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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

"A CORRESPONDENT of the Ne,c Enqland
Farmer says his method of DESTROYING
dock Is to cut the root about an inch or one
and half inches below the surface. using
chIsel with handle long enough to
allow the operator to stand erect. The
plants are carried from the field when cut.
TRANSPARENT LEMON JELLY.-Pare two
dozen lemons as thin as possible; nut eight
with the rinds into hot, not boiling.
water; cover it three or four hours; rub
some loaf sugar on the rind before peelinc.
to extract the flavor; put in china dish
with pound and a half of fine sugar; then
add the water and three quarts of boiling
milk; mix and pour through "a jelly bag
until clear.
To CANDY FRUIT.-Takc one pound of
best loaf-sugar, dip each lump into Il bowl
OF water and put the sugar in prcserv-
ing kettle. Boil it down until clear, and
In candying state. When sufficiently
boiled, have ready the fruit you wish to
preserve. Large, white grapes, oranges
separated into small pieces, or preserved
fruits taken out of their syrup and dried
are nice. Dip the fruit into the prepared
sugar while it is hot, then put them in
cold place; they soon become hard
Exchange.
To DESTROY WEEDS ON WALKs-The
editor of the London Journai Of Horticul-
tire says: The most efficient mode that we
have tried Is solution of arsenic, to DO ap-
piled in dry weather only. One pound of
arsenic is dissolved in three gallons of cold
water and boiled, stirring it while boiling
then add seven gallons of cold water, and
two pounds of crushed soda, applying it to
The walks with fne-rOsed watering pot,
taking care to keep it from the box -edging
or grass The above quantity will be
enough for twenty five square yards.
APPLE JAM.-Thc apples, which SHOULD
be ripe, and of the best eating sort, being
pared and quartered, are put into a pan
WIN Just water enough To cover them,
and boil until they can be reduced To
mash. Then for each pound of the pared
apples, pound of siited sugar is added,
being sprinkled over the boiling mixture.
Boil and stir it well, until reduced to a
jam. Then put it in pots. The above is
the most simple way of making il but
to have it of the best possible clearness.
makca thick syrup with three pounds of
sugar to each pint of water, and clarity il
with an egg, as before directed Then
add one pint of this syrup for every three
pounds of apples, and boil the jam To a
proper MISUNDERSTANDING.
SHEEP SKIN MATs-The following is
for two skins, and if the directions are
faithfully followed, will make something
nice: Make strong soapsuds, using hot
water, and let it stand till cold then wash
the skins in it, carefully squeezing out all
the dirt from among the wool then wash
them i'm cold water till all the soap is out
Next dissolve half pound each of salt
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cheap Paint for Barns.

No PAINT, we believe, withstands "the
tooth of time" better than Venetian red
There are houses in some country towns
painted red SO long time ago that the
memory of man runneth not to the con-
trary, and they look fresh to this day The
wood is admirably preserved, and appears
as though it would not need another coat
of paint for quarter offs century to come.
But, then, who would have such a color
on house or barn, some people would say
TO our eye it does not look badly when
the trimmings receive a shade somewhat
different from the body Of the building. In
point of economy, there is probably moth
ing better. We would not shock tho taste
of any one by advising the use of red
paint on house barn, but think we
conld live comfortably in house SO paint
ed, all other things being agreeable.
For cheap white, silver or pearl gray
"paint" correspondent of the Neoo En-
land Farmer, gave a few years ago, the fol
lowing recipe for making composition
which he had used and found to be dura.
bic, cheap, and economical: Skim milk,
two quarts; fresh Stacked lime, eight
ounces; linseed oil, six ounces white Bur
gundy pitch, two ounces; Spanish white,
three pounds. The lime to be Stacked in
water, exposed to the air, and mixed in
about one fourth of the milk The oil in
which the pitch is previously dissolved to
be added a little at a time; then the rest
of the milk, and afterwards the Spanish
white. This quantity is sufficient for
twenty-seven square yards, two coats If
particle of blue be added, or if this blue
be combined with slight portion of black,
a silver or pearl gray will be obtained The
addition of raw unber will make a brown
1t will be necessary to keep it stirred in
the bucket while using.
Petroleum, benzine, etc, have been tried,
for dark paints, with various success. Some
complain that it does not harden properly.
The editor OF the Country Gentleman has
used petroleum with good success He adj
vises the application of coat of light pc
trOleum alone first, and then after few
months give coat of the heavier petro-
leum mixed with the ochres or other paint.
He has seen such coat on barn of six
years standing hard and unchanged 1t
is recommended for roofs as well as for
the sides Of buildings.-New England
Farmer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
The Dictatorship Scheme.

Ex-President Johnson is reported by
the Republican press to have taken ground
In favor OF full and direct reputation of
the national debt, in a speech at Nashville
lew days ago. The report is untrue
III is evident from the speech that what he
intended to say with reference to the debt
was, that certain men in the country as
sumed 1T to DC so sacred that an imperial
form OF government might become nccessa-
~ To insure its payment, and that he should
prefer reputation to an Empire. No in
telligcnt man who reads the speech. and
who respects the truth, will say that Mr..
johnson came any nearer the advocacy of
reputation than is shown i'm the construc-
ton above given. Journalists who will
deliberately misreprescnt him, that they
may crafty their spitefulncss against him,
ana at the same time manufacture an on
portunlty to vapor about reputation,
must be sorely pressed for topics for dis
cUSSiOn.
As to the fact that an imperial form of
government has been advocated, and that
II was alleged to be necessary to guarantee
the payment of the debt, there can be no
dispute, The establishment of The Inn
psrtotta newspaper is ample evidence on
this point and there are MANY and good
was started in Washington, and that the
money To keep it i'm operation is furnished
by Republican politicians, prominent
among whom is General Grant.
IL Is as true as that he is now attending
horse races and learning to dance, instead
OF being engaged in his official du-
ties, that he was made dictator over ten
States of the Federal Union by act of Con-
gress. He was given absolute control over
the liberties, and property, and lives of
the citizens OF those States His power
was unlimited. lie was not responsible To
any authority for its exercise.
lie who believes that any man, with a
particle of ambition about him, invested
with such power, would not wish to ex-
tend it, and that the fact of its investment
would not suggest its extension, is n YER
dant and credulous specimen of humanity
The privileges and authority conferred on
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02

and alum in little hot water, and put
into tub of cold water sufficient to cover
the skins, and let them soak twelve hours ;
then hang over pole to drain. When
well drained, stretch carefully on board
to dry. Stretch several times while dry
ing. Before they get entirely dry, sprinkle
on the flesh side one ounce each of
finely pulverized alum and saltpetre, rub
bing it in well; then lay the flesh sides
together and hang in the shade
for two or three days, turning
them over every day till perfectly dry.
Finish by scraping the flesh side with
blunt knife to remove any remaining
scraps of flesh, and then rub the flesh side
with pumice or rotten stone and the hands.
Very beautiful mittens can be made of
lamb skins tanned as abOve.-COuntry
Gentleman
MOUNTAIN CAKE.-The yolks of seven
eggs, the whites of five, the other two
whites retained for the icing; three-quar-
tiers pound OF white sugar, half pound of
white powdered sugar for icing, one lemon,
one cOcoa-nut, half pound flour. Beat the
yolks and whites separately until quite
light, then mix them, and in the mean
time add wine-glasS and half of water
to the three-quarters of pound of sugar
and when boiling hot pour it into the eggs,
stirring well all the time until cool. Let
the sugar dissolve slowly at first on a part
OF the fire not too hot, before you let it
DOH. Add the juice of a lemon, retaining
a few drops rUr the icing, then stir in the
haif pound OF slr.ed flour and bake in
three fiat cakes like you bake Jelly cake.
Make the icing of the two -ubites and the
half pound of sugar and the leh.an drops.
and when the cakes are nearly cool arm
one upside down, spread on One-third or
the icing and then layer of grated cocoa
nut, then the next cake in the same way
with the icing and cOcoa-nut, and the third
cake with the icing and cocoa-nut, and it
just makes beautiful loaf and is really
very delicious. / like n little tartaric acid
in the icing.-GermantO,cn telegraph.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02

Grant in the reconstruction infamy were
part of conspiracy to overthrow our
form of government in the Northern
States, as well as in the South, and the es
tablishment of The Lmperidlist was a part
of that conspiracy.
AS to Grants disposition to grasp arbi-
trary power, he was directly charged, only
three or four days ago. by one of the ablest
and most prominent Republican newspa-
pers in the country, with having trampled
upon the law and acted as a tyrant in
directing United States Marshal Barlow,
OF New York, to employ the army to re-
sist an arrest by the Sheriff.
1t is not probable that majority, or
any large number, of Republican Con-
gressmen were parties to the conspiracy,
or had any knowledge or suspicion of its
existence. They saw in the military bills,
and more than imperial power conferred
on Grant a plan by which they hoped the
Southern States could be made the allies
oftheir party by fraud and violence. They
had not brains enough to penetrate no, ond
the infamy of this idea, ana discover the
more revolving and reasonable purpose of
the men who planned to make Grant not
only Independent of the President, but
superior to him.
The Lnperialist was established by them
as a "feeler." They hoped that Grants
popularity Cat that timc) would. in con-
junction with the appropriately of Congress,
and disturbed condition of the country,
sugar coat the idea of temporary dicta-
torship.-C Chicago Times, august %.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
Western Patents.

Farwell, Ellsworth & COL. J. Far
well, Ex-Gov. of Wisconsin, and for
seven years Examiner of Inventions in the
United States Patent Office at Washing.
ton, and f.. \. Ellsworth, Attorney before
the same bureau, are new Solicitors of
PATENTS and Counsellors i'm Patent causes
at ~ Lake street, Chicago They report
the iollowing patents as issued by the Pa
tent Ofilcc Department, August "a. 1869
FOR ILLINOIS.
Washing Machinc-C. NJ Bohlender Peoria
Lamp Extnguishcr-Wm. Grayson OdelL
saw Sharpcner-George Price. Peoria
Buggy To. John :. Wayne. Quincy
Grinding Mill-NcsOn Burr Batavia
Corn Planter B. Chapman Morrison
Street Car Marinus Det;raff Chicago
Cultivator-IIany Il Estes Peoria
SAFETY Door Christian Iicssc. Champaign
Sewing Machines q. w Hoffman. Hicks Mills
cagO.
scraper Vim. Watson. Danville.
=, Generating Gas for Motive Power, &c. G.
Milk coolcr-G. A. wbtcomb. Morrison.
Plow-J. w. Jones, Thomson
ron WISCONSIN,
Seeding Machinc-T NJ Corbett Milwaukee,
Spring Evans. Eureka.
H MmaGT i, Shutter b a 5enkings Lacrosse
Steam Engincs-Lcyi GriswOld. York
FOR MINNESOTA
lore ,, Collar and iiarness-connick 8 Lea, Mimi
u.
Grain Bindcr-N +. Gilman Rochester
Photograph Camera Stand-G s. Knapp. Winona
FOR
Wagon Tire-Jacob Dodder, Washington.
Floor Catch for Table Legs NJ Lemon, Polk
City
Tanning Ml-Darius Wilcox. Charlton
Stone Drilling Machine T.. Frzcll. Kcokuk
Wa.cr Wheels Sherwood. Independence.
FOR INDIANA.
Picker for Wool-II. w. AFFORD. Richmond
Gatc-siepen Elliott. Richmond.
Quadrant HINGE Nathaniel Jopas ocJnort
Corn Row Marker-,John Roberts. Greenfield
Steam Engine Governor-C. Ducles, New Har-
mOny.
Grain Separator-Wm. Spencer, Winslow
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
Thinning Out Grapes.

VERY few persons prune their grape
vines sufficiently in winter or early spring
to make the thinning of the fruit in sum
mer unnecessary. In fact, it is, taking all
things into consideration, better to prune
the vines rather long, and then thin out
the punches. But the amateur, and some
times the professional grape grower, who
has said to himself at the time of the
annual pruning, 81 will leave little more
wood than usual, and then thin out the
fruit often finds his grcediness gets the
better of his judgment, and too much fruit
Is allowed to remain. n few punches,
perhaps were taken out month or two
ago. but there is, and the owner and
gardener knows it, far too much left for the
good OF both vine and fruit. How many
times we have seen young two or three
year-Od vines with one or two hundred
punches OF grapes upon them, and perhaps
the owner invites his friends to view the
wonder; but this is generally before they
are ripe, because that particular time
seldom comes with such prodigies of pro
ductlvencsS. Not many years since we
were asked to step into friends garden,
and see three-year-Old Delaware vine
upon which there were two hundred and
fifty punches of very large and handsome
grapcs-not ripe, however-and our friend
said that he could not account for their
latcness in maturing, because it was then
& '. ,p 9 ~ sihE NE Rfrs ahd mo one eea Wd Is
not accustomed to such freaks Of nature,
it does seem strange that vine is capable
of producing and carrying to full size
crop of grapes, and yet not be able to
rlpen them; but this is often the case, be-
cause the fruit does not call for but very
little nHtrimcnt until the seeds form and
rlpenlng commences 1t is the seeds and
saccharine matter in the fruit that tax the
strength of the vine; therefore thinning
out the punches or cutting away large
portion of them when there are too many,
may he done with benefit any time before
the seeds are hard and rpening COM
menccs.
Those who have neglected to thin out
their grapes should do SO Immediately,
and not be afraid of lcssenng the number
OF punches, because a few well ripened are
far better than many green ones.-HearM
and Home.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
Care Of Your Team i'm Summer.

A merciful man is merciful unto his
beasts; and there is no season of the year
when people should be reminded of the
gratitude and mercy they owe their beasts
of burden with more earnestness than this
They who use horses or oxen under the
blazing sun of the hot July or August
days should exercise the greatest prudence
towards these dumb beasts, who minister
to their pleasure and necessities They
should have plenty Of nourishing food and
good pure water
Don't expect team to thrive and keep
well and do heavy work on grass In fact
the less grass horses or cattle get while
working, the better it is for them. Occa-
sionally give them little, merely to keen
the stomach and bowels from becoming
constipated. Imagine a person doing q
mans work and eating nothing but greens
and potatoes. That some persons could
do it is quite possible. That it is the best
diet for hard work no one believes. For
hot weather work give your team the
most nOurishmcnt with the least bulk.
Do not let your team carry about a load OF
hay for. few pounds of nourshment.
Ground feed, or better still, cracked grain,
oats, rye, barley with little corn is good
food Tor working animals during the
spring and summer work. If the miller
insists on grinding feed fine, let farmers
insist still stronger that it must be ground
coarse.
Some people water their teams morn
ing, noon and night, without regard to the
difference of the days temperature, or the
demands they make upon it. 1t is down
right cruelty to work a team six hours i'm
day without IA drop of water, and after
the work of the forenoon is done on the
way to the stable, or before feeding. allow
it to drink all it will The better plan is
in the middle of the half days work to
give each horse a half-pal of water, and
another half-pail each just before feeding,
Feed light at noon, merely enough to
refresh the team, and water freely IA few
moments before resuming work. Repeat
the watering i'll the afternoon. Two or
three hours after the days work is finished,
water and give the largest feed of the day.
and only little less than experience
shows the animal will eat. If on the road,
water as often rs the horse will drink, re-
membcring not to let il stand after drink
ing II 1t be warm. If the horse is VERY
warm do not give him all that his natural
thirst VIII crave for like many Il silly man.
he will drink too much.
Again, people will turn their horses out
to :" bait, and if they see shower coming
Will hurry them under cover On the
contrary, if horses are in the stable and n
shower comes up and it is warm, turn
them out and let them have a good "show-
er bath ' it will do them good. When the
rain is over put them i'm the barn and rub
them until they are dry and warm These
lints are thrown out for the benefit of
those who look upon the horse and the OK
as some of Gods best gifts to man, and
feel that He who notes even the fall of one
poor sparrow, will hold us responsible for
our treatment of His noble but dumb crca-
Stock J0urRdl
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
Let us Discuss the Great Question.

What is the most important of all earthly bless
inSs, IN the estimation of every intelligent human
beingy
Clearly. it is HEALTH; for soundness of body and
mind is essential to the enjoyment of all the other
good gifts of Providence.
How, then, shall those who possess this inesima-
BILE treasure endeavor to preserve it, and how shall
those who have lost il seek 10 retrieve its
These questions have been asked i'm all AGES but
never have they been as satisfactorily responded TO
as at the present day, and the answers which COM
mon sense, enlightened by science and experience
gives to them in the Nineteenth Century m2y be
briefly stated thus:
To protect the system against all Influences that
tend TO generate disease THERE NOTHING LIKE
EVAPORATION.
To rc-establish the health on firm basis when il
has been lost by imprudence any other cause the
REffiijlsAr fndtsN call RBT KEFIJE ..... .,,,,
agency of preparation which combines the attri-
buieS OF TONIC IA CORRECTIVE, BLOOD DEPURENT
and an APERIENT.
All these essentials are effectnally blended in
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS. They con
tam nothing drastic, irritating or inflammatory
Inc Juices and extracts of sanative herbs roots and
barks their sole medicinal Ingredients and
these are rendered difu~ible bv combination viii
the splrtuous essence of rye the purcst of all aco.
hoc stimuants
The week and feeble, and especially those suffer
lng from biliousness. indigestion and nervousness
absolutely require the renovating aid of this pow
erllil tonic and Alternative durin. the heated fern
ana cannot pridcntly postpone its for a single
DAY. A word TO the wise is sufficient
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
Are Hard Coal Ashes Fertilizing

Two years ago last spring, Alexander
Marsh, of this city, directed his gardener tc
prepare il piece of ground for planting
peas, portion of which happened to be
an old walk which had some wears before
been made bya mixture with the soil of coal
ashes and cindcrs from burning hard coal
FROM what had been written and said &c
MN, he had serious doubts as TO a crOp
where the hard coal ashes predominateCl
SO largely, yet being DESTROYS of one row
directly in the line of the old walk, he
planted one row there and one back of
them, IN soil apparently entirely free from
any ashes. The peas came up and grew
with but little perceptibe difference i'm the
two rows during the early part of the
season; but about the time they com
mcnced to put forth blossoms, n marked
change began to be noticeable, the row
planted in soil free from ashes yielded
lightly and stopped growing, while the
other row continued its growth in height
and produced three times the quantity of
peas. Philosophizing somewhat upon this
unexpected result, the idea came to him
that perhaps the long time the ashes and
cindcrs had lam there might have changed
their chemical combinations by contract
with earth or atmosphere, or both he re-
solved To renew the experiment this year.
by selecting a new piece of ground en-
tircly free from ashes. Accordingly, last
spring he prepared a suitable place of
ground for two rows of peas, side
by side, the same as last year, and i'm one
he put IA liberal supply of siftcd hard coal
ashes, and planted the two rows at the
same time. Their growth and the result
has been quite rs marked as last ycar-the
row planted in the mixture of ashes hay
ing produced more than three times the
quantity of peas.
Mr. Henry Woodward, treasurer of the
Mechanics Savings Bank in this city, in
forms us that some ten years ago, he
(morc from curiosity than otherwise)
pantcda hill of squash seeds on top of a
heap of hard coal ashes which had been
carried out from his cellar, and to his
great surprise the growth and yield from
those vines for exceeded those planted
elsewhere i'm his garden literally supplied
with manure. BY accident tomato
plant came up in the same pile of ashe,,
and made equal growth and yield with
the squaSlcs. Since that time, Mr.. Wood
ward applies all his coal ashes i'm the prop
agation of garden fruits and vegetables,
with the most satisfactory results; beliey-
ing fully in the efficacy of the ashes i'm
promoting the growth and fruitagc. BY
the use of hard coal ashes, he says he can
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02

in Castle Pinckney in 1867 by Governor
Scott, then Assistant Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau, on the charge of mis-
appropriating the funds of the Union
League.
3. That G G. Bowen, then Captain of
the Twenty-frst battalion Georgia Cav
airy, was tried by court-martial, found
guilty, and cashiered for forging payrolls,
the result being announced in general
orders from Gen. Beauregard's head
quarters.
f. That C. C. Bowen was arrested
upon the charge of having planned the
murder of Colonel White, at Georgetown,
S. c., in November, ga, that he escaped
punishment by the flight Ofhis accOmplice,
and was released from jail when the Fed
eral troops took possession of Charleston
i'm 1865
Some of these charges against c. G.
Bowen have already been published /;
others are altogether new. What we now
desire is to show the people the character
of one of the leaders of the South Caro-
lima Radical Republicans; one of the
trusted chieftains of the party-One OF the
men sent by negro Radical vote to repre-
sent South Carolina in the Congress OF the
United States
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-02
A Suggestion.

THE Detroit Free Press wants modern
improvements worked into school reading
books, and offers the following as a sample
of the sort that would be up to the spirit
of the age:
"Here is a man. He is fireman. He
belongs to No. 10. If you are a good boy,
you will some day be an angel like that
fireman. 1t is a dangerous thing to be a
fireman. They sometimes get their heads
broken.
"Do you see that small boy? He is a
good boy and supports his mother by sell
ing newspapers. His father don't have to
"Here is the picture of a young widow.
See how sad she looks Her husband
could not pay her dry goods bill, and so
he-dicd. Do you think she will get an
other man? She will try hard
Here is the face of reporter See
how joyful he looks. He has Just heard
that man has cut his own throat, and he
is going for the item. Should you like to
be reporter, and get licked on dark
four pairs of stairs?'