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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28

The cost of velocipedes is from 800 to
1926. The New York machines, made
on the Partisan pattern, are said to be
better than the imported ones, as they
have no wood in France equal to the
America hickory. When the novelty of
the velocipede is worn off, and it has
ceased to be amusing, it is probable that
there Will have been utilities developed in
it. On our prairie regions, over the long,
even roads, it may become most advan-
tageous means of locomotion Its capaci-
fascination for those who enjoy athletic
sports; and there is an oddly, mirth-
provoking quaintness and audacity about
the machine that will commend it to that
large, and we trust, growing class who
love Cincinnati Commercial
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
The Result Of Application.

Seek to acquire the power of continuous
application, without which you cannot ex-
pee. success. If You do this, you will be
able to perceive the distance which it
creates between YOU and those who have
lot such habits. You will not count
yourself, nor will they count you, as one
Of them. Thus you will find yourself emery
ing into the higher regions of intellect
ual and earnest men-men who are cap
able of making place for themselves, in
stead of standing idly gaping, desiring a
place without the power to command it.
Keep on striving to accomplish more and
more every day, and thus enlarge con-
stantly the range of your intellectual
ability. If you learn to do as much work
in one day IS you used to do in two or
three days, you are as good as two or three
such men as you formerly were, boiled
down tn ONE Or. WaMand,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
Potato Raising and Management.

LARGE quantities of pota Toes were DIES.
troyed by frost last year in the hills or
drills before they were harvested, and in
the heaps in which they had been left in
the field without sufficient covering.
Late crops of any kind are seldom good,
but If there is one crop which sr ffers more
than another from late planting it is the
potato The whole summer, and early
part of the fall are short enough for the
potato to extract those ingredients from
the soil and the atmosphere which are
necessary for bringing it to perfection.
Soil for potatoes should be deeply titled
and thoroughly drained The best crop we
have seen was on land which had been
thoroughly drained, and subsoiled. to the
depth OF eighteen inches. Some persons
are prevented from subsoiling their land
on account of the supposed expensiyeness
of the operation. This has been the lion
in the way of very great Improvement.
In places where regular subsoil blow is
not available, any strong pillow with the
mould board off, following in the fi1rrow
made by an ordinary pillow and looseninr
the subsoil to the depth of six, eight, or
ten inches, without bringing it up, will do
work which will be exceedingly beneficial
to crops of every kind, but especially to
potatoes.
III tuoS6 SOlls WueIe IHc vegetable mould
rests on clayey subsoil, frequent plow-
ings at uniform depth forms hard pan
through which the roots of plants snd it
difficult to penetrate. Subsoiling most
eftectually breaks up this pan and allows
rain water to percolate through the soil,
and also opens it to the beneficial action of
the atmosphere. Few persons are aware
OF the tough stratum Of soil called hard
pan which the sole plate of the pillow and
the trampling of horses or oxen n
blowing form in the generality of tilIaee
fields, or Of the good effects on crops
which result from breaking up and pul-
verifying this crust. In soils which are not
naturally or artifcially drained, deem
tillage sometimes does more harm than
good. Even in well drained land turning
down the active vegetable mold, that is
the warm, rich surface soil, and turning
up the cold subsoil is injurious A small
portion of the subsoil mixed with the sur
face soil is sometimes very beneficial, but
the best plan IS to loosen the subsoil. re-
move superintendent moisture by draining.
and give plants an opportunity of awaiting
themselves Of such Ingredients as the sub.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
Tending the BAN.

There seems to be too much of practice
and not enough of obser vation in our
methods of tending farm stock in winter
They are in another state while off their
pastures, and the farmers study should be
to conform his care of them as nearly as
possible to their change Of circum-
stances. It is not SO much what they
eat as how it is given them, that most IA
vorably affects their condition while in the
barn. 1t is false notion that no growth
can be made during the winter, that stock
can be expected to only "hold their own
from pasture to pasture. When first
brought to the barn they should be fed the
best fodder that can be got at, not the
poorest, and when they have become
completely weaned from the grass, then
gradually introduce the coarse kinds of
feed, but at no time oblige them to live
entirely upon it. Many think that when
feeding the poorest kinds of fodder they
must confne cattle wholly to it, but this
is not necessary in order to have them eat
it, nor good economy even; regularity in
their feed will secure the desired end.
Cattle do not feed all the time when In
pasture, unless obliged to get their living,
and when at the barn it is only necessary
that at stated times they should have as
they want to eat Three times during the
day, say from six to eight in the morning,
at noon, and from four to six at night,
with only such variations as necessity may
require, will be found most convenient,
and from one to three fodderings at
time. according to the different kinds of
fodder given. My oTn practice is to give
but five fodderings during the day, except
to working cattle and fattening animals,
two in the morning, one at noon, two at
night, and always the same kind of fodder
at given time, SO that the animals know
what to expect each time. Feed and leave
the barn.. If you stay to see them eat they
will watch you the whole time for some
thing more or better.
As a rule, do not clean ont their cribs
while they are In the barn but when out
to drink no matter if some orts do &C
cumulate, as will always be the case when
the cOarser kinds of fodder are given.
Feed right on just the same, and when
you are done feeding let them pick over
what they have left at their leisure, till
they are turned out
Feed in the barn and not in the yard.
The fact that cattle and other stock will
eat out Of doors what they refuse in the
barn is argument of itself that economy
Is in favor of keeping in doors, and when
they have the privilege cattle will be found
to prefer the barn to the yard, except for
A.x Ae Ia
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
Fix Up the Implements.


DURING the winter every irnnleyne,t
and machine that will be reouired next
spring ana summer should be oyerhauled
ana repaired. Examine the plows. and II
they have been neglected and are rustv.
wash off all the dirt, and then annlv with
swab fastened on the end of stick. =
mixture of one part sulphuric acid and
two parts water. Rub the mould board
and other parts that are rusty with this
liquid until the rust is all removed then
wash it off and rub it dry Then smear
it over with crude petroleum or some
other cheap oil, and next spring you will
be saved from the loss and annoyance of
clogging. Every farmer should buy
barrel of petroleum, and use it freely on
all his wagons, machines, implements, etc.
1t will keep the iron from rusting and
the wood from decay, and in cold weather
it is useful lubricating OIL We find it
absolutely essential to keep on hand
several sizes of carriage bolts. With
these and a brace, and a set of bits, nearly
all ordinary fractures can be easily re-
paired. 1t is great convenience, also, to
have a wise, aud to keep on hand an as
sortment of uncut nuts, with the tools for
making the thread in them and also ON
the bolts. All these things can be OBJ
tanned at hardware store, and farmer
who buys them will never regret it. But
if it is necessary to take anything to the
blacksmiths shop, now is the time to DO
do it, and when it is repaired clean OF the
rust, paint it with linseed oil, and put IL
away for use in the spring. If tie farmer
or his son would go over all the nipple
ments, machinery, wagons, hay ra,c
tools, ETC., paint them, oil and tighten t. e
bolts and see that everything strong
and in good order, it would not only great
ly lessen the blacksmith's bill, but would
save much precious time and no little an
noyance next spring and summer. The
winter it also the time to make whiff1e-
trees, and three horse eveners. 1t is a
great advantage to have an extra set of
these on hand.-4merican Ag7iclIturiSt.
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
house knives or scissors
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
POLITICAL ITEMS.

20 General Lee, when some one spoke
disparagingly of General Grants abilities
IN his presence, shrugged his shoulders
and said: "At all events he seems to &C
complish whatever he undertakes"
"a Is Johnson's title President, Act
ing President, or Vice President? ask!
an editor of an 1nquiring mind. Clearly
the latter; since when he acceded to the
Presidency, he carried his Vice along witt
him.-Erchange.
eB- The A7my and Nspy Journal re
plies to the appeals of the New Orleans
papers, in behalf of Sergeant Bates, the
Hag-bearing pedestrian, now destitute in
that city, Would it be impairment tc
suggest that ne ought to go to work."
rs " a party by the name of johnson. ,
-Scene-White House. Time-March 4
I General Grant, Ito dilapidated specimen
! of Democracy)-" Who are you, sir p
Specimen" A party by the name of ohm
son." General Grant You git" Speci
men" You bet" Exit.-Neao OrIean.
Republican.
gB Says Washington special of the
18th to the Chicago Tribune General
Grant authorizes the statement that the
articles written by an occasional CORE
spondent of the New York World and
purportIng to relate to conversations OF
furnish opinions in regard to public men
and public matters, are utterly without
foundation. No human being has ever
listened to or shared such conversations
as those. General Grant would not deem
1t becoming in him to contradict the arti-
Giles IN question if they simply affected
himself, but as they are evidently written
with view to embron his relations with
I ,n,,f
personal or political friends, or at least to
outrage their just sensibilities, he deviates
in this instance from his usual course, and
pronounces the articles alluded to incor-
rect, indelicate and inpertinent in an ex-
traordinary degree.
10 A Washington special of the 18th
says: Judge Lawrence, Chairman of the
committee to investigate the election in
New York city, today obtained leave in
the House to submit his report at any time.
but the document will hardly be ready
tor two weeks. The evidence will show
that in the courts of that city naturaliza-
ton went on at the rate of two per min
ute during long sessions. All the papers
were filled up, signed and sealed in the
courts, and not signed and sent out
with place for the name left
blank. Fifty persons were naturalized
at once by administering the oath to
them in body. The repeaters were or
gained before the registry, and had their
names entered differently in the several
wards. Then on election day the Demo
cratic managers furnished them with
printed lists, copied from the registry,
showing them exactly under what names
to vote and what residences to give. The
committee estimate that at least %, 900
fraudulent Democratic votes were cast in
the city. Every facility was offered to the
Democratic members of the committee to
prove frauds on the part Of the Republi-
cans, but nothing of the kind was estab-
lished."
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
Health Hints for the Season.

KEEP the children's feet warm and dry
during cold and wet days. By doing this,
many severe attacks of disease NAV be
averted. Do not let the children play
out OF doors without being sufficiently pro-
tected about the shoulders and neck.
Avoid any change to lighter garments
until the weather is fully warm and set
tied. Be especially careful of laying aside
your fannels. If you are uncomfortable
warm for few hours, it is better to en-
dure it than to run the risk of a severe
Geld, while these sudden changes in the
weather are taking place.
If those who are subject to rheuma-
tism or predisposed to pulmonary dis
ease would wear fannels all the wear
round, it would be greatly to their adYan-
tage.
The garments that are worn next the
skin should be changed about twice each
week. Most people change only once,
but it is best to renew the clothing before
it becomes saturated with secretions of the
skin.
Be careful to have all clean clothes well
aired and thoroughly dried 1t is extremely
injurious to wear damp clothing, especially
for an invalid.
The cleansing ard using disinfecting
agents to purify the air of our houses, is
VI Guc OenOoG importance. Draper saws ::
" 1t is very important that the cellar of
every house, whether private or tenement,
should be properly dried and ventilated
during the years when the epidemic dis
eases are raging" This may be done "by
placing small stove in it, in which a fire
should be kept continually If the cellar
is long, it would be well to place the stove
at one extremity and pass the pipe through
the whole length of the apartment"
"Next in importance to the publication
of our streets and houses" says Draper,
" is a proper attention to the condition of
the skin and the character of the food.
Every one should wash the whole surface
of the BODY every day, or at least twice
week. In these general applications,
soap should net be used more than once a
week, for it is net desired to remove the
oily secretions toe often, but merely wash
off the salts that are excreted so freely in
the form Of perspira:;on during the warm
weather.
"The greatest care SHOULD be taken, u
says the same authority, in the purchase
of fruits and vegetables they are rarely
fresh, and the best have been generally
plucked or gathered two or three DAYS be-
fore they reach the table-and it would
perhaps be best to avoid their use alto
gether and adopt bread and meat diet, to
which tea or coffee is added"
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
Who Uses MishIer,s Bitters2

Physicians use it in their practice because of
It's salutary effect upon their patients; business
men use 1t because they require sound physique
and clear intellect; sedentary people use il be-
cause it fortifes them against Complaints which
result from a sluggish condition of the bodily
functions, produced by ain inactive life; travellers
use 1t because it protects them against epidemic
and endemic diseases; clergymen, judges, con-
gres smen, lawyers, editors, teachers and students
use 1t because 1t imparts fref h force to mind and
pody, and preserves health ana strength against
decay the working classes use it because it sup
ports the body which would otherwise suffer ire
parable injury from excessive labor; families use
1t because IL is certain remedy for multitude of
common complaints: everybody uses it because
1t Is a safe, agreeable and efiicacous tonic al d
stimulant
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28

On the hundredth anniversary of the
introduction Of vaccination into Prussia,
the government has offered prize of {, 900
roubles $4,000 for the best history on
.h"+ t~Aatrnant The essay can be written
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
AGENT S WANTED FOR
HOW TO MAKE The FARM PAY,

How to double the value of land and the Profits on
stock and how TO raise three times the quantity of ALL
farm crops t. acre. 49, pages and 10 beautiful anu
useful Illustrations Farm rs, young men and rXpe-
rienced agents find it pays to canvass for this book
81 90 to 500 month, according to ability
and energy. r full particu ars, address
ZEIGLER, MOCURDY g. CO, Philadelphia Pa.
ONE DOLLAR ONE DOLLAR! me
" SERVE & Co. is Sudbury Street. Boston, are
sole propretors and manufacturers of the newly in
vented Peerless Double Pen Fountain. Price
each. With each fountain sold, whe her single for
specimen. clubs, they send Slip 1cithO1 CHARGE
describing article they will sell One Dollar.
They supply families with thousands of useful, orna-
mental and necessary articles of unequaIed quality
dafying competition in this trace. Commissions 81 to
$500, accord ng to the size of clubs. Many agents
make $50 per day. Agents wanted everywhere. Cir.
culars sent free on application.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28

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
house knives or scissors
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28
To PRINTERS

We are manufsc' turing Country Newspa per Presses,
Jobbers. Paper Cutters, Proof Presses. Miterng Ma
chimes, Lead Cutters, Iron Imposing Beds Comp )sing
STICKS and Rules, and Shooting Sticks of the best
quality Printers wishing to purchase any the
do so by paying 10 per cent in advertising and
the balance cash. Send for circular.
a. 10
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Ss325 A MONTH and expenses. 2S new
ID articles. H b. SHAW, Alfred. Maine

NJZ1 A HUNTIf Hnd eNptnscs. u new
- articles. II. b. SHAW, Alfred, Maine.
A GENTS. FARMERS. GARDENERS
~ AND FRUIT GROWERS-Send for partic ulars
of est's H19lT0Ued F4aH Tree Vine h0igoT0toT
and Insect Destroyer Samples to Test will be ward
ed to any part of the Uni ed States and perfect sdttdc
ton guaranteed. GOOd agents are 10dhted IN ereTy
county in the United States. Address J. AHEARN, 90
Second Street, Batim ore Md.
nON'T USE DULL SCISSORS OR KNIVES.
H. jacob Patent. The staple Sharpener tor family
use: Samples prepaid. Scss RS sharpener 25 cent?,
Knife do, 35 tirculars free Great inducements
AGENTS. SOUTHWICK IL HASTINGS. Worces ter, Mass.
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FREDKRIeKToEE, Knox Co., o.
EovfsTnDA , 1879

November 2, 1865. )
LIpPNoorT & BAKKwKLL-
Dear ST. al received your second Red JACKET Axe
per express, and now ACKNOWLEDGES the same For the
beneht Of all whose desires cessities make their
business to chop with XII would say Try the
Red Jacket; and the Supreme Court have held that
Doctors opinion without his Is of little
value, l win give my reasons: F5,a-The Red jacket
deeper than the common bit SecOnd-It being
round the cut, 1t does not stick In the wood
1nird-Egery chopper with the common axe mustSdis-
cover there much labor and strength expend
ed In tax ing the ont of the cut in making the
blow Fbairh-This with the Red Jacket Is all avoid
ed and from onCthird onehaf the labor is saved in
cutting the quantity Eyht-By putting In the
same labor that is necessary with common axe, you
easily make at least thirty-three per cent more
wood in the time. You safe in letting any
honest man try your Red Jacket these tests and II
IL fails, refund him his money.
HARRY BALDWIN.
ssie By responsible dealers and the anuIsc-
surers LiPPINCOTT & BAKEN XII.
isar3s Yssaass. NY $50 NO.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28

{From the Toledo Blade)
z. Massey AND HIS FRIENDS CONSIDER TIE
QUESTION OF BREAD AND BUTTER-A
MARROW ESCAPE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20


The State law concerning the dispo-
sal of surplus or bad dogs is as fol-
lows:
SECTION l. That it shall be the duty
of each and every person owning a
dog or dogs, or keeping or harboring
one or more, to list the same for taxa
ton, as any other property is listed,
and to give the Assessor the true val
ne of such dog or dogs; but the per-
son so listing such dog need not make
oath to such value.
Sec. 2. The Assessor shall receive
the value so fixed by the owner, keep
Ell, OF harborer of said dog or dogs, as
the true value.
SEC. 3. That any dog not so listed
for taxation, shall be deemed and Ia
ken as common nuisance, and any
person is hereby authorized to capture,
kill, OF confiscate the same; and if
any person shall kill, wound, or de-
stroy any dog so listed as aforesaid,
for taxation, the person so killing,
wounding, or destroying the same,
shall not be liable, in damages, to the
owner, keeper, or harborer of such
dog, i'll any amount greater than that
for which said dog was listed for tax
alton.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after the first
day of May, 1862,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
a.STu. CORRESPONDENCE.

THE cherry, peach, and apple trees,
exhibit pro.us;on of blossoms, and
at this date, give promise Of an abun-
dant crop of fruit. All kinds of grain,
whether autumn or spring sown, as
well as grass. show the beneficial ef-
fects of the recent rains, and arc COM
ing forward finely.
THE District Schools throughout the
township, have commenced their
summer terms under very favorable
circumstances, judging from the char
acter and abilities of the teachers en-
ployed. The several districts have
secured tine services OF the following
teachers:
District No. l, Miss Clara N. Carl
ton: dist. ,. Miss Jennie Blair; dist.
4, Miss Celia Bidtake; dist. 5, Miss
Helen F. Cobb, Center Dist; dist. 6,
Miss Amanda Bentley; dist. Z. Lura
Foster; dist s, Lottie Riley, Station
Dist.
The commencement of another
school at the Station, has been un
avoidabiy postponed two weeks, ow-
ing to the unfinished condition of the
school room, in the new school build
| ing.
OK Sunday last, in accordance with
previous announcements Mr.. ii. l..
Clark, of Cleveland, spoke again in
the Town Hall, on the subject of Spir-
i,ualism-what constituted its relig-
ion, was explained in clear and con-
else manner, in the forenoon lecture,
to a large and respectable audience,
whose earnest and thoughtful atten-
ton gave evidence of the interest
they felt in the subject. In the after
noon, some remarks were made by
VIM. Carlton, Esq, of Shalersville, on
Natural and supernatural Religion,
after which, Mr.. Clark again spoke in
his usual plain and convincing man.
ner. He presented various proofs OF
the truths of spirit intercourse, and
his exhortation drawn therefrom, to a
life of purity and goodness, were ccr-
tainly in accordance with the teach
ings of Christ and his earliest follow
ers. The public are respectfully in
vited to attend another meeting, which
will be held at the same place in four
weeks. The Spiritualists Of this
town, constitutes large and respecta-
bic portion of its inhabitants, and
much interest is now felt on this sub.
ject, which seems to be better appre,
ciated, the more it is examined and
understood.
LAST Sabbath, Rev. o. Blake preach.
ed his first anniversary sermon, hav-
ing organized his church (the F. w
Baptist one year ago, with ten mem,
bers, but now numbering nineteen
members. About thirty years age
this church had feeble existence, fol
a few years, but has been revived
again. 1t is composed mainly of dis
affected and stray lambs from othel
focks, who. have thus been gathered
into their fold by this good Shepherd
whose labors in this direction appear
to be properly appreciated and re
,, warded. "VERITAs."
Mantua, May II, 1869.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

MATTREssEs.-By invitation of Mr..
H. W. Balm; We called at his nphol-
stering room few days ago to see a
new hsprihg, folding BELLOWS Hair
Mattress ananufactnI:eds by him for a
gentleman in Randolph. 1t is certain
ly one of the neatest beds We haye ev-
er seen. Mr.. Balm manufactures. all
kinds and qualities of Mattresses and
and does all kinds Of 'upHoistering,
and his work is not surpassed by, that
of any other establishment.