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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
EnrIclling the land.

S, s. FAIRFIELD, Rolling Prairie, Wis,
writes to the Prairie Fumcr;
As n people, we know but comparative
ly little of Manurial Economy. The care
tul outstanding of every thing that can go
tD the enrChiug of the soil has received
but very little attention. in comparison
with its Importance. Every item of manu-
rial economy grows daily more important
to the people oG the west The natural
fertility of the soil is rapidly decreasing,
and our past wasteftll methods of tanning
must be changed, or the country will be
impoverished. The soil Is like bank, it
will not always continue to honor your
checks, unless you make deposits in pro
portion TO your drafts. If all would make
known their experience and experiments,
IN eurichiug the land, it would assist and
inCite others, and the country would be
largely enhanced in fertility. Here is an
item or two, from my own experience.
About one-fourth of an acre in grass, in
moderate condition, produced the year
previous, at the rate of about one ton of
hay to the acre After the grass got up, a
fair bite, | commenced tetheriug a cow ON
the land Tied her to n stake, increasing
the length of the rope as she fed oil the
grass, changing the stake when necessary,
W give her good feed, messed her with the
waste Of house and garden When the
grass GOT too large To grave, moved it, and
| fed her The crop off the land, with the
grass cut from the yard about the house
| and the aforesaid waste of kitchen and
! garden, kept her in good condition. This
shows how family with little land may
summer COW. Pardon the disgression
/ Now what was the result The fertility
/ of that one fourth acre WAS so increased
by this hall soiling process, that il grew
| more than double the amount of grass
the succeeding year,
| A0er q light crop OF corn had been har
vested, two cows wore tied aud fed upoI
\ theFround, changing sufficiently often {,
\ ensure Cleauliuess, In this manner, ab0u
kb OF au aero was made richer in the shor
time afl0r the cOTu harvest and before tsl
rains, 80 that il produced heavy stand o
corn the next year Similar repeated eN
periments have convinced me thSt a larC
amount OF fertility may be saved by tn
proper location ot the animals, which !
oi(on wasted. Animals roaming at large
through woods and over highways, u
placed in yards where their eNCremeuts Y
to waste from drainage, evaporation or al
sOrptiou by the earth, where it will No
feed plants, wil not produce the net profit
that they should produce The liQui
manure from animals is highly f,riih2in,
and may DO turned to prodt by those VIII
{ study thcir own interests The wastefC
system Of animals roaming NJ large, ma
do for primitive husbandry I'm new oouJ
| tries with cheap lands, but where popul;
, ton is dense, and large prices are paid (,
. land, il must give place TO n moro oconou
! iCal system of farming,
/ There seems 10 be no good reason VIII
!, our farms may not, year by year, ha il
4 creased in fertility. All that is needfll
/. to "manure them with brains"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
How to Catch the Mink.

THIs little animal, which is much like
the weasel, has, of late years, become 80
valuable, that no pains Is SPARED to OBJ
tain its hide IL is but a few years since
that mink skin would not bring above
thirty cent?. The value of the tur was
not known. At this time, although he is
so small u creature, prime northern skin
is worth from ten TO twelve dollars. The
mink Is shaped much like the otter, and
although he appears no more fitted for
swimming than the weasel, yet the water
is is home. lie eats fishes and frogs, and
Craw-iish, and now and then gets into the
barn and steals chickens, and goslngs.
and ducks, and Craws into the cellar and
cats up the sausage meat, and whatever he
Gun lay his jaws TO- He Is Il piltering
little rascal, and yet so simple and foolish
that he will run into naked trap. For
the sake OF something to eat, he runs up
streams Of water and crosses the land
from one lake TO auother--a regular rene
gadc. He burrows in steep baLks or un-
der old roots, or on the rocks. The young
are brought forth in May or June, in lit
ters of five or siX-blaCk looking little
things
To catch this animal, you have only to
be acquainted with his habits. He follows
streams of water, hunting every nook
and corner for something to eat Place
your trap near the edge Of the water, $50
that it will be covered about au inch
deepO directly in front Of u steep bank
or rock, or something ON which you can
hang bait, about eighteen inches above
the level of the trap, which must be so
| close TO the shore that the mink cannot
| get to the bait without stepping on IL.
The bait should be fresh fish CT frogs, or
the head OF some bird or fowl, He Is very
fond of brains.
Another plan is to set your trap on the
land about two feet from the shore cover
ing it with few leaves, moss grass or
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

fellows. but rarely come into collision with
each other Each boy, when he enters the
workshop in which he is employed in bas-
ket making "a room twenty feet wide by
ono hundred and fty IN leug,h-marchcs
up 20 his own scat and box, never by any
chance mistaking his place. II they are
in search of afrlend, and they happen 70
call out his name in an empty room, they
never stop FOR an answer, their sense OF
hearing telling them that there is no one
In il. DIr Andcrson, of Edinburgh, tells
us a tale which well illustrates this point.
al had OCCASION he says, "tO send out a
blind man with mattress gave him a
bill with it, that he might receive pay
ment But, 10 my sulprise, he returned
with tho account and the mattress too.
I've brought back bath, yc see, sir said
he How soY Indeed, sir, didna like
20 lcavet yondcr, else ] am sure we wad
neer sec the siller there's nae a stick OF
furniture within tho door = How do you
come to know thatY oh sir, twa taps
on the door wi my stick soon tcll't me
that; and the mans estimate proved to
be correct. - Erebdnqe
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

or circle Is the right complimentary color
in the petal" UtLhrrfgE
Red VIII harmonize with orange, but
green is the contrast to red a rose sur
rounded with moss or leaves looks better
than IL would placed next toa yellow col.
ceolaria. Follow "nhture' as closely as
possible in your arrangement of colors (;
and you cannot fail to produce good
affect Study natures blending, and copy
II when you make your bouquets. Did
you ever see fair girl who understood
color In an orange dress, or n dark one in
blueY / feel quito vexed at times to wit
ness the entire disregard Of color shown
by some women, and more especially to
see how they carry the most unsuitable
bouquets,-thc bouquets ought 10 match
the dress.
A camclla alba is nice center aowcr
for bouquet Cncirclcd with hcliotropes,
red rose buds, white hcaths and blue vio.
let's. The following Ia the arrangement
for "wintcr" Paris noscCay: Center
Camellia; LIST circle, hcliotropcs 2l, red
rosebuds, half open 3d, white heath, in
spikes ith, red pinks; 18th, blue violets
9th, red roscbuds again; and 7th, white
heath in spikes.
The French six quartercd bouquets,
which were fashionable some years since,
were made in two culors and were very
formal Fern leaves, parsley and carrot
leaves are used largely In France they
are elegant aud graceful looking, and that
is the chief point, not the costlincss of the
thing; but parsley has one Objectionable
quality II has y strong and, to some pco.
pie, disagreoablC smell
sSomc bouquets arc made by enclosing the
| large llowerl in circle Of small ones,
Take, for instance, white rose and secure,
with rush and string, n circle OF blue
| GcHtiaad 0cdidfS, round 1t then take
another white flower and CnCirclc it with
pink blossoms, third with red, a fourth
with yellow and 80 on, taking care when
you put all the centcrs together in your
bouquet, that you onot disarrangc the off
fcrcnt circles do not like this style any
more than do the siX-quartercd- they
are both formal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
Prisons in the United States.


TUE forthcoming report of the Rev. DR..
Wines, Secretary of the New York Prison
Association, will contain an account OF
the conditions and results Of all the State
prisons in the country for the year 1868,
so far as the information could be obtained
by corrcsp )ndence and the study of pub
iished reports. a statistical table will ac-
company the account, which viii be, in
some degree, a continuation of the cele-
brated report Of Drs. Wines and Dwight
on the Prisons and RetormatOTies OF the
United States. From this il will appear
that, while nearly all the States of the
Union have one State Prison each, there
are two States, Pennsylvania and Indiana,
that have two each, and one, New YORK,
with three. But, on the other hand, the
States of Delaware, West Virginia, North
Carolius, Florida and Nebraska, have
none though Nebraska, North Carohna,
and, we believe, West Virginia, are build
ing prisons. The smallest prison IS that
of Nevada, with only twenty convlcts--
the largest is that at sing sing, New York,
with about 400, OF both sexes. The six
next in size are those of Ohio, at Colum.
bus; Illinois, at Joliet; New York, at
Auburn; California; at San Quentin +;
Maryland, at Baltimore, and Cifennsyl-
yAnia, at Philadelphia; none OF which
have more than 1909 cenvicts, and those
, of California aud philadelphia had on the
FIRST ef October 1868, only 6,S and 6g.
respectively. The average number IN all
the State PrlsonsoF thefive largest States,
OF New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio Illinois
aud Indiana, was respectively soout2 $50
! / OS1, /. 900, 300 and 675, while in Cantor
MIA il was 704, or, in proportion 10 The
incubation, more than twice as many as IN
either of the largest States.
i In an New England the average mum
I her Of State Prison eOnvicts was less than
IllSO, while ia New Jersey alone, with
populstion less than fourth part as gfeat
| there are nearly halt as mapy, namely
$50 IN Massachusetts, The average nun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

Is a very complicated and delicate one, and is
moro liable to get out OF order, and much more
difficult to repair, than any combination Of wheels
and cranls, and levers, made by the hands Of man.
As rule II s61k rel too pucb and bddiy tinkered
at that IL is often calomelized, nurcOtized, de-
platcu, and otherwise misused, when all that it
really needs is a wholesome tonic aud restorative
like HOSTErTER'S STOMACH BITTRRS to
put u in proper trim and keep il so. The stom-
ach Is HhamCIully maltreated, In the first place,
the food which it's juices are intended to dissolve,
lis too frequently hrOJrB into II hastily, and in
halt-masuCated condition, in which state the gas
trlc acid cannot properly act upon it. The result.
is aySpeDSiG Then comes the doctor, and finding
the digestive organs weak and the bowels inert,
he pruCcCrs u weaken and parglyzs still more
with drastic pureNtivcs. These failinC--as they
always dO-iO produce a sanitary change, he tells
the invalid that medical science can do no more
Tor him. This, with all due Difference, is a mis-
taRc-one Of those mistakes which Taleyrand
said were tantamoupt to crimes. What the dys-
pGplic needs is b,giy0rriiOD. Strengthen the
stomach with HOSTETrER'S BIrTERS, and the
stomach will strengthen every other part of the
human machine, and make II, in common par
lance, as good as new. Upon the state of diges-
tiun depends, i'm measure, the condition of the
whole system. Now, the Bitters are the most ad-
mirahle tonic known They consist of the finest
vegetable invigOrants and restOrativps, combined
with an uuaduiteraed stimulant. The dyspeptic
needs nothing else to effect a Cure except light,
nutritious diet, and a fair amount of exercise.
Even ia the absence Of these last mentioned ac-
Cessuries, the tonic and Alternative properties of
/ the preparation will work wonders, enabling the
dyspeptiC TO digest inferior fare with comparative
ease, and to maintain good habit OF body in
spite of the drawbacks OF asedentary occupation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
viii Keeping Hens Payl


THE above is question that we often
hear asked and discussed, but answered in
different ways The following is brief
statement OF facts ms 20 the question
asked, showing that hens will pay II
properly cared for and attended to. The
cost of keeping and other expenses has
been accurately kept during the past year,
and the number of eggs laid each day and
week for the same time put down also
the prices then charged in the store for
eggs, as u purchased for family use The
manner of keeping may be thus stated
They were fed in the morning as soon as
they came from the roost, which was kept
closed during cold nights in winter and
open In the summer The birds were al
lowed run on the adjoining prairie oc.
casonally, aud again fed before going to
roost at night. The feed consisted of DIFF
fcrcnt kinds, such as corn, barley, wheat
oats, with plentiful supply of clean wa
ter in summer At the commencement
of the year only five ducks and six hens
were on hand. A few were added in tho
course of the year, bringing up the mum,
her at the close to thirty The number OF
eggs laid was i,120 Five hens and two
ducks were killed for domestic use. The
apppunL stau1s thus.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
Arranging Bouquets.

Aa English paper has the following sug-
gesuons 70 regard TO the arrangement Of
noEsrs ma bouquet;
livery person who attempts TO fix a
bouquet ought 20 have an eye for color
~ 70 now Az established fact that those
ooIots called complimentary look bet
ter than theonessald 70 " harmonic with
eaea otheF N 9 nosegay; 90 place blues
with lhe orange, and yellow with the yio-
lets !; let white divide dlsafected hues, and
lots Of foliage =
The following is good rule for finding
the contrast Of anyscolor "Cut ont the
circular piece Of the petal of any flower
ana put y on white paper and you viii Sc,
q bright ring OF another color that rinl
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
Preparing the Ground for Flower Seed

THE soil for flowers should be a mellow
loan, ii possible, made deCp-a foot or
eighteen inches at lcast-and then the
plants will not suffer SO much in dry
weather. l should also be well pulvcr-
izcd-completely broken up-and made
as fine and mellow as possible, 1t is use
less to try to crow good flowers on a poor
soil 50, if not naturally rich, make il 50
with a liberal supply of well-rotted
manure. Every one, even those who do
not keep a horse or COw--Can have good
pile of manure for flowers without cost.
Obtain lot of turf from the sides Of the
roads and the corners of the fences, pl zee
it in a pile, and throw all the sOapsuds and
slops upon II, In the autumn collect the
fallen leaves and put them upon this com
post heap Keep adding to il, as you have
time and convenience; and when well.
rottcd you win have excellent manure for
flowers. Always drain the ilowe: garden
so that wsteC will not lie on or Lear the
surface Vtcks Catalogue.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

and we think more vigorous vine.
When single eyes arc 20 be planted, cut
the wood with sharp knife, commencing
at the eide opposite to the bud and about
half an inch from the eye. !, In settling out
these eyes IN the open ground thcy should
bo put half an inch under tlle soil perpen-
dicularlyaud the ground pressed closely
around them. II Is well TO mulch them
when hot weather comes on and keep
them pretty moist. --GrmdntOtoh- t7Re
ogy,lb
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
. ltcafiug Of the Blind.

= TlfE blind hoysin school know the step
OF al taeiT seAoal isllQWs. With uuerEing
certainty Nlus, y b6y having missed his
friend ~ play, no watches for him as lhe
ranks tle past welkins round the green
sward, or marching ia 70 dinner lie
hears the tramp OF his friend amid the din
and Che so0Ihs OF the other boys long ere
he has reached linn, and pounoes upon
ssw him. Indeed, the blind speak Of
hearing as seeing Ifffom the sound, they
know that the master has len the room
they say ~ SAW him ~ out Il is =
curious fact tha, blind people never run
up against each other Thus, when play
ing prisoners Alye--a game which leads
tosome rough jostliug even amongst boys
giNed With lAeI cyos-ihose sightlsss lltle
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
Planting Grape Eyes.

THosB who have not some knowledge
of planting single grape eyes, placing
them in boxes OF rich soil and the boxes
in a green house, had better stick 70 the
old plan of planting two eyes, allowing
the upper eye, which should have about
an inch of the wood, 10 be just under
ground. They must he set in straight
trench and have the soil pressed nrmly
around them with the foot They gr Nv
this way with great certainty and almost
always take root Ot both eyes. When this
Is the case the lower wood and roots
should be cut of, as Il makes a prettlCr
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

The "boy in blue is y resident Of this
city, and " worthy and industrious me
cbanic Happening TO call a few days
since at one of our boarding houses he
mentioned willie there that he was about
to visit Boston, at which the young lady Of
the house remarked that . young lady, a
stranger, who was stopping at her house,
was desir mrs ofy wishing your city, and
that he wo6l9 confer a favor by acting as
escort. The young lady, upon being sum
moned to the parlor, Immediately com.
piled, glanced at the gentleman, uttered
his Christian name, aud fell to the floor
with a swoon. Restoratives were applied,
and she soon recovered, when mutual ex-
plantations followed, and she soon learned
that while she was in search Of her boy
in blue he had become husband, father,
and widower But loving him none the
less tor that, aud seeing Cupid in his eyes,
she fell upon his shoulder and wept tears
of 10y A sensational wedding is likely TO
occur gDuu.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
Cause and Eject.

Colds are the effect OF obstructed perspiration.
The symptoms are so generally understood, that
nothing need he said on that point. But colds
are easily taken, and uness great care is exer-
cised second cold will often be Contracted or in
OtEcr words, one cold viii run into another, and
Snd raciiinr of tbe InT~s'' and Tho nrodnction af
tubcrcles. Although many thousands of persons
are drifting through these symptoms towards pull
monary diseases Of dangerous character, yet the
majority think that they are troubled with moth
ing but an ordinary cold which will remedy it.
self and pass away. Fatal dcusion-the rock on
which many q life has been lost. See to it at
once that your cold is attended to. Use MlSH-
LER'S HERE BITTERS, the most potent remedy
tain protection against the danger of taking them
if is used regularly two or three times day as
a tonic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

Der was 33I in 1861, and j4G In 1S6s. In
the southern States a'vefy large propor-
Ton OF the convicts are colored pers6ns;
in Maryland, for example, out of B7g con.
victs 3sS were coloIedi IN Nirginia, out of
5}j 4lJ were col0red : in South Carolina.
of $50, PAL were color d, and so on. ! Thee
ColorCd convicts are often sentenced for
comparatively slight oilenses, such as the
planters used to punish on their own es.
tates Very few Of the State prisons are
selfsupporJing,. and ntarly AL that pay
their own expenses are in New England.
In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Connecticut the convcts earn more
money thanthe cost of their support, and
they sometimes do this in Rhode Island.
Ohio and Kentucky are the only other
STATES that have selfsupportiDg prisons,
although those in Indiana, Wisconsin ana
Nevada come near It, In New York the
| yearly deficit is between $1j0,000 and
| 100000; in Pennsylvania it is nearly
| 100000, in California about SO, 600 and
New Jersey $4,000 and upward.-Spring-
! fld (Mtss.) Rtp'Hicdu.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22
that running water would be preferable TO
that which isstill, dnce,the matter would


that running water would be preferable to
that which isstill, since,the matter would
be washed away as soon as " had soaked
oute--I'T0irie Farmer. sHftts
~ y The OId!FdsiiOned Mother.
.fltN a-t M 49, t4N|Fl
THAT old fashioned mother lone in all
the world, the LAW of whose life waslove /;
one wh6 wasthc divinity Of our infancy,
and the sacred presence in the shrineoi
our first earthly idolatry; one whose
heart is far below the frosts that gather so
thickly on her brow; one TO whom We
never grow old, but, in the plulned troop,
or the grave council, are children still one
who welcomed us coming, blest US going,
and never iOrgets us--nCyer. And when,
in some closet, some drawer, some corner,
she finds n garment, or toy that once
was ours, how does she weep, rs she
thinks we may be suffering or sad. = 4
Does The battle of life drive the wan.
dcrcr to the old homestead at lastY Her
hand is upon his shoulder her dim and
fading eyes are kindlcd with something OF
"thc light of other days" az she gazes
upon his brow. " 30 OF stout heart, my
son No harm can reach you here"
But sometimes that arm. chair is set back
against the wall, the corner is vacant or
anothcr's, and they seek the dear old occu-
pant in the crave yard. God grant y0ts
never havci Pray God, ! never may =
" JIUUl,TY anil Itt1lC.'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

ro,o -, =, : ,,;rrs : I, : - ~ :, Mar

The gross earnings Of the ST. Mary's
Falls ship canal, tor 1861, were S33,5lj,54
This was $l0,4iG more than was received
in tS66 or this increase, : 666 95 were
the result Cf the increase Of the rate of
tolls from flur aud one bait IN six cents
per top, upon the Tonnage Of steamers.
TIE oUiire receipts Tor tolls for The year
lust closed were $25,9'2i4; boing L53S.l4
less than the wear before. This falling on
rowing i'm grest degree 20 the exceeding
DEP, gSSli condition of the copper mining
interest. The cana has been in operation
fourteen seasons. Very considerable re-
pairs have been Haie during the last two
year, which, with thOSe now being prose
tuted, will place Il in A. good condition az
the Wear and t9ar of this length OF Time
would allow The Board of Control has
auth0rize,l il 90 10 dredged, 10 clear II oil
the mud and stone which have been borne
down by The ice ard current Three
hundred feet Of new pier is 20 be built on
the north side, AZ is western tgTminus,
The vslvSs OF the lock gates aud The slope
walls arc ( . re .ep4ired and improved.
These improvements viii he made under
fhe charge of the superintendent during
tar winter months. The mas yials ere sl-
ready purchased ard on the gsouul.
TgG next STYLE of bonnet Is 70 he q bead
sri two inches 0f rihhon fastened with a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

In Erie, Pa, some branches of manu-
tactures, such as soap making, are carried
on by the burning gas from wells, at the
depth of a few hundred feet, the constant
stream of flame being made available for
heating the kettles.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

"A telegram from indianapolis an
nounces that, "There is no doubt but the
proposed road from Vernon to New AL
bany, under the auspices of the Ohio &
Mississippi Railroad, will be promptly
CONSTRUCTED The Ohio Il Mississippi will
also obtain contr ] the New Albany S
Salem Road, or else build a new one to
Mitchell, that win give them control of
the travel from Louisville TO st. Louis and
westward
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-01-22

The jacobs Sharpeners advertised in this issue
we know Lave excellent sharpening qualities, and
We advise our friends to supply themselves with
the article and be plagued no more with dull
mouse knives or scissors.