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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23
Keep Warm and Save Your Life.

Within thirty days from to-day there will
be many deaths which might be prevented
by warmer clothing Many fatal case of
dysentery is caused by the want of wool
en- undershirt, or of an extra blanket at
night. The sudden changes of tempera-
ture which occur at this season of the year
are very trying to the constitution. Peo-
pie with weak lungs quickly feel the effect
of them. Frequently the thermometer falls
many degrees within few hours Not
only the feeble, but robust and strongper
sons suffer from such great variations of
temperature. When the weather grows
cold rapidly, the pores of the skin are sud-
denly closed, and the result frequently is
bad cold, which may hold on all winter
and terminate in consumption or fatal at
tack of dysentery, or that dreadful disease,
the typhoid fever.
If the day seems ever so warm and
bright, it is much safer to wear plenty of
underclOthing at this season. In the eve
nings the dew falls, and it grows chilly
very suddenly. At all times, even when
it feels the warmest, one experiences the
difference, which is so marked, between
the autumn atmosphere and that of the
summer. There is something more than
the mere difference in temperature it may
be in the electricity. An occasional fire in
room UrleS Ine Walls anu puTlneS In6 db-
mosphere A little timely attention to all
these things would prevent great deal of
the desease and suffering which are among
the ills to which humanity are liable.
There are many ready-made collins at
the cabinet shops and undertakers-little,
short, tiny coffins-which are going to be
filled up soon by little children-some of
them as sweet, beautiful children as any
body's but your own and just think of it,
these coffins might be left empty, and the
little children might be left in their homes
to play and frolic, and make those homes
bright, if only warm shoes and stockings
which keep little feet dry, and warm clothes
and soft wooden blankets were more plenty.
Do not bother yourself to hunt up mis-
sionary. BE sure that whenever you send
pair of warm shoes to a needy little
child, good enough missionary, though
you do not see him, always travels inside
of them. In warming feet and warming
bodies, it warns your own heart to do
this
If the physician of the Board of Health
would omit some of his technical, scientific
terms, and give the people Ineligible,
timely advice on these subjects, he might
not appear as learned as now, but would
not his services be more useful f-Neto York
| Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23

There has been 80 much written and
printed in the former pages OF the Journal
In favor Of steaming food for farm stock,
that IL may not be necessary 70 say more
than lust call the readers attention 10 H.
One thing is certain--there is money In II,
and those who reject II, win be convinced
after awhile, that they cannot compete
with their more onterprising peighbors
who adopt IT, Any man who will give the
matter fair reasoning before his own
mind (evcn with little prejudice against
it) must be convinced that II will pay.
Then, there have been so many trials sue
cessfully made and published by fair hon.
orable men, that the matter will not admit
of question. If food that makes one hun
dred pounds of butter without steaming,
will, by steaming IT, make one hundred
and fifty pounds, then the farmer who re.
iects the steaming process loses ny
pounds IF butter to every hundred pounds
he makes Can he afford TO do this2 II
the hay grown on twenty acres can be
made equal to that grown on thirty acres,
by cutting and steamingit, then the steam
ing is equal TO adding ten more acres to
the farm. The steaming apparatus need
not be near the barn the food can readily
be removed to and fro on light hand.
cart The whole thing is not very costly
and is soon repaid by the additional profits
-Anerfcdn Stock Journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23
Cows Should Have Food During the
Night.

A YOUNG farmer asks "Do you think
that cows should he turned into small
enclosure when MIXED in the evening,
and kept there without food OF water
until after milking in the morningY We
think not AT all events they should have
access TO water, and II they could have a
good feed of green food, say corn fodder,
they would give enough more butter to
pay for all the cost twice over. In expert.
ments made on the Royal Agricultural
College farm, at Cirencester, the average
composition of milk was ascertaineG
during each month. The results of
September and October were as follows (;
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23
Terms Used on 'Change.

For the benefit of those of our readers
who do not understand the technical
terms used, we will explain them. An
option is either sellers" or buyers,
and the difference in their value is regu-
lated by the length of the option, and the
state of the market at the time the trade
is made
a sells 5000 bushels of wheat to b, at
a price named, sellers option" this
week, the "tirst" or "last half" of the
month, "all the month" or call the year.
may purchase the same amount from G,
buyers option" for any of the periods
mentioned. The seller may deliver at any
ume he pleases during the life of the con.
tract on a sellers option, provided he
gives so many hours notice, and the buyer
On buyers option" provided he gives an
equal warning.
fTlYieges are when A gives b so much
per oushel Tor the privilege of delivering
Ialh az a certain price during a certain
uIhe, II during this time the grain should
DC worth more than the figure agreed
upon, A does not make any delivery. He
SIMPLY loses the money paid for the privi
lege This is called a"put.n ON the
other hand he may pay b for the privilege
oi calling for a certain amount of grain
AZ certain price.
ohould the grain decline in price, he
a1es not call, but loses the amount paid by
alrs a,n ier the privilege This Is termed i
, c@u A large number of privilege
s eiAsnsacuons are made every day in grain
anI I.s.os sgoeks but they have no recognition
iSSlunate business transactions. eitbel
tb;s ~ NSw Ci,v York, Boston, Philadelphia, o.
A corner is the result of oyersellin,
on the part Of the Shorts" AS The tim,
approsehes for them 10 an their contract acts
II Is discovered that there il scarcity
either natural or artificial, Of tbs srticI
sold short, and in the eaRerness Of ~, m
"shortss TO hll an unhealthy and nd sTirao, ~ y,
dinary demand arises, which naturally Al
In nearly all Instance these ,o,no,.
are the result Of deliberate n,or ~ ~ ,,eia ~
part Of the @longs WHO ,1n ha on ~, ~
chased for delivery in the fntyre nv, Pu
buy up all the "cash" or % asno,p .,rai ~
offering, and create a searcity ~ s'"'
AS the "shorts" are by their contra,
Obliged "to fl, |" they are necessitated a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23
Raising Hogs.

MosT any farmer will say, "Go to grass
with your information about hogs 'aint
raised them these forty yearsY" Oh we'll
friend, don't be offended if We offer few
suggestions
In the first place, / am satisfied that you
cannot make pork to any profit by allow
ing your hogs To run at large and trouble
your neighbors. A hog is unique in char
acter; he will sleep himself into fat His
stye should be kept clean and dry. He
should have yard for recreation, and root
his snout into fresh earth He never feels
satisfied until he can spend portion OF
his time in ploughing. His winter bed
should be dry and warm as that of his
owner. A halffrozen hog will not thrive,
and will require much more food to keep
up the summer heat, In summer give
him u faithful washing once in twenty
days. The growth will richly repay the
labor expended. Who but Hottentots
could eat the rnd of pork with relish if
he knew it had been coated with filth for
twenty months? Neat herds require fire.
quent feeding to prevent waste. A hog
should not be stinted in his food l never
knew hog to squeal into fat.
The best pork ever saw was fatted en-
tirely on new milk. The taste of hog is
ANuhN w hdNS an dllhlNl W llldl Ol uldu.
lie likes to have his provisions cooked
and those who make out the hog is so vile
and filthy, have seen them so from the
force OF circumstances-it was not from
their own choosing, it was the owners
fault. Many are crying down pork as not
tit to eat; yet, for one, think II Just as
healthy as forty years ago, and, Il properly
cooked, | will run my risk of trichina
spiralis, Mutton is the food, says one, and
beef says another; but they know but
little about what the human constitution
requires One con eat swine's flesh ant
be hale and hearty, while another, with
differently constituted organism, feels on
pressed after eating; and mutton is rel
ished by one, and so onward, in the sam
style, II win not do to fix any standar,
OF follow any mans advice. II you do, /
will be at your own risk.--C0r Americd,
Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23
The "Fat Contributor " with the Book,
keepers.

The Fat Contributor delivered lee.
ture before Bryant Stratton S De Hans
Commercial College last evening TO fine
house. The following is an extract from
his address to the students upon book
keeping:
~ never could keep books, or much else.
| had library of them once, but couldn't
keep them. Thoy were borrowed and car.
ried away by people who could keep books
better than could. Nice people, though;
my books were quite carried away with
them.
"Since accepting an invitation to lecture
before this college, have been looking in.
to the science of bookkeeping, and find
that l was woefully ignorant regarding It's
simplest principles. For instance, hat
been loboring under the mistaken impress
sion all along that in opening new set o
books you used an oyster knife or ;
| jimmy
al was gratified to find, too, that yor
didn't have to balance your books on tht
end of pole, which would smack to mucl
OF the circus to comport with the dignity
of counting room, didn't get so far il
my study of the art OF bookkeeping a,
to ascertain precisely how you close Sc
of books, but suppose you do il in the
usual way-close them with the doXology
Now, as understand IT. and If l an
wrong trust you will correct me, we will
suppose that A and B-I ann only in my
b abs in the sciencc-cnter into copartncr
ship in some extensive manufacturing busi
ness, such rs strect.sprinkling rag picking
or otherwise Very well. \ puts in al
the capital, being capital A, and b ha
capital, but he lets his capital be. Am
righty They then open a set OF books, an,
make cash DR.. 10 office rent, and \ and
DIR. toto anybody who will trust them
Bills payable are of course given DRAFT o.
accounts current, and the stock assets AT
entered on the credit side of the balanc
sheet. Now then, at the end of the yea
A and b take in Q having taken in nearl,
everybody else, who are at once carries
over to the ledger New York; on not
of hand, and-(the labor Of attempting I,
grasp so stupendous subject is telling
fearfOlly on the speaker). They then draN
draf( on their old stock, which, of course
is old stock on drdtl, leaving A and
carrying their merchandise-credit (
sundries--cash-not ofhand--C draws
(Iere the speaker, in a profuse perspirs
tion and greatly exhausted, was Obliged {
give II all up, and fall back upon his "lnju
Meal" which revived both himself and hi
audience y Cincinnati Times
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23

nav the prices demanded by the combina-
lion, which is always composed OF the
Wiongs." Il often happens that the "cor-
ners" prove disastrous TO the "longs' ms
we'll rs 10 the shorts" as they are lett
with a load which they cannot get rid OF,
except at n great loss. Generally speak
ing. there are few corners which turn
out favorably for their engineers, but as
there IL n fascination and excitement about
the business, there will always be found
those who will embark in them, so long
as "short selling shall be countcnapced.
-T1fed1O ReJUHiUn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23
Precautionary Medication.

II the importance OF protective medication were
more generally appreciated our mortuary statis-
tics would soon show wonderful decrease in the
number Of fatal results of disease Millions of
people are crowded together in districts where
they are constantly exposed to the miasmatic
virus which produces Ague, Jaundice, Fever and
Ague, and kindred complaints; and millions
more are continually visiting or travelling through
those parts of the country where febrile diseases
infest the entire atmosphere for miles In every
direction. These classes are environed with dan
ger which cannot be Over-estimated: They re,
quire a sure prafectiue medicine, like MlSHLEh ;
herb BlTTERS, which is the only real safeguard
for an untoned stomach, or delicate nervous sys-
TEN; the only fOrtifying agent against malArions
disorders or that win effect permanent and EN-,
oacious cure where disease has already fastened
itself upon Its victim. II is an inialli0le cure, ahu
is highly valued in all Fever and Ague aisulees'
axarvkVhara
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23
Johnny Slrlmp's Composition on Poli-
ties.

Politics is hard word l don't just
know what it means. guess it is sort
Of sickness. People who have this sick
ness meet together in the evening and
howl and talk. Pa has 'em bad. He goes
out five nights in the week and dcsen't
stay at home the other night. He has 'em
so bad that he can't walk straight when
he comes home.
used to think politics was something
good to eat
Ma says:she thinks it is something good
to drink
went once 20 n meeting where they
all had politics bad. A man got up and
called another man who wasn't there all
sorts of names. He said he belonged 10
the other party He said the country was
going to ruin, and We should all be ground
To powder in the crash. | told Ma thought
he was talking about earthquakes. Earth,
quakes is in my last geography lesson.
don't like geography much. Bill Brown
calls II goggeriee. But goggertee is a good
deal better than politics.
Pa says when grow up | shall under
stand politics. But don't like the taste
of II, except when Ma makes ii up into
eggnOg. When I'm man mean TO have
a horse, and COW, and go to the theatre,
and be a policeman, and keep candy
store, and have a balloon, and dance ON
tight rope, and be a clown like "Humpty
Dumpty." and go TO church once year,
and to Central Park twice week, and IN
! swimming three times day, But don't
want TO have any more politics
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23

"A crazy man placed an iron bar across
the track of the New Haven Railroad a
few days ago, in obedience, as he said, to
the Lord, who told him the train would
stop. The next day he stood on the track
and let the engine strike him. He was in
jured but not killed. Again he asserted
thatsthe Lord told him that if he stood in
front of the engine it would stop,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23

AT an agricultural dinner in England,
a gentleman rose to reply to the toast OF
"The Ladies'" when from the ladies' gal
lery came voice est down, sir " He
did so with a thump, whereupOn strong
minded matron rose and berated the men
for eating themselves, while the ladies
looked on with fearful eyes and hungry
months
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23

s28' We invite the attention OF our readers to
the advertisement of Messrs. Dodge Il Mum, in
to-days issue. Mr., Dodge was for years an Exam
incr in the U S Patent onioe, and both are highly
recommended as gentlemen of the highest integ'
rity and ability. They do business on new plan
especially favorable TO inventors.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23

"A passenger Just through from the
Western terminus of the Union Pacific
Railroad reports that tho embarrassment
suffered from scarcity of water has been
overcome, a we'll having been sunk near
the summit OF the Rocky mountains, on
the western slope, and water struck at the
depth Of about eighty feet, the well filling
nearly forty feet in few minutes The
well Is ten feet in diameter. The railroad
officials and employees have heretofore
been obliged 70 haul their water great
distance 10 the mountain portion of their
track, and there has been much anxiety as
regards the question Of being able TO find
water In that region.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23

The institution that does the mailing
OF most OF the newspapers published IN
the city of Chicago, tow weeks ago sent
the R4igiO, Plil0SopAie Journal (Splrltual-
isO To the subscribers of the AmeI7odn
CaHfcAmdH (Episoopalianl and eies ra'ss,s
This is exchanging pulpits on a larger
scale than was ever before known.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23

Manufacturers, Mechanics and Dtdl1 S,
do not fail to read carefully the advertise.
ment Of poty Manufacturing Company
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NEVIS or gHEDAK.
8 10 sAoso the very age and body of the Times.

4 I :
The Chicago Tribune has q dispatch from
Napierville, H., giving an account of the
poisoning Of whole church congregation at
that place on Sunday, 7th inst. The church
was celebrating lovefeast The meat had
been prepared in copper kettle, and allowed
to remain in it all day, till the liquid had be-
come oxydized. All who partook OF 1t were
poisoned, and suffered the most excruciatlng
pains. = g Medical assistance was at once sum
moned, but it was long time before the entire
number Zone hundred and thirty could be at
tended to. About twenty Of the number were
regarded as in dangerous condition, but none
have yet died, and it is hoped that all will re-
cover. s. a.2
The case of Milligan, the chief Of the ''Sons
of Liberty" VS.. Gov. Morton, Of Indiana,
Gen. Hoyey, the Military Commissioner who
tried him, and Judges Gregory and Frazier,
for half million dollars, came up in the Hunt
ington Common Pleas Court on Tuesday. The
defendants moved to transfer the case to the
u. S. District Court, under q recent act OF
Congress. MilIigan asked that the case be ad-
iourned oyer until next week, to give him time
to examine the law, aud his request was COM
piled with.
The Cincinnati papers bring us full accounts
Of the cordial reception of Gen. George W.
Morgan at Mount Vernon, Ohio upon his re-
tnrn from Washington, after having been voted
out of the seat in the House of Representa-
tives to which he had been fairly elected by a
decided majority Of the people OF the Thlr-
teenth District. 81 so3 1a-~"
The Tallahassee Foridian states that Har-
rison Reed, Radical Governor, was sworn in,
and has delivered his inaugural. The military
authorities insisted that that the reorganizers
should wait until Congress passed the admis-
sion bill Reed was sworn In by Judge Boyn-
ton of the U. S. District Court.
It has been determined by Senators to press
to vote the resolution providing Tor the ex-
pulsion OF Senator Salisbury for intoxication.
/ Both Friday and Saturday be appeared at the
Senate Chamber highly intoxicated.
Secretary McCulloch has again returned to
Mr.. Rollins, the Commissioner Of Internal Re-
venue, his letter of resignation. Mr.. McCul-
loeb contends that the letter is partial and un-
just.
Returns now complete from the thirty. one
districts of South Carolina, Indicate that the
radicals have carried fifteen and the democrats
sixteen districts
The Conscience Fund was further increased
on Saturday last by the contribution of $25,
forwarded by an ex-army officer.
Timothy Heensn, who was shot in Philadel-
phia few days since, died on Saturday. He
I was brother of John G. Heenan.
The Democrats Of the fast Iowa district have
nominated Thomas W. Clagget, formerly Of
Maryland, for Congress. or
One man was stabbed and two men COM
| mitted suicide in Philadelphia yesterday.
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Congress-

The Senate was chiefly occupied on Satur-
day with bill relating to contested elections
in the city of Washington, which was passed
after prolonged debate. The bill makes the
certificate OF the Register, based upon satisfac.
tory evidence furnished by the Commissioners
of Election, prinaa tacie evidence of election to
any elective Office of the city Provision is a $50
made for contesting elections before the SUI
preme Court of the District-the court to try
such cases in a summary manner, and the de-
cision of the court to be final
In the House of representatives., the con-
sderation ofthe Tax bill was resumed in Com
mittee of the Whole, and number of am end
ments adopted The tax on bank circulation
was fixed at one twelfth of one per CT. each
month, and on deposits one fourth of one per
Ct 4 tax of two per ct. was imposed on the
gross proceeds OF safe deposit companies. The
tax on the gross proceeds of transportation and
express companies was reduced to two and a
half per Ct Telegraph companies are taxed
three per Ct on their gross proceeds.