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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
Some Cracks to Stop.


THOSE in the barn and stable immedi-
ately back of where the cattle and horses
are TO stand this winter, need stopping
badly, and 1t is an easy matter TO do 30
See that the nails in all the outer boards
are driven in tightly; then make battens
of laths or pieces of siding and put them
on with shingle nails. Or, make mott tar
of lime and sand or ashes, using hogs
bristles in the place of plastering hair, to
give 1t greater tenacity and fill this into
the cracks with trowel. Those cracks in
the hay-lon should then be treated in the
same manner.
Those cracks in the poultry-house, hard
ly wide enough to let feather through,
are still of sufficient width TO let in snow
and rain and wind, which will wet end
chill the fowls so that they will not be
likely to'lay during the whole winter or
il, by chance, some enterprisiRg biddy
should get up courage to drop an occa-
sional egg, II would be sure TO be frozen
while she was yet cackling over IT,
Those about the outer doors. Heat will
crawl out through an exceedingly small
place; therefore great pains must be etaken
in the matter of fitting these doors to their
frames. Some tack strip of list or sell
wedge on the door casing, being careful
that there are no folds or wrinkles in IT,.
Others recommend working out pieces of
wood about an inch square, covering this
with cloth and fastening 1t to the door It.
SELF close where II comes against the
casing. II this way is adopted u good
job mustbe made Of it, otherwise It will
look badly from without. 1t would be
better to fasten on these strips with small
screws rather than with nails, as a nicer
fit could be made and the screws taken
out and used again without injuring the
door.
Those in the walls and floor of the room.
The former can best be stopped by paper
ing the walls; the latter by using such
carpets as any farmers wife can make,
These keep.out the cold, diminish neise,
and give the room genteel appearance.
Under the carpet should be placed several
thicknesses of newspapers or one thick
ness of the coarse paper which is some
times used back of clap.boards in covering
the walls of houses
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
Errects Of Heat upOn Meat.


PROFESSOR JOHNSON, in his " Chemistry
Of Common Life" says, thst well cooked
piece of meat should be full of its own
juice or natural gravy. In roasting,
therefore, II should be exposed to a quick
fire, that the external surface may be
made to contract at once, and the albu-
men to coagulate, before the Juice has had
time to escape from within. The same
observations apply TO boiling; when n
piece of beef or mutton is plunged into
boiling water, the outer part contracts, the
albumen which is near the surface coagu.
lates, and the Internal juice is prevented
either from escaping into the water by
which tits surrounded, or from being dilut.
ed or weakened by the admission of water
among IL When cut up, therefore, the
meat yields much gravy, and is rich in
flavor. Hence, beefsteak or mutton chop
is done quickly, and over quick fire, that
the natural juices may be retained On
the other hand, IL the meat be done over
slow fire, its pores remain open, the
juice continues TO flow from within ms il
has dried from the surface, and the flesh
pines and becomes dry, hard and unsavory.
Or, 1t 1t be put in cold, tepid water, which
is Afterwards brought TO a boil, much Of
the albumen is extracted before II coagu-
latcs, the natural juices for the most part,
flow out, and the meat served is in nearly
a tasteless state. Hence, to prepare good
boiled meat, it should at once be put into
water already put to boil. But to make
beef tea, mutton broth, and other Iheat
soups, the flesh should be put into cold
water, and this afterwards very slowly
warmed, and finally boiled. The advaIl.
tage derived from simmering-a term not
unfrequent in cookery books-depends
very much upon the effects OF slow boil
ing, as above explained.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
The Story OF a Tilted Lover.

THn Peoria Transcript tells the follow.
ing story Of a true love whose current ran
unusually rough:
"Several years ago, young lady in
TaEewell county was wooed by young
man. He obtained her consent, and the
consent of the old folks, but three days
before the wedding she took a freak into
her head and went off and married
another. The young man was heart.
broken, and packed up his effects and
went to New York city. There he hid his
grief, buried himself In business, and en-
gagged In speculation was successful, and
became wealthy. A younger sister of the
girl that Tilted him, moved by sympathy,
began q correspondence with him to miti.
gate his sorrow. The correspondence be-
came interesting The young girl grew
up, and, as years rolled on, ripened into a
great beauty. The sight of her photo
graph awakened in the young mans bo-
som the love that he had supposed crushed
forever; he proposed to her and was ac-
cepted. Her father was q widower and
was anxious to get married himself as
soon as his daughter was out Of the way,
so he urged the match forward. The
means of the lover now admitted q
brilliant wedding and preparations were
made for 1t. They were 10 be mar
ried last Wednesday In style, and
depart Immediately for New York city,
"A few days ago the expectant bride re.
ceived letter from her betrothed, stating
that he had entered into speculation that
would keep him in the city so that he could
not possibly be with her at the time ap.
pointed, and asking her to delay. the cere.
mony for day or two. He also referred
80, Ia e.A 40 ha ANaN
to her sister. Provoked that he still re-
membered his former love, the young lady
wrote him in passion, and sitting down
at the same time wrote TO cousin of hers
a farmer in Iowa, who had long loved her
telling him that she had broken her en-
gagement, relating the circumstance to
him, and ended by saying that she was
ready to be married, and If he would
come and be there at the time set for hel
wedding she would marry him. He com
piled.
"Her betrothed In New York, aston
ished to receive her letter, closed up hi
business as best he could, and came 4
Tazewell county by the next train. HI
reached the little village where she lived
aud was hastenil z up to the house to ful
III his engagement, when he was met b.
some of his friends and told that his brid,
had Just been married to another man
He tainted away on the spot and wa
taken up to the hotel. When the brid
was told of II she was overwhelmed wit
remorse, but II was then too late, She wa
legally married to her cousin. The Ney
Yorker, twice heartbroken, left for hi
home without seeing her, and she passe
through this city yesterday on her way /
an Iowa farm. looking very detected an
anything but like bride"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
Are Our Feet Properly Clothed.

IT is somewhat surprising that, with all
our boasted improvements, we have not
as yet produced proper covering for the
feet. Barbarous people, If their climate
admits, go with bare feet or wear sandals,
covering only the sole of the foot We,
however, encase the whole foot, and por-
ton of the leg, In material almost i'm
pervious to air and moisture, and gener-
ally uncomfortably hard and rigid. The
color and polish OF our boots are directly
calculated to attract the suns rays; and
the enamel on patent leather, and the
backing on calfskin, tends to harden and
solidify the substance, closing the pores
and making air-tight cases for a portion OF
the body which exudes more perspiration
than any other, and is subjected to greater
strain.
Our boots in summer parboil our feet
in warm bath, and in winter freeze
them in an icy envelope. 1t is doubtful il
wet feet are, in themselves very conduct
i've to disease, some medical men to the
contrary Notwithstanding; but cramped
confinement of the feet, in an icy cold en-
velope, generated by perspiration and
chilled by the external atmosphere, thus
shutting the imprisoned feet almost air
tight, is as unhealthy as it Is uncomforta-
BILE.
For hot weather there is hardly any
shoe 80 agreeable as that introduced with
in the past three or four years, known as
the army shoe, and extensively used by
baseball players. It's of a heavy canvas
and unblacked leather 1t is cool and re-
markably easy to the feet. The texture OF
the canvas allows the escape of the
perspiration, and the color of the shoe
does not attract the heat of the sun.
1t would seem that the plan of covering
other portions of our bodies with material
pervious to air might advantageously be
extended to our feet. There is no natural
reason why our feet should be so much
less sensitive than our hands. They be-
come indurated and deprived of their
natural activity by long, close confinement
The people of warm climates, who use
their toes as We do our fingers, and the
hsre-footed schoolboy, who picks up and
throws pebbles with his feet, show that the
foot of civilized adults in our climate is a
much abused member
A more flexible and porous material for
our boots and shoes might save us from
many of those terrible annoyancos, which,
in the form of corns and bunions, make
our pilgrimage one of pain Scientific
american
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
Care or Stock.


THE farmers object should he TO make
everything pay Stock poorly kept never
pays. If you are growing stock keep it
growing; il should weigh more next week
than it.does this week if IL does not, yo
are not getting paid for It's keeping, there
fore you are losing money by It, and the
fault is your own. Proper treatment and
care will make a growing animal weigh
more each succeeding week. As soon as
IL attains its growth and cannot be made
to advance in weight--if 1t Is grown for
sale, sell it. Always remember that your
grass, hay, grain, or other stock food is
worth money, a part of your working
capital, and " henever you cannot make a
profit on it by feeding one animal or lot OF
animals, sell them and buy others that will
improve on tie food that you are wasting
on the former.
There are certain conditions always re-
quired in growing, feeding or using stock
for labor or pleasure, and unless you can
make up your mind TO comply with these
conditions, you had better not engage in
the business. IL must have enough TO eat
of the right kind of food, Just enough and
none to waste must have this at regular
intervals, not less than three times day
must have water as often must be kept
clean; must be kept comlortable-not too
much exposed to heat in summer, nor cold
and storms IN winter; have access to salt,
or be salted not less than once week
not be driven about by other more power
ful or illnaturcd animals must be looked
after every day to see that 10 is In good
health, and these conditions complied with.
American Stock Journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
Horace Greeley at Work.

A WRITER in Pdekdrds Monthly gives
the following pen.and.ink portrait Of one
of the most distinguished editors, as seen
in his private room, preparing articles for
the press;
Mr.. Greelcy's back is towards us He is
seated at his detk. His head Is bent over
his writing. and his round shoulders are
quite prominent. He is seribbling rapidly.
A quiro Of foolscap, occupying the only
clear space on his desk, Is melting beneath
his pen. A glance at the manuscript re-
veals two dozen knotty figures You may
be sure of leader on the national debt
tomorrow morning The desk itself is a
heap of confusion. Here Is Mr.. Greeley 8
straw hat; there is his handkerchief In
mont Of him Is q peck of newspaper clip
pings, not neatly rolled up, but loosely
sprawled over the desk. At his left q
rioketty pair Of scissors catch a hurried
nap, and at his right paste-pot and q
half.broken box Of waters appear to have
had a rough.and tumble fight. An odd.
looking paper holder is Just ready 10 tum-
ble on the .lO0r. An old.tashioned sand
box, looking like dilspidated hour'glass,
is half hidden under slashed copy OF
the New York World Mr. Greeley still
sticks 10 waters and sand, instead of using
mpcilage and bloitipg paper, A small
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27

striking or Interfering.


A oREAF number Of horses are in the
habit ofNstriking one leg against another
and great deal of ingenuity has been at
different times exercised in search of
remedy for this very troublesome prac.
tice. Both the fore and hind legs are sub.
iect TO cutting. the latter, perhaps, most
frequently but In them Il is confined to
the fetlock Joint whereas In the forelegs,
the horse may hit either the fetlocl<, the
leg, Just above the pastern, or Just under
the knee, where Il Is called a speedy cut,
from its occurring chiefly in fast action
II is desirable, before applying a remedy,
TO ascertain, IL possible the cause, and the
part which strikes, whether the shoe or
the fook and, if the latter, what part of IT.
Many horses strike from weakness and
cease ID do so when they gain strength
and condition. This Is more particularly
observable with young horses others cut
from faulty conformation Of the limbs,
which are sometimes too close 10 each
other and sometimes the toe is turned
too much out, or too much In. When the
toe is turned In, the horse usually cuts just
under the knee.
The objects to be kept in view, in shoe.
ing such horses, must he 10 remedy, as
much as we can, the faulty action, and to
AOlhON0f II DOoolbiNf NuN paw WHICH tuNos
The part Of the foot which strikes, is gen
orally that between tho toe and the inside
quarter--sometime the inside quarter 1t.
self, but very rarely the heels Of the shoe.
If the horse turns his toe in, in all proba-
bility he wears the inside OF the shoe
most; and If so, II should be made much
thicker than the outside; If the contrary,
the outside heel should be thicker than
the inside. The shoe should be bovcled
off on the inside quarter, which should
also be free from nails.
In the hind legs we often find that a
three.quarter shoe will prevent cutting,
when other plans fall for here the part
which cuts is not situated 80 forward as
in the forelegs, so that the removal of the
iron altogether from the inside quarter
will often accomplish our aim. II some.
times happens that every plan we can
adopt will not prevent cutting, and then
the only recourse is the adoption of boots.
-pTdirie Farmer
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
Some Suggestions on the Burning OF
Coal.

THE season when closed windows and
doors and glowing coal fires have super
seeded well-aired apartments has arrived,
and as the price of fuel has increased, any
methods OF preventing the waste Of so
necessary and valuable commodity must
be useful We give, therefore, few brief
suggestions, drawn from experience, in
regard to the care Of ranges, heaters, cook
ing and parlor stoves, and CRATES.
IL is false economy to be chary of the
use Of kindlihg for anthracite fires. Char
coal Is probably the best kinder, but is
not always to be obtained, and then, Is
costly. In this and other cities, kindling
wood, Of pine, sawed short-five or six
inches in length-and split fine, is sold in
convenient little bundles, one OF two of
which is sufficient to start an anthracite
FIRE for any household purpose 1t may
be obtained also in barrels or boxes, or in
quantity. In the country these conYe-
nienSes do not exist, but every house
holder prepares his own kindling One
great mistake in its preparation is in NOT
cutting II short enough, or splitting 1t fine
enough. More heat can be obtained by
using fine than coarse kindling. This pre-.
parAtion Is to the stove, what mastication
Is to the stomach, an assistant TO combus.
ton or digestion, in this case convertible
terms
Aftsr the kindling is lighted, il should
be allowed to burn until 1t Is all enveloped
in light blaze and portions have become
live Goals before q particle Of coal is put
on. If the coal is heaped upon the unig
nited wood the process OF combustion Il
delayed by choking, and much of the car
bon that would otherwise produce heat !:
carried of in the form Of dense smoke ol
J is deposited OF held IS caFboaic acid gas
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
A ShreWd italian Brigand.

EVERYBODY has heard of Fra Diavolo,
the brigand. His daring was only equalled
by his wit. The following is the ingeni-
Gus mode by which the celebrated robber
escaped for time from the hands Of Col.
Hugo, the father OF Victor Hugo,
who was in pursuit with large force of
soldiers.
Escape seemed absolutely impossible.
On one side of the road was a precipice
which no man could scale; on the other
Hugo was advancing toward the road.
Flight toward Apulia would throw him
into the tolls of his unwearied hunter.
His inventive genius supplied a remedy
for this net of difficulties. He turned to
his men, and said; " Tie my hands behind
my back. Do the same to my lieutenant"
The men were astonished, but obeyed
in silence, using handkerchiefs instead of
cords.
"Now." said Fra Diavolo, "let us move
down the road and meet this cavalry.
They will ask you who we are. You win
answer, "These are two brigands of the
band of Fra DiaVolo, whom we have
taken and are conducting to Naples in or
der TO obtain the premium"
But suppose they should wish to take
you themselves?"
"Then you will retire, protesting against
the injustice they do you. You, at least,
will Re safe"
The stratagem was excellent. Fra
Diavolos men figured as the militia OF the
district. The premium offered for the
brigands at Naples was q capital pretext
for asking permission to pass on their way,
and to gain the rear Of the cavalry. The
artihce succeeded.
Whoever has heard of Neapolitan i'm
provlsatore, can imagine the affecting sad
ness Of Fra Diavolo and his lieutenant,
the serious and solemn viYacity of the
spokesman Of the false militia. A story OF
tie capture was invented on the instant, so
probable, and SO perfectly consistent in all
It's details, that one must have been dead 10
| truth and innocence 10 dlstrust IT,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27

drawer, filed with postage stamps and
bright steel pens, has crawled out on the
desk. Packages Of folded missives are
tucked In the pigeon-holes, winking at us
from the back Of the drsk, and scores Of
half opened letters, mixed with seedy
brown envelopes, flop lazily about the
table. Old papers lie gashed and mangled
about his chair, the debris Of literary bat
tle.feld. A clean towel hangs on a rack TO
his right. A bound copy Of the Tribune Al
manac, from 1888 TO '6S, swings from small
chain fastened to a staple screwed into the
side ofhis desk two other bound volumes
stand on their feet in front of his nose,
and two more of the same kind are fast
asleep on the book rack in the corner.
The room IL kept scrupu-
lousy clean and neat. A waste-paper
basket squats between Mr. Greeley's legs,
but one half of the torn envelopes and
boshy communications flutter to the floor,
instead of being tossed into the basket.
Pen, ink, paper, scissors,
envelopes are in unfailing demand. The
cry, Mr.. Greeley wants writing paper"
creates commotion In the counting room,
and Mr.. Greeley gets paper quicker than
a hungry fisherman could skin an eel.
Mr.. Greeley can lay Virginia worm
fences in ink faster than any other editor
in New York city. lie uses fountain
pen, present from some friend. He
thinks q great deal Of it; but, during an
experience of three years, has failed to
learn the simple principle of suction with
out getting his mouth full of ink, and he
generally uses it with an empty receiver.
He makes dash at the ink bottle every
twenty seconds, places the third finger
and thumb of his left hand on his paper,
and scratches away at the worm fence like
one possessed. He writes marvelously
fast. Frequently the point Of his pen
pricks through his sheet, for he writes a
heavy hand, and snap follows, spreading
inky spots over the paper, resembling q
wood-cut pOrtraying the sparks from q
blacksmiths hammer. Blots, liked
mashed spiders or huCkleberries, occa.
sionally intervene; but the old veteran
dashes them with sand, leaving a swearing
compositor to scratch off the soil, and dig
out the words underneath.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27
Collect the Leaves.

Now that the leaves of decduous trees are
pretty much all fallen, it is good time TO
collect the same for garden purposes. EY-
cry gardener knows their value, and
where manure is scarce, can make an ex-
cellent use of them, either for covering
up half hardy things, or for furnishing n
means of obtaining gentle bottom heat
for forcing Drawn together into heaps
and allowedt 10 decay-iti is just the mate
rial forsdressing flower beds. Near extern
sive woods OF course this is not so
material, as nature has supplied an abun.
dance there that can readily be collected
as wanted
Many plants grown in pots delight in q
soil composed largely of decayed leaves !;
such plants as the Chinese Primrose, the
Calceolaria, and the Cineraria are very
partial to such soil. Their fine soft roots
are in such soil able to penetrate freely,
and quickly form a perfect mat of healthy
roots.
Where hot beds are wanted in the
spring to bring along early tomatoes, cab
bage and hosts of other things, and horse
manure is scarce article, dry leaves are
a capital substitute. But to be suitable
for such use they require collecting now
when quite dry and kept so until wanted
lbI uoNs hNh ny MSNNllS NAlShl huN bullu-
ing into bed, they quickly get into a
state of fermentation, not so rank as horse
manure is apt to do with the inexperi
enced, and hence often even preferable.
Gardeners from choice viii very offer
use part leaves--even when horse manur,
is plenty, simply because the heat Is NOR
gentle and lasts much longer
The fallen leaves are natures own GOV
ering for many perennial plants and a
they decay furnish them a gnod soil I,
root into
This should not be lost sight of in tn
flower garden, as quite number of plant
that we cultivate, II not protected by som
material or other, often get winter killed
which, with a few leaves thrown abou
the stools, would winter perfectly safe
Some people gather this valuable mate
rial together and burn 1t, which is mul
derous practice, as II should he dug G
plowed into the land undecayed rathe
than this, for the land is rich, indeed, this
viii not finally wear out il not added /
as well as taken from. Monthly Rose
even as far north as this, can be kept oU
of doors by covering with leaves, the
two boards laid together on them 10 she
the rain.
SO fine a protector is leaves, that we az
told, up in the Pine regions-even IA
north-where the SHOWS also falls earl
and remains, Dahlias and potatoes ofte
keep out all winter quite sound--PrdiTI
! HIrJQfr