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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18
"Oh, have you heard the news from Maine I
Good news and true"
THE PINE TREE STATE 30. K"
20. 900 RADICAL MAJORITY

Last Monday was a glorious day
in the history of the noble Pine Tree
State. The Republicans moved upon
the enemy's works, and after a con-
test, unequalled for stubborn fighting
in the annals of political warfare,
have routed and driven them to the
last ditch. The Whisky Ring and
TammaRy Hall sent large amounts
of money and their best speakers in
to the Democratic strongholds, and
put forth the most tremendous
efforts; but all in vain. Gov. Cham
bcrlin's majority which last year was
IL, GA, ,will, this year, fall little short
of 90, 900. This will easily be in
creased to $4,000 for Grant in No
vember. All honor to the Republi
cans of Maine.
OF course our Democratic friends
are ready with all sorts otfigures and
plenty of excuses for the result. But
it won't do, gentlemen. You are bea-
ten, and the best thing for you to do
is to acknowledge the stubborn fact
that you can neither deny nor explain
aWay.
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READ, TAX-PAYERS-READ.

The total taxable property in Ham,
cock county, exclusive of Findlay
township, was in 1860 s5, ,4S0,s27.
The total tax assessed was so, 800
so. Total State tax S21,651 95.-
Total tax for county purposes $685.
$40 35.
In 1868 the valuation is Sc, ,270,375,
or an increase over 1860 of $3.50, 54S.
Total tax assessed $95, 500 &C, or an
excess over 1860 of s45,O01 &c.
Total State tax 500, ,O29 IS, or an in
crease over 1860 of S377,7O.
Total county tax s73,473 Oh, or an
increase over 1860 of $44, 623-
sc. The Republican party having
the control of the State finances, and
State government for the last eight
years, are responsible for an increased
tax of s377 20, on an increased valu-
alton of S7S9, ,545, while the the Dem
ocratic party having control of the
offices of Hancock county, must ans
wer foran increased county tax, in
the same time of S44,6 66, on the
same increased valuation.
Will the Courier tell us how long
it will take, nj an increase taxation
1t the rate of 254 per cent in eight
years, to relieve the people of their
great burden of taxation
Will the same truthful sheet tell
he people why the taxes have been
hus increased?
Will it also tell the poor, tax-bur.
lened plow-holders what is to be
lone with the $4,000 tax for county
Expense fund, which is now upon the
uplicate2
And will it tell the inqmring tax
ayers just who is responsible for
ne enormous tax for county purpos-
), which is each year increasing? /
Answer, Courier |,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18
THE MEETING IN MARION TOWN
SHIP.
RAINIER FERMENTATION.

An enthusiastic meeting of the
members of the Grant Club was held
at Mosier's School house last Mon
day evening. The people were first
addressed by d. B. Beardsley, Esq,
who presented the issues of the day
in an able manner, after which Col.
Jas. Bope took the stand and for
nearly two hours held an attentive
audience by force of sound argument
and close reasoning. He showed
up, in conclusive manner, the cor
ruption and fraud in the management
of our county affairs, and closed in
an eloquent and touching appeal to
those present to put forth every ef.
fort in the cause of constitutional
liberty and the rights Of man. We
considered some of the Colonel's ut
terances the finest specimens of ora:
tory we have heard during the cam
paign. His arguments were carefully
worded, well delivered, and were,
therefore, convincing and effective.
His facts and figures were selected
from public documents-such as eve
ry voter has free access to-and by
the perussl of which our tax payers
would save money. After a few re-
marks from E. L. Dunn, Esq, Col
Bope on behalf of Blanchard tp.,
presented the Republicans of Marion
township with the beautiful banner
which had been won by the Repub-
licans of Blanchard tp., for sending
the largest delegation to the mass
meeting last fall, and which now falls
into the hands of Marion township
for the largest increase
on the majority Of the same year
E. T. Dunn, Esq, received the ban
ner. on behalf of Marion township, in
I neat little speech, promising to
make every effort to retain the flag,
out willing to hand it over to any
township that could send larger
delegation to the mass meeting to be
leld in Findlay on the 7th of Octo-
Der.
A resolution was unanimously
,assed, indorsing the JEFFzRsoNIAN,
nd pledging increased efforts to in
rease the circulation OF the paper.
several persons subscribed, and we
eel assured that the proper effort
7ill be made to have every Republi-
an family supplied with a copy
he Republicans OF Marion are alive,
nd will not be found on their oars
a the second Tuesday of October.
Te know they will give a good &C
,uut of themselves on that occa
on.
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that he dictated those ominous words,
"RscolutionarX'" Unconstitational' %
and "VOid!" Blair's declaration of
war upon the reconstruction measures
secured him place in the bosom OF
Democracy; Vallandigham nominated
Seymour; Preston, a rebel general OF
Kentucky, nominated Blair; Hampton,
Forrest, Gordon, Preston and Vallan
digham applied the old Southern lash
to the bare back of Democracy, nom-
mated its candidates and built its plat.
form, and that platform means revo-
luton, with its diresequences, anarchy,
debt, more graves, more widows, more
orphans. Can you clese your eyes to
these astounding facts 2s Can You
avoid responsibility, clothed as you
are with that power which makes Re
publics to live or die? To do so
would be TO commit crime for which
posterity will never forgive you. The
Republican party have it in their
power to achieve s victory more i'm
portant to the nation and to the world,
than that of Ipsus, Teurs, Cressy or
AgincOurt-more memorable, it may
be than that of Waterloo. That vic
tory will secure peace; it will secure
the payment of the National Debt,
with fidelity and honor; it will make
sure the enfranchisement of 1000, 900
down-troddon and oppressed people; it
will give security and permanencc to
civil liberty throughout the world; it
will relieve Mexico and all other sister
Republics from the menaces of Bour-
bon, Bavarian, Bonaparte and Haps-
burg; it vindicates the right, it puts
a quietus on treason.
Ought to speak of candidates? l
care little for candidates, beyond the
questions of competency and princi
pies; indeed l care not for candidates
who are said to be stronger than their
parties. The candidate should be
willing to stand or fall with his party
when he accepts its nomination. He
covenants upon honor to do SO, and if
he do less his honor is forfeited. But
you my fellow citizens, know that in
the candidates of the Republican party
you have that eminent fitness and
qualification which the troubled times
require. You have men. who in the
field and in the Cabinet, have won the
nations highest gratitude and chal-
lenged its profoundest respect; men
not only ofnational but of world wide
reputation; men who stand as far
above the Plantagenets, the Tudors,
the Stuarts, the Bavarians, the Bona
parties, the Bourbons, as the sun in
the heavens is greater than the small
est star in the smallest constellation.
But there is this: the name ofGrant,
as to the armies of the Republic it
was a shield, is now to the people a
"shibbOleth.'
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WHATS THE MATTER?
The People Want to Know, You Know.

For several days past it has been
quite apparent to the most obtuse OBJ
server that secret inquietude, some
thing 'not altogether lovely was
brewing among the officials who con-
gregate around the Court House and
hold high carnival at the expense of
the Taxpayers of Hancock county.
One burly, rubicund official, was
seen to bring his fist down with aw-
full emphasis, and assert with fearful
solemnity, that he had stood this
fooling as long as he was going to,
and that a certain parsonage must
come to time or take the awful con-
sequences. Rumors and counterru-
mors flew thick and fast. Promi-
nent Democratic officials were hur
rying to and fro, or gathered in little
knots, were discussing some myste-
rious subject with bated breath and
fierce gesticulation. At last it leak
ed out that a deficit had been dis
covered, by which Samuel Splitter.
late Treasurer of this county, was
back in his accounts to the tune of
over 1900. All sorts of rumors in
regard to the extent of the deficit
were at once circulated. One was
that Mr.. S. had deposited $4,000
with the Commissioners until after
the election, and had employed coun-
sci, who advised him to stand a suit
rather than pay the rest. Another
rumor was, that he had rendered that
amount, which he alleged was all
that was due the county from him.
Mr.. Splitter claims that there is
mistake somewhere, and that it must
be corrected. To an outsider it
looks very much as il there was
very large cat under the Democratic
meat tub, which they are afraid will
make its appearance in time to in
jure the success Of the party at the
coming election. That the finances
of the county are grossly mismanag-
ed there cannot be the least doubt.
The most skillful engineering of the
party will not keep this corruption
smothered. Like the ghost of Ban
quo, it will not down at the bidding
of the most puissant voices within
the Democratic fold. The spirit Of
the Vanlue defalcation walks unap-
peased among the people, and the
remembrance of the McCahan affair,
in which it is thought by many that
McCahan was the victim of his party
the scape- goat of the leeches who
infest the public crib, and suck the
substance of the hard-working tax
payers-still lives in tho minds of
the people.
If the Democratic party wish to
go before the people with clean
hands and untarnished record, they
will at once make an honest investiga-
tion, and fair exhibit of their stew
ardship. They cannot shirk the
responsibility. The time is at hand
when the people of all parties will
demand n change unless fair show
ing is made. Our people are carrying
an immense load of taxation, and
they will no longer submit to it.
Documents on file in your offices con-
vict you of laying not only grievous,
but unnecessary burdens upon your
fellow citizens, and we ask you to
disprove the charge if you can.
Toe the mark, gentlemen.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18

GIVES UP MAINE.-The New York
World of the 18th, thus gives up the
struggle ior the State of Maine:
"Maine, however, is of very little
account. The great preliminary bat
tie that is to determine the contest,
will be fought in October in Pennsyl.
vania, Indiana and Ohio.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18
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fs the wUITysr, the MOST DURABLE, and eeoao-
micai WHITE LEAD in the market.
It will do more and better work, at a given
cost, than any other Lead.
Warranted to Give Satisfaction.
Buy IT and you will have no other.
Manufactured and patented only by
ZIEGLER & SMITH, Philadelphia.
For sale by RUTHRAUFF & CORY,
Dealers in Hardware, Paints, lOils, &C.,
Findlay, o. marlSno43.om
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.

A friend in the keystone State
one who is well posted and not apt to
over-estimate-in private letter to lis
a few days since writes as follows -
"Pennsylvania is certain for Grant by
10000. The majority may not be
quite as large at the October election y
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18
WANTED.

All persons troab led with Ooshvsnsss or
OF The Bowels 20 buy Roback's
Blood Pills; they contain no mercury. are
purely vegetable and work like y charm; can
DO taken wi,h safety by persons Of al ages,
uae in all conditions OF life.
Sold by Frey q Etlinger, Sindlsy, o,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18

TIE STATE OF OHlO,l
Hancock County.
To The Qualified Electors of said County:
in pursuance of Law of said State, regu-
Isti;S elsetIcns tbersin, ], a. Ysrgsr. aet-
ing SbsriE ct ,he Coanty Of Hancock, afove-
said, do hereby proclaim and mako hnswn,
that the
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18

Examinations to commence at half past nine
O'Clock, A. n.
Each applicant Is required to pay the Ex.
aminers q fee Of nfty cents on entering the
class.
All applicants are required to furnish writ
ten testimonials Of good moral character,
those who have been engaged as teachers 10
obtain these from their last employers, who
will also certify to their faithfulness and sue.
cess As teachers; which testimonials viii be
sept on ile.
No certificate win be issued without an ex-
animation; no private examinations viii be
held no certificate will be antedated: no
candidate will be admitted for re-examina-
ton within three months after a second fail
ure. Applicants are requested to furnisA
specimens of penmanship.
Those who fail to comply with the above
requistions will not be admitted for re-exan,
nation.
By order of the Board.
JOHN BOWMAN,
Ian-ly6 Secretary Board Of zxsutnsss.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18
SECOND TUESDAY IN OCTOBER.

lnno Domini, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty sight. being tho THIRTEENTH DAY
Of Bald MONTE, IL, by the Constitutioa and
laws Of said State. appointed and made day
on which the qualified electors Of sad Coun.
t. shall meet Mt their proper places of hsid
ing elections IN their respective townships,
O'Clock P. N. OF said day, and proeeed to
elect. by ballot, the following Stale and Coun-
ty officers, to-wit:
One person for Secretary Of State.
One person for Supreme Judge.
One person for State School Commissioner.
Cne person for Member of the Board OF
Public Works.
One person for Clerk Of Supreme Court.
One person for Representivs I'm Congress
for the Fifsh Congressional District, composed
CT the counties Of Hancock, wyandot, Har.
din, allen, Aug laizs. Mercer and Van Vert.
One person for Sheriff.
Orc psrson for Auditor.
Ono person for Treasurer.
One person for Recorder.
Ose person for Commissioner.
One person for lnnrmary Director.
One person for Coroner.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18

The Cincinnati Commercial thus
sums up the Importance of the result
in Maine:
The immense Importance Of the
Maine election has been universally
recognized. It was admitted, assert
ed, and emphasized On every stump
in Maine, and has been proclaimed
by the journals of both parties. In
Mr.. Pendleton's speeches in Maine
called attention to the proverb that
"As goes Maine, so goes the Union"
Strong men on both sides were sum-
moned from far and near to the State.
The contest was bitter and the ex-
citement great.
The result is a brilliant Republi-
can victory, with uncquivocal and
indisputable gains. The details ap.
pear in our telegraphic dispatches
AS an indication of the grand
result in November, this election is
and invaluable. ItI
shows that the reaction" of last yea-
against the Republicans is no more. |
1t proves that the Republicans are
together, this year, firmly
and with increased force. It estab |
ishedes the proposition that the ac-
ion of the New York Convention,
and the hasty threats and unseemly
Of prominent Southern
'ebels when they believed there was
prospect Of carrying the country,
nave recruited and consolidated the
ranks so far as to make
he election Of Grant and Colfax, and
# a Republican majority in the
House of Representatives Of the next
irrespective of the South
m States, Q certainty. J.
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TRADDLEs.
BLANCHARD TOWNSHIP.
BENTON, Sept. IA. 1866

DENTON, sept. Ia, 1905.
Correspondence OF the JeIersonian.
Our village was visited the other
evening by two emissaries ofDemoc-
racy, whose mission was. I suppose,
to strengthen the few faithful, and
enlist soldiers for the Blair brigade,
for that war party in peace and peace
party in war. At the close of their
speeches, the enthusiastic chairman
got up and said: "Now feller Dem
ecIats, ! propose three cheers for
Seymour. Before the close OF the
second cheer, the enthusiastic chair
man found that he was making the
most OF the noise himself, and to
help them out Of their bad fix, a
Grant man present proposed three
cheers for Grant, which were given
with q will. The Democracy-like
Captain Scott's corn-came down at
once, and acknowledged themselves
beaten. The Republican meeting at
Lewisville was well attended, and
Messrs. Hamlin and Burkett made
telling and effective speeches. The
work goes bravely on here, and
Blanchard township will do her
whole duty. OBSERVER.
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TO TeacheFS.

IO lCdCuCTBs II
THE BOARD OF SCHOOL BXAN.
i INERS of Hancock County, will meet at
:he School House In District No. o, Pindlay
township, for the examination OF teachers
on the following days during the year 1865;
Saturday, March Jth.
F" March 2lst.
/" April 4th.
April 25th.
I" May 9Th.
May 23rd.
4" June6th,
80 Aug. lst.
September 5th.
s' September 18th.
50 October 3rd.
October l7th.
November 7th.
November 2lst.
" December 5th.
81 December 18th
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Given under my hand and seal,
SEAL, 1at the Sheriff g siiee, In Ftadxy,
eighth day of September,
Ammo Domini, one Thousand eight hundred
and sixty.eigha
A. YHRGB8,
Aoti.g Sheriff Of Hancock Co.. o.
September 8, 1855. sepilnlYv4.
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And whereas, by an ACT Of she Lssislature
OF the State OF Ohio, passed February 9sh,
ls3l, 1t Is made the duty Of the nAeSifY, ut
Ihe time Of pr0claiminS shs Ilecsion, To give
notice 10 the Trustees Of the several town.
ships, OF the number Of persons 10 BE- return
ed as Jurors from each township.
The apportlonmsnt Of Jurors, rs made by
the Olerk OF the Court Of Court OF Common
Pleas. TO be returned, is as follows:
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The President had dictated the
the terms upon which these communi-
ties might rehabilitate themselves with
the garments and functions of sover-
eignity. They were required to abolish
slavery, to repeal their ordinances of
secession, to adopt the l4th Amend
ment to the Constitution, to ignore
their debt and pledge themselves to
the payment of the National Debt.
They were even advised to give a
qualified franchise to the colored man.
Congress has never required an essen
tial beyond this. The quarrel then
has been, not what shall be done, but
who shall do it. The President has
no Legislative or Judicial power. The
Queen of England, in her Priyy Coun-
Gil and in her Cabinet, to a limited ex-
tent, may exercise both. The Presi-
dent has no such power. Legislation
was required to meet the emergency.
The President could not legislate.-I
Congress could. Congress has done
the work; done it wisely and WE'LL
The question now is, ehaA IT stand ?
And in this question, 1 tell you to-day,
my countrymen, is isinvolved the future
iestiny of the nation. If this work is
it must be done by the
,ayonet and the bullet-the means
threatened and proposed by the can
lidate for Vice President on the Dem
'cratic ticket. Much of the blood of
ny countrymen as have already seen
he'd in this vile struggle; much of the
lorrors ofwar as You and have seen
md felt, let us pray God to deliver us
rom the day and hour when the Dem.
cratic party shall again let slip the
ogs-o of war, baptize this country again
| the blood of its citizens, and bury it /
ill deeper beneath untold millions ofll
ebt. The object and aim of the Re-
ublican party, its Platform and the
eclariiions of its candidate are for
eace-jast, honorable, Heaven ap-
ointed peace. Wade Hampton boasts 4,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-09-18

FOR CONGRESS 5th DISTRICT.
T. E. GRISELL, of Wyandot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-01-10
farmrr's department.
About Washing Clothes.

About Washing Clothes.
The following from the Montreal
JJItaeSS is worth the examination of
housekeepers:
The evening previous to washing, all
the clothes should be gathered up and
assorted; woolcns, colored clothes, un-
bleached cottOns, linens and fine
clothes, into their separate bundles.
Except woolens and colored clothes, all
other kinds should be put to soak over
night, the very dirty part having soap
rubbed on them. If you use n washing
fluid, it is usually mixed in the soaking
water; if you use no wash mixture, the
next morning wiring out the clothes,
through two warm fathers; then boil
them in clean water briskly, but not
longer than halfan hour.
Wash them out of boil, rinse through
two waters. The last rinsing water
should have q delicate tinge of blue,
likewise small quantity of starch for
all cottons and linens reserve those you
wish sitter for the last, and mix more
starch in the water. Shirt bosoms and
collars-in short, anything you wish
very stiff, should be dipped in starch
while dry. Swiss and other thin mus
lins and laces are dipped in starch while
dry, and then clapped with the han dis
in the right condition to iron. Cali
Goes, brilliants and lawns of white
grounds, are washed like any other
white material, emitting boiling, until
the yellow tinge they acquire makes it
absolutely necessary. Unbleached cot
tons and linens follow the white clothes,
through the same waters, but in no case
should be boiled or washed with them ,as
they continually discharge portion of
their color, and so discolor the white
clothes.
In directing the preparations for
washing fluids, we give the process en-
ployed with them, but colored clothes,
in our experience, can be washed in
none of them without injury to the col
or. Calicoes, colored lawns, and colored
cottons, and linens generally, are wash
ed through two suds and two rinsing
waters; starch being used in the last,
as all clothes look better and keep clean
longer ifa little stifiened. Many cali
Goes will spot ifsoap is rubbed on them |;
| they should be washed in lather, sim
ply. a spoonful of OK gall to gallon
of water will set the cOlorS of almost
any goods soaked IN it previous to wash
ing.
\ tea cup of Lye in bucket Of water
will improve the color of black goods.
\ strong clean tea of common hay will
preserve the color of those French lin
ems so much used in summer by both
sexes. If the water in which potatoes
are cooked is saved and boiled down it
stiffens black calicoes as well as starch,
and saves them from the dusty and
smeared look they so often have. Vim
egar in the rinsing water, for pink or
green calicoes, will brighten them.
Pearlash answers the same end for pur-
pies and blue. Colored and white fan
nels must be washed separately, and
by no means wash after cotton or linen,
as the lint from these goods adheres to
the flannel. There should be little
blue in the rinsing water for white fan
nels. Allow your flannels to freeze
after washing in winter it bleaches
them.