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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
A MisconceptiOn.

"Knox," the correspondent of the Sun
day School Times, tells the following Incl
dent, which occurred in Sunday School in
Brandenburg, Germany. A speaker
dwelling upon Adam and Eve. asked
"Where did God place them ?" The an
swer was:
"In the Garden Of Eden"
"And what did they do there."
"They titled it."
"Why were they turned oute"
After asignifcant silence, little fellow
cried out:
"Sir, they could not pay the rent"
The novelty of the answer induced the
teacher to inquire of his pupil why he
had given it, when he was told that his
father and mother had been turned out OF
their house because they could not pay
the rent, and he thought it must have been
so with Adam and Eve.
The teachers made~up a purse for the
boys father.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
Sheep after Shearing..

AFTER sheep has lost its fleece, the
skin of the animal becomes very sensitive
10 the heat of a searching sun, or the chill
of cold storm. To be convinced of this,
and the importance of making some ex-
ira eXertion for the comfort of the ami
mails, 1t is only necessary TO visit the field
where the flock is kept, when the day is
hot or immoderate, and witness the dis
comfort manifested. In either case the
sheep will be found seeking shelter, pant
ing or shivering, and OF course suffering
severely.
Probably the most economical mode OF
protecting the flock is to turn them into
the woods, or into field, part of which
is covered by forest trees. Here, in a hot
day they are shielded from the sun, and
in a cold storm get some protection. 1t
is better, however, when cold storm ap.
proaches, to drive the flock up, and keep
them in the barn until the weather is
suitable for them to go out again.
1t will be remembered that but a few
years ago, thousands of sheep were killed in
Northern Ohio, by cold storm some
time in June Farmers at that time who
were thoughtful enough to care for their
flOcks saved them, and the lesson learned
them should be remembered. 1t is moi
frequent that we have summer storms
severe enough to kill sheep outright
unless, perhaps, it be few old "pel
ters," yet that is no argument against
giving them protection, for when an ami
NAL suffers from any cause, it declines in
flesh, health and strength
At this season it is particularly impor-
tant that ewes with lambs be given all
the advantage possible, for they have two
lives to support and the draught upon their
systems is heavy enough, without being
subjected to endurances which might, with
care, be ayerted.- Ohio Farmer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
Summering Young Calves.

THE first summer is the important one
for calves. If they come through it in
good, sound, thrifty condition, their future
rearing is easy. Ii they get pot-bellied,
out of shape, and stunted, year will be
lost in their development and growth, and
they will never be so good as they would
have been had they kept growing from
their birth. The secret of success in rails
ing calves is to keep them thrifty from the
Cery, Start. Let them never get check, and
they will pay in the end for the extra care,
A frequent mistake is to turn calves out
to grass too early. Thy have to eat a
large amount of succulent food, to supply
to their unprotected digestive organs a
sufficient amount of such nutriment as
they can use, and they develop enormous
paunches, out Of all proportion to their
frames. BY frolicking they expend, in
muscular waste, material that should go
to help their growth, and by becoming
over heated they disarrange their entire
systems. Later in the season, on stinted,
draught- parched pastures, they are often
as much starved by the want of food as
they were earlier by the want of ability
to make complete use of what they did
eat.
Calves should not be weauei on grass,
unless constantly with their dams, and
receiving bountiful supply of milk late
into the season. Good rOwen hay, Tor
cured grdss,) which contains a large pro-
portion of nutriment that the young stom-
achs can easily appropriate, and a lib
eral feeding, twice or three times day,
with skim milk Withholding water, so
that they will drink the more milk-is the
best bill of fare for at least four months.
At the end of that time, they may, un-
less the weather is excessively hot, be grad
ually accustomed To a short and fine pas
ture. until they will thrive on that alone.
American AqricMturist
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
The Season OF Exhaustion.

No matter how vigorous by nature the system
and the constitution may be, theysmust nccessa-
rily suffer more less from the depicting effects
f the tempe nature of midsummer, unless
strengthened and sustained by wholesome tonic
treatment. The extra pressure upon the vital
force. must he met and counterbalanced by an
extra resistant power; the unusual and rapid con
sumption of the animal fluids by profuse perspir-
ation must he compensated by the perfect diges-
ton and assimilation of the food taken into the
stomach. from which both the fluids and the
solids OF the body are derived. Otherwise the
physical strength declines, and the mind. sym
pathZng with the machinery through which II
acts, becomes depressed and enervated. A
sTIMULANr il therefore absolutely required at
duce febrile excitement, but something 1cich ,Cil
recruit and reiqfOrce The 10h0te organization in pro
norton TO the extraordinary drain 10 ,ctch The tor
rid heat subjects IL.
This desidcratum Is supplied in a palatable and
most efficient form, in HOSTETrER'S STOM-
ACH BITTERS, which the people of this country,
after more than twenty five years experience have
accepted and endorsed the best tonic Alternative
and antibilious preparation which medical chem
istry has vet succeeded in obtaining from the
strengt h tanning healing and purifying pro-
ducts of the vegetable kingdom. Every ingredient
of this famous compound has Its own specific vir-
tue, and the result OF their combination Is the
most genial invigorant, aperient and regulating
medicine ever administered, either prevent
i've or cure Of the disorders most common In our
variable climate. Among these may be enume-
rated dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, fever
and ague nervous debility, and all the ailments
proceeding from imperfect digestion A cOurse
of HOS LETTERS BIrTERS is the best possible
safeguard against the dangers which menace per-
sons of both sexes, and all ages, during the heat
ed term.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
Incidents OF Stewards Journey In the
Rocky Mountains.

A PRIVATE letter from member of
Gov. Stewards excursion party, dated at
Idaho, in the mountains, contains the
following:
All our party are in perfect ecstacies
with everybody and everything. Up in
this rough country we meetnOne but gen.
tlemen, though sometimes in rough outer
coating. Here is one: At the hotel a
rough honest fellow, who apparently scorn-
ed to be introduced, waited until the crowd
was over, when he presented himself to
MIR. Seward, thus:
as this w. III. Seward?"
eyes; what do you want?"
az come to introduce myself and see you
| have read about w. II. Seward. You
are not as good looking as l thought you
was. Mr. Seward, have been admitted
into the Union three times, commencing
with Iowa, and now l want to come 10
again with Wyoming Good evening, Mr.
Seward; although | ain better looking
man than you are, L am very glad to see
you"
Yesterday, coming down, the ladies
wanted drink of water. The coach
stopped, and | went to deep we'll and
drew UP bucket Of the coolest and clear.
est beverage imaginable.
STRANGER, you mustn't drink that wa.
ter"
Mustn't drink it. Why?"
"Cause that's alkali"
Upon this thought would taste it to
see what alkali water was.
swell, stranger, you may drink it and
be darned, but tell you it Will go through
you like the Ten Commandments through
Sunday school,
We didn't drink at that we'll.
The scenery is sublime and the air very
invigorating. This is the Saratoga of the
West. Hot soda springs bubble up with
in six feet of cold soda springs. Bathing
in the waters of either is perfectly de-
lightful. The hot springs are about 80
degrees.
We are just off to climb the mountain,
about 5000 feet above the sea. If we do
not get out of breath going up, it is hoped
we shall not break our necks coming
down.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
AN object of attraction-a magnet.

AN object of attraction-a magnet.
VINO is the slave Of old ocean? The
surf
THE "bump of destructiveness" - a
railway collision.
THE most steadfast followers of our for
tunes-Our creditors.
THE man who was wrapped up in his
own thoughts had very thin covering,
and took violent cold in consequence.
"JIM," said one youngster to another,
on the Fourth" Jim lend me two cents,
will yer? got NJ so early that l spent
all my money before breakfast. | didn't
think the day was going to be so long"
AN attorney, on being called to account
for having acted unprofessiOnally in taking
less than the usual fees from his client,
pleaded that he had taken all the man
had. He was thereupon honorably &C
quilted.
A THREE year old boy of Pittsfield
clergyman, watching mis- mother making
biscuit one Sunday for tea, asked her if it
was not wicked to work on Sunday. Of
course she said it was, and the logical little
chap continued, "Oo'll catch it when 90
get TO heaven"
The Sandwich. Islands must be a cheer
ful place for horses and dOnkeys. Ac
cording to correspondent these animals
are used as shark bait The plunging
animal, whose head is fastened to buoy,
attracts large shoals Of the shovel nosed
monsters, which ravenously tear the
hauncses and TANKS of the poor beast, and
Trey are needless of the Kanakas in canoes,
who spear them.
The Springfield Republican says that it
Is OF member Of the Railway Commit
tee of The Massachusetts, Legislature,
Anno Domint 1869, that this story is told |:
Being on q visit, with other members of
the Legislature, to Lowell, during the win
ter, they were called to see a beautiful
new steam engine in one of the factories
The visitors, impressed, not only with the
beauty, but with the silent majesty of its
movements, walked slowly about it, or
stood in quiet admiration. The first one
to speak was our hero. Turning to his
neighbor, he said +; Pretty, isn't it. Does
the thing go by water, or steam"
MANY years ago, in London, clever
d;tec' i've OF the period hit upon a very
ingenious trick for trapping watch-pullers,
lie made himself up like respectable old
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15

of party policy, aside from all considera-
tons of right, they have said that the COM
initial of the party to that policy would
destroy it.
So far as the President can commit the
party to il, he has done so. He has de-
clared for Wells in Virginia, and for Stokes
in Tennessee. He.knew they were both
demagogues and bad men. He knew the
election Of Wells would continue the law
lessness, and disorder, and crime prevalent
in Virginia, and he knows the election OF
Stokes will produce like results in Ten.
nessee. He invokes peace, and employs
all the influence of his administration to
sustain men and measures which his own
party press tells him will prolong the
misrule and anarchy which have reigned
in the Southern States since the close OF
the war. He does this at the bidding OF
| the Puritan element in his Cabinet, and
against the nrotest of an Overwhelming
majority in the party which elected him.
it were policy for him to forfeit his
word, to deal treacherouSly with honest
men who have confided in his honor, and
to sustain a 4" scandalous" prescription OF
his own C0untrymen, men could easily
understand his action in meddling in the
Virginia and Tennessee elections. Those
who know him best do not expect him to
be controlled by regard for truth andright
if he can gain anything by eisregardlng
ITEM. In the support ne has given the
Radicals in Virginia, he has acted treach
erousy to support dcmagOgues and wicked
and mischiev0uS measures, when his own
interests and those of his party would
have been best promoted by fair dealing
and regard for the public interest.
Not many uays ago, the Times presented
the proof that Grant, at the close of the
session of Congress last spring, assured
the Conservatives of Virginia of his SYM
patty and aid 1t is unnecessary here to
reproduce that proof. 1t is clear and con-
elusive 1t is of character which leaves
"nO reasonable doubt that the assurance
was given. Many criminal has escaped
punishment when the jury was well con-
WINGED of lis guilt, because of the specious
pleadings Oflawyers concerning "reasona-
bic doubts" and the misrepresentation of
evidence calculated to suggest such doubts,
but there can be no hesitation as to a YER
dict in this case. The evidence cOnvlcting
Grant of the dishonor and perfidy herein
charged leaves 20 room for doubt.
1t is both circumstantial and direct. 1t
is consistent. The testimony OF men he
betrayed cOrrObOrates the proof he has
furnished over his own signature. 1t is
convincing. The testimony of President
Johnson and his Cabinet, convicting
Grant of shameful deceit and falsehOod,
and of winning confidence that be might
betray it for guilty purpose, was no
more patent in compelling conviction of
his guilt than that branding him as "mean,
mendacious, and treacherous in dealing
with the Virginia election.
Before his supporters attempt to con-
denim this censure as too severe, let them
do away with the facts on which it rests.
Chicago Times, Jugs.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15

gentleman from the rural districts, very
conspicuous item of his outfit being an
immense bunch Of seals that hung by q
ribbon from the watch pocket under his
waistband. In this guise he "moOned !"
about the streets, gaping at everything,
and looking into shop windows. 1t was
not long before he felt sharp tug at his
watch-ribbon, followed by a yell of agony.
The astute thief catcher had interspersed
among his seals q lot of fish hooks, and so
it came that he landed the first thief that
bounced upon his bait.
THERE was "run" recently on a
Brooklyn savings bank, and the directors
found that they had not money enough in
the vaults to meet the demand, and sent a
messenger to New York to get q fresh sup
ply. They were afraid to get out, ana in
structed the teller to count very slowly in
order to gain time. The next ruse was to
send one of the clerks into the lire Of de-
positors, and have him present his account
and get into row with the teller. He
did his work to perfection, complained
that the money was not all right, COM
PEELED the cashier to count it several times,
and made so much noise that policemen
had to be sent for. Tbs rest of the de-
positOrs were amused at the row, and for
got that they were being detained. When
the messenger arrived with fresh supply
of money, the teller apologized to the
fictitious depositor, the quarrel was made
up, and the work of paying went on.
A SCoTCHMAN and an Irishmam hap
pened to be journeying together through
a most interminable forest, and by some
mishap lost their way and wandered about
in pitiable condition for while, when
they fortunately came across a miserable
howell, which was deserted save by lone
chicken. AS this poor biped was the only
thing eatable to be obtained, they eager
ly despatched and prepared it for supper.
When laid before them, Pat concluded
that it was insufficient for the support of
both himself and Sawney, and therefore a
proposition was made to his companion
that they should spare the chicken until
the next morning, and the one that had the
most pleasant dream should have the chick
en-, which was agreed to. In the morning
Sawney told his dream. He thought an
gels were drawing him up tn heaven in a
basket, and he was never before so happy.
Upon concluding his dream, Pat ex-
claimed, "Och, sure, and be jabers, saw
ye going, and thought ye wouldn't come
back, so l got up and ate the chicken my
SELF"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
The Royal White House.

Washington Correspondence OF the Cincinnati
Commercial.
If you will watch our official life here at
Washington, you will perceive some
queer streaks of aristocracy veining it.
There is a constant tendency to perforate
plain Republicanism with freaks of foreign
snobbishness.
The three or four members of the Csbi-
net, VINO can stand the sun, have been
circling, kid gloved, round the city lately
TO find some spot for new executive
mansion, more comforts bic and retired
like, where his Excel ency can con-
yeniently receive more at leisure a few
choice visitors who come IN carriages.
The Presidential smelling committee, it
seems, has selected the site far out, north
west of the city. mile or more from the
present w hite House, two miles from the
centre Of the city and three from the Cap
itOl At that distance from the Capitol.
Presidential royalty will be more free
from the intrusion Of the popular mob
constantly pouring into Washington to
bother him on public business. The win
ter receptions at the new White House
will be more elegant and rafnne, of course,
as nobody, that cannot afford psltry ten
dollars for a hack, to draw MIN there, can
attend. In fact, the nobodies without
money will not come to this cOurtly Yer
sailles az now to the White House.
Our ignorant Democracy made mis-
take, perhaps, in suppesing that the Pres
ident was the nations servant, that he
should make himself convenient and &C
ccssible to the people for the transaction
OF public business 1t will learn better
when the new White House is built among
the arIstOcratlc shades of KaiOrama
Heights. Tire dignited hcclusion of great
office will there be preserved by the nature
of circumstances.
Col. Hutton, good soldier, and one of
our best journalists here, went the other
day To the White House, in company with
friend who had fixed appointment to
keep with one of the Presi tents secreta-
ries. Csrd-be Dent was present; the
others were away. The Colonel handed
his own and his friends cards to the NAL
apert General, with an explanation, and a
request that they should be handed to the
secretary. Dent spurted pompously: al
carry cards 20 the President, sir / do not
carry cards TO his secretaries" The Colo
mel turned his back, saying aloud to his
friend: Gen. Dent says his business is
that of carrying cards TO the President;
that gives him no claim to insult us who
are no mans servant mot even his Excel
iency's." Dent had sense enough to see
that he had cornered tartar, and stepped
forward at once to repair the mistake nv
taking the cards.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
SONG OF A HORSE.

A POOR old stage horse, lank and thin,
Not much else but bones and skin,
I jog along, week out, week in,
Kicked and cursed and meanly fed,
damned in the side and jerked by the head,
And the thing can't at all make out
Is what on earth it's all about.
Why was / made to toll and tug
For this little odd human bug,
Two-legged, dnmpy as a Jug
Who sits aloft my ribs to batter
Or why was he made, for that matter!
And, If | needs must be created,
Why il il that was not fated
To prance and curvette, finely mated,
Silverharnessed, sleek and fat,
With groom and blanket, and all thati
Here go, day after day,
Pounding and slipping down Broadway,
Dragging these curious biped things,
With fore-legs gone, and yet no wings
Where they all go to don't know,
Nor why in the world they hurry SO,
Nor what good use Heaven puts them to!
II wasn't my fault, you see, at all,
That my joints grew hg and my muscles small
And so missed a rich mans stall.
I'm clumsy, stupid, crooked, slow,
Yet the meanest horse IL horse, You know,
AS well as the glossiest nags that go.
U Lord how long will they use me SO!
And when may the equine spirit go!
Where glOrified horses stand in a row,
Switching their bright tails to and fro,
Careless OF either wheels or whoa
Where oats are always aprOpos,
And flies don't grow
oh no.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
Grant and the Virginia Election.

GENERAL GRANT, probably, is gratified
with the result OF his meddling in the Vir.
ginia election. Returns from that State
come in slowly, but there is not much
doubt that the Conservative ticket is elect
ca. III so, the President has dabbled in
falsehood and perfdy to earn and win con-
tempt - N
In dealing with the Virginia campaign.
he has earned these, even should the RAJ
ical ticket have triumphed. There is not
respectable Republican newspaper in the
country which has not condemned the
policy of y disfranchisement of the
white me IN Virginia which would have
i4liow a the adoption of the clauses of
the on3titution which were separately
Jm'sted. They have condemned it a.
Deing so grossly unjust and so plainly
originating in partisanship and hatred as
to oe Indecent. Some of them have char
terized 1t as scaadalou1" AS a matter
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
Improvement In Grain.

EXPERIMENTS have demonstrated, and
analogy has shown, that the finest and best
samples of seed, continued for years, will
improve the quality and quantity of the
product. A better wheat is thus raised
even variety may be established. On
this principle, in farm stock, we have the
short horn, the bloOded horses, and the
different breeds of sheep, swine, poultry,
&c.
We plant and SOW cas- it comes" We
take the seed of the same grain that we
use in the aggregate, and SOW it. Is not
this the case almost always? Corn is an
exception to some extent-but why do we
except corn? Because it is handy to
select But why select at all =? Because
it is understood to be good. Analogicsl-
| ly, then, it is good to do the same with
wheat, oats, barley, &C. But this is less
easily done; we therefore neglect it. How
long will it take farmer to go through
his wheat and secure the finest and ripest
heads sufficient to SOW an acre, or half an
| acre, or quarter-Or even apint of seed
| This pint sowed will be sufficient to form
test crop. The best heads taken from
this again, and sowed, will yield another
test crop, from which should be taken as
before; and SO on for number of years,
say half dozen-more still better. But
three or four years will work decided
difference. But the thing should be con-
tinued from selected wheat every time
In this way grain can be improved and
crops enlarged. There will be larger
grains, earlier maturity and better growth.
-RuraL World
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15

A CURIOUS OFFER-Dr. Sage has dis
covered a perfect specific for Catarrh,
Gold in the Head" Dizziness, Tainted
Breath and Catarrhal Headache The
proprietor, DR.. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo,
n. Y, offers $500 for case of Catarrh
that he cannot cure. 1t is the cheapest
and best remedy for that loathsome dis
case ever offered to the public. Don't be
put off by your druggist with some naiser-
able substitute. If he has not yet got DR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy for sale, let him
order it, or send sixty cents to the propri
etor and it will reach you by return msil
For sale by most Druggists everywhere
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15

"A submarine diver who has be:
operating in the Thames river, at Nor
witch, Conn, says there is q cave under
the banks of considerable size, the hidden
beauties and strange formations of which,
could the water be drawn off so as to
make it accessible, would form one of the
wonders of the world
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15

DAVIS PAIN KILLER has won for itself
a reputation unsurpassed in the history of
medical preparations II is AZ well known
in the trading ports of India and China as
in New York and Boston and its con-
tinually increasing demand, where it has
been longest known, is one of its strong
est recommendations. 1t began to be favor