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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-02
How to Dig Up Timber Trees.

THE butt-end of large timber-tree is
usually much frmer and tougher timber
than the wood which grows thirty or forty
feet, or even twenty-five feet from the
ground When cutting down a large
white oak, for example, the timber left in
the stump, and that which is wasted by
means of large kerf, had the tree been
dug up, would have made more than five
dollars worth of the very choicest kind of
spoke-timber. Or, had the log been sawed
into plank or scantling for farm imple-
ments, the amount of first-rate tough tim
ber saved by digging up the tree would be
equivalent, in dollars and cents, to much
more than the extra expense OF telling the
tree by digging itup.
Every skillfil mechanic understands that
the extreme butt-end of tough timber
tree, Of any kind, is always much more
valuable for any purpose than timber out
of the same tree farther from the butt-end.
For making whiffletrees, neck.yokes, fork
handles, and for hundred other purposes,
when heavy and tough timber is exceed
ingly desirable, it win pay satisfactorily to
dig up the trees rather than to fell them
with axes. More than this the labor
required to dig up large tree will not be
so very expensive, provided the operator
begins right and manages skillully.
1t is frequently desirable to dig up
white-Oak trees to be sawed into plank for
sleigh-runners. The first important con.
sideration is to find tree that is not de.
fective at the heart, and that win yield
plank having an excellent natural
crook. We win suppose for example
that the crook is on the north
side of the tree. Now, in order
to avoid the mistake that most labor
ers make when digging down large
tree, by letting it fall without large
| fulcrum near the butt to lift the root
out of the ground, let log ten or more
feet long bo placed on the south side O
the standing tree, about eight feet from
the butt. A log, a foot or more in diane
ter, elevated on blocks, so as to be two
feet high, win lifG the roots clean from tn,
ground, as the tree falls, and thus saw,
much heavy labor
Now, when the north wind blows fu
rious gale, let the digging and cutting of
the roots be done. Excavsts on the soutl
side first, and cut off all the brace roots
! Their the tree will fall in the desireI
/ place Now remove the earth for tw,
| feet ia depth, II the brace-roots or tn,
eooka a,extend to that depth, before.usi
the axes. In one or two hours an acliyt
digger win lay the roots bare, so that on
can see at glance where 20 chop mos
advantageOusly.
AS the timber is very tough in tn
crook OF the brace roots, the tree can b
felled with less labor by excavatng tn
earth 10 such an extent that the choppinl
may be done in the roots, which may al
ways be chopped more easily than III,
timber above the surface Of the ground
AS the tree falls, the advantage Of larg
fulorum will be apparent, as It will hh III,
butt---roOts and all'--clean from thl
ground, with the sleigh crook upward
where il always should be. But when
large fulcrum is not employed, digging al
a tree is s labori0ps task, which most mel
diSlike, IftbfSf fiFsS,lens DC followed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-02
The Cabinet.

The changes In the Cabinet neccssitated
by tho resignation of Mr., Stewart and of
Mr.. Washburno and the nomination OF
General Rawlins have been favorably re-
ceived by the country and by the party.
Mr.. Hamilton Fish, the Secretary of
State, is a well-known citizen of spotless
character aud of long political experience,
with a certain solid good sense and just
instinct which have ranged him always
upon the side of liberty andsprogress In
our politics. He has not been a Republi
can leader in the technical sense but has
always commanded the respect and conf
denoe of the party. lie is of the same
temperament with the President, and their
views OF sound and firm foreign policy
undoubtedly coincide.
Mr. George s. Boutwell,, the Secretary
of the Treasury, carries into this Depart
ment the highest personal character, great
ability, and long and varied experience in
public affairs AS we said in the case of
Mr.. Stewart, and as must be said in that
of any man in the country who should be
summoned TO the Treasury, his especial
qualifications for sagacious and successful
administration can be proved only by expe-
rience. Mr.. Boutwell, believes firmly in the
necessity of the asCendency of the Re.
puuilIhh party W NHb WtllttIt vi iut tUuH-
try; but he is undoubtedly equally per
suaded that nothing will commend that
party to continued support more than ca
pacity, industry, fidelity, and economy in
the public service While, therefore, he
viii undoubtedly prefer Republicans in
his appointments, he will not accept mere
rsdicalism" as a receipt in full of the
fitness of candidate
General Rawlins has been the Chiefo
Staff to the armies of the United States,
and his military career has been conspiou-
Gus and illustrious. The President knows
perfectly the man and the duties of the
office to which he has called him-and no
appointment could command more salts.
faction.
II the Cabinet as now arranged does
not prove TO be what the President hopes
We may be very sure that II will be
changed. But we trust that he will not
think II necessary to lose the services of
u man so thoroughly able and so Rccepta
BILE TO the best judgment of the country
rs Attorney General Hoar merely because
he is from the samo State with the Secre.
tary of the Treasury, Hd,per'S Weekly
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4 Warnlng TO Those who Use lax.

A VERY peculiar case of sickness has re-
Gently been developed in one of the mem
bers of family residing at West End-a
little girl aged about fourteen years. The
child is member of the First Interme-
diste School, and has been in the habit OF
cleaning her pen by sucking the ink from
IT, and then swallowing the saliva thus
poisoned. And it has not been an uufre.
quent thing for her to take bottle Of ink
and drink from il as she would water. EV.
cry remonstrance of teachers and parents
was disregarded, until now the poisonous
fluid has permeated her whole system, and
created disease which II il does not hual.
ly battle the best efforts OF medical men in
this city, will require long siege Of sick
ness and suffering.
The habit OF cleaning pens with the
mouth is not an uncommon one, and
though the saliva may be Immediately spit
out, there yet remains enough ink in II, II
the practice is continued, to gradually and
surely pass over the system, and being
poisonous, must do harm. A word to the
wise should be sufficient. - GHeinAdtl
CApDnicls
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-02
SAWdust for Bedding.

THE london FfGd contains the follow
ing account of an experiment with this
material: Having used sawdust as bed
ding for horses for a length of time, re-
suits of my experience may not be unac-
ceptable to some Of your inquiring read
ers. litter the horses on it to the depth
of six TO nine inches, raking of the damp
and soiled surface every morning, and
spreading evenly little fresh, removing
the whole only four times year. Its ad-
vantages appear TO be many, ofwhich will
state a few which give it, in my estima-
tion, its great superiority over straw. 1t is
much cleaner and more easily arranged,
and of course much cheaper at first cost,
making, in the end, excellent manure. 1t
is peculiarly beneficial to the feet, afford.
ing them cool, porous stuifing, substi-
tute for the soil or earth we always find
in the hoofs of horse at grass, and pre-
sents the nearest resemblance to the horses
natural footing-the earth.
ave have never had diseased foot
since the introduction of sawdust in the
stable, now some years since. Horses
bedded on sawdust are also freer from
dust and stains than when ON ordinary lit
ter, (simply because sawdust is better
absorbent, perhaps) and testify toeir own
approval of it by frequently rolling and
lying down for hours in the day. 1t has
also the recommendation of being uneat-
able-sn advantage which all in charge OF
horses with the habit of consuming their
litter, will readily admit. Being free from
pungent smell, which is apt toaccompany
straw, (unless scrupulously kept,) it is in
nocent to weak eyes, and its slight turpen-
tine odor is rather sweetener than other
u l. Il Al a..
nure) the best possible foundation for hot
beds, and, unlike other stable manure,
forms no harbor of refuge for vermin.
Pine sswdust is the best, and oak the
worst, as the latter turns black the second
daVn
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farm ono 6ousr)oIo.
Food for Poultry.


NEVER stint poultry in the variety or
quality of their food. Good food is posi-
tive economy. The best and heaviest
corn is the cheapest. The best food is
that which gives the most Of what nature
demands for the formation of muscle, bone
and fat. Fine bran or middlings is richer
In two Of these important ingredients than
any other one kind Of food, but being de-
hcient In gluten, is not warmth-giving,
and is better when combined with the
whole grain, which, when mashed, forms
a most wholesome and nutritious food.
Barley 10 much used in Europe, but
should never be the only food in the poul-
try-yard. Fowls do not fatten on It.
Oats are good as change, but are in
ferior in nutriment.
Buckwheat is much liked by poultry, is
greedily devoured, and is more productive
of eggs early and in abundance than any
other grain. ..- +-a L.l 81 1..lI
Hemp seed is also productive of eggs and
is also very strengthening. The latter is
one of the best things that can be fed dur
ing moulting. r
In preparing birds for exhibition, fax.
seed may be given occasionally; it in
creases the secretion of oil, and gives lus
ter to their plumage. In giving soft feed
II should be mixed stiff, I. e. not n1ushy :
fowls do not relish It in this state. A
good food of this kind is composed of
equal quantities of fine bran and Indian
meal, This should be mixed with hot or
scdLdIng water, or of such consistency that
1t breaks or crumb,es when thrown on the
ground. Another good soft feed is made
of small potatoes, washed clean, boiled,
and mashed with an equal quantity of In
dian meal.
In giving soft feed never use q feeding
dish or trough If the yards are clean, as
they should be, the ground is the best
place to feed from. The gravel and sand
swallowed with the food is necessary for
digestion; besides, poultry prefer TO pick
their food from the ground.
Don't neglect green food. We have
spoken of IL before in a former number,
and only refer to it now to impress more
forcibly the necessity of it il you wish to
succeed with your poultry; little
chopped vegetables of some kind-whether
cabbage, lettuce, spinach, onions, or other
greens-is better given eUeTy day than q
great deal once or twice week
II you wish perfect eggs, lime in some
form must be furnished. Broken bones,
lime rubbish, pounded shells (oyster or
clam are all good. .
Beef or pork scraps are productive of
good results. In the winter when the
fowls do not get worms and grubs, a cake
laid in the yard for them to pick at, or a
little chopped off and broken up and fed
to them, adds to their health and to the
contents of the egg basket. So also an
occasional dish of raw meat chopped inte
pieces about as large as hazel nuts.-Rurdl
NeW Yorker.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-02

ONCE MoNTH.-The April number
contains chapters seven, eight and nine of the
original story entitled The Mills OF Tuxbury
Triumph of the Wing-The Prigate Bird-with
full page illustration; Sailing out-original; After
the Lessons Summer in Labrador; SaVonarola
The Coal Mines Of Pennsylvania-a highly inter-
esting original article; The Birch and the Bou-
doir; John Whites Signboard; A Bad Custom
A Pistol Shot-original; The Great West; Three
Representative Women; A New Star; Charlotte
Bronte; Man as seen by Woman; The Great Pitt
Diamond; Rebuke Musical Pitch; Is there such
thing as Sex Secret Societies of Paris Legend
in Alsace. T, S, ARTHUR & Sons, Philadelphia,
Pa, $2.OO ayear in advance three copies, IS 90
six copies, and one extra, 5000; ten and one ex-
ira, $500. Single copies 20 cents.
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A Boys Theatre.

"Now, boys, what shall We dor asked,
addressing thoughtful conclaye Of seven,
assembled in our barn one dismal rainy
afternoon.
Lets have theatre" suggested Bin
NY Wallace.
The very thingi Bat where, The loft
of the stable was ready to burst with hay
provided for Gypsy, but the long room
over the carriage house was unoccupied.
The place OF all places My managerial
eye saw at glance its capabilities for a
theatre hs6 been 20 the play great
nany times in New Orleans, and was
wise iu matters pertaining to the drama.
So here, in due time, was set up some ex'
traordinary scenery of my own painting,
The curtain, reoollect though II worked
smoothly enough on other occasions, in
variahly hitched during the performances;
and ii often required the united energies
Of the Prince Of Denmark, the King, and
the GraYe-digger, with an occasional hand
from the fair 0phelia Pepper Whit
comb In a lOw-necked Gress) 10 hoist that
bit Of green cambric.
The theatre, however, was a success, as
far Is Il went, retired from the business
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with no fewer than fifteen hundred pins,
Rler deducting the headless, The pointless,
and the crooked pins with which our door.
keeper frequently got "sluck." From first
to last we took in great deal of this
counterfeit money. The price OF admis-
sion TO the Rivermolth Theatre" was
twenty piis. / played all tho principal
parts myself,-not that was a finer actor
than the other boys, but because owned
the establishment.
At tho tenth representation, my dra.
matte career wss brought TO n close by an
unfortunate circumstance We were play.
ing the drama Of" William Tell, the Hero
OF Switzerland" Ofcourse / was William
Tell, in spite Of Fred Landon, who wanted
TO act that character himself. I wouldn't
let him, 80 he withdrew from the compa-
ny, taking the only bow and arrow we
had. l made cross DO " out ofa piece OF
whalebone, and did very we'll without
him. We had reached that exciting
scene, where Gessler, the Austrian tyrant,
commands Tell TO shoot the apple from
his sons head. Pepper Whltcomb, who
played all the juvenile and women parts,
was my son. To guard against mischance,
piece of pasteboard was fastened by a
handkerchief over the upper portion OF
Whitconb's face, while the arrow 70 be
used was sewed up IN strip Of flannel
was capital marksman, and the big
apple, only two yards distant, turned its
russett cheek fairly towards me.
can see poor little Pepper now, As he
stood without flinchlDg, waiting for me To
perform my great feat l raised the cross
bow amid the breathless silence Of the
crowded audience, consisting of seven
bows and three girls, exclusive of Kitty
Collins, who insisted on paying her way
in with q clothesspin. raised the cross
bow, repeat Twing went the whip
cord but, alas instead Of hitting the
apple, the arrow flew right into Pepper
Wbitcomb's mouth, which happened to be
open at the time, and destroyed my aim.
| shall never be able to Danish that
awful moment from my memory. Pep.
per's roar, expressive of astonishment
indignation and pain, Is still ringing in
my ears. looked upon him as corpse,
and, glancing not far into the dreary fu-
ture, pictured myself led forth TO execu.
cution In the presence Of the very same
spectators then assembled.
Luckily poor Pepper was not seriously
hurt but Grandfather Nutter, appearing
in the midst of the confusion (attracted
by the howls of young Tell, issued an
injunction against theatricals thereafter,
and the place was closed not, however,
without farewell speech from me, in
which said this would have been the
proudcst moment of my life II hadn't
hit Pepper Whitcomb in the mouth.
Whereupon the audience (assisted, am
glad TO state, by Pepper cried "Hear
Heart" then attributed the accident TO
Pepper himself, whose mouth, being open
at the instant fired, acted upon the arrow
much after the fashion of whirlpool, end
drew In the fatal shaft. l was about TO
explain how comparatively small mael-
strom could suck in the largest ship, when
the curtain fell of It's own accord, amid
the shouts Of the audience.-T B. ALdrich
in our Young FOLKS
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stoughtcn, wilcherlJOnes IN. on Eegisy, Nor.
re (R H. and McNeely.
Public Expendiipfct- Co0urn, sawyer, Wilson
g0hlol, Ileawklnh, Knapp, Donneily, Jones IN oD,
Private Land Claims -orth. o'Ncn. Dixon.
Weller, Maynard, washburn (wis), Swami,
Naval kfralrs Sschoneid, Ferry, Stevens, Keteh.
am, McCreery, Hale, Atcher and Haieht
FOREIGN. Anairs--Banks, orth, Judd, Wilkin-
son, Sheldon, Amber, Wood and Swami.
On Territories Cuilom, Ward, Tafe, Dyer,
P9meroyl Moore t0hio)' Duval, hamblet"n,
Revolutionary Pensions -Deweese, willard.
Knapp, gllnllan; Butler, Terry, Rice, Rogers aud
Smythe lOregor).
(ohio), Hooper, Phelps, Bowen, strickland, Bird
and Swccny.
Roads ard Canals-Iugersoll, Ames, Cobb,
N.Cl, Smith tOhio), Prosser, Mcdrow, Wells
Mines and Mininp-Forris snrgeant, Hawkins,
Strickland, Pomeroy, Duval, Roots, Dickinson
Froedmcn's Affairs -Dockcry, shanks Qnd),
Bailey, Tillman, Hawley, McGrcw and Monett.
Education and Lapor-Arncll, Beatty lIamil.
ton (FlaO, Burdctt, Tyncr, McNeoly. and Rogers
Revision Of the Laws-Poland, Ferris, Blair.
McCreery, Hoag, Finkolnburg, Upson, voorhees,
Coinage. Wcights and Moasuros-Hoaton, Kel.
| ley, Hooper itill Davis, Strader and GTiswold.
fatcnts2Jenckcs, Stevens, Smith (Ohio) TIL.
man, Moore ull), johnson, Sanford, Van Auken
Public buildings and Grounds Hopkins, Beat
/ ", Smith (ronn. Tanner and detz.
Mileage Hawkins, Mercur, Packard. stcycn-
/ son and Fox -ffLHH -E.. . H..r-
Aecouuts-Cahe, Arnel, Buninton, Kelley and
Qohaday. ... Il..
Expenditures In State Department Bailey,
| Hale, Twicholl, styles and Archer
Expenditures In Treasury Dcpartment--Alli.
| son, Wheeler, Lash, Randall and Beggs
Expenditures In War Dupartment-Willinms,
| Tanner, Cessna, Cobb IN. C) and Burr
| Expenditures in the Navy Dcpartment-LyDch
| CowIcs, Dickey, Ilsmill and Reeves,
| EWupuditurpH In tho HnRtOfNrp Department
Moore IN. J.), bingham, Hay, Benjamin and May
ham.
Expenditures In the Interior Department
Ella, Burnett, Packer, AtTader and Adams. +.
Expenditures on Public Bnildinge- Churchill
| Ella, Phelps, Iloag aud liamboton (Md)
on the Rulcs-Phc Speaker, Banks, Forry, Gar
| field and BROOKS.
Mr. Orth asked, and was excused from service
| on the Committee Of Ways and Means,
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All other temporal blessings are comparatively
worthless. The dyspeptic millionaire who has
tried all the potions OF the medical profession I'm
vain, and believes his complaint to be ipeurable.
would give half his fortune to be freed from the
horrors Of indigestion, and thus enabled 70 eniov
the other half Qf c0urss he t0Osld.
Perhaps HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTRRs
has been recommended to such sufferer. Posi-
bly, he has turned from the friend who made the
suggestion with sneer, intimeting that he has no
faith in any patent medicine " II this has been
the case, 50 much ne toorse fer HIM His ncredu-
lity dooms him to life Of misery. All the luxu-
ries which wealth can purchaee are at hisRom-
mand. Not one OF them can give him pleasure.
His own irrational obstinacy is his bsne.
The nsasses, happily for themselves, are less
skeptical, There is such thing as 6i0oted tpbc-
Hef, as well as Hooted credulifv, and a golden
mean between the two, which men and women
who are gifted with common sense adopt and
profit by. These are the class that patronize and
recommend HOSTETTER'S BTTTERS. Why do
they approve this famous anti-dyRpeptic and anti
billions preparationf Simply because they have
not been too much the slaves OF eenseless prejudice
to give Il fair trial, and have found that when all
other tonics sttmulants and stomachics failed, it
produced the desired effect.
"Strike, but hear" said the Roman sage, when
his ignorant enemies were assaiing him.
cured OF Indigestion, or biliousness or intermit-
tent fever, by the Bitters, he relates bis expe-
rience OF the medicine to his invalid friends.
Whoever is so welded to his own foregone theo-
retical conclusions, to decline to test the prop
critics of a medicine endorsed by the testimony
Of intelligent men in every walk Of life, and ap-
proved by the people at large, deserUes 10 suffer.
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4 Man Digs His Own Grave aud COM
mltS Suicide.

The Norwich Bulletin says that for some
time past Isaac S. Pickering. of Brooklyn,
Connecticut, has been digging his own
grave and speaking OF taking his life.
Everybody supposed him to be joking,
and few days ago, in speaking about Il
to neighbor an offer was made to help
him dig his grave when he got ready.
The offer of assistance was made in deri-
sion, but he accepted, and procuring shov.
els, the two went to his lot in the ceme.
terry and commenced digging near his
wite's grave. After working awhile the
neighbor told him that he had carried the
joke far enough, and quit work. Picker
ing, however, finished the grave before
leaving. Thursday noon he went TO the
postoiiice and remarked, while there, that
he would be off in about two hours. Soon
after he started for the cemetery, followed
by two or three boys. On arriving at the
grave he took of part of his clothes and
told the boys to carry them home. About
half-past two he sent up TO the village to
have more come down to see him kill him.
self, but with the exception of few more
boys nobody came. A few minutes before
three he drove the boys back from the
grave and beyond the hedge, and precise.
ly at three he shot himself in the temple
Killing himself instantly. He was nearly
my years of age, and was always Of an
eccentric turn of mind
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YALUARLE MEDIoNE.-We presume no medical
preparation ever offered to the public has been
more thoroughly tested than PERRY DAVIS
PAIN KILLER. Thousands Of persons, were
they called on to do so. would cheerfuly testify
that they have used IL for various ills, with the
most satisfactory success. IL is within our own
knowledge, that an immense amount OF snuering
has been relieved by IL. Its proprietors, Messrs,
Perry Davis 4 Son, save no pains or expense IN
order TO satisfy the public. Being strictly honor-
the manufacture OF their celebrated ram Killer.
The materials OF which it Is composed are care
fully selected-none but the pest quahty be,ng
used BY these means the high reputation which
the Pain Killer has long since acquired is at all
times triumphaatly sustained In view OF these
facts, We are by NO means surprised TO learn that
rapidly increasing. While we Congratulate our
friends generally that so valuable preparation as
the Pain Killer Is placed within their reach, We
must be permitted to rejoice at the wen merited
success ofits liberal aud enterprsipg propTietors
Providence GenerR Advertiser
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Without a certain proportion OF iron, the blood
loses its strength and purity. Blood enters every
organ through the circulation, distributing the
nutTitive principle TO every texture and the source
of every secretion hence the Importance OF keep
ing II duly enriched. II it has become weak, the
entire system vii be weak, and danger Of incur.
ring disease imminent; IN short, good blood
makes us healthy-had blood makes US sick. Here
we are admonished OF the superior advantages OF
MISHLkR'S HERB BIrrElt9. The Iron In these
Bitters Il readily absorbed into the circulation,
and a strong and vigorous constitution created.
The circulation Is regulated by them, and N any
organ ha weaker than the rest, the deposits which
aalse boils, eAT6uneles, tpnora, lamDs. &e., are