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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
/" RecOnstructiOn.o

Our Republican friends are in great
tribulatiOn over the possible decision of
the supreme Court i'll the Yerger case
FOrney is particularly exercised, and
whines after this fashion. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that Congress is not in session
The effect of decision against rcconstruc-
ton (for that is what the counsel of Yer
ger are looking for) will probably con
strain the Executive to some action to save
the unreeonStructed States, like Mississip-
pr and Texas, from Il worse fate almost
than the rebellion itself His cOunsellors
are to be found in 4 Republican Congress
and in patriotic people. Should the Su
preme Court assume extraordinary pow
ers, and attempt, In utter defiance of all
precedent, to overthrow the laws intended
to restore the reyolted States, under Re
publican institutions, to their relations
to the government, the Executive and
Congress must find some remedy for the
evil"
The idea of the Supreme Courts having
to assume extraordinary powers" to pass
on the COnstltutiOnality of the Recon
struction laws is the best joke of the many
made by the editor OF two papers both
daily" Forncy is facetious without know
hight. He never OpeS his mouth, but out
there fies-a bray. Moreover he knows
that not only the Judges of the Supreme
Court OF the United States, but every
really sane man in the United States is
perfectly acquainted with the real value of
the reconstruction laws. As they have
from the beginning been an outrage, not
only on the Constitution, but upon com
mon sense, they could only stand whilst
madmen ruled. it has been long perfectly
well known, throughout the country, that
the opinion of tie Supreme Court was
that every law of the whole vile series
was null and void d5 intro, and if the
Court hesitated to make its opinion
known, it was from well grounded fear
that under the incompetent rule of tie
present Congress and Executive anarchy
would ensue. Disgraceful as the present
state OF things is under the Congressional
usurpation of power over the institutions
and very existence of sovereign States, il
has been feared that the crazy Radicals
who are in power would do something
even worse if their present system We're
overthrow. That is the sole reason why
tie Supreme Court has delayed its decis-
IDn.-X y Courier
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
ton, to keep them as dry as possible, and

ton, to keep them as dry as possible, and
it is best to lay this in cement mortar. A
tight floor Tor a cement floor may be laid,
having slight incline, in connection with
a drain to carry off the water, or the floor
may be laid so as to let the water through
it. On this rails are laid, which are to be
covered with straw, to support the ice.
Upon the stills, which may be 10 inches
wide and inches thick, a frame is set up
of 1O-inch hemlOck planks, inches thick,
3 feet apart, Hailed to the stills with 3X4-
inch strip, as plate, nailed outside on the
tops of the upright planks. To the planks
are nailed the inside wall and the weather
boarding. These double walls should
hardly be less than 8 feet high, and as the
weather boarding is put on, the space be-
tween the inner and outer boards is filled
with spent tan bark planning mill or carpen-
tiers shavings, sawdust, or any similar pOr-
Gus filling, put in dry, and well packed. The
roof rests upon the plates described, and it
is best to leave the caves extend a good
way beyond the side of the building,
though not essential The ice should
never be filled much if any above the
plates, and the best place for the door is
in the gable end, above them, although a
door may be made in the north end, going
nearly to the ground This is con-
venience, both in packing and in taking
out the ice, and may remain closed and
tightly packed until the house is nearly
empty. Such doors are made with "a
common door for the outside, but within,
instead of another door, is series of
boards, to fit horizontally between cleats
in the door posts. Tie the roof down, if
necessary, by mailing strips from several of
the rafters on each side to the plank
stanchiOns forming the walls, or allow
some of the Sanctions to extend above
the plates and nail or pin them to the
rafters. The space between the sill and
the roof should be as little as pos
sible, but there should be few auger-
holes or sliding shutter in the north
end, to provide ventilation. With such a
house, II feet square, or 12x14, or larger
still, we think there will be no difficulty
in keeping ice the year round. A structure
such as we have described may be built
very cheaply if man does good part OF
the labor himself, and any farmer in the
country ought to be able to do it all
american dGrlcultuYiM
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
Cheap ice-HOuses.

To SATISFY the numerous inquiries
which every year flow in upon us early in
autumn, we must give pretty regularly
chapter on ce-hOuses. This year almost
everybody that inquiries asks about cheap
houses. The cheapest ice-house we know
OF is really no house at ALL Many years
ago we knew of its happening in Virginia,
that there was very cold spell, and a
gentleman wishing to save the ice, and
having plenty of straw, made floor of
rails. IA feet square, which he covered
with straw two feet thick; then LAYER
after layer of ice was piled up, kept in
place by stakes and boards perhaps, and
when the pile was high enough, straw was
stamped down around it, and wall built
probably six or eight feet thick, and the
whole was capped and matched like a
stack. The ice kept well through the
summer. All the conditions of n good
ice-bOuse were met-drainage, non-con-
Quoting walls, and slight degree of ven
tIlation, or rather change of air, through
diffusion. IN whatever way we meet
these conditions we shall succeed i'm keep
inc &c, The most successful packers mt
"a very thick mass ol straw al the bottom.
In building il is cheapest To use GOOD
materials. j is rare that we save much
in employir , reap lumber The sills of
The building ohould rest on stone founda-
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
Hints about Stables.

IN the greater part of the United States
the stabllug OF stock i'll winter is a neccs-
slty; and it would be a decided improve
ment In some other sections where it has
never been applied. Great improvements
have been made in the construction of
stables within the last few years especial
ly IN the manner of erecting feeding
tr0ughs. ihe high racks formerly erected
over The heads of horses and cattle from
which they had TO draw their food, scat
tering hay, seeds and dust over their
heads and into their eyes, have in great
measure been discarded No one thinks
of erecting them in newly built stables at
this day, and where they still hold place.
In old ones, troughs should be substituted.
Besides the Injurious effects above named,
the animal is obliged to assume an unnatu-
raj position Ia reach its food, and after
reaching it, must change its position TO
masticate and swallow it.
We advise every one who still retains
those rdCks in his stables To have them re-
moved and substitute trOughs of mod
ern plans, which are very simple and well
suited To the uses for which they are in
tended; and To do this now, before the
feeding season commences If the i'm
proyement is postponed until then, there
are nine chances to one that il will not be
done, and the poor animals will have to
go through another winter in the old star
gazing, break neck fashion to reach their
food. fhe man who invented these over
head racks fer feeding stock must have
been queer genius, and those who adhere
To the system with such peItinacity a
rather stifl-nccked people.
Want of sufficient Lght is a great fault
IN large majority of stables and Is very
injurious to stock in more WAYS than one.
To be shut up in comparative darkness
day after day is very hard on the eyes. If
horse be led out of one of those stables
into the open light, he is unable for time
To distinguish objects properly, and is LA
bic To stumble and become alarmed until
the eyes adjust themselves to their new
position. The same difficulty occurs in
entering the dark stable from the outside.
Darkness is injurious to the animals
health, which is easily proven by vegeta-
blcs growing in dark places Light is one
of the great agencies that imparts health
and vigor to both the animal and vegeta-
bic system, aud being so very cheap ought
to be literally supplied. All stable win
dows should be glazed In movable sash,
and of such size rs 10 admit of full flow
of light. The division of light and dark
ness as measured by day and night should
be the governing rule in both animal and
vegetable economy.
Free rentilatiOn of pure atmospheric air
should be prominent feature in every
stable. Without this, the best state of an
imal health cannot be maintained. There
are SO many plans of accomplishing this,
that each farmer may choose the one that
best suits his views The great question
s, Will he do it?-1mericdn Stock JournaL
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04

and gold at the suggestion and under the
direction of their brother-in-law with
brown stone front residence, evidently
they were presently appraised that the
transaction was not so distinguished by in
nocency as it had been represented to
them by their brilliant and persuasive rela-
tive
Messengers to Washington, Pennsylva-
MIA, and arguments by Jay Gould and in
quiries by JIM Fisk, meant something more
than that any association of the President
and his family in Wall street speculations
was simple ordinary business affair. Ii
the President was in, he took care to get
out, and it is quite possible that the con-
sciousness that there had been an elaborate
effort to use him had its influence IN caus-
ing the peremptOry order that he gave as
he saws in his Bonner letter, for the sale
of gold.
While the bulls were at work with the
President the bears seem to have had the
Secretary of the Treasury in hand, and
gave him fine dinner with the view Of
nlying him with overwhelming arguments
why he should sell gold and crush out the
rascals. These were reformers in the
same sense that the late reformers in Ham
ilton county were so. They were quite as
wicked as Fisk and Gould, COrbin or But
terrified. They were in another ring, that
was all. Their game was to steal as bears
instead of as bulls.
Now we hope that in all this the Presi-
dent will learn one useful lesson. 1t is In
brief: that not only is personal govern
ment played ont in monarchies, but that
family influence will not serve any good
purpose with Chief Magistrate; that in
his position all families of honest people
must be on the same footing; that the
Grants are not in the least better than
| other folks because he is President, bu.
are rather to be Disseminated against ;
that his personal friends must be judged
| by their fitness rather than their friend
ship.
Ii he can learn this lesson speedily, and
give evidence of his increase of knOwl-
edge, the people will be swift to forgive
the errors already committed; but if he
| remains in this particular "a dull scholar,
the degree of popular Impotence that he
must encounter may at least surprise him
a good deal.-C Cincinnati Commercial.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
Regard for the Senate.

The Republican newspapers find so
many causes of rejoicing in the defeat of
Andrew Johnson in the Senatorial contest
in Tennessee, that they arc unusually kind
and candid in speaking of other matters.
n Jealous Republican is affected by the
mention of JohnsOn'S name very much
rs bull is by the sight of red. He so
worried and annoyed the party for four
years that the remembrance of his hostil-
ity will never be forgotten or forgiven by
1t. Other enmities may be sOftened and
Oblitcrated, even those which grew out of
ii desperate civil war, and were for time
rs fierce and bitter as could be entertained,
but the ftud between Johnson and the Re
publican party will last until one of them
shall give up the ghost. Johnson has a
good deal of life in him vet, and is dis
POSED To wear out instead Of rust out, and
much more improbable things may come
To- pass than that he shall live to sec the
proud and insolent party with which he
bItticd rs President, condemned to death
by the people whom it has deluded to
plunder-
1t is nonsense for Republican newspa-
pers, in speaking of johnson as a Senator
ial candidate, to deny his ability, or to sag
that his election would be " a reproach TO
Tenncsse and "A shame to the Senate"
What candid newspaper of any party in
the country will say that when Johnson
was last in the United States Senate he did
not prove his right to the position by his
ability and cOurages
Probably Tennessee, if the reports con
corning Dir. CoOper's character and ca
pacity are correct, has done we'll in pre-
f-rring hirl 10 J Hhnson, but the latter was a
leading mr. IN the Senate when there
were much better men in il than now and
before it hal been disgraced by The advent
of carpet baggers.
Republicans who think the election of
Johnson To the Senate would be "a reproach
la Tennessee, are not agitalcd unpleasant
~ hy the appearance there of such men as
Handler, and IatcS, and Abbott, and
Pomeroy, and others OF quite rs bad odor.
johnson has never been suspected of ac-
ccptlng brides, or employing any Office
intrusted to him to- enrich himself As
regards honesty, therefore, he would 20
into the Senate the superior of the ma
jority of the men now making mp that
body. In natural capacity, he is, at least,
the equal of any Republican in the Senate.
-CktcGQO Times
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
The Great VitaliZer.

This title may be fairly given to restorative
which has taken precedence of all other tonici and
Alternative preparations for period of nearly
twenty years During that long interval HOSTEL
TERS STOMACH BITTERS may be truly said TO
have enjoyed unrivaled popularity. Many prepare
tiOns have been got up to compete with it, but they
have all fallen into its wake or sunk into oblivion
for lack OF patronage. From the first, this now
world-renowned Vegetable Tonic has been both
incidentally and financially successful. Every year
has added 10 the number of its friends, and the de-
mand for 1t, based solely upon the experimental
proofs of its excellence preventive and curative,
seems TO have no assignable limit. The medical
profession sanction and approve its use' and it is
now at the head of the class of medicines TO which
1t belongs, the admitted, undisputed SOVEREIGN
Tonic OF THE AGE. The statistics of the United
States Revenue department will verify the state
ment that it stands alone and unapproached in the
magnitude of its sales as compared with those OF
any other proprietary remedy advertised on this
side of the Atlantic.
THE EXPLANATION of this fact may be comprised
in few words. HOSTETTERS STOMACH BIT
TIERS at once the purest the safest and the most
potent of all vegetable tonics, and the best antidoe
to every variety of malariOus disease Hence il is
especially adapted TO the present season OF chilling
dews and unwhOlesOme vapSrs
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
A Pleasant Picture of The Presidents
Family Circle.

In this part of the country the influence
OF the Presidents father has been absurd
and injurious. In New York we find Mr..
Corbin, known long ago in the Washington
lobby and in Wall street as IA shrewd and
INSCRIPTIONS operator, who, IA few months
since, assumed the relation of brOther-n-
law Of the President, and began presently
10 speculate in that relationship 1t was
his stock in trade II gave him familiarity
with Gould and Fisk, the most notorious
of the Wall street gamblers. He assumed
to be able to control appointments in New
York. There is too much reasoptO believe
that he did control some of them
perhaps that Of General Butterfeld among
others.
When the President passed through
New York, as he was i'm the habit of doing
on his excursions, he was the guest of his
brother in-law; and this was entirely
natural and proper, for Mrs. Corbin is his
sister, who is most like him, and who has
more influence over him than any other
member of the family. This was Coving
ton gossip before she was married, and her
influence was felt here in important APP
pOintments, previous to that event
How much truth there may be i'm the
stories about the President putting up
margins on Governments" and Mrs.
Grants interest in gold speculations, it is
difficult 10 say. Few persons understand
the mysteries of Wall street gambling.
Corbin is one OF The few IL would be
just like him To induce the President to
try his hand in a little speeulation-to per
suade him that his fame and his honestyas
President would increase the national
credit, and of necessity appreciate securi-
ties; and that, if he would consent to put
up margin, it would be merely an ex-
preston of his confidence in the success If
his own administration, while, if il re-
suited in his individual profit, il would he
all right-no one to blame, nobody robbed,
and none the wiser
Failing To get his. <brother-in law com
mitted in Wall-street speculation, Cor
bins next proceeding wonld, of course, he
To influence Mrs. Grant to allow him To
make little money for her. III the Presi-
dent and his wife dabbled little in stocks
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
A Perfect Kerosene Lantern.

The Chicago Manufacturing Company, whose ex-
tensiye works are now devoted entirely to lanterns.
are producing one for burning coal oil that is free
from every difficulty which, hitherto. has made
Kerosene lanterns disagrecable, unreliable.
wa~teful and dangerous From its peculiar con
one of the most remarkable inventions of our day.
and Il attracting great attention, not only in our
own country, but also abroad especially i'm Great
Britain, France and Germany The principle on
which il operates il new and singular and not only
rcyoluilOniZeS the manufacture OF lanterns, hut
promises radical change i'm lamps stoves and fur
naccs. The inventor : handles the hot air a. il
rsrS from The flame that, without chimney. ma
ch'nery, or any complication whatever. il drives
double column OF fresh air 10 the burner. and the
effect IL magical. All smell and smoke pre-
vented the II ime is made white and powerful. and
double the light is obtained from the same quaint
~ or OIL the currents of cool air which forced
over the oil cup. and up through the burner and
globe. render heating and explosion impossible
and act in such way that if the lantern dropped
or overturned, the flame j. mt once extinguished
so. too, If by accident the lantern, if left fire
and becoming heated. begins 10 OveTbun. il will
cut down and exiDguish its own flame. This
power l. possessed by no other lamp lantern in
existence, and renders the Tubular Lantern much
safer than those even which burn lard oil or candles
In construction the Tubular il very simple and il j.
thoroughly made of the best material. Costing
but little, If any, more than any oher kerosene
lanterns. il j.. for safety, reliability in wind aud
motion freedom from smoke and power OF light
worth many times n much. Ills economy to throw
aside other lanterns aod purchase this one for il
will save oil and globes enough to pay for itself in
that this j. Western invention, and do not wonder
that il II being eagerly soua Int for. No other
lantern has ever sold so rapidly, given such I'M
qualified satisfaction - Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
Care of Newly Planted Trees.

MANY tree-planters think that when the
roots of a tree are once in the ground, the
work is done; VIXEN in fact IT is only be-
gun. After the tree is carefully planted,
it should be mulched with leaves, straw,
tan, or whatever similar material is most
accessible not so thick as to exclude the
air, but sufficiently to retain the moisture
in the sOil for although there may be
plenty of rain early in the season, the
probability is that there will be a drought,
more or less severe before the end. The
top should be shortened to correspond
with the quantity of roots lost in digging
up, and in doing this, cut to a good bud,
and one so placed that the shoot which
grows from it, shall improve the shape of
the tree. This will generally be on the
outside of the shoot. AS the prevailing
winds in this country are from the west,
it may he well to have the limbs on this
side little longer to assist in balancing
the top. Make neat cut close, but not
too close, TO the bud, and, if you are very
particular, cover the cut with grating wax
to prevent evaporation. The cutting back
should be done as early as possible.
If in an exposed situation, it must he
staked, or otherwise prevented from sllak
ing by the wind 1t is sometimes difficult
to drive a stake firmly in soil just loosened
by planting tree, and the larger the tree,
the greater the lcanage on the stake; so
we prefer to steady the tree by placing
large stones on the ground around it.,
which also assist to keep the ground
moist. But for very large trees, we have
found the best way to fasten four guys
near the top, first wrapping cloth around
to prevent Glazing, and making the lower
ends fast to short stake driven in at
some distance from the tree. The lines
reed not be large; one of two or three
rope-yarns, twisted together, will fasten a
tree twenty five feet high so firmly that
nothing but hurricane can shake it, The
further care will be mainly in destroying
insects and pinching out any useless
shoots as soon rs they start, and the ends
OF those which grow so much stronger
than others as to impair the balance of the
tree.-J0urndl IF Horticulture.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
A Fair Offer.

r. V. PIERCE, M. d., of Buffalo, N. Y,
is the proprietor of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, which he soarrdats to cure Catarrh
in all its forms and stages. And further,
he offers $500 for case of that dreadful
disease that he cannot cure. If your drug
gist has not yet got this remedy on sale,
don't be put off with some worse than
worthless strong snuff, fumigator," or
poisonous caustic solution, but enclose
sixty cents to the proprietor and it will
reach you by return mail. For sale by
most druggists everywhere.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04

"A California correspondent of the N
\. Tribune says there are hundreds of men
ont of employment in that State, and they
cannot get work. Those who do get
work have to carry their beds from place
to place. When the harvest is done there
is nothing for the laborcr to do until the
rain falls, about the LIST of November
The San Francisco papers publish only
the good side of affairs in California, and
say nothing about the bad side. Farm
hands cannot average more than six
months work in year. This is a better
country for capital than for labor A
farm lab0rer in California must have his
own bed in every instance, or sleep in the
hay -stack and if he asks the owner of the
farm where he applies for work, he is told
To buy his own blanket. A man has to do
his own washing also, or pay from $50
to $500 dozen for washing, and then 90
from one mile to two to get it done, eX-
cept in the city.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-04
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