
and silver. They had gold co;n at the
c!oso Of the ninth century B. c., Greece
proper only at the close Of the eighth cen
fury. B. c.
Seryius Tullus, King Of Rome, made
the pound weight Of copper current mon
ey.
The Romans first coined silver 2St 3.
c., and gold POI Is. C,-Moran on
Money.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

\ GREAT trade has sprang up in Dem
mark and Sweden in the matter of hair.
Tue peasants there are very poor, but
they have profusion Of fine hair, which
is valuable in certain quarters where art
balances the DEFICIENCIES of nature. The
agents for the tpade, which has arisen in
this supply and demand tempt the simple
peasants in the following manner. They
take the opportunity OF appearing at the
cottages when the husband and brothers
are absent. They have a bale of tempting
goods, aud often q beautiful head Of hair
Is exchanged for couple OF Indian silk
haudkerc,iiefs. Thc hair thus collected
has to 90 through Eve or six preparations
before it is 81 for the head of fashion To
produce the uulu.atlng lines 80 much
admired, it is rolled around little sticks,
and boiled in a cha!dron. The hair har.
vest in these countries, however, is likely
to became scanty, for men object to mar
ry the girls with cropped heads, or "short
silks, as they term it and those who
are still willing to b. shorn of their
locks hold out for ready money, and will
nc longer barter them for yellow hand
kerchiefs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15
New Store,
New Busine ss

fsNIiR subscribers woul inform the citizens Of
L Ellsworth and viciri,s TIN! hey have open
ed a store On WATER STREET, where tAc y
keep constantly on hani
Pressed Hay. hy halo or ton,
Shingles am SapboaEds Of all kinds ard
qualities
Pine, spiuce and ileml ck boards.
We have uuw ha'.i 1850 bushe!. Extra Can
ada Oats, table lor seed or feed. Beans by bar
rel or bu.hel. Meai, Corn, Barley, &c.
We viii pay the hishest cash price ior
Hemiact Ba,t. Csisr. Spruce and He7'ask eietpsrs,
Cciu Pot,s, >hmgies, Ciap5sar4s, and
Laattr u all tjais,
C,li and rec u, at rev store next 10 j II, Cole.
Blacksmith saop.
Fisk & Curtis.
n. B.-Aiso on hanl few tons Of Steve Coal.
Ellsworth, March ID.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

"A State fair is a queen; an
Agricu tural fair is farmers daughter /;
4 church fair IS a parsons wife a soldiers
fair is the best looking girl he can get hold
Of; a claeity fair is female pauper ;
and the most unpopular in the universe
boarding house fare.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

-Thank God that We got my
hat ba,S% from this congregation :" said a
disappointed clergyman, farming it upside
down, when it Was returned empty to him
at the close q a contribution.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

A sharp grocer, when customer who
was buying Gallon Of molasses observed
that good deal remained in the measure
after it was turned. remarked There
was some in the measure before rev
you gallon.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

-One who has tried it says the
best cure for corns is to keep them well
wet with strong solution Of common
washing soda, when they will soon per-
manen;iy disappear.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

-The Portland, Saco and Ports
mouth r. Il has been in operation near
Iy twenty-five years and of all The mill
ions Of people carried over this road,
MT c single passenger has lost III, life
thercon.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

80 yo1 are going to keep house -
asked an inquisitive maiden of a bride.
Yes" said she. Going to have girl, |
suppose, Il really don't know wss the
blushing reply, whether it will be
girl or a boy"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

An exchange describing a ceiebra-
tioa, says:-"The procession was very
fine aud nearly two miles in length as
also was the prayer Of Dr.. Perry the
haplain."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15
-"Yoa cant DENY that we have II

-"Yoa eaa't deny that we have mu :
tered some of the finest armies ever seen
on the globe !" haught'ly said the rel el
General Wade Hamp on to General Xii
patrick, during the neg 'tiat oas OF join :
sous surrender to sherman. Yes, >
quickly replied the dsshing cayalryman,
LOU mustercd'em and We pnppeTcd en-.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

WAR is the difference between a
school master and railroad conductor
One trains the mind, and the other minds
the trains
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

THE damsel who was accused of
breaking young mans heart, has been
bound over in the bonds Of matrimony to
keep the pieces.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15
CERTAIN URE
IN ALL CASES, OR NO CHARGES MADE

Dr. Dow is consulted daily, from A. NJ. To p. ~ az
above, upon all difficult ana rirouic diseases of eyery
name and nature, having By his uWearied attention and
extraordinary gained reputation which calls pa
tien,s fIom all parts Of the Country obtain advice
Among the Physicians in Boston, stand higher in
the Profession than te celebrated DR. DOW No. Endi
colt street, Boston, Those who need the servic an
experienced stefan and surgeon should give him can
P.S-Dr Dow imp0rtz and has for sale a article
called the French Secret. Order by mail Two for 81
AMI a red stamp.
Boston April. 1896 ly1SS
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

Ecu out the following and paste it
in your scrap book. 1t is worth years
subscription to any reader of this paper:
The leaves Of the elder ifstrewn among
corn or other grain when it is put into
the bin will efectually preserve it from
the ravages Of the weeyi. The juice will
also Kill bed bugs and magots. Insects
never touch elder bushes, the leaves of
the elder scattered over cabbages, cucum-
bers, squashes aud other plants subject
to the ravages OF Insects, effectualy shield
them. The plumb and other fruits may
be saved by placing on the branches and
among them branches of the elder leaves.
The Surgeons engaged in preparing
the medical statistics of the rebellion have
ascertained that the average mortality in
the hospitals throughout the country was
less than nine per cent. The mortality i'll
the English and French hospitals during
the Crinlean war was nearly fifty per cent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

Why is married man like can.
die? Because he sometimes goes out at
night when he ought not to.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

Two hard things-First, to talk
of yourself without being vain; second, to
talk Of others without SANDER.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15

in bringing up children, Il we op-
pose violence to violence, passion by pas
sion, We try to pat out the fire withburn-
ing oil.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15
HIGHLY IMPORTANT
To Fema es II Ielicate Health

= . Z i4sts Z , II I IL4NdlC II EHILU
DE ugg, fA scsaa 7nt sa, .oj Se Elicolt Street
BOSTON Be- consulted day Tor an Diseases incident to Il
hu1ir yste.n. frtap-Gs Teri. ftIg of tie Womb
t!Juy Alha- SuItossO. and other menstrual defancs
III tt- @l tr ated upon pat'luoe cl principles
lHl -edy rs.i entrapte q ia very ies days 80 In
sariitiy is tAc movie treatment thai mos
obstinate complaints AjeA uujtj Il aid the afflicted per
suil sQul tinces ia perfect Atf.,th
hr Dow has uo i5uht la9 s,e,ter experience in the
cur" of disease, # women and Children than any other
+. ..ciaH if t'6sfea.
boarding Accommodations tr patients who may wish to
ST 800 Boston few day uAl.l Lis treatment.
ar. i"", since 1.4i, having confined his whole atten
zion " ia Office pr Zee iar tn Of private Diseased
std male tompaints, ackuow edges superior in the
United states
n b-Ah letters must coa:d- four rcd stamps they
wiz not be answered.
Office Hours from A. VI. to or. NJ.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-15
A dashine Young bachelor lately an.

y dashine Young bachelor lately ap-
pcared in Central Park with two handsome
ponies. whose tails were done up to look
like lady's waterfall, and cooped up in
small fish nets. The resemblance was
capital, and the team created great sen
satiou.
Washington telegraph., 1865-10-04

THE LITTLE Rock DAILY PANToGRAPH-
We are pleased to welcome again to our table
this spicy little sheet. An article appeared III
it's columns on the sth ut. which was regarded
by the Major General commanding this Depart
the peace and good feeling of the people OF the
Department, and directed the paper suppressed.
An interview between Gen. Reynolds and the
publisher took place on the 18th ult., which
resulted in satisfactory understanding, and
the Photograph permitted TO resume its publ
cation. The publisher gives notice that he will
soon enlarge lis dimensions and publish a
weekly paper.
Washington telegraph., 1865-10-04

wrong, no court having passed upon them
This must At once show the folly Of all such
arguments.
Whenever any citisen seriously apprehends
hat the constitution has BEEN violated, il is his
.e mn duty to call attention to the fact whether
hat violation is to his own dstrnent OF 70 that
Of another. The progress of civil and politca,
liberty and the science of good gover.m Mt has
been painful. slow and lsborous. For their ad
vancrm-nt many have sudcred-some have
lied. u is only by devoted attention to their
preservation that their Preservation, SO essen
tally important to generations yet to live. can
5- secured. Eternal vigilance is the price OF
liberty"
In accordance with these principles We call
he stt-nuion of our citizens 20 wLst we believe
% be an infraction Of the cons tuition. Ger
.,inly We do 20 in no craven spirit, and yet We
10 50 kindly and frankly, deprecating that such
necessity should exist; and. pur-ed. rs far as
ay be, from that spirit of distraction 80 unhsp-
ply in US all engendered our late troubles. We
would if we had the confidence Of our ralers
lay to them, that the grsasd they occupy is IN
enable, the course they pursue il anwise, and
ue end proposed blighting to all the fruits Of q
genuine aud grateful peace; and we would ad-
iure them by every consideration which could
,e supposed to influence in their several
positions to retrzce their unlucky steps. and
nruc-forth to be guided by the constitution
which We approve. though not Of our making.
and which may therefore well be approved by
those who made it.
And 10 those TO whom the laws in question
are obnoxious our couns-ls are for the most
he matter, however that in the end may come
bout. We consider these laws as q great
wrong. Never during nor after the civil wars
N France and England, fierce and RELENTLESS
hey were. were such laws enacted In history
20 doubt they must stand a. anomalous, and
iishonor to the ungrnerous spirit with sus
ges,ed them. palha,.d only by the mad compley-
on of the times. Sill it is impossible thassny
Iaw which does viclguc. 10 the enlightened
'pinion Of the people can long remain unr--
,rsled. Sooner or later ;hes- laws must rss,
nom the statute book, and may th-y not "le.vr
, wr.ck behind" not a v.siigr VI that ill-;-el-
ng which they ~. so well calculated 10 foster.
daving the most grateful assurance Of the mag
Isnimiiy OF the government uf the United
states, w!lich does not counteRance thos, laws
made in blind passion and having for -ifect TO
promote diss-nsion, and III rs 70 withrr III. pros
perity of the country, .e should onls SEX re-
Treas in the most praceiui, lawful sni constitu.
onsl method. TetrainiDg st all iimrs from ,hesr
violent expressions which ott,n mar and dis
ionor the best Of causes.
Washington telegraph., 1865-10-04

The New York Times SAYS of the President S
speech to the SoRtherners, which published
last week:
These are generous words; and they will be
echoed by the great tody of the people from
one end Of the land TO the other. This Union
is to be perpetuated Cow that slavery is ex-
tihct, ali sections have common interest in its
preservation. We have now no interest to d.
vide the North from the souih no institution
cherished by one section and hated by the 9TH
er We have now none but common interests.
common objects and aims, and must cherish
common sympathies anu common sentiments
in their pursuit. ..
Also. -.
We believe the people will sustain and ap-
plaud Ills policy. Ii is the only one that can
be pursued with safety and with wise regard
for the pubhe good. The action OF the Demo
cratic party III this State proves that they re
eognize its strength. and dare not array them
ss!ves sgainss il