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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31
Advice TO the Married.

ZCHoKKE, in one of his tales, gives the
following excellent advice.
In the first solitary hour after the cere-
mOny, take the bridegroom and demand a
solemn VOW of him and give him VOW
In return. Promise each other, sacredly,
never, not even in jest, to wrangle with
each Other-never to handy words or to
indulge in the least ill-humOr Never-I
say, never Wrangling in jest, and put
ting on an air of ill-humor NEARLY to tease,
becomes earnest by practice Mark that
Next, promise each other sincerely and
solemnly, never to keep secret from each
other, under whatever pretext, and what
ever excuse it might be- You must con-
tinually, and every moment, see clearly
into each others bosom. Even when one
of you has committed fault, wait not an
instant, but confess it. And as you keep
nothing from each other, so, on the con-
trary, preserve the privacies of your house,
marriage state, and heart, from father,
mother, sister, brother, aunt, and all the
world. You two, with Gods help, build
your own quiet world. Every third or
fourth one you draw into it with you will
form party and stand between you
two. That should never be. Promise
this to each other, Remember the vow
at each temptation. You will find your
account in it. Your souls will grow, as it
were, to each other, and at last will become
as one. All, if many pair had. on their
marriage day, known this secret, how
many marriage were happier than, alas,
they are
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31
The Farmers Workshop.

No REASONABLE farmer will dispute
the Importance of having a workshop
upon his premises, and especially those
who have boys to bring up. Boys will be
busy, and if opportunity is not given for
a full employment of their time, either
with work or sport at home, they will
seek diversion abroad, which will not
usually result probably. A farmer gives
his experience and opinion upon the mat
ter in the subjoiued sensible tslk:
How many farmers do we find that
have not the ingenuity to repair rake,
0r other small farm implement Were
they brought up on farm? Yes. Well,
then, why is it' Some may say they are
OF that unfortunate class of mortals that
are not gifted with their share of ingenu-
1ty. This Is great mistake. If you will
take the trouble to inquire of them what
they spent their time at when young, they
will tell you farming. Was their father a
farmeri Yes, the best in the nejphbor.
hood, they may say. Well what did he
employ himself and boys at rainy DAYS ?
I" o nothing; when it rained too hard TO
work, we generally spent our time at the
village, In the stores and tavern. You
know that boys want rest sometimes. ("
Very true, bat is there no other enjoy-
ment for boys than at the tavern and
stores? Had the father had WORKSHOP.
with q selected lot Of tools, would not
those boys have had some Job for a rainy
day, suoh "a q little cart, sleigh, wagon, or
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31
The Treetud.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.


TREETUDs are the only tuds ov aul the
tud family who kan KLINE tree.
How they do it liz an unfathomable mys-
tery-almost equal to the milk in the
koker nut.
Philosophers aul agree that the milk is
put into the koker nut, and then the hole
is neatly plugged up, but who the fellow
is who duz it, the philosophers are honest
enough, for wonder, to admit they kant
tell.
am glad there is ore man living who
is smart enuff tew beat the philosophers,
for they are alwus sticking their olfak-
tory into everything, and then make
themselves sick for week, giving reasons
for things they don't understand.
| am afraid it will go hard with the
philosophers in the day ov judgment.
When treetud is on tree, they con-
form tew the customs vthe trees, looking
and ackting just like the tree. This shows
good breeding, if nothing more
Treetuds are good stiddy singers, but
they hav rather more musk than melody !;
their voices have been cultivated tew
mulch; cultivashun spiles melody for me !;
simply respekt art, but | worship and
weep with natur.
About all that kan be said of these in
sekts IL, that they are harmless parasites,
whose chief ambishun IL tew Kline tree,
and be mistaken for part ov it.
Here naturally ends the treetud
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31

In the Modern Horse Doctor" by Dadd,
the direct causes of heaves, or broken
wind, are imputed to over-exertion and in
digestion. If the general health of the
animal can be improved, a mitigation of
the particular ailment will result, and,
possibly, in some cases, cure. The first
ps.nt to be obtained is restoration of the
digestive functions, and for this purpose
aromatic tonics are given, professionally
denOminated tincture of aromatic sui
phuric acid" one drachm, in pint of
water, night and morning. At the SAINT
time the horse is subjected to course of
Alternative medicines, compounded of pow
dered ginger, gentian. sulphur, salt, cream
of tartar, charcoal, licOrice, elecampaine,
caraway seeds and balm of Gilead buds,
chopped fine-equal parts of EACH Mix
with the food one ounce of this compound
every night. While under the influence
OF this preparation severe exercise or hard
and protracted labor should be avoided .
but this does not necessarily imply total
inaction. AS improvement in condition
manifests itself, the aromatic tincture
may be given more sparingly and soon be
omitted entirely, and the Alternative medi-
cines be diminished MALT, restricting i, to
half an ounce, night and morning. Water
from bucket regularly three times each
day, and if gormandiZer of food, muzzle
the animal, except at regular feeding times
A slight infusion of garlic into the food,
chopped fine, daily, is reputed to produce
paying results. An entire cure of fully
pronounced case of heaves is not readily
accomplished by any mode of treatment,
III, indeed, such case be cureable at all
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31

PERSONS who have never seen the vast
herds of buffalo moving can have but little
conception of the almost irresistible power
of such living mass, and the difficulty of
turning of breaking the herd when once
it is in motion on a certain course. The
countless thousands press forward, over
whelming any but the strongest barrier.
Wagons have been overturned in this way,
and teamsters have saved themselves and
the stock only by flight.
An army officer who with a strong force
crossed the Plains by the Smoky Hill
route in 1865 was forced to corral" his
train of wagons and order his men to fire
volleys into herd which threatened to
march over his train. This is, however,
infrequent. A party may be on the Plains,
or even on the Buffalo Range, for years,
and never see il; still such instances have
occurred.
have frequently been amused at the
calculations made by wise old hunters
whom one finds on the Range. They
settle within a million or so the exact
number of buffalo that are yet wandering
about. One old fellow is convinced that
there is something like seventeen millions,
and that this is the exact number required
to keep up the present stock. The buffalo
is certainly decreasing since 1853. They
have been pressed more than a hun
bred miles west in Kansas and Nebraska.
They no longer range up to the
Platte in the great numbers that formerly
visited that stream; and the Indians are
ever bringing forward the fact, in their
pow vows with commissioners, that soon
the buffalo will lee gone, and the red
brother mYet kpqp naQra with the white
end eat hiq Hspotted hnfalo indian fog
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31
Cabbages and FOnl Air.

MOsT of Us have noticed that many cab
bages which appear hard and every way
sound, have, when eaten as cold slaw, an
offensive taste. This arises not from any
impertection in the cabbage head, caused
by rot or otherwise, but by the absorption
OF nOxlOus gases after it has ceased to
grow. Doubtless much of the speedy
growth of the cabbage is due to the sub
stances that are taken up by the leaves and
converted by them into vegetable tissue.
Now this absorption of foul air by the
leaves of the cabbage goes on after the
plant IS taken from the ground where it
mas grown and even after the head has
been severed from the stalk; but as the
plant has no longer the opportunity to
take mp moisture by means of its roots.
and is withal deprived of sunlight, the
gases which in the growing plant were
converted into nutritious article of food,
are now only mechanically held by the
leaves and are ready to give off an I'M
pleasant OdOr and taste as soon as tney
are prepared for food Great care should
then be taken to store cabbages where the
air is comparatively pure, if we would
have them sweet and fresh as when they
are first brought in from the garden.
We have often seen cabbages stored by
idIluSES III places WneEe DAD gases OF
every kind abound, and where there is no
opportunity for ventilation The cabbage,
true to its nature, takes these up and
gives them off at time and in manner
which causes them to be most offensive.
Town and city grOcers not unfrequently
place pile of csbbages between boxes of
soap, kegs of tobacco, or in the immediate
vicinity of kerosene oil, or smoked fish.
No wonder that cabbages thus stored do
not have the sweetness of clover bios
SONS; the marvel is that any of them are
fit TO eat at all.
But cabbages acquire a bad flavor and
smell in another way. Most people have
observed that boiled cabbage is less digest
IDLE and much more liable to "broil" on
the stomach than that which is eaten raw.
This Is OccasiOned doubtless by the yegeta-
bic being boiled in the same kettle with
corned beef or other substances which
give off volatile and soluble particles
which are readily taken up by the leaves
of the cabbage during the process of boil
ing This may be prevented by boiling in
a vessel by itself, when, if it lacks the
agreeable flavor which is sometimes i'm
parted to it by the beef it will be free
from the unpleasant taste and odor which
il much oftener acquires. - Prairie
Farmer
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31

thrown upwards, earring the dust with
it in large clouds, until the room is filled
with it. The brush of the broom, by fire.
quent use, thus becomes bent, somewhat
in the form of hook, at the same time it
is gradually broken off and worn ont.
The dust which fills the air settles
upon chairs, tables, bureaus, writing
desks, cases of books, picture-frames,
clocks, maps, looking glasses, etc.
The process thus consists virtually
in merely elevating stratum of dust
from the carpet and placing it on all these
different articles o. furniture. After )me
minutes the buster passes around and the
stratum is removed to its original posi-
ton, on the floor, thus making a sort of
perpetual motion resembling the great
circulation of moisture from the earth to
clouds, and from clouds in rain back to
earth again.
A much better way of performing the
work is to place the broom upon the car
pet in an inclined position, with the
handle inClining forwards; drawing it
quickly over the surface in this position,
and scarcely raising it from the floor, will
prevent the rising of but very little dust.
In order to do the work effectually, how
ever, the motion should not be gwen by
long strokes, but by a quick succession of
short ones 1t would be worth fifty dol
lars to any housekeeper who does not un-
derstand the business, to see these two
modes distinctly performed. By the
former or thrusting mode, the coarser
dirt, or that which does not rise in the air,
is shot ahead several feet, and spread over
large surface. BY the latter or drawing
mode, it is kept more compactly together,
something like the winrows Of hay in a
meadow. The broom, instead of being
bent around like hook is kept straight
and smooth, and lasts much longer.
In libraries, cabinets, etc, where dust
might badly injure or wholly spoil the
specimens and books it is better to pro-
cure a patent carpet-sweeper, merely
using a broom or brush to clean out the
corners and sides.-Register Of RuraI Of
f,;r
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31

boat to make or repair? There are very
few boys who do not have such things to
make Thus by having a small work
shop, boys soon acquire taste to handle
tools, and tinker up many little playthings
of their own.
When older, the knowledge gained will
be of great service to them in making and
repairing implements on the farm. But
there are habits which they acquire in
spending their leisure time at the village,
which is the ruin of many promising
boy, for where do we find village now,
in which there is not one or two taverns,
where the temptation appears to be strong,
Judging from the numbers we generally
find in them getting spirituous liquors to
drink?
When will farmers learn to make their
homes attractive for their boys and them
selves? A few good books, one or more
good agricultural papers, and last, but not
least, a workshop.-OhiO Farmer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31
Defend the Weak Cattle.

Some farmers are not as careful as their
true interests require them to be in sepa-
rating weak stock from the strong and
aggressive when the season of storms and
feeding comes round. In most herds en-
bracing any considerable number, will be
found some animals diminutive in size and
timid in proportion to their physical weak
ness, which the more vigorous attack
whenever modest effort is made to share
in the food supplied. They are hooked
here and chased there by the strong, and
should enlist the care and sympathy of
their owner. 1t Wal pay well to provide
a separate Enclosure for such animals till
sufficiently developed to hold their own,
at feeding lime, or, till they are rendered
fit to be disposed of in some other way to
advantage. If left to shirk for themselves
they will be likely to go under before
spring, or should they winter through they
will be in condition so exhausted as to
render them next to valueless for that
season. rcl,dnQe
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31

IT is great mistake in female education
to keep young lady's time and attention
devoted to only fashionable literature of
the day. If you would qualify her for
conversation, you must give her some
thing to talk about-give her education
with the actual world, with the outer
world, and its transporting events. Urge
her to read newspapers, and become
familiar with the present character and
improvement of our race. History is of
some importance; but the past world is
dead-we have nothing to do with it. Our
thoughts and our concerns should be for
the present world; to know what. it is and
improve the condition of it. Let her
have an intelligent opinion, and be able
to sustain intelligent conversation con-
corning the mental, moral and religious
Improvements of our time. Let the gilded
ANIMALS and poems on the center table be
kept part of the time covered with weekly
and daily journals. Let the whole family
men, women and children-read news
papers-Erchanqe
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31
Horace Greeley's Barn.

THE philosopher of the New York 1ri
6une is a farmer as we'll as an editor. His
ideas about barns and sheltering stock
may be gathered from the following de-
scription of his barn from his own pen:
My barn is a fair success. Iplaced it on
the shelf of my hill, nearest to the upper
(east side of my place, because a barn
yard is manufacturer of fertilizers from
materials of lesser weight, and it is easier
to draw these down hill than up. l built
its walls wholly of stones gathered or
blasted from the adjacent slope, to the ex
tent OF four or five thousand tons and
laid in a box with thin mortar Of (little)
lime and (much) sand, filling all the INFER
stices and binding the whole in solid
mass, till my walls are nearly one solid
rock, while the roof is of Vermont slate.
| drive into three stories-a basement for
manures. stable for animals and story
above this for hay, while the grain is
pitched into the loft or "scaffold" above,
from whose floor the roof rises steep to q
height Of sixteen or eighteen feet. There
should have been more windows for light
and air; but my barn is convenient, imper-
viOus to frost, and am confident that cat
tie are wintered in it at fourth less cost
than when they SILVER in board shanties,
with cracks between the boards that will
admit your hands. No part of our rural
economy is more wssteful than the habit
ual exposure of cur animals to pelting,
chilling storms, and to intense cold
Building with concrete is still novelty,
and was far more so ten years ago, when
built my barn. / could now build better
and cheaper, but l am glad that / need
not l calculate that this barn will be
abidingly useful long after l shall have
been utterly forgotton and that, had
chosen to have my name lettered on its
front, it would have remained there to
honor me as builder long after it had
ceased to have any other significance.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31
The Care of Babies.

THE only valuable work we ever saw
on infancy was written by a man, Andrew
COmbe of Scotland, a close observer, q
sound thinker, and learned Psychologist.
We shall never forget how tempest-tossed
we were when we first found ourselves the
happy pOssessor of male child without
the slightest knowledge of what to do for
his comfort and protection. An ignorant
nurse fidgeted round the room day and
night, sang melancholy ditties, and rocked
vehemently, while the child cried contin-
ually with loud voice, and we wept,
prayed and philosophical by turns Rea-
soning on general principles, we at last
came to the conclusion that inasmuch as
the child was strong and vigorous, there
must be some mistake on the part OF the
nurse that he was not quiet and comforta-
BILE. we fortified ourselves in that opinion
by faithful reading of what Mr.. COmbe
had to say on babies in general. The re-
suit of this consideration of his opinions
was a prompt revolution in the whole
nursery department, and transfer of pain
from the baby to the nurse, who stood
humbled and chagriued as she saw her
time-hOnored system summarily set aside
the pins, paregoric, catnip and cradle
driven out-while pure air, sunlight, COM
nonsense walked in. Oh what signs,
what groans, what doubtful shakings of
the head, what suppressed laughter and
whisperings in the hall, we heard during
the first few days after the inauguration
of that dynasty Of health, happiness and
rest to that newborn soul.
When the three hours cry began that
day, which ancient danes assured us was
a custom that had been faithfully kept by
all the sons Of Adam from time immemo-
rial, we ordered the little sufferer to be
promptly stripped to the skin and put in a
warm bath. That brought instant relief,
| after which he was dressed in few light
garments hung on the shoulders, with nc
! swaddling bands, no pressure on the lungs
or bowels, and laid down to sleep He
was fed according to Combe) every two
hours by day, and but once during the
| night. After that we had peace, though
eternal vigilance on our part was its price
The custom of pirning babies up as tigh
as drum is both cruel and absurd. W.
asked the antiquarian who tortured Oul
first-born in that way-why she did it
1.-The bones Of young babies are so soft
and their flesh so tender" said she, "tha
they are in constant danger of dissolution
unless tightly pinioned together" w
s0othed her fears by pointing to the fac
that colts and calves, puppies and kittens
all lived and fl0urished without bandages
and for the race we said we would max
the experiment on one of the human
family.
If babies are regularly fed, bathed an,
comfortably dressed, and in pure atmos
phere, they will be quiet and healthy
Mrs. Il. G. Stanton.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31

A PIG and dog on board ship on the
voyage from India to London were very
good friends; they ate out of the same
plate, walked about the decks together,
and would lie down side by side under
the bulwarks in the sun. The only thing
they quarrelled about was their lodging.
Toby, the dog had very nice kennel /;
the pig had nothing of the sort,-Now
piggy did not see why Toby should be bet
ter housed of a night than he. So every
night there was struggle to see who
should get into the kennel first. If the
dog got in he showed his teeth, and the
other had to look for other lodgings; if
the pig gained possession, the oog could
not turn him out, but waited for revenge
next time
One evening it was very boisterous, the
sea was running high, and it was raining
very hard. The pig was slipping and
tumbling about the decks at length it
was so unpleasant that he thought the
best thing he could do was to go and Sc
cure his berth for the night, though it
wanted good time to dusk. But when
he came to the kennel, there was Toby safe
ly housed; he had had the same idea as
to the state of the weather as the pig
"Umph! umphl" grunted piggy, as he
looked up to the black sky but Toby did
not offer to move. At last the pig seemed
to give it up, and took a turn as if to see
where he might find warm corner for
the night. Presently he went to that part
of the vessel where the tin plate was lying
that they ate their victuals off, He took
the plate in his mouth, and carried it to
the part of the deck where the dog could
see it, but some distance from the kennel !;
then, turning his tail toward the dog, he
began to make noise as if ne was eating
out of the plate.
"Whatl" thinks Toby, " has piggy got
some potatoes there?" and he pricked up
up his ears and looked hard toward the
plate.
Champ! champ" goes the pig, and
down goes his mouth to the plate again.
Toby can stand this no longer-victuals
and he not there Out he ran, and thrust
ing the pig on one side, pushed his cold
nose into the empty plate. The pig turned
tail in twinkling, and before Toby knew
whether there was any meat in the plate
or not, he was snug in the kennel, laugh
ing at Toby's simplicity.-Children's Pic
ture Book
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-31
Sweeping Carpets.

SWEEPING carpets too often wears them
out rapidly. 1t is obvious to any one that
a brisk, daily brushing over the whole
surface must wear away and carry off
more woody particles than the occasional
stepping of feet during the day without
the rubbing and scraping given by the
broom. To allow sand and grit to accu-
mulate on the surface, aud to become
ground into the fibers by the pressure of
sole-leather is, however, worse than sweep
ing. They should, therefore, be always
kept clesn. Men who object to large car
pet bills should provide themselves with
slippers, and not come in with muddy
boots. 1t is matter Of economy with
them to pay 50 or SO in the purchase of
slippers, rather than q hundred or two for
ingram and brussels. This perhaps would
be stonger consideration with some, and
exert more controlling influence, than
frequent sharp reproofs from the mistress
of the interior.
There are different ways of sweeping
carpets. The most Objectionable is per-
formed as follows The operator first
places the broom perpendicularly upon
the floor; then with quick, thrusting mo-
tion the lover part is pushed forward and