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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12
The Virginia Situation.

The Democracy fairly and triumphantly
carried the Old Dominion That some
white Republicans and negroes were
sensible enough to vote with them, and
that the Conservative party even went so
Tar as to pick portion of their candidates
from the ranks of these voluntary allies,
does not alter the distinctive character of
the victory, but merely magnifies the ex-
tent of it. Neither does the fact that the
fight was won under the laws of Congress
and in accordance with such policy as
accepted the situation only to mitigate and
master it, diminish the emphasis of the
success or detract from its real ID emocratic
significance. Virginia belongs, IN the adj
mlnlstratlon of her government and i'm the
moulding of her future, to her own true
people who have wrought good out of evil
and saved the commonwealth by their
energy and intelligent sense
Hence, the open letter addressed by DIR.
Gilmer to- the so-called leader of defeated
negro faction in that State is manly and to
the point This latter person-Je Jenkins is
the name of him, if we mistaBe not
cOOlly proposed that his beatca crowd of
disuniOnists should form an alliance with
the chivalric and victorious ConseI natives
of the grand old State Dr. Gilmer's re-
ply it is immaterial to give in full; but the
purport is that the Conservative DemOcra-
cy always leave their latch-string on the
outside OF the door, and that all who will
can enter the tabernacle of the redeemed if
they come with cleaned hands and a pure
heart, doing works meet for repentance.
Whereupon the administration papers
notably the Tribune, Times, and Spring
field RepuJlican-lecture the Conservatives
on their disObliging and inhospitable spirit.
forsooth And this from the party that
has called the Democracy dead for ten
years and our principles defunct; this
from the organization which drove the late
Mr.. Raymond and others who survive him
out OF place, power, and recognition be-
cause once they inclined to even policy
of liberation towards the Conservatives :.
this is the humble-pie Of "join with us"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12
Care of Working Oxen i'm Summer.

ALL farmers who are accustomed to
keeping oxen for farm work are aware of
their value, but large number of them
do not treat the poor animal with that
care and kindness that his patience and
labor justly entitle him to. A very good
days work may be obtained from pair of
oxen in the warmest weather if they are
put to it at the right hours. They should
be put to work at four o'clock in the morn
ing and taken off at ten. From that time
until four O'Clock in the afternoon they
should be permitted to rest and feed in a
shaded, airy place. If fed on grass, it
should be cut and brought to them so
that they need not be compelled to Craze
in the sun. They may then be worked
from four until seven or eight o'clock in
the evening, which will make nine or ten
working hours a day, leaving them eight
hours to feed and rest at night
By dividing their time in this way they
may be worked every day, and if proper
ly fed and watered, will keep in good CON
dition. This arrangement of time may
not suit the taste or convenience of the man
or boy who has to work with them, as he
would like to lay in bed two or three hours
longer in the morning and he can stand
the heat of the sun better than the oxen !;
but the arrangement would be as good for
him as them The only difficulty to be
overcome is the habit of morning nap !;
and this ought to be gracefully yielded to
for humanity's sake-American Stock
Journal.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

which they eat before the Virginia Demo
Gratis, and this is the howl of horror they
raise at the rejection of their offered fusion
with an organization at which even to
squint, except with the strabismic helpless
ness of Butler, has had political and per-
sonal infamy for the penalty of it.
My son" said father, halve all
my worldly goods with you" A month
after the prodigal returned Father" he
bemoaned, I'm dead broker How"
said the parent, lam to help that? |
gave you as much as l allowed myself
You have squandered it have increased
mine What will you say to that?' The
youngster was equal to the emergency :
Let us halve again, Governor, and keep 1T
up every time"
Precisely so with the Virginia disuniOn
ists They had as fair field to work in
as the Conservatives from whom they sep
arated in arrogant assurance. They vast
ed their political substance and eStranged
from them all but the lowest of the low
Now they desire to halve again and keep
it up every time" Let the Virginia Con-
servatives resist alike the Establishments
and the frowns of power. They hold a
position which secures the present and
rules the future. 1t cannot be lost TO them
unless they are lost to themselves. They
can hold the Congress and the President
to the fulfilment of pledges made, condi-
toned on exactiOns complied with, or can
hold them up to disgrace and defeat on
every political field where the Radicals
may venture with the record of Virginia
cheated, written against them
AS to Candy and his lodges, Butler and
his letters, Congress and its legislation,
the President and the perfidy proposed in
his behalf, they are not to be feared or
sought to be flanked Virginia n0U be-
longs to herself She has complied with
even the conditions which Radicalism inn
posed. Having wisely stopped to conquer,
she may now raise her head in triumph.
CATION of the verdict and the will of her
citizens, the continuance of military rule,
will work out for her Gf the administra-
ton dare any of these things) far more
exceeding weight of victory before the
tribunal of the people now in judgment
upon her prosecutors and despOilers.
Virginia holds the citadel of Democratic
victory under every process of Congress
siOnal reconstruction. Her Southern sis
tiers have thanked God for her example
and have taken the courage wherewith to
repeat it when their time comes. And il
| adoption of Radicalism be the alternative
of continued disunion by act of Congress
it will be Virginia's Conservative invinCi-
bility which will extort such an admission
! from the administration-an admission
which will drive them from power in every
section where it is plainly proclaimed
Neu York World, August 18th.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

1t is sad thing to pass through life only half
alive. Yet there thousands whose habitual GRn-
ditiOn is one of languor and debility. They com
plain of no specific disease they suffer positive
pain /; but they have relish for anything which
affords mental or sensuOus pleasure TO their more
robust and energetic fellow beings.
In nine out of ten this state of assitude and
torpOr arises from a morbid stomach. indigestion
destroys the energy of both mind and body. When
the waste of nature IL not supplied by due and
regular assimilation of the food, every organ l.
starved, every function interrupted.
Now what does common sense suggest under
these circumstances of depressiony The system
hour or two to sink afterward into a pitiable
condition than ever. (as it assuredy would do if an
ordinary alcoholic stinul ant were resorted to- but
radically and permanently
How is this desirable object to be accomplished
The answer to this question, founded "n the unva
ryng experiences ola quarter of century, is easily
given. Infuse new vigor into the digestive organs
by course of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BIT
TIERS. Do not waste time in administering tempo
rsry remedies but lCdke the system Up by rccuperat
ing the fOuntain-head of physical strength and
energy, the great organ upon which all the other or
gains depend for their nurture and support.
BY the time that dozen doses of the great vege.
table tonic and invigorant have been taken. the
feeble frame of the dyspeptic VIII begin to feel III
benign influence. Appetite will be created. and
with appetite the capacity to digest what it
Persevere until the cure is compete-until health
full blood, fit to be the material of flesh and muscle
bone and nerve, and brain, flows through the chan
nels of circulation. instead of the watery pabulum
with which they have heretofore been imperfectly
nourished.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12
A World Oh Fire.

On the 18th of May, 1866, a great con-
migration, infinitely larger than that of
London or Moscow, was announced. To
use the expression of distinguished
astronomer, world was found To be on
fire. A star, which till then had shone
meekly and unobtrusively in the Corona
BOrealis, suddenly blazed up into a lumi-
nary OF the second magnitude. In the
course of three days from its discovery i'm
this new character by Mr.. Birmingham, at
Tuam, it had declined to the third or even
fourth order Of brilliancy. In twelve
days, dating from its first apparition in
the Irish heavens, it had sunk to the eighth
rank, and it went on waning until the 18th
of June, when it ceased to be discernible
except through the medium of the tele-
scope. This was remarkable, though
certainly not an unprecedented proceed
ing on the part of the star; :. but one
singular circumstance in its behavior was
that, after the lapse of nearly two months,
it began to blaze up again, though not with
equal ardor, and, after maintaining it's
glow for few weeks and passing through
sundry phases of color, it gradually paIed
its fires and returned to its former in
significance,
How many years had elapsed since this
awful conf1agratiOn actually took place it
would be presumptuous to guess; but it
must be remembered that news from the
heavens, though carried by the flcetest of
messengers, light, reach us long after the
event has transpired, and that the same
celestial courier is still dropping the It'd
ings at each station it reaches in space,
until II sinks exhausted by the length of
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

Some time since | saw the question
asked through the Farmer, if there was
not some better way of breaking steers
than yoking them, and whipping and
pounding them until they were broken
in ambition, constitution, and every
thing that goes to make good work OK
Now, L propose to give a method that |
have practiced for thirty-fve years. In
the fist place, make yard forty feet
square, with Il straight fence, and SO high
that the widest steer will not think of get
ting out. Now, put two or four steers into
the yard; then take some corn, and cord
and pet them until they are not afraid of
you Then take your whip, a stalk five
or six feet long, with lash three or four
feet long, and start one of the steers He
will go next to the fence; when he comes
to the corner, put out your whip and cry,
"Whoa ~ He must stop, for his head is
against the fence. Now, pet him little !;
then drop your lash lightly on his left ear,
and say, "Hawf y which he has to do if
he goes along. Keep on in this way, and
in short time you can "Haw" him
around under the whip. Now, "Gee +"
him around in the same way, till you can
"haw and "gee" at will. Then, step
off few feet, and call one by name, and
with "a motion of your whip bring him to
you. Then, step little further off, and
continue to do SO until you can fetch HIM
to you anywhere in the yard
While at work with one, if he gets eX-
cited, leave him and take another Then
take your yoke take out the near bow,
and tie rope fifteen or twenty feet long
in the near bow hole; put the yoke
ON him. and keep hold of the rope, so that
he shall not hurt himself or the others.
If he is afraid of it, let him work with il
till he gets over it, Then put it on an
other, and let them draw each other
around Let them all have a turn at it.
Then, yoke them together fetch them to
you to yoke; yoke and unyoke, and yoke
on either side; drive them in the yard
until you can back, gee and haw them at
will-which you can do, If you keep cool,
and soork mildly, with tight blows, till he
hnotcs schat you rant Then, if you have
an old yoke of oxen, bring them into the
yard; hitch them together, and drive
them around the yard few times; then
open your gate, and take them out. They
may bound little at first, but will soon
mind you as well out of as in the yard.
Try it, farmers and my word for it, if
you want yoke of gentle, quick, lively
cattle Gf you are mitd and follow the Ill
rections), you are sure to have them.-W
e. Bal, in Kansas Farmer
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12
A GOOD story is told of an amateur agri-

A GOOD story is told of an amateur agri-
culturist, in Berkshire County, Mass,
who was advised by one of his neighbOrs
to plant sunf1owers with his beans in order
to obviate the task of polling He follow
ed the advice in due course of time beans
and sunflowers came up and waxed strong,
the beans coiling around the suntiower
stalks beautifully; and he congratulated
himself upon the fact that he had discov-
cred an etfectual method of raising beans
without being driven to the disagreeable
necessity of toting bean-poles from the
forest But alas for human expectations,
his beans were raised out Of the soil, roots
and all, in few weeks, by the rapid
growth of his new-fashioned bean-poles.
and there they hung whitening between
heaven and earth.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

never under any provocation receive other
than kind treatment A horse should at
least be kept in dry stable from which
the manure is occasionally removed, and
supplied with clean bedding daily. Light
and ventilation should be furnished, but
draughts of air at the same time avoided
A Stable that does not fulfil these condi-
tons is unfit for the habitation of horse.
No farmer should stable his horses with
out removing their harness, and if very
sweaty their breasts should be washed
with cold water. They should have at all
seasons enough good wholesome food to
keep them looking nice and smooth; any
thing less than this will not pay.-Ameri-
can Stock Journal.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

"a merciful man is merciful to his
beast says the Scriptures, and Judged by
that rule there are many unmerciful
farmers The horse is the most useful and
docile of all servants, and if mercy to the
brute creation did not prompt a man to
treat his horses kindly, interest should
There are some men too mean to keep
their horses in decent condition, and whose
teams always look as if the crows had a
mortgage upon them soon to be foreclosed !;
but this class, for the honor of our profes-
sion, | am glad to say is small These
men reckon all that can be saved i'm feeding
their horses as SO much clear gain, work
them constantly upon insufficient food, and
us consequence their horses wear out
young.
There is another class of men who con-
slider themselves too poor to keep their
team sleek and smooth, and you will see
them dragging along with horses looking
like a specimen of gothic architecture, very
angular. Such men ought to know that if
it pays to keep a horse it pays To keep it
well, and that one stout well fed horse is
worth more for work or for sale than two
half starved ones. But it is not alone i'm
stinting feeding that horses are treated I'M
mercifully. They are often compelled To
stand i'm cold, damp or ill ventilated stables,
and sometimes when driven home from the
fields heated with work, thrust into the
stable without embarrassing, and left to
stand thus for half a day because forsooth
the farmer may need them again before
night" Animals that appear restless or
stupid are beat and kicked by thoughtless
men and boys who seem ignorant of the
fact that they are injuring both themselves
and their horses without benefiting either
These things are all wrong, more than
that they are Improbable Horses and all
other animals will pay for reasonable
amount of care and attention-they should
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12
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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12
EMPLOYMENT that pays. For particulars. al
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November 2, 1865.
LIPPINCoTT q BAkEwEIL-
Dear NbS II receiA ed your second Red jacket AVE
per express and acknowledge the same sor flie
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business 10 chop with an axe. | would say: Try TIE
Red jacket and the supreme Court have hedt ~
Doctors opinion without his reasons Is OF nee Naue
will give my reasons: FfrNf-1he ked Jacket cldS
deeper than the common bit. = DndIlt nelng round
chopper with the ave must discover tal there
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ont of The mi as in making the blow f1ipfbThis With
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Respectfully, yours -
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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

THE purest and sweetest Cod-Liver OIL al the world
is Hazard Caswelrs. made on the shore from
fresh, selected livers, by CAswELL, HAZARD c
New York. 1t is absolutely pure and Patients
who have once taken 1t prefer 1t to all others.
Physicians have decided 1t Superior to any of the
other oils in ma.ket.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

THE LUNGS is THE GREAT LABORATORY
OF THE HUMAN SYsTEM.-When once destroyed
they can never be.made sound again We should
remove the first cause which tends to their de
strnctiOn. When sores are forming, il is indicated
by cough pains in the chest. difficulty of
breathing. Now ALIENS LUNG BALsAM will check
these symptoms at once if it is used in time, and
prevent fatal Consumption.
For sale by all Druggists.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12

Ctapped hands, face. rous h skin, pimples, ring
worm, salt rheum. and other cutsneous affections,
cured, and the skin made soft and smooth by using
Juniper Trr Soap made by CAswkLL- HAzARD &
Co., New York. 1t Is more convenient and asily
applied than other remedies, avoiding tn trouble
the greasy compounds now In use
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12
Rouse the System.

"A capital thing-to have plenty OF
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1869-08-26
Nmn,'ner SIS.

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