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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-15
WINOiESs RAIN--AUTUMN
BY PAUL ii. HAINE.

L.
The rain, the desolate raini
Ceaseless, and solemn, and chill!
How II drips on the misty pane,
How IL urenches the dal kened sill!
scene of sorrow and dearth,
/ would that the wind awaking
To fierce and gushy birth,
Might vary this dull refrain
OF the rain, the desolate rain:
For the heart of Heaven seems breakin
In tears DER the fallen earth,
And again, again, again
We list to the sombre strain,
The faint, cold monotone
Whose soul is mystic moan
OF the rain, the mournful rain,
The soft, despairing rain!
III.
The rain, the murmurous rain!
Weary, passionless, slow.
'Tis the rhymth of settled rrow,
'Tis the sobbing of cureless woe!
And all the tragic Of life,
The pathos of long-agc,
Comes back on the sad refrain
OF the rain, the dreary rain,
Till the graves in my heart unclose,
And the dead who are buried there
From a solemn and wierd repose
Awake-but with eyeballs d-ear,
And voices that melt in pain
On the tide of the plaintise rain,
The yearning, hopeless rain,
The long, low, whispering rain!
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The Latest Dodge.

A very ingenious trick, by whicl
gang of swindlers are making mon
ey by mutilating national bank -note'
of the denomination of five dollars
has recently come 20 our notice. TIT
dodge consists of making ten bill.
out of nine, and is so managed thai
there is but one pasting to each of the
manufactured notes. The nine whole
bills are taken, and from the right OF
the first one-tenth is sliced off; from
the right of the second two tenths ;
from the right of the third three
tenths, and SO on to number nine
from which nine-tenths are taken from
the right, or what amounts to the
same thing, one tenth from the left.
Number one is passed as it is, with a
tenth gone from the right; the one
tenth taken from number one is past
ed to the residue of number two,
from which two-tenths had been tax
en-; these two tenths are made to
answer the place of the three-tenths
taken from number three, and so on
through. Thus nine five-dollar notes
are completed, leaving the original
pumber nine, with tenth gone from
the left, as tenth note.
1t will be seen that but tenth is
zone from each bill, and in a differ.
ut place on every one, and a little
genious pasting makes the loss i'm
, stceptible to ordinary onservers.-l
= rs certain that large numbers of
. tie mutilated bills have been cir
cued in this city, and our readers
= WHO well to look for them. The |!
. roS' who have carried out the
: i,auy we're cunning in selecting the
ugnota Nations they did. Larger,
;. ollS Md have been more closelyi
u so,u.ihd, and smaller ones would /
: no' nav Ieen so remunerative. A
u sIm,iar SM!,,! . G was done by parties in
D " nila%s several years ago, with
u utty-oo'ia. ,tes of the Information.
= al oanh Vi city, but that cheat
b WIS WIS NV noS 81 Uerly managed as this,
anu was ;s, n'ont tected. The depart.
y menu menu VII, ~. .,deem a bill which
D. been tampered ond wo .S,.;a Ha'
uun ou en.s " tinize their five.
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No.EICE.

nyILLIAM RUSSELL AND CAROLINE
w NJ Russell, of the State of Wisconsin,
will take notice that Levi Sampson did, on the
26th day of August, 1859, file his petition in the
Court Of Common Pleas, within and for the
County of Hancock and State of State OF
Ohio, against them, setting forth that said
william Russell, on the lith of August, 1865
executed and delivered his promissory note ol
that date to said Levi Sampson for Six Hun
dred Dollars, due May lst, 1863, with annu;
al interest and on the same day, to secure said
note. said William Russell and Caroline NJ
Russell executed and delivered their mortgage
decd TO said Sampson, on the southeast quar-.
ter of the northeast quarter of section thirty
(SO in jackson township, in said county OF
Hancock; that said note and interest remain
wholly unpaid that to save said lien n. said .h
Said Sam pson prays judgment for s625 So, with
annual interest on $500 from January LIST, 1856
premises sold to pay said liens. Said William
Russell and Caroline NJ. Russell are hereby
notified that they are required to appear and
answer said petition on or before the 2sd day
Of October, 1853.
Whiteiey 4 Blackford, LEVI SAMPSON.
Att'ys for Ptf
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This INFALLIBLE REMEDY does not, like the
poisonous Irritating snuffs and strong caustic
sOlutions with which the people have long
been humbugged, simply palliate Tor short
time or drive the disedse 10 the lungs, as there IL
danger of doing In the use of such nostrums,
but produces perfect and permanent cures ol
the worst cases of chronic catarrh, as thous-
ands can testify. "CoLp IN THE HEAD" Is
cured with q few applications CATARRHAL
HEADACHE is relieved and cured as ifby mag
ic. 1t removes offensive Breath, Loss or I'M
pairment of the sense of taste, smell or hear
ing, Watering or Weak Eyes, and Impaired
Memory, when caused by the violence of Ca
tarrh, as they all frequently are. offer In
good faith a standing reward of $500 for q case
| OF Catarrh cannot cure.
FOR SALE BY MOST DRUGGISTS EVERY.
WHERE.
PRICE ONLY so CENTS.
Ask your Druggist for the REMEDY; but 4
| he has not yet got II on sale, don't be put of
| nv accepting any miserable worse than worth
less subititute but enclose sixty cents to me
and the Remedy will be sent you post paid
-Four packages % 90, or one dozen for IS 90
Send q two cent stamp for DIR, Sage's pamphle
lon Catarrh Address the Proprietor,
R.Y. PIERCE, NJ. D.,
1 nol6ms1 BUFFALO, N. Y.
L
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HERE isa bit of French philosophy.
1t is set down to the credit of Alex
ander Dumas, .fls: "Walk two hours
every day. Sleep seven hours every
night. Get up as soon as you wake.
Speak only when necessary, and say
only half what you think. Don't
write anything but what you can
sign. Think neither too much nor
too little of money; it is a good SER
want but bad master. Beware of
women before you are twenty
Avoid them after you are forty"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-15

SHERMAN, on the line of the Pacif
id Railroad, is the highest railroad
station in the world. 1t is 8. 240 feet
above the level of the sea. Ii is up s
grade of ninety feet to the mile
Like other desert stations, it has a
wind mill some twenty feet in diane
ter, which pumps the water up into a
high tank beside track. The tank
holds $4,000 gallons and the pump
Will fill it in ten hours. When it is
full of water, it lifts little float that
pulls a wire, the wire shuts up TIE
sails Of the wind mill, dozen yards
away, and instantly stops. When
the tank has got nearly empty, the
action OF another float opens the
sails and the wind mill starts again.
The cost OF the ingenious apparatus,
all set up, is about $4,000.
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\ man named Hilliard, while

A man named Hiliiard, while en-
gagged in digging a well on the turn.
pike, three miles above Portsmouth,
o., last week, became affected by
''damps' in the well, and dropped
down insensible. No one was pres
ent but Welsh woman, and she
saturated a handkerchief with cam
phor, went down the well and spread
it over his face. She then tied O
rope around him and assembled, and
then drew him out. He was insensi
BILE for three hours, but finally re
covered. 1t was an act of beroism
in the weman, and saved the mans
life.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-15
PRODUCE MERCHANTS,
HENRY BROWN. W. II. ANDERSON
New Law Firm.

"ENRY BROWN and WILLIAM H. AN
Ill DERSON, Attorneys at Law, have formed
a partnership for the practice OF law in Ham
cock and other counties.
They are admitted TO practice in both State
and United States Courts and will give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to them In
any of said courts.
re Especial attention given to Collections
Administration and Guardian Matters, Set tie
ment of Disputed Titles to Real Estate, &e,
Office at 'Old White Corner" Upstairs
door; south of Courthouse.
t3OG9tf BROWN d ANDERSON,
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MARK TWAIN thus mourns over
Adams grave: "rhe tomb ofAdam!
How touching it was, here in land
of strangers, far away from home and
friends, AMI all who cared for me,
thus to discover the grave of blood
relation. The unerring instinct OF
nature thrilled its recognition. The
fountain of my filial affection was
stirred to its profoundest depths,
and / gave way to tumultuous emo
ton. / leaned upon pillar and
burst into tears. / deem it no shame
to have wept over the grave OF my
poor dead relative Let him who
would sneer at my emotion close the
volume here, for he will find little to
his taste in my journeying through
the Holy Land. Noble old mamie
did not live to see me, he did not
live to see his child. And-l-l
alas. l did not live to see him.
Weighed down by sorrow and disap-
1t J,o JiaI baforn T yvaS horn
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EZRA BROWN. JAS. A. BOP
RROWN 4 BOPE,

1VAVING formed a co-partnership, will
III promptly attend to all business in and out
OF COURTS requiring the services OF an attor-
pey, and TO the collection of all claims against
the Government or otherwise. Omce-Ovel
" aad ON arfarSn EindlaY. Ohio.
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ERRORS OF YOUTH.

A gentleman who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for
the sake of suffering humanity, send free to
all who need it, the receipt and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he was
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the adj
vertiser's experience, can do SO by addressing,
In perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN,
nolyll No. 42 Cedar street, n. Y.
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To TeacherS.

To Teachers.
rI,HE Board of School Examiners of Hancock
Il county will meet at the New Union School
House, in the town of Findlay, for the exami-
nation of Teachers, on the following days du-
ring the year 1869:
Saturday, February 10Th,
March 9Th,
March 2Oth,
3" April Sd
April 18th,
:" May list,
+" May 18th
| June 5th,
August 9TH,
| September 4th
| September 18th.
| q" October ID,
October 10th,
| November 9Th,
November 2jth,
| December 4th,
December 18th.
| Examinations to commence at half past nine
lo'clock, A. VI.
| Each applicant is required to pay the Exami-
ner fee of nifty cents on entering the class.
| All applicants are required to furnish writ
ten testimonials ofgood moral character; those
who have been engaged in teaching to obtain
these from their last employers, who will also
lcertify to their faithfulness and success a
teachers; which testimonials Will be kept on
4 file.
No certificate will be issued without an ex
animation; no private examinations will bt
held no certificate will be antedated; no can
,didafe will be admitted for re-examinatior
/ within three months after a second failure
lApplicants are requested to furnish specimens
of penmanship.
Those who fail to comply with the abov,
reQuisitions will not be admitted for re-exami
nation
BY order OF the Board JOHN BOWMAN
ian l-lvl RAcretarv Hoard of EyamiRara
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HARDWARE.
RUTHRAUFF&CORY

DEALERS in Agricultural Implements, Iron
IL Nails, Glass, Sash, Putty, Bent Work, Cut
lery, Rubber and Leather, Betting and q full
stock of Shelf Goods. No. 65, Ewing's Block,
Main
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
,he space occupied by ten lines Of thls type

ne SpHct Occupltu Uy ltlI IIIIts UI tIIIs y Pe
,o-istitutes square.
Marriage and Deaths inserted gratis, but Obit-
uaries and notices of Benevolent Societies, Five
Gents per line. Local Notices Fifteen Cents per
line for nrst insertion. and Ten Cents for each
subsequent fnserffon-
Fifty Cents per square in addition to the above
rates
Administrator's notices 800; Legal Advertise
published.
n6 All advertisements must be sent in by
twelve o'clock, Wednesday, to insure their ap-
pearance in the paper.
The JEPFERsoNIAN having by far the largest
circulation of any paper in the county, affords
10 advertisers a valuable medium for their COM
muuication with the public.
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F,adlav Business Directory,
BANKERS.

0xrus OF Seven Lines inserted I'm this
Departments Of the paper at Six Doiiars
Per Annum.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-15

a WIN practice law in State and U. y. Courts
and attend promptly to business intrusted tc
his care As Justice of the Peace will attend
to(,onyeyancing and taking dispositions. Offics
Room no. l, Mslodeon Building, Findlay. U
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~Uu.UJAM GRIRBEN.
IOHN Il HAMLIN.

a T.rORNEY AT LAW, Will attend prompt
a n III Iernl business entrusted TO his care.
01ice over Ewing and Redick's Shoe Store,
n atu Street Findlay, Ohio.
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A TTORNEY YANDCOUNSEIL0R AT LAW
"A and Notary Public. Will attend prompt
" . ali business entrusted 10 his care Par
ticular attention given TO Collections, Partl
tioning Of lands, and business In PROBATE
ofFJCE ON Main Street, East of the Cour
House. in room formerly occupied by Browi
a Burket. !maY a
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HOT ELS.
CROOKS HOUSE,
MllLINE RY.

@ SPRAGUE, Proprietor, Main Street, Find
-. lay, Ohio. The best OF Stabling attached,
with careful and attentive employees In atten-
dance.
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reins he once grasped so lirmfy5, -
no longer be concealed Friends be.
gin 10 dread his blunders, and foes
TO laugh at his indecisive fumbling
of atfsirs. He is a broken man in
mind assuredly, and in men of his
stamp the mind alone keeps alive 8
body worn out by excesses. 1t will
not be very strange, then, if after
several dispatches, most positively
assuring US that "the Emperor is in
no danger" ''the Emperor has fully
recovered" we should one day read
''the Emperor is dead 81. Loais
Democrat.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-15

A TrORNEY AT LAW and Notary Public
IA will practice In all Stale and Federal
Courts. Once In Pattersons Rlock, Corner
Main and Sandusky Streets, Findlay, Ohio.
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E. p. JONES
X. b. HURD d co.

MANUFACTURERS OF CIGARS and
M Dealers in Tobacco, Cigars, Meerschaum
smokers articles. Two doors south OF the
"Crook House." Findlay, Ohio.
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;ntmenHides ana

six thousand brief sum.-,rth of shat
1 was born. But let us try a. may
it with fortitude. Let US trust tn
he is better off where he is. Let US
take comfort in the thought that his
loss is our eternal gain"
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Repairing.

nAVIN6 secured the services of John N.
Thrift ore of the best workmen I'm Amer
ica, and Of hfteen years, trsve ling experience,
I'll pasaahle watches wiz De warranted to per-
6orm e. represented. or money refunded. At
g. w. KIHHEL,S,
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In brief, France is very tired oil
Napoleon, but has not the concentra-
tion OF purpose to push him from
them. Therefore, he sits there still,
while everybody wishes he would
de. Perhaps he may. Threatened
men live long. "a watched pot
never boils,' says the homely ad-
age. But this man has given un-
mistakeable signs of the failure OF
that vigor of mind and character
which once won him power. His ir,
-, Anasyza Inability 10 handle the
rayoI,,;nI, IL -.i-, can
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-15

Mrs. Edwin Booth has recovered
from her recent indisposition.
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,eoRcxN n sHAFER. AARON b. sH
SHAFER BROS,

TVAVING formed a co-partnership for the
AMI United States Courts, and viii give
prompt attention to all business placed IN
their hands. Once in Wheelers Block, Find
lev ohio lmay Z.
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AGE. PARLEE CARLIN. ASS. JULIEN
HANCOCK BANK,
CITIZENS BANK.
CATToRNE EYS.
f. BURKET,

A TToRNEY AT LAW. Once In Carlini
"A Block, opposite Courthouse, Findlay U.
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BOOTS AND SHOES,

JOHN EWING 7. ii. REblCK
EWING d REDICK,
nEALERs IN BOOTS AND SHOES, Hats
H. and Caps, Clothing, Leather and Findings.
Nos. 81 and %, Ewing's Block, Maiu Street,
Findlay, Ohio.
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To the Public,
Fashionable Tailor.

A DAM SOURS would inform the public
IA that he is still engaged In giving fits" TO
all who may choose to honor him with their
custom.
Particular attention paid to cutting, and neat
and tasty fits warranted I'm all cases. Terms as
low as elsewhere. Give me a call. Hender-
sons Block. upstairs, second door from the
cOrnar In3tC
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r T. DUNy.

A TTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Bank
"a ruptcy, has superior facilities for conduct
ing cases In Bankruptcy, in aspeedy and prop
er manner. Letters of inquiry promptly
answered.
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"I6LIUeHus


MISS JULIA A. PARKER,
DESIRES to call attention to her stock OF
~ Millinery Goods, Hats, Bonnets and Trim
mings, which she Is receiving at w. H. & ]. j.
Wheeler's Store, Main Street, Findlay, Ohio.
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Clocks.

A LARGE variety of Seth Thomas Clocks
"A Also, Clocks of all styles and prices, at the
Clock & Watch Emporium.
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L. DAVIS. ]. W. DAVIS JOSEPH n.
w. l.. DAVIS d Co.,

UHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS
w and dealers in Flour, Provisions, Wooden,
Willow and Stone Ware, Confectionery, Fruits,
Notions and general variety. Goods al Whole
sale, at Cleveland and Toledo prices. Nos. u
and u Main Street.
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DRY GOODS.
IL wHEELER A CO..
]. S. BALLENTINE. c. ELMS. W. 8. POST
Us. BALLENTINE d CO.,
BARNEY, SNYDER d CO.
]. s. PATTERSON,
RIES.

ISAAC DAVIS. HENRY B GREEN.
DAVIS d GREEN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS
w and Commission Merchants and Dealers
in Flour, Salt, Fish, Wooden and Willow Ware
&c., &c, Corner OF MaiL and Sandusky Streets
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JOB PRINTING.

Having made large additions TO our establish.
ment in the shape of material of the lates
style, and having employed experienced ano
careful workmen, we are prepared 10 execute
orders for every variety of PLAIN AND FANCY
Jon PRINTING with neatness and Dispatch
The addition of Steam Power to our establish.
ment affords MS great advantages over most
country Offices in the way of low prices and
fast work. Call with us, and be convinced.
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DENTISTS.
DRUGGISTS.
s. d j. M. HUBER d CO.,

DEALERS IN DRUGS, Stationery, School
IL Books, etc. Prescriptions accurately COM
| ounded al all hours-day or night. Perfectly
L naiI, ,rl.., frnof
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itsky Slrect: First Door East Of Post O5lc,
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
TO C0NSUMPTIVES

TO NONSUMFI1tE ES.
The Advertiser, having been restored t.
health In a fsw weeks, by a very simple rem
edy, after having suffered several years with &
severe lung affection, and that dread disease
IConsumption-is anxious to make known tt
his feilow-sufferers the means of cure.
To all who desire 1t, he will send copy o
the prescription used free of charge), with the
directions for preparing and using the same
which they will find a SURE CURE FOR Con-
SUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, etc. The
object of the advertiser in sending the pre-
scription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread
Information which he conceives to be invalu-
able; and he hopes every sufferer will try his
remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and may
prove blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
nolyll williamsburg, Kings Co., N. Y.
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Geld Watches.
AIDES and Gents Gold Watches in large
| ID variety, II KimmeIs
Watch s Clock Emporium
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CIGARS AND ToBACCo.
TOTTEN BROS,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS In
w Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff and Pipes A
splendid stock OF Fine Cut, Shorts Plug and
Smoking Tobacco. a full line of Bale Good,
constantly on hand. No. 10, Main Street.
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VOL. XVI.--NO. XIII.
THE HANCOCK JEFFERSONIAN

T.. G. DE WOLFE.l
o. j. DE WOLFE. Ehiors'
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-14
STREET SPRINKLING.

owing TO FALSE REPRESENTATIONS
" made by q certain party, many citizens OF
Nashville are laboring under the impression
thar have Withdrawn from the Street SDrink-
ling Business, and that the work now being
performed is by this party; also that Wa5
favored By the party in power. For the inf0r-
nation of the public genera. ly. i would state
thai when applied for the use Of the hydrEns
water was fatty refused. saying that a con-
tract had been given to another person.
will simply state that. having received sus-
icient encouragement from she majority Of the
citizens, intend to sprinkle over the Sans
ground as heretofore
Hoping that the above explanation will show
things In their true light. and soliciting a con-
tinuation of your patronage, am your obs-
dent servant.
febl9 If LW. CARPENTER
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-14


DELIGHTED BUFFALoEs-BRAD Avis
FOR ScRATcHERs.-The buffaloes found in
the telegraph poles of the overland line
a new source of delight on the treeless
praiIies-the novelty of having some
thing to scratch against. But it was ex-
pensive scratching for the telegraph
company; and there, indeed, was the
rub, for the bison shook down miles of
wire daily. A bright idea struck some>
body to send to St. Louis and Chicago
for all the brad avis that could be puTS
chased, and these were driven into the
poles with view to wound the animals
and check their rubbing propensity.
Never was a greater mistake. The
buffaIoes were delighted. For the first
time they came to the scratch sure of a
sensation in the thick hides that thrilled
them from horn to tail. They would go
fifteen miles to find brad awl. They
fought huge battle around the poles con-
tanning them, and the victor would
proudly climb the mountainous heap OF
rump and hump ofthe fallen and scratch
himself into bliss until the brad awl
broke or pols came down. There has
been no demand for brad avis from the
Kansas region since the first invoice.