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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
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Management Of Farm.Yard Manure.

THE cornposition of farm.yard manure
is exceedingly complex, and varies to a de.
gree seldom bully appreciated. The mode
OF farming, the class of stock kept on the
land, their supplies of food, and the care
ful preservation Of the manure, each and
all give 70 the composition of this manure
o marvellous variety This influence be-
comes the more striking when we remem.
Der that a ton of good farm-yard manure
contains only about half a hundi cd. weight
OF pure fertilizing Ingredients. II is true
that the farmer is dealing with ton of
manure, but any injury or loss Of quality
strikes NJ the value OF the half hundred
weight OF fertilizing matter, which is the
| vital constituent of the manure, and that
! by which its value is practically determin.
ed. The value of this half hundred.
weight OF fertili2ing is worth more than
the price we usually assign even 10 good
manure, and the materials could not be
| purchased at the game cost. The lesson
which this fact Is calculated to teach us Is
not to undervalue the farm-yard manure
because 1t is q bulky representive of 80
small aquan,ity fiertilizing matter, but tc
| guard IL more iealously and 20 improve /,
more carefully, since It's valuable constitu
ents are so easily decreased.
There are various WAYS by which tho
| vitality of such manure may be removed
but the improved management of late
years has done much to reduce these losses
The two most productive sources of loss
are the injudicious rotting down of the
dung heap and the waste of the liquid
running from the heap Each of these
losses may be readily controlled the lat
ter of course is evident, and may be readi
| ly avoided, but the former demands
especial care and attention. In some dis
tricts, very great care ls bestowed upon
making the dung heap and in its general
management. A bottom Of road.scrap
ings, or similar waste, forms the first
layer, and upon this the manure is heapcd
and pressed down by the carts going ovel
the heap, and finally it is thrown int
shape, some earth put against the sidei
for n certain depth, and further quantity
sprinkled on the top A heap thus con
structed, if 1t can be kept sufficiently
moist TO regulate the fermentation, ant
yet not SO moist as to cause drainage, Il
In rs good condition for the rotting o
the manure as 1t well can be in heap
| Hearth and Home.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
The Kitchen Garden.

THE farmer cannotspCnd a few evenings
to better advantage than in laying out the
garden nop. Take slate, and, after
measuring or pacing ont your garden,
draw il out ON your slate and then sub
divide it. Arrange your planting so that
the driest part of your ground shall be
first planted and first titled and in put
ting in your Lima beans and corn ii is very
easy to place them where they will not
shade other low.growing vegetables. II
you have tight fence, or nearly so, on the
north side, arrange bed there for your
tomatoes; warm, sunny location will
bring them forward full a week earlier,
If in a locality where they will grow
properly, lay out a plot in the hghtest soil
iii sandy, or little inclined to gravel, so
much the better) for sweet potatoes; a
hundred hills will supply your family for
month or two Put your cabbage and
caulitlowers where the soil is newest; or,
if all has been under cultivation for some
time, make minute on that patch ON your
slate to spade it a little deeper lhan usual,
so as TO get up little new earth with the
old.
Whatever you plant in rOlcS let the rows
run down hill, regardless of their position
to the sun otherwise every heavy rain
will form puddle on the upper side of
the row, and make the ground heavy'and
sodden. Leave border of say two feet
wide on either side of the main path, for
flowers, (unless you have separate garden
devoted entirely to them) your wife and
daughters will thank you for IT, Don't
begrudge them the time to care for them.
Their happy faces and glad hearts should
more than pay you; besides light heart
will accomplish tieics rs much work as
one that is denied these cheap, beautiful
and health.giving pleasures, and kept in
the same old dUl routine month in and
month out. F
If not already set out, devote spot
SOmeloAsre to strawberries and raspbeTTies.
1t will probably be found necessary to
re.arrange your garden more than once
but when once right, to suit your mind
YOU have noidea what a help it is to spring
work No hurry, no bother no Consulta'
| ions; refer ~ your GhaTts put stake at
each corner of the plot snd 90 ahead, and
4 work is done, while you would have been
/ studying where you wanted to begin. Try
| II, aud after doing it ONCE, you will Won,
der how you ever got along without it,
| Rlir0l Mtr Yorker
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
Our Boots and Shoes.

TIE Scientific 1nlCricaB says: 1t is
somewhat surprising that, with all cur
boasted Improvement, we have not vet
produced proper covering for the foot
Barbarous people, If their climate admits,
go with bare feet or wear sandals, cover
ing only the sole and portion of the leg,
In material almost impreyious to air or
moisture, and, generally, uncomfOrtably
hard and rigid. The color and polish of
our boots are directly calculated to attract
the suns rays; and the enamel on patent
leather, and the backing on calf-skin,
tends to harden and solidify the substance,
closing the pores and making air.tght
cases for a portion of the body which
eXudes more perspiration than any other,
and is subjected to greater strain. Our
boots in summer parbOil our feet in a warm
bath, and in winter freeze them in an icy
envelope 1t is doubtful IL wet feet are in
themselves, very conducive to disease
some medical men to the contrary not
withstanding; but oramped confinement
of the feet, in an icy cold envelope gene.
rated by perspiratIon and chilled by the ex
ternal atmosphere, thus shutting the i'm
| prisoned feet almost air-tight, il as un
| healthy as it is uncomfortable For hot
weather there is hardly any shoe so agree
able as that introduced within the past
three or four years, known as the army
shoe, and extensively used by base bal
players. 1t is of Il heavy canvass and un
BACKED leather 1t is cool and remark
ably easy to the foot. The texture of the
canvass allows the escape of the peTspir
alton, and the color of the shoe does moi
attract the heat of the sun. 1t would seen
that the plan of covering other portions
of our bodies with material pervious tC
air, might advantagcously be extended tC
our feet. There is no natural reason why
our feet should be so much less sensitive
than our hands. They become indurate,
and deprived Of their natural activity by
long, close confinement. The people o
warm climates, who use their toes as WI
do our fingers, and the schoolboy, who
picks up and throws pebbles with his feet
show that the foot of the civilized adult il
our climate is a much abused member
A more flexible and porous material fol
our boots and shoes might save us from
many OF those terrible annoyauces, which
in the form of Corns and buniOrs, make
our pilgramage one of pain.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
NASBY.

MIR, Nasty Is ALMOST PERSUADED TO Ap- |
VoCArE TUE ADOPTION OF THE CoNsrrrU- |
TIoNAL AMENDMENT, SEEING IN THE sue
CESS OF THAT MEASURE \ CHANCE or
GAIN TO THE DEMOCRACY.
rosr OFFis, CuNFEpERIr RoAps,
(Wlch is In the state ~ Kentuckylk
Fcbru " II, 1869
THAT cussid Constooshncl Amendment
hez bin on my mind mite and day for morn
week, l hey slept ontoit, dreamed onto
It, and 1t he1 monOpOliz1d my wakin hours
TO the eXcloosiop NV everythin else. Ez
an evidence Nv how much II hez absorbed
| me, wood merely meushen that twice
while sittin in Bascom's thinkiu it over,
strangers in the place hov askt the crowd
| up to take suthin, without my hCorin NV
EN- at all, when in fact l went there, and
| wuz sittin there, and waitin there, for the
express purpose NV availin myself Nv sich
| chances. stay at Bascoms solely to ac-
I cept invitashuns TO drink, for his benefit.
| ONen hey sod 10 him "G. W., sich is my
! admirashen for the sterlin qualities in yoor
he'd and heart, that l will drink myself
into delrum tremeTs for yoor sake, willin-
ly. Noose me in this caparsity ez 700 will,
my stumick is glass lined aud ken stand
even yoor likker." Notwithstandin this
self saCrfs Bascom has never perpOsed to
give me per cent on wat | put into his
drawer i'm this way. Shood he do so
Good easily earn enutr 10 pay my board :
but shood he do il there wood be no merit
in the sacriiis,
hev more than half made up my mind
TO 60 for the adopshen NV the Constoosh
mel Amendment, and that for the benefit
solely NY the DlmoCrisy. / more than
half believe that the adopshen NV that
Amendment list eZ il hVz passed both
Houses of Congrls wood result after all
to our advantage; that is Of the posishen
we hev alluE taken that the niger is an
inferior race be the troo one, The DIM
ocrisy hez never failed 10 git possession NV
the inferior classes. They hev sole and
undivided control Nv siCh people ez hev
stumick alone, without brane-DimocIisy
flourshcs best where school houses are not
Thus the patriots who inhsbit the lower
wards Nv Moo York; the deniZens Nv
Mackrelville and NV the Five Pints the
Southern half NV Delaware, whose people
wood demonstrate the trooth Nv the theory
that men wuz orljine,ly oysters, wuz there
any possibility NV maxim men NV en-; the
Southern poTshens nv Injianny and Hi
noy all these regions are strOngholds NV
DimucTisy, and agin these rocks the waves
NV Abllshenism beat In vain.
Now the question wich agltates my
mind is, wood the piggers ef given the
ballot rise above us, or sink below usf
They wouldn't have iue TO 90 either way.
EZ matter NV course, the mint they heY
the ballot, they become 10 us Objects of
Interest The mint they hey the fate Nv
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
To Make Cows Give MIX.

A WRITER, who says his cow gives all
The milk that is wanted in family of
eight persons, and from which was made
two hundred and sixty pounds of butter
this year, gives the following as his treat
ment. He says: "If you desire to get a
large yield of rich milk, give your cow
three times a day, water slightly warm,
slightly salted, in which bran has been
stirred at the rate OF one quart to two
gallons Of water. You will find, if you
have not tried this daily practice, that
your COW will give twenty five per cent
more milk Immediately under the effects
of It,, and she will soon become so attach
cd to the diet rs to refuse to drink clear
water, unless very thirsty; but this mess
she will drink almost any time, and ask
for more The amount of this drink
necessary is an ordinary water pail full
ench time, morning, noon, and night
-Four hundred pounds of butter are otter
obtained from good stock, and instances
are mentioned where the yield was evel
at a higher figure"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A COLD snap-Breaking your leg on
ice.
No MORE wooden houses are to be
erected within the city limits OF Bangor,
Me
A PIrrsFlELD sign painter has put out
this new sign Seehowqueerasignlooks
withoutspaces."
WHY is a stick Of candy like horse ?
Because the more you lick it the faster it
goes.
AN enterprising hen in Burlington
Vt has surprised herself by producing
double egg, connected with link or
isthmus
A FRENCH Mayor, having to make
out descriptive passport for a Duchess
who had but one eye, retained his polite
ness without sacrificing truth, as follows
Eyes dark, beautiful, soft, full Of eX-
pression-0Hs Of them being absent
Two WIVES of a Mormon Bishop lately
got into trouble about their children. Wife
No. punished the children of wife No.
.. Wife No. 2 became indignant and held
wife No. while her angry children re-
turned the whipping which they had re-
ceived.
AN irlSnnhh NtNhpltalSu buIllt, ana
afterwards was amusing himself by put
ting sticks into its mouth, which it bit
with violence. A lady who saw the pro-
ceeding exclaimed "Why, Pat, thought
the turtle was deadw $50 he is, ma'am,
but the crather's not sinsable oft"
PRECEPT AND Practice
A pArsou OF too fTee life,
Was yet pen owne Tor noble preaching,
And many grievsd 70 see such stnte
Between his living and his teaching
HIS hock At last rebsnious grew;
MY friends," he said, - the simple fact Is,
Nor Won nor can hoth things do;
Bat can praaeh and you can practice
AIIrrLE boy had his first pocket knife
snd for several days used il himself, and
extended the privilege Of the occasional
use Of his treasure 20 his pleymates One
evening he was kneehpg at his mothers
knee, saying his customary prayer, which
he closed in these words; "And please
God, give little Jimmy Bailey knife o.
his own, so he won't want 10 borrow minC
an the time
Az oficer Of the English navy, Iugle
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
Steamlng Food for Mich Cows.
RY j. WILKINSON.


THE economy OF steaming food for DO.
nestle animals has long since been well
established, yet itisby no means generally
pracuced, not even by those who acknowl
edge that there is great advantage in it.,
This is one of the numerous branches Of
husbandry that have been carefully inves.
tigated and experimental with, until re.
liable and correct conclusions are estab.
lished and though they show conclusive
evidence that certain systems are more
profitable than any other, yet their
adoption is the exception and not the
rule.
The result Of every carefully conducted
experiment With the use OF cooked food
rersas uncOoked, that has come TO the
knowledge Of the writer, las been in favor
OF the former, and, In many instances, ac-
cording 10 the hguTes Of The experiment,
ers from thirty 10 even fifty per cent
while the result shown i'm o.her cases, in
feeding the same Kind Of animals, was as
low rs eight per cent, as The net proat de-
rived from cooking. The difference in the
net pgodt derived in the various expert
ments was mainly attributable 20 the
degree Of accuracy snd care with which
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
To Petroleum V. Nasbr.


TUE following spicy letter enclosed u
clergymen's halIfaro ticket over the Cata
wissa (Pa) Railroad, issued to "Rcv.
Petroleum V. Nasty, late Pastor OF the
Church Of the new Dispensashun, Con
fcdcrit Y Roads, kentucky" On behalf
of the venerable PaTson we thank the
managers of the Road for the courtesy,
and hope they will be prepared to lend
him the small sum necessary To pay the
other half of the fare whenever he has oc-
Cason to use the ticket:
WiLLIAMsroRT, Pa, Jan, %, 1862
Rev. Petroleum v Nasby.
Dear !Sfr:--We have watched with much
interest your course as n leader of the
glorious old "Dimecratic' party for many
years past, and have admired the holiness
of the position you took when in adopting
the "pericsson you now adorn you
roiccd " 20 devote hs remainder Of youflQt
to rededntR1 the AFRICAN t0his moral sp06r,
aud have regarded with appreciation the
consistency Of that course, as wei as the
unyielding persstency with which that
vow has been maintained. 5000
You havo never shrnnk from making
any sacrifice of comfort or principle in
support of the time .honored doctrines of
the Constitution, as viewed from a Demo
cratic standpoint, and your patriotism
was more than fully shown by the cheer
fulness and promptness with which you
donned the blue and joined the "kidnapt'
militia, at the urgent request Of the Gov
ernment made thro' her Provost Mar
shals
Your fidelity to the cause of civil lib
erty was clearly evinced by tho alacrity
with which you deserted the ranks of the
Lincoln hirelings to Join those of our
brothers in arms thus, aiding to establish
that cause upon the sure basis of States
Rights and Negro Slavery,
While We admire the strict integrity OF
purpose, and untiring zeal with which
you have devoted yourself to the promo.
ton of the cardinal virtues of the Demo
cratic party viz. selt-donial, truth and
temperance, we do sincerely regret the
necessity which compelled you TO leave
| or rather made il unpleasant for you tC
retain-the Post Office Mt the Corners,
and the sad termination of your lat,
praiseworthy attempt to start grocery
in New York H...f
Believing that Just reward for you
deeds in this life will begin only when lif,
itself ceases, we would beg you to aocep
the enclosed as slight token of our ear
nest cndCavor to smooth your pathway
through this dreary world of political in
fidelity to that saints Rest" (the Pos
Oflice) awaiting all suoh as have devotet
themselves and their "likker" to the
| cause,
Yours, with simplicity,
AN OLD DEMOCRAT.
p. S.-The privilege granted you by the
enclosed is always extended to Clcrgymou
good standing, .......
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26

istration, IA its chief likely TO ask the as.
sistance of Horatio Seymour or Fernando
Wood, Of Wade Hampton. OF Frank Biairy
In the conduct OF an Naturalization based
upon the principles OF equal rights ana
good faith, Is the President likely To LOOK
to a marty which has always asserted and
maintained those principles, or TO one that
has always derided and opposed them
Is there any conceivable reason why Gen.
Grant should undertake to gather figs OF
thistles by depending upon the Democrat.
ic party for policy Of national Justice
and honorY Are duplicity and intrigue
Characteristic of himy Ia he inordinately
ambitiousS Yet, If he sympathized with
the Democratic theory of the situation, he
might undoubtedly have had the Demo
cratic nomination. Has any thing hap
pcned within the year that should give him
greater respect for the policy or the pat
riotism of that pariy2 Has anything oc.
Cured, upon the Other hand, which should
give,liim'a d suspicion lof tho Republican
partyY In the highest view, Gen. Grants
political comprehension of the situation
is that of the Republicans. In the lowest
view, no has nothing 10 gam by going
over 10 the Democrats. -'. .t.i f'ph
On the other had, that the new Prosi-
dent will wear no mans collar we most
gladly and wholly believe. That he will
smile at any. attempted dictation from
those who call themselves the " laadets
Of tho party we have no doubt wlntover
That some other Credential for office than
mere party service will he demanded by
him we most sincerely hope. Party re
lations will not, of course, be disregarded
by him; for he is pre.emincntly n man o
sagacity, and he knows that in our politi
cal situation the results Mt which he aim
can be achieved only with party support
But that regard to party alone can sccur,
those results he Is doubtless wholesomell
skeptical. Capacity, knowledge, integrity
experience, prudence, sagacity, are quit
as essential in all the Offices Of admin
stration as claims" founded upon edo
ing all the dirty work of the party.
Cliques and rings and factions in the Re
publican party, as in all other partie
under the same circumstances will doubt
less be disappointed and disgusted by th
conduct and the appointments of the new
administration. But there Is not tn
slightest reason TO doubt that the grea
mass of the party, its intelligence an
character, will most heartily sustain th
new President, andthat his isAdministratio
will upito and strengthen ". Our Demo
cractic friends have been mistaken in hir
before Asa soldier, they denounced. hir
rs a hlunderer and q butcher as a Pres
dental candidate, they sneered at him a
brainlcss. Now, when they hopeful
praise him as a second hand Andrew Johr
son, they viii find themsel yes as deeply !
error.--Hdtper's Weekly. 81 .T4.I
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In the Way.

A MOTHER who was preparing some
flour to bake into bread left it for q few
moments, when little Mary-with childish
curiosity to sec what it was-tuUk huld of
the dish, which fell to the floor, spilling
the contents. The mother struck the child
a severe blow, saying, with anger, that she
was always in the way. Two weeks after
little Mary sickened and died On her
ath.bed, while delirious, she asked her
mother if there would be room for her
among the angels. II was always in your
way, mother; you had no room for little
Mary And will be in the angels way =?
Will there be no room for meg" The
broken-hearted mother then felt that no
sacrifice could have been too great could
she have saved her child.
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but a. single season. Las no o-doubt of its

but a Single season. -has no doubt of itB
efficacy. He now feeds corn and bone
meal lTE TTh WNTbH HHT
CLAY Ovens. In some sections of
country, Q cheap oyen for baking is agoQd
thing to have netr, IL moi IN the house.
A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
gives the following directions for making
one of common clay A board platform
Is laid, and on this a thickness of clay is
laid TO form the bottom of the oven on
this kind, of mould, just the shape Of
the interior of the oven, is built up OF
chips, pieces Of bark, etc. and over this
the clay is spread and kneaded, to consti-
tute the sides and top of the oven The
mould, as we have termed IL, is then set
on fire and burned, out, which leaves the
oven ready for use - II 81 - e
a WRITER writes Putting up the
hair Of children in curling papers, breaks
1t and checks its growth often pulls 1t
out by the roots. Curling irons are fatal
| to the hair Of both children and grown
persons The heat ssps up the juice out
of the flbers as cliectually as fire OF frost
saps the vitality of q green branch, leav'
| ing but dry, withered skeleton. The
| practice which hair dressers have Of friz
zing out tho hair with a comb, tomnke The
most of 1t, is one Of the most cruel iniur
les that can be inflited on the living hair
| The comb cuts it in the act of frizzing it
| You can test the truth of this by combiul
out the hair after it has been so dressed
| The hair sometimes comes ont by hand
fuls and further, this process tangles VI
the hair, and great deal Of it is broker
and pulled out in trying to comb il straigh
again"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26

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