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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16
Home, Farm and Garden
Our Receipt TO Make Gurrant Wine.


For several years we made ten
gallon keg ofcurrant wine. OF as good
quality as any we have tasted, and is
generally so pronounced by those
who have had an opportunity tojudge,
The mode of manufacture is simple.
and can easily be followed by any
family having the currants and dis
position TO make the wine. For gen
eral inform alton, as well as in answer
to numerous inquiries, we again give
the receipt after which we made it.
The currants should be fully ripe
when picked; put them into lar ge
tub, in which they should remain a
day or two; then crush with the
hands, unless you have small pa
tent wine press in which they should
not be pressed too much. or the
stems will be bruised and impart q
dIsagreeable taste to the juice. ii
the hands are used, put the crushed
fruit, after the juice has been poured
of, in a cloth or sack and press out
the remaining juice. Put the juice
back into tub alter cleansing it,
where 1T should remain about three
days, until the first stages of fermen-
tation are over, and removing once
or twice day the scum copiously
arising to the top. Then put the
Juice in a vessel-a demijohn, keg
or barrel any size to suit the quan-
tity made, and
To each quart of juice add
Three pounds OF The best YeliOlo sugar,
And soft water sufficient To make gallon.
Thus, ten quarts OF juice and thir-
ty pounds OF sugar, will give you
ten gallons of wine, and so on in
that proportion. Those who do NO.
like sweet wine can reduce the guam
tity OF sugar to %; or who wish it
very sweet, raise it to 81 pounds per
gallon.
The vessel must be full, and the
bung or stopper left off until fermen-
tation ceases, which will he in twelve
or fifteen days. Meanwhile the cask
must be filled up daily with currant
Juice left over, as fermentation TIN Ows
out the impure matter. When fer
mentation ceases, rack the wine off
carefully, either from the spiggot or
by q syphon, and keep running all
the time. Cleanse the cask thor
oughly with boiling water, then re-
turn the wine, buug up tightly, and
let stand four or five months, when
it will be fit to drink, and can be bot
tied If desired.
All the vessels, cask, &c, should
be perfectly sweet, aud the whole
operation should be done with an
eye to cleanliness. In such event,
every drop of brandy or other spir
itous liquors added will detract from
the flavor of wine, and will not in
the least degree increase its keeping
qualities. Currant wine made in this
way will keep for an age.-Gernaan-
tomn IsleDaph.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16
Draining with Boards.

The Turf, Field and Farm copies
from the Country Gentleman an arti
Gle on Draining with Chestnut
Boards to which it appends the fol
lowing remarks:
Whatever doubts we may have en-
tertained as TO the superiority, in
this country particularly, OF wood
over tiles for understanding, have
heen entirely removed since we have
become familiar with the Robbins
process of treating wood by means
of the vapor of carbOlic acid. The
charges for the manufacture and
transportation of tiles are such as TO
preclude their use to all except those
who may be in easy reach of the few
tile works now in the country. If
all, even the most perishable woods,
can be rendered indestructable, then
there cannot remain the shadow of a
doubt that wood drains are super
ior to burnt clay for understanding.
Now it has been shown at the Paris
Exposition that railroad ties only
partially buried in the earth-a test
far more thorough than that to which
wood would be subjected in drains
exhibited not the slightest sign of
decay at the end of twenty five years.
These ties were treated by the Beth
ell, q process far more expensive,
less philosophical and not near so
efficient as that of Robbins, though
founded on the same principle-the
sntiseptic properties of coal tar. Beth
el uses the crude tar, whereas Rob-
bins employs, at one-tenth the cost,
the lar more subtle and penetrating
agent { a product of coal tar,) car
bolic acid. By means of this last,
We may rip into boards the most
worthless woods, those not even fit
Tor fuel, and convert them into drains
far more efficient than any made
from clay, and that at cost almost
nominal.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16
Fearful Discovery.

MFR. A. Rabb, farmer who resides
about three miles west of the city,
brought strange story in on Satur-
day. Mr.. r. has son in law living
on farm about four miles from Lay
fayette, named Mr. Miller. Mr.. nj.
has German laborer who, in blowing
over a corn field, struck the upper
crust of something very much like
the internal regions. A suffocatihg
odor was first emitted, followed by a
dense volume of smoke. According
to the Germans statement, the
stencil was several degrees above the
flavor of the Illinois street gutter
A sheet of fame soon burst from
this terrible volcano, and a great
confisgration was imminent for a
time, but the flames were finally sub
dued by few shOvelfuls of earth
tossed in the mouth of the crater
The lava thrown out looked very
much like CASTLE soap, only it was
not SO highly perfumed. On the
contrary, it was exceedingly often
sive. 1t ignites easily, and burns as
easily as birthstone. E1f
The German was badly frightened,
and after viewing the scene in utter
bewilderment for a time, calculated,
"Vell, dat ish hills" We under
stand that Professor Cox will exam
inc the ground, and if it should
prove to be an entrance to the infer
nal regions he will send for Parson
Brownlow to look further into it
The people of Lafayette are greatly
alarmed, and already 1t Is said that a
roaring noise can be heard under
meath the doomed city. We wait
further developments with intense
anxiety. Many persons may think
this is hoax, but it is not. MIR.
Rabb doesn't look like a man who
would deceive a whole community
about as trifling q thing as the dis
covery OF hell in Indiana.-Iadian-
opolis Sentinel.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16
Ayers
Hair r'Vigor,
For restoring Gray Hair to
IFS natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and efectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair as soon restored
to ats Original color
acih the gloss a'aa
treshsess Of youth.
Thin hair Is thick
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
It's occasional use viii prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for q
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16

The admirers of the Ayrshire cat
tie in Milton, VT, have challenged
an advocate of the Durhams in Bur.
lington to test the milk-producing
Qualities of the respective kinds, in
June-the cows to be fed in the same
pasture-for q wager of $500 side.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16
REAPER & MOWER !.
INTERESTING FACTS FOR FARMERS.


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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16
HAIR DRESSING,
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma
and ConarnufiQU.


such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption
Probably never before in the whole history OF
medicine, has anything won so widely and SO deeply
upon the confidence of mankind, as this excellent
remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through long
series of years, and among most of the races OF
men it has risen higher apd higher in their estlna-
tion as 1t has become better known Its Uniform
character and power to cure the various ahectlon3
or the lungs and throat have made il known as re-
liable protector against them While adapted 10
mder forms of disease and to young children, Is
at the same time the most eectual remedy that can
be given for ineipient consumption, and the oan-
gerous affections of the throat and lungs AS pro-
vision against sudden attacks OF CroAps H should
be kept on hand in every family and indeed a. all
are sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all
should be provided with this antidote for them.
Although settled Consumption IS thought M
curabe, stn great numbers Of cases where the dis
case seemed Settled, have been completely cured,
and the patient restored to sound health by the
(heyru PecforGl. So complete i5 its mastery
over the disorders Of the Lungs and Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When moth
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry Pee
fOrag they subside and disappear.
Singers and Public Speakers ind great pro-
lection from it.
Asthnaa is always relieved and often wholly
cured by it,
bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Cherry PectOraI in small and frequent doses.
So generally are its virtues known that we need
not publish the certificates OF them here, or do more
than assure the public that its qualities are fully
maintained. sa t-AA
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16

PARIS employs six hundred thous-
and worki'rylnen and sells five bill
ion francs Vi goods year.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-16
TIE JUNIOR,

Or smallsI Ize,i machine, is essentially the same
AS the lar ge machine except in size
ES- The Sc machines have taken the FIRST
Premiums at almost every State or County
Fair at W hich they have been exhibited.
RS- Ord ers may be lett at the Hardware store
of A. Il b. +. KimmOns Il Co, were any infor-
nation viii be furnished in regard to the above
machines.
Farmers viii do well to examine these ma
chimes before purchase N e, as we chaIIange tn
most searching investigs tion of their a erits
no <5 lv
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
The Book Of the Period.

"The IRnecents Abroad" is the title
Of the most popular publication of re-
cent date. The fact that MARX TWAIN,
the greatest American humerist, is the
author of this work, is sufficient to
commend it to the reading public. The
new Pilgrims Progress, with which
description the author captivates us,
gives q full, graphic, humorous and
entertaining account OF the steamer
Quaker City's excursion to Europe and
the Hely Land. In this connection,
countries, nations, in ncidents and adven-
lures, as they appear to the wide-awake
American trsvelsr,i are portrayed and
embellished. The work-comprises over
six hundred pages and is illustrated
with two hundred and thirty.four ap-
propriate and we'll flushed engravings
To learn and to laugh IS the experience
Of every body who reads it. Specimen
paragraphs, published in advance, have
made MARK TwAIN's reputation cock
tensive with the literature of the Eng
lish language Buy his book and read
it. The prices are $3.50, 81 90 and $500
according to the style of binding. The
city will be canvassed by lady agent
and to her alone would we recommend
subscriptions to be made. "The limo
cents Abroad" will be delivered to sub
scribers in this city about December
Dnfh
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
MARRIED

At Elizabeth, Writ Co., W. Va, on the lssn
ipst by Rev j. B. Edmundson, at the resIaen.o
of the brides father, o. L. Williams, ESQ M SAh'
UFI ID. GoRDoS, editor of the Hrt County De"''
oera,, to Miss BETTE F. WILLIAMS
The above notice tells of the deliver
ance of another member of the Journal
istic fraternity of West Virginia from
the darkness and bondage Of bachelor
dom into the ligh and liberty Of welded
life. We beg to offer our congratuia,
tions and to extend to our brother chip
a hearty welcome TO his new sphere.
One after another our brethren OF the
Quill are concluding to "divide the sor-
rows and double the joys" incident TO
their career, by engaging III tie pest
aud most profitable partnership ever
discovered. Let the remainder vino are
still out of the connubial harbOr folisw
GoRDoN's example and ''sail in"
Editors weddings all remind them,
They may make match sublime,
And departing leave behind them,
roof.sheets from the book OF Hym-
En-, which it may sc sundry others,
Toilipg singiy and IL vain,
Some forlOrn rejected brothers,
Seeing shsl, take heart again.
Let them then be up and doing,
Each intent to find a mate,
Still accounting, still a.wooing,
Learn TO wed ere Ills 10 late.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
Johustou In Europe.

Col. John r. Johnston, the artist, who
has recently returned from trip across
the water, was not remarkably impressed
By the antiquities of the old world. In
fact he is inclired to believe that there
10 q good deal of humbug about them
The following chapter Of his experience
we find Thus summed up in the CinciD-
natl Tines Of q recent date . ~ ,
went to AleIandria-crOssed por-
tion of the great desert-on camel's
back-easier for q rich man to 90
through the eye of needle than for q
camel to paint portraits-desert no
great shakes, got q better dessert at an
American hotel dinner-throw sand in
yeareyes on the desert-make you think
il is a big thing. Went te Damascus
bought Damascus blsde-hnmbug-
blade made in Akron, Ohio. Went TO
Jerusalem-hired a guide for his board
"a regular guide board-never was so
much board in my life-Jerusslem full
of second hand clothing s,orcs-b,ught
o fragment of Solomop's Temple
enough fragments Of Solomon's Temple
sold every year to build Cincinnati.
Visited the Nile-humbug-no water
privileges worth a dam-don't wonder
no one knows fhe sources of the Nile
greatest wonder that anybody cares
where. they are-Licking river beats
the Nile. Saw the mnnmtes-Rsde is
London, every one Of them by a Nassa-
chusetts Yankee, and sent to Egypt.
Looked at the pyramids. RecolIect-
ed that Napoleon said TO his soldiers
From the topsof yonder pyramids forty
centuries are looking down upon you!
No such thing; went up there and in
quired; forty centuries hadn't beeu up
there at all. Saw the sphynx-capital
likeness of Ben Butler. Went to Italy
bought monkey and hand organ,
and learned to speak Italian in two
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
,s'hrellns Reglster.
Monday --.No"e"
CORRESPONDENTS.

o.. t;-,ds Of tie REGISTER throughput Hts,
lII a,,d he 6oTa sring counties of Ohio G'sd
:'' rama are particularly requested 70 ae,
a u. promptly 'Cih aay occurrence y genera h,
'H'si' =, ,,.e,aI ilaportanee the Telegraph may 6S
car; our srp,ntc in most cases the MAJ! 'r.'
S'f1 - LL1b6rdte and OrHrts essays are nor oe'
i.. Ia, brltI and accurate letters giTtn9 az u'e
nfsl ,c,s aud ieideI.ts n resting ere''ts ds
-, - setting forth the material eord'-
t'H,,F fcreop,aeRt cf The country: the crops,
s W., Of lqnd, and all other subjects o. 'nteTSs'
he lett'raI e"n,a,m.tS MA, ,,,n;.SsS Ssf ''p'''' "'
nt,I 's n pubi,c meetings, Of iehaterer mature
mar occasigns Of interest 10 the people, tr'9!
~. ain to publish a paper that shGh rc1st,
a, aud IriSs<s Of IHE PEOPLEi ana
Nf ~, cT,,,fs from the People, aud Is cf raIue
"j ;,,r,.t to them vii rsce'Ts ovr instant ana
go nj attention.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
A Practical Let-Up.

Those of our readers who read the
item we publish from the Charleston
Journal in relation TO the session Of the
Federal Court at that place, will notice
novelty in the organization of the
Grand Jsry. The names of several
gentlemen who were identified with the
rebellion appear in the list of jurors.
Chiaf Justice CHASE some time ago or
dered the Test Oath to be dispensed
with in the empannelling of Federal
jurors and Judge JACKSON in adopting
his practice not only recognizes the pre-
vailing public sentiment as to the set
tlement of war issues, but he establishes
a precedent to which our State Courts
should be enabled by liberal legislation
to conform.
In West Virginia the men who COM
pose the late Confederate element are
numerous, wealthy and influential.
They obey the laws, they pay their
taxes, they support the Government,
they are good citizens. Whatever of.
fence they may have committed against
the general Government has been wiped
out 10y Federal amnesty and their sub
mission. They are acknowledged to be
competent to discharge the duties and
enjoy the privileges of citizens of the
United States. If so, why are they not
competent to fulfill the obligations of
citizens of West Virginia a. They are
charged with no crime against the State.
No man within her limits is prescribed
for treason to West Virginia. The gen.
eral Government has extended her am
nesty. The State has no right to punish
offences against the general Govern
ernment. 'Lst US have peace"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29

LKSGTHY.-We were introduced o
few days ago to young man by the
name of McComas. son of Mr.. Alex.
McComas, of Lincoln county. McCo-
mas the elder stands six feet four inches
in his stocking feet, and the younger
six feet eight inches. Pretty good for
high. $3.50. -
Two prominent lawyers of Charleston
had fisticuff fOw days ago, and the
Journal offers to report the fight and
their names for Is cents line.
The Journal furnishes the following
items:
PIGKoNs.-Quite a lumber of persons
during the last few evenings have Wis
tied the Pigeon roest at the head of
Georges creek, near Maiden, and have
killed and captured pigeons by the
Thousand. They are crossing our coun-
try for the mast.
!. MOUNTAINS on FIRE.-We noticed,
on Monday evening, that the front of
the mountain in the rear Of the Messrs.
Rutfner's farms, for perhaps half mile
long, was a blazing sheet of fire. The
recent rains will, in all probability, ex-
tinguish the fire without material injury
to any of the land holders.
SHOOTING MATCH.-QUEER AFFAIR."
A short time ago shooting match took
place at K. F. Reynolds IL miles above
Charleston, between Miles Martin, and
r. F. Reynolds. Itappears that Bob Kee-
ny, bully "shootist," was chosen gun
ner by both parties. First shooting for
one then popping" away for the other.
The Reynolds half o. this referee" won
the stake, and afterwards rejoiced in she
possession of pair of new boots as the
reward of bis discriminating
skill. Boots won the cow. The
match was l cow, rs $50. Bob was q
snre shot.
FEDERAL. CoURT.-The United States
District Court for the District of West
Virginia, assembled at Charleston, On
Monday, the 22d inst, Judge Jackson
presiding. The following gentlemen
were sworn and empannelled as Grand
Jurors: Hon. G. d. Camden, foreman.
Samf Price, n. B. Squires, Ira Hart,
Charles H. Hodgson, John Slack, Jr.,
John T. Smith, w. H. H. King, d. C.
Heaton, Jesse f. Saodgrass, Levi j.
woodward, K. W. Hanley, John c. Cum
ningbam, John NJ. Young, II. w. Brazio,
John McCreary, b. W. Byrne, John w.
Wingfeld, and J. d. W. Riley.
Owing to the superior legal ability of
the Jurors, the Judges charge amount
ed to but very few words, which struck
us as being in exceeding good taste,
The Jury at once retired to their cham.
Der and proceeded TO business. The in
dictments thus far made, are as follows:
Three persons for violation of U, S.
Internal Revenue laws:
The following cases were dismissed;
The U. S. A. rs Plymon & White, (2cases)
George Mosas, John IPlyman, NJ. H.
Waldron and Henry Daniels, e cases,
for misdemeanor. The following
gentlemen were sworn in as attorneys
in the U. S. Court. Abraham Suydam
John w. Winfield and john W. Nc
Greary.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
A Righteous Contest.

We call attention to the communiCa-
tion which We we publish from the
Charleston Journal in irelation to the
late election in Clay and Nicholas. Mr..
RAIDER sets forth the facts in the case
and announces his determination to
claim "a seat in the next House of Dele
gates. His statement shows that he is
entitled 10 IT, This the Journal, Re-
publican paper, virtually admits. Put
NAM claims to be elected under the usu'
al policy of tho carpes-baggers and seal
awaSs. Where precinct votes for him,
he wants the vote counted. Where u
precinct votes against him, he wants it
rejected. Ii his, principles were ap-
applied in Ohio county the vote Of
seven townships would be rejected, and
only that OF three counted. Messrs.
HUBBARD, CAMPBELL and NORTH, al
though defeated by three hundred on
the popular vote, would represent US in
the next House of Delegates. This
principle would destroy the foundation
stone Of popular Government.
We are glad that Mr.. RAIDER proposes
this contest Let him carry it through.
Although he doesn't, as We understand,
agree with us politically, we recognize
him as the represen tative, in this case,
of the idea that in elections by the
people the majority should rule. That
is sound doctrine; il is Denocratic doc
triue. We hope to see him push his
case. Let the House Of Delegates settle,
now and forever, the point that the ras:
cslly schemiug of vagabond adventurers
is not to override the wishes of the ma
jority. even il the "loyaI" State Of West
Virginia.
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urClaFy-

The La Grange depot was broken in to
Thursday night last, and considerable
amount of baggage wa, stolen. Mr.,
Pannel, shoe dealer FROM Philadel.
phis, and young William Peudlelon, of
Bethany, were the principal losers. On
the same night the Rush Run depot was
also entered, and about $50 taken from
the safe.
On the night of the 10th, the store of
Messrs. Ferrel & Mulholen, at Bethany,
was was also burglsrously entered, and some
s@Go OF $500 in goods and money taken.
Handle Ne,cs.