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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Orchard ana Nursery.

THE first thing to be considered is the
care of young trees already planted.
Domestic AaimdIs, if allowed access to
a young orchard, will do much damage.
Have fences and gates in good repair to
keep out all intrudeTs.
Mico-A mound of earth a foot high
should have been formed at the base of
each young tree if this was not done, see
that there is no litter near the tree to
afford them shelter. After a snow fall,
tramp the snow down solid around each
tree, whether 1t has mound of earth or
not This is some trouble, but if you
plant tree it implies a contract to take
care of it Those having little trouble
with their trees are seldom bothered with
fruit.
Rabbits are often worse than mice. The
old notion that rabbits would not touch a
tree that had been rubbed with the flesh
of one of their fellows has its foundation
in the fact that the animals have an aver
sion to blood. The blood of pigs or any
other animal, sprinkled on the lower part
of the tree, will answer as well as rabbits
blood. Cloth or stiff packing paper
wrapped around near the ground and as
high up as rabbit will reach will keep
them off; this is slow work where there
are many trees.
What to Plant, if new orchard is to
be set in spring, is worthy of serious con-
sidoration. Many think that they have
only to determine what arc the best varie
ties and order them. The real question is,
What are the best varieties you can grow? {?
Get the experience of neighbors who
grow fruit, or Of the nearest intelligent
aud reliable nurseryman. II about to
plant for market, recollect that produc-
tiveness, regularity in bearing, showiness
of fruit and an ability to bear transporta-
tion, are all of as much more importance
than quality. Do not be taken with the
highly colored pictures shown by travel
ing salesmen iNi-
aSectS.-Look over the trees, and if
there appears to be q swelling just below
the end of twig, there will probably be
found q cluster Of the eggs of the tent
caterpillar securely glued around it. Cut
off and burn every one of these that can
be found and there will be few nests to
destroy next spring.
Pruning g-Winter pruning, except on
young trees and Iursery stock to bring
them into shape, is not generally ap-
proved. Still it is better to remove the
useless and crowded limbs of an old tree
at this season than to neglect it altogether,
Make clean cut and cover it with melted
grating wax,
Root GrgIing is done at any time dur
ing the winter, the stock and eions having
been stored in an accessible place. Do
grating at the "collar" of the stock.
Bits of roots should not be used.
Manure, Cart out and spread upon the
orchard AgricmtUrfst
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
New Way of Paying Old Debts.

In these bill days the coolness of the
hero of the following AiStoriette is decid-
edly refreshing. l., painter of tai
ent, and good liver, has creditors-so
many that he pays none of them. Among
the most unfortunate was his tailor. One
morning the first clerk of this latter cred
itor knocked at the door.
II come, sir, to ask you for money"
said the clerk, politely, but with a decided
tone Of one who means TO have what he
asks for: "my employer has heard
that you received some money yesterday,
and"
Excuse me, sir," =" interrupted L., with
perfect equanimity, "but if you have
made up your mind ITO preach to me,
must tell you beforehand, that, however
eloquent your sermon may be, it will
be impossible for me to pay your bill to-
day"
Is that your final reply, sir?"
"You have said it"
"In that case, must tell you, with
great regret, that | am ordered not to
leave here until you have given me the
money"
AS you please, sir; take seat"
The clerk sat down, and L., opening
the door, calls out to the concierge. :
81 am at home to nobody, only wish
you would come In tonight, and take
the letters you find on my table to their
addresses"
Then he shut the door, put the key in
! his pocket, sat down to his desk, wrote a
number of letters, which he sealed with
| black, and then scribbled all over large
sheet of paper headed in large letters"
"THIs is MY WILL"
The clerk followed all his movements,
| nd 10, aA hot 1.
seems to say That is not very smart.
| When L. had done writing, he opened
a large closet, got on a chair, and un-
wound q long roll of list of all colors,
Now the clerA's curiosity began to be
aroused
"What now?" he thought to himself
" Has he an idea of making me prisoner,
and compelling me to make list shoes?"
| l., arming himself with hammer, be.
| gan to fasten the doors and windows with
a seriousness which resembled sadness
This accomplished, he took a large bronze
cup, from which he improvised chatting
dish; he filled it with coal and lit it.
"This is farce" thought the clerk to
himself; but this time he did not laugh.
L. goes to his desk, arranges his pa.
pers, and writes these words which he
sticks on the wall
| ACCUSE NOBODY OF OUR DEATH,
AT that moment the clerk, who began to
sneeze, either from fear or rincipientasphyx.
ia, got up and said to L., who was
laid out on an arm chair, his eyes already
closed; Excuse me, sir, get 800 francs
a year for collecting bills, and not for get.
ting sufocated;' and he turned toward
the door,
1t is too late" said l., placing him.
self before him, and overtopping him with
his great height, "0ur determination is
irrevocable"
de Grace sir, am suffocating, let me
out-either through the door or through
the window" cried the tailor.
l., who had all ne could do to keep
from laughing, at last turned the key in
the lock, the,door was opened, and the bill
and the clerk went downstairs four steps at
a time, and L. has never seen nor heard
Of them since.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

AN exchange says to prepare Japan tea
properly it should be nearly boiled,
THE Rlral World recommends giving
stock, especially those confined to stables,
sod Of earth foot square once week,
or what they will eat up clean.
THR celebrated Mr. Wesley remarks to
this effect, that fretting and scolding
seem like tearing the flesh from the bones,
and that we have no more right to be
guilty of this sin than We have to curse,
and swear, and steal ..s
To PREVENT lamp chimneys breaking
by the sudden contact with heat, the best
way is to cut or scratch the base Of the
glass with glazier's diamond. Another
method is 20 put the glasses In water and
boil them.
TIE Mo England FJrmeT says that II
the hands of careful and patient persons
experiments the past year have satisfied
many thai homes are Nm exceedingly valu
able stimulant of vegetable life aud ought
TO be preserved and prepared for use on
the soil IA
APPIE FRUIT CARE. Two cups Of dried
apples, soak over night; in the morning
chop tine, ard boil one hour in one cur
sugar, one cup molasses when cooled
add one cup sweet milk, one teaspoon
soda, one cup butter or sour cream, three
cups tloUr favor with al kinds Of spices
! bake IN s slow nYea,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
A Cheap Stump Fuller.


THERE are good many stump-pulling
machines. All of those which are manu-
tactured for sale, being secured by patents,
ere very expensive. One of them, how
ever, is so simple that its construction is
within the means of every farmer, and if
we wanted to use it we should take the
risk of the patentee's giving us trouble.
1t consists simply of a long, stout pole, say
twenty-five or thirty feet long, with three
strong chains attached to it-One at the
end, one about three feet farther up,
and the third about three feet above that.
Each of these chains should be fifteen or
twenty feet long, and armed with good
hooks At the smaller end of the pole
there is another chain to which to attach
the team. In use it is laid upon the ground
with the fastening of the second chain
opposite to the middle of the stump, the
beam lying, say five or ten feet distant
from it. The middle chain is then secured
firmly to any tree or stump within reach
behind the beam, and the chain at the butt
is fastened around at the back side of the
stump to be drawn.
The team is then hitched to the smaller
end of the beam, and ID driven forward so
as to produce a strain upon the stump,
When they have gone as far as possible,
Jhe thlrd cnaln is carried around the otner
side of the stump and made fast, and the
direction of the teams pulling is reversed
When they have pulled as far as they can
in this direction the first chain is drawn
taut and made fast, and the strain is ap
piled to that. In this way, by successive
pulls, first on one side and then on the
other, very large stump may be drawn
out.
When there is no object sufficiently near
to which to attach the second chain, the
first and third are simply secured as direct
ed above, and the team is made to rack
the stump, first in one direction and then
in the other, until it is loosened.-Nt,,
York EreHiHq Post
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

dentist in Philadelphia who had used the
sign "Colton Dental Rooms" One Of his
assistants left him and commenced prac-
tice on his own account, with the words
Formerly Of the Cotton Dental Rooms
on his sign and business cards, the words
"Colton Dental Rooms being displayed
in large letters, and the words formerly
of" very small II was held by The Court
ot Common Pleas Of the above city that
the. last mentioned party had iufringed the
first ones trademark, but he would not
have done so had the words formerly Of
been in lettering as large as those of the
words claimed as the trademark.
We report on another page n decision
given few days ago IN New York court
on an application for Injunction to restrain
certain parties fromthe use Of the words
"dossicated goldfish" The application was
refused on the ground tnat the words ex.
pressed process and could not, az de
scriptivc, be trademark. american dr.
| fiKdn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Curing Hens of Sitting.

If humanity were forced to submit to
all the evils we intlict on the poor feather
ed bipeds, in order to cure or break up
some habit or prompting of nature, what
a row there would be.
Suppose it was in human nature to have
an irresistible Impulse to lie down.
Wouldn't we think it a little rough to be
put in big tub, with six inches Of cold
water in it, and left there for twelve to
twenty four hours1 Ugh il makes us
shiver to think of i'll
How would we relish five or six yards
of red flannel, with perhaps a little bell or
tin pail attached to our -, well, our ap-
pendiX, (if we had one,l and have all the
rest of mankind cackling in confederation
Cor erWtdtion y over our degradation.
How nice it must feel to be grabbed by
the neck and jerked OIL a nice warm nest
aud thrown into anything that comes
handy-an old swill barrel, hen coop or
dirty box--and kept in solitary confine
ment for a week, until we learn to " stand
up, and not be wanting to sit all the time"
Just imagine, dear lady readers, how de-
lightful the sensation, when indulging in
dreams of "what is to be when we get
our little family around us" to have your
edcHedtioaS cut short nipped in the bud,
and an almost certain prospect of being
knocked into (poD pie !
Now, seriously, wouldn't it be much bet
ter, much more 20 the credit of humanity,
to break up this habit or Instinct, by natural
means? We have lately seen, 1--WE forget
where), an easy and rational cure. II is
simply to put under the hon few eggs
Just about ready to hatch; or put one or
two young chickens under at the night
time; take h.r off and put her in box
with the young chicks few hours, then
take the chicks away from her and turn
her ont, and, in majority of cases, she
will, after cluclIing for day or two, com.
mence laying again, feeling, in her own
mind well assured that she has fulfilled
the maternal nstinct.--Rur0l NCl0 Yorker.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12

country. From the experienced have had
With Alsiko in Pennsylvania, / consider IL
the best clover grown for hay or pasturage.
IL has pale red and white flowers a long.
lank stalk, and oval, obtuse leaves. which
are smaller and Of lighter green than
those, Of the Red clovers. The blossom.
growing from the upper leaf joint, is globu-
lar, and formed Of fragrant blossoms sup
ported by stems. These blossoms are at
nrst whitish and upright, and turn gratlu.
any 70 pale red, which, when towering
mas passed, become brown and somewhat
DenI Inc caiyx is smooth, and has tags
Alsike clover does nbthttain it's full luxu.
rance until tne second year after sowing,
at any great degree of rrov,tb. 1,y,iass o, M
q rich, moist, clay soil. In the snrinp of
1867, | grew, from seed sown about tbe
first OF March, clover twenty-four inches
in hight. The spring was very wet and
warm, and clover of all kinds grew extra.
ordinarily and lodged very much This
Alsike or Swedish Clover is best adapted
to mixture with other grasses. For per-
manent grass land, Orchard grass and Al!
sike clover mixed, l consider the best and
most nutritious fodder that can be grown
for all kinds of stock Orchard grass and
Alsiko flower at the same time, and can
be moved as soon as in flower, or as soon
as the flower commences willing. Alsike
clover flowers ripen very slowly, and can
stand a long time after coming in flower
II is the best clover to sow with timothy,
as IL docs not die off and get black If
the farmer wishes to let his timothy stand
until after harvest, as a great many farm
ers do, the Alsike will still hold fresh
green color, and give the dry, over-ripe
timothy, fresh aud healthy appearance,
and will also make timothy feed far better,
as stock relish timothy, especially if it be
over ripe, where there is q mixture of good
green clover in it. Alsike yields on suitable
soil, when mixed with grass two tons per
acre 1t loves clay SOIL especially marly
clay II also thrives on almost any kind
ofsoil with a clay mixture. Alsikc clover
does not grow as rank as common clover
after moving, therefore no second crop
can be expected from 1t, as in the case of
Red clover. Its great advantage lies in
the fact that it is more hardy than any of
the Red ologers, and can be cultivated on
moist soil and land that is flooded at GER
tain times of the year, on which Redclover
will not grOw.-Fdrm journal.
AlsiSe clover will stand more hard freez.
ing than any other that is cultivated for
lced. III has long tap root, with side
roots which take fast hold in the soil. It
is best adapted to moist rich soil, and
grows luxuriantly in wet loamy meadows
The seed pods have, 1, ., 3, and some.
times grains of seed, which extend out of
the calyX surrounded by the withered
crown. The seed is about one third the
size of that of the common Red clover,
and similar in shape; its color is dark
green, verging somewhat to violet One
pound of Alsiko seed contains 600 600
grains, whereas pound of Red clover
seed has only 100000 grains pounds of
AlSillO are Snllicinnt To sow an ncre
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Pruning In Winter.

SOME farmers seem afraid to prune their
fruit trees in winter, lest the frost should
enter by the wounds aud damage the trees
They need not fear any danger from this
cause, as the frost enters into every part
of the trees and thaws out again, Large
limbs cut off in winter or at any other
season give q considerable check TO the
vigor Of the tree for the ensuing season,
but if the wound is coated with gum shell
lac dissolved In alcohol no danger will re-
suit. If pruning has been neglected last
spriug and fall, il is better to perform the
work now than to run the chance of hav-
ing it adjourned again siRedl next spring,
II is better to prune gradually, bringing
the head into proper shape and letting In
the sunshine among the branches, than to
allow the trees TO form thick head and
then to cut away large branches.
Suckers are very Injurious to apple trees
sthey absorb the ingredients which are re
quired for buildiagup the stems, branches,
foliage and fruit They should be grub
bed up; merely cutting them down level
with the soil will do more harm than good
as they will grow up again stronger than
ever. Some farmers say they leave on the
suckers to keep rabbits from barking the
trunks, but this is only weak excuse fol
carclessneSs and neglect Western Rural
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
farm arlO GollscIyoIo.
Decp Flowing Should be Done Gradu-
ally.

A CORRESPONDENT of an exchange, who
has one Of the finest and most productive
farms In Western New York, which he
keeps In q high state Of fertility by thor
ough cultivation and the growth of red
clover, makes the following remarks in re.
gard TO deep blowing: IA sudden bring
ing up To the surface Of many inches of
clay, that has never been punctured by
the roots of pants, and this too in the
spring of the yoHr, would probably inlure
the first crop. Clay suhsoils are best
brought TO the surface two or three inches
let time, and that in the fall, so that the
frosts OF winter may mellow them down.
The next spring plow, say twice as many
Inches as the clay subsoil is thick. This
would mix things up so that even crop
OF corn would be much improved by the
deep fall blowing, If We had the power
apd tools necessiryto 60 on with this pro.
ccss. of bringing up the subsoil TO, and
mXing ~ WITH the surface soil, until we
had one foot or more of mellow soil that
had been enriched by turning under re-
peatcd clover crops, and then under this
foot or more uf soil, We could run n sub
soil plow two feet deep, and 80 break the
clay To a depth of three feet, the clover
roots would have q chance TO bring to the
surface the fertility that low lies dormant
under the surface of our lands. This Is
the theory that | have constructed on the
experience of life time as farmer and
have no doubt of its applicability on our
lands here. do not think il would do on
oil lands, but II is practicable here, or at
least will be when we get the Steam Plow
that can do the subs0iling for us. In the
meantime we are doing the best we can in
the direction have Indicated
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Trade MarkSs

WE have frequent inquiries about the
protection afforded by law for trademarks.
A general impression seems to prevail
that the right in trade mark partakes in
some degree of the nature of patent I;
but this is not the case. With the excep.
tion of patents granted for particular de-.
signs for trade marks, the United States
laws afford no protection to them but
the common law as administered by the
courts of the several States recognizes as
species of property, new name, new
combination of words, OF even letter, or
other device which constitutes a trade.
mark, when II has become known upon
any description of merchandise made or
sold by any person, firm, or corporation
as species of property or even used on a
business sign and tho owner will be pro.
tected against the attempts of Others to
appropriate TO themselves by its use the
benefit which such owner is exclusively
entitled to erioy, II requires no proceed.
ings Of similar nature to applying for
and obtaining a patent or copyright "a
obtain protection for trade. mark, but
only that the party claiming it shall have
used it TO such extent that II has become
known as indicating his particular wares
or place of business.
Ii is difficult To define exactly what may
be a proper subject for protection as
trademark, and the decisions Of the va
rious State courts are somewhat conflict
ing but 10 give some idea of tho nature
of the protection, we shall cite few cases
some OF which have been reported In the
AmerIcdR artisan;
The American Watch Company OF
WAltham, Mass, use upon their various
grades of watches the trademarks VIM
Ellery," II. s. Bartlett and " American
Watch Co.. and brought suit and oh
tanned an injunction and damages in the
New York Superior Court about year
ago against dealer in inferior SwisS
watches for engraving or stamping the
same names upon such watches. A sew
ing machine firm also obtained, some
months ago, an injunction from New
York court against certain parties for imi
tating the pattern OF the frames of Their
machines which had been made in the
form Of the Roman capital letter +" G ;
and the Court of Common Pleas in Phila
| delphia recently refused the application o
manufacturing firm tor an injunction
against other parties for the use Of labe
/ bearing the letter "R on cotton drill
lings, only because the plaintiffs had no
( shown any certain means of connecting
/ that device or trademark with themselves
their goods, or place of manufacture @
/ sale, though appearing TO have no doub
that the defendants had unfairly, II not IN
lawfully, initiated it, "
! We will quote two cases in which cel
tain business signs were held 70 be trad,
marks. Some years ago there was res
taurant on broadway, New York, Whic
displayed the sign Live aud Let Live.
The proprietor moved further up towr
using the same sign, aud another part,
doing a similar business near the old stan
wnere the above sign had been displayed
put up sign with the same words; an
an injunction was obtained against hin
; The second Of these cases was that Of
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Biting Horses.

BITING is one of the worst habits horse
can have. The habit, onco learned, grows
stronger and stronger, and seldom, if ever,
gets cured,
Mr.. Stewart, in his "Stable Economy"
says, Il have seen blters punished until
they trembled in every joint and were
ready to drop, but have never in any case.
known them cured by this treatment, or
by any other The lash is forgotten in
an hour, and the horse is ready and deter
mined TO repeat the offence as before.
lie appears unable to resist temptation,
and in its worst form, biting is species
of insanity" Mr.. Youatt says. "Kindness
win aggravato the evil, aud no degree of
severity will correct it," He, however,
recommends the Rarey system for train
ing vicious horses, with straps, sc. After
the horse is down, he says the operator
should contine his treatment to lifting the
head, bringing it close down to his own
body as he sits upon his shoulder, and
forcing both of the jaws into immediate
and repeated contact,-AmoricGR Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-12
Locating an ApIary.

/ A CORRESPONDENT of the Mdgs1c5usetts
Houghmaa, who keeps bees for profit,
says, In locating an apiary-"I would
rather have IL in valley than upon hill,
SO that the bees returning laden could the
more easily and quickly return to their
homes. And | would have them arti-
ficially or otherwise protected from the
north and cast winds. Each hive may also,
At certain seasons, receive protection from
the same quarter with thin board at
tached TO that side of the hive extending
in front sufficiently for that purpose.
would have the alighting boards long
and broad, so that when they arrive in the
busy season, they can easily alight with
out being blown to the ground before en-
tering. How often is this the case in
windy weather. would have cover
ing over each hive sufficient to protect
from severe rains and storms. The ground,
too, should be broken around the hives,
the weeds and grass kept down and clean
around them. | think il is an English
writer Hush, that speaks of farmer in
East Irinstead who had his hives placed
over his pig stye, and whom eXpostulated
WITH said his bees had got used to it, and
were he to remove them it would be of
much injury to them. His hives stood
towards the north, he also thought that
point of the compass the best. But |
think most apiarians will still prefer
cleanliness and II southeaaterly aspect.
would, in the gathering season, have
my entrances so that the early and late
rays of the sun should strike upon them,
for the carly hours are the hours in which
the bee gathers the fastest, and believe
it would make quite difference with two
swarms alike every way, if on one the
sun struck upon the entrance one hour
later than on the other, in the amount OF
honey gathered in a season. Above all
would have good pasturage. l find it
makes great difference even in the same
town. 1t is of more Importance than
many are aware Of"