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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-09-29

POLITICAL DISABILITIES.
> Resolved, That all citizrns Of ,bc
United Sia,ps, under po..t,ca. 6.saL..i.
les, should De inmclja,el, relieved
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-09-29
Democratic Platform
The following is the nlntrnrm OF

The following is the platform OF the
Democratic Party, adopted by the Con-
,ention he'd in Nashville September
lGta: sszs
TNE PLATFORM # .IEN
We, tho representatives. Of the Dem
oc'atjc PaSy Of the State Of Tennes-
sec, here in Convention assembled,
forgetting ell past differences, and dep
Treating al attempts to cngendcr old
fanimo~jtic-. meeting on tertHs Of per
feet cqHally and animated b. com mon
hopes and purposes, do hC5ftilyA ANT
1 for the import add y.ad.catioa OF tNc
tpriaciglc> AMI policy proclaimed by
Y The great Na.i2ua. Damtcrnor,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-09-29
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-09-29

Sold by all Druggists everywhere. Price.
81 % per bottle. or bottles for Sc 50. De-
livered to any address. Describe symp-
toms in all communications.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16
The Off Quadrennials.

IN one of our issues of last week we
gave in detail the political status of the
Forty-second Congress, as nearly as it
could then be estimated. The entire mem
bership of the House is 242. The Repub-
licans have already elected 1879, the Demo-
erats 80, not counting two Missouri mon
grels as either flesh or fish. The official
returns do not show any material change.
Should the Democrats elect every one Of
the twenty-one members still to be chosen,
the Republicans would even then have a
good working majority; but they will at
most elect only moiety of them. If the
West had the representation to which our
population Justly entities us, the Repubi-
can majority would be at least fifty. AS
compared with the "off years of other
Administrations this is a remarkably good
showing for the party in power.
II is now thirty years since the Wing
party carried its first, and, with one ex-
ception, its last Presidential election. The
victory was overwhelming. Two years
later the opposition gained a majority in
Congress. -Four years from that time the
people pronounced against the Administra-
ton of Polk, as it had against that of Tyler.
The next quadrennial was also rebuke
to the party in power Millard Fillmore
found himself surrounded bya Democratic
Congress His successor was elected by a
majority without precedent in party poll
tics. Yet the next Congressional election
went against Pierce, and the Speakership
was given to General Banks. The last
half of Mr.. Bucharan's Administration
was also characterized by Republican
majority in the House, Mr., Pennington be-
ing elected Speaker.
Thus we see that neither the Wing nor
the Democratic party could hold its own
at these quadrennial Congressional cleo
tions. Whichever party the people put in
power they forthwith distrusted, If one
party held the Executive sceptre the other
was put in control of the Legislative
branch of the Government, at least the
popular moiety of it, This application of
the centripetal and centrifugal principle
was unvarying until the Republican party
came into power at the White House.
1t is deeply significant fact that during
the last. ten years the people have not
swerved in their Republican confidence;
Three off-year elections for Congress have
been held since. our party assumed the
control at the White House, and we have
had majority every time. In 1856 there
was really no fair test, however, OF the
partys strength, under the usual disadvan-
tages of off years, for the treachery of
johnson had then come to head. That
third party movement was not SO cautious
ly conducted as the one which cost us
Missouri this year, and would have cost US
Chicago had the Tribune been able to
carry out its contract. The very attempt
TO kill the party gave 1t far more vitality
than il would otherwise have had. Or
rather that open and venomous assault
called forth the latent energies of the
party quite as much as Presidential
election generally does. In that respect it
was an anomaly IN the political history of
the Republic,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16
Rabbits and Mice in Young Orchards,

IT is very disheartening to discover dur
ing or at the close of the winter, scores of
thrifty young apple and pear trees girdled
by vermin. Precautions might be taken
which would prevent it, did the owner
suppose there was any real danger; yet it
usually happens that after years of exemp-
tion from harm, mice or rabbits appear
or, not appearing, do untold damage un-
seen. There have been many suggestions
made, and plans devised to protect trees
Blood sprinkled or painted upon the stems
near the ground, will keepOf rabbits. This
is easy to obtain about Christmas time, and
if there is a plenty of it, it may be used
freely, for no more valuable manure could
be applied. We should fear, however, lest
that which is so disagreeaDle to rabbits
would only toll the mice, for which it
would be choice viands.
The attacks of rabbits are made above
the surface of the snow, while mice usually
operate beneath and close to the ground.
They often eat the bark of the roots, which
are partially covered by grass and soil.
! This, however, is not very damaging to
the tree We have found the best protec-
| ton we could apply was roofing paper, or
"felt," which is used as surface for the
so-called gravel" roofs. Tarred sheathing
| paper used for the sidewalks of houses
though lighter, would answer an equally
| good purpose. The stems of the trees are
surrounded by pieces of this tarred paper
passed around so as TO fit snugly and
fastened with carpet tacks. The best way
is to cash the lower edge of the paper a
few times, and digging out the soil close
to the stem put the paper down below the
surface, and cover it little. This will
effectually prevent mice getting to the
trees, and is very quickly done. 1t will
! prevent harm from rabbits also, provided
the snow does not fall too deep-Americdn
|
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16

A DISCOVERY Of no small moment, says
the Philadelphia Ledger, in the interest of
agriculture, has been made by DIR. Geo. b.
Wood, and communicated by him to the
American Philosophical Society, Of which
he is president,
Peach trees in this vicinity, after pro-
ducing few crops, not only cease bearing
but perish In short time whereas, the
natural life is fifty or sixty years, or more.
The cause of this defective power of
growth Is believed by DIR. Wood to be
owing to deficiencyof potash in the soil,
and he assures us, that If this alkali be
supplied to the tree 50 that II shall recall
the small roots and be absorbed, the fruit
bearing power Is restored, and the fruit IT.
self permaturely perishing, Is revived,
Believing, with most persons, that the
cause of the decay lay In worms ut the root
of the peach tree, he put In operation
plan which he had seen his father perform
more than fifty years before: viz, OF dig
| ging around the base of the stem holt
four or five inches deep, scraping away nj
the worms that could be found burrowinI
at the junction Of the stem and root. ant
filling the hole thus made with wood hhe
from the fire, which, of course, retained
all their potash. This was done In tn
autumn of 1868; and with result In tn
following spring at which he himself wa
astonished The trees appeared to hav
been restored TO all their early vigor ant
freshness; they put forth bright gree
leaves, blossoming copiously, and bore
crop of fruit such as they had never born
before, many of the branches breakin
down under the load of peaches.
DR.. Wood, in rejecting on these results
noticed that several of the peach trees ha
no worms, and came to the conclusion tha
we must look for an explanation to som
other cause than the destruction of fey
worms; and this cause he believed to b
the ashes, the potash of which, being dil
solved by the rain, had descended alon
the roots to the rootlets and preseNed I
them the very food for the want of whic
they were dying. Decaying apple tree
bearing stinted and inedible fruit, hay
been revived by similar process an
with like results. Now is the time
adopt the experiment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16
Insects and Apples.

THE Fruit Culturist of the Oneida Com
munity, New York, in his report to the
society for the year 1870, speaks of the
prevention ofinsect ravages as follows:
According to my observation, the fruit
that remains on trees in orchards so situa-
ted that stock of some kind can have free
range in them, and thus dispose of the
fruit that drops, are much more free from
insect depredations than where animals are
altogether excluded. This fact suggests
perhaps the best and the only feasible
method of keeping in check those insect
tribes that so much annoy us, by destroy
ing our fruit crops year after year
Thus far we have cultivated our orch
ards, and allowed no stock of any kind to
run in them. The present season, how
ever we have seeded one orchard with the
intention of giving it up to the range of
young stock, and have also proposed TO
fence others, and purchase sheep to put in
them during the summer months. The
generality of orchardists recommend swine
for the purpose, but there are objections to
allowing these to run at large; besides,
sheep will, think, be preferable in some
respects, as they will keep the grass grazed
shCrI, and prevent weeds and shlubbery
from growing.
The importance of disposing of the first
droppings of fruit should not be over
looked if we expect to be successful in
checking the increase of those -nsects that
prey upon it; for the reason that the first
broods that hatch in the spring are com
paratively few, and we should escape with
little damage were it not for the more nu.
merous second broods, which attack the
fruit later in the season, and thus in some
years, when fruit is thinly set, nearly de
stroy theS entire crop. This, have be
come satisfied, is the case as regards the
applewom, that is doing so much dam
age to fruit throughout all parts of the
| country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16
To Train a Child.

A LITTLE tract issued for distribution
by the Ladies' Sanitary Association of Lon
don, gives these wise suggestions for the
nurture of children in health of body and
spirits
/. Never refuse thing if it is harmless,
but give it, if you are able, without delay
q Never give anything because it is
cried for, that you have refused when ask
ed for.
g. Be careful to observe the real illness
and avoid causing bodily uneasiness from
overlooking, or cold or unwholesome
food, such as candy, sugar plums, sour
fruit, or giving buns and cakes to quiet the
child.
4. Avoid false promises. They are sure
to be found out false.
3. Avoid threats of all kinds. If be-
lieved, they make children timid, and in
they are useless. Such threats as bosie,
policeman, black man, are sure to be found
out to be false if the child lives.
| 6. Never say anything untrue to a child.
Z. Do not wreak your own bad temper,
or visit your own feelings of fatigue and
trouble, on children, by being severe with
them, or by saying, You shan't have 1t, "
or won't give il to you," when there is
no reason for REFUSAL except that you are
yourself tired or in trouble, or out of sorts
8. Avoid giving orders, such as "Stand
STILL" eco on" Hold your tongue,
Put it down." etc, unless you really
mean that they should be obeyed; and the
fewer orders you give the better s4.
| Q. Neither give too much pity, nor yet be
severe and unkind when child tumble:
down or hurts itself
10. Do not worry child. Let it alone
and let it live in peace.
II. Teach it early to play alone and
amuse itself
To these rules one might be added:
Never exact promise from child, tC
do or abstain from doing anything. Make
known your wishes, or commands, as the
case may be, and let that suffice.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16
Water.Spouts.

MANY years of personal experience and
observation, besides a frequent compari-
son of notes with Others have led me to
the conclusion that water-spouts are more
common near the land than in the open
sea, and that, as "a rule, they are restricted
within certain limits. / do not remember
ever to have seen one in the North At
lantic or Pacific Oceans, while they are
very common in the Gulf of Mexico,
among the West India Islands, along the
west coast of Africa, and in the Indian
Ocean.
Their form and appearance are SO well
known, that no detailed description of
them is necessary; but will remark that
the first warning we have of their
appearance is by the dependence of o
slender, inverted cone from a dark cloud.
Soon lighter cloud rises from the
water q little to leeward of it, and the
two, soon joining together, go whirling
on their way as water-spout. But this
junction is not always effected. 1t is no
uncommon occurrence to see halfdoZen
or more embryo water spouts descending
from one cloud, with only a slight disturb,
ance in the water underneath and for
them all to finally vanish without asingle
one being completed, This l have never
heard accounted for, but should imagine
it to be for the reason that the power of
the wind contained in the cloud is SO di-
vided or scattered, that in no one part OF
it is there sufficient force TO draw the
water up to it for, S1ere but one cone
descends from cloud, it generally finds
its complement. Still remember on one
occasion to have seen five complete water
spouts formed under one cloud, which
was not only rare sight, but also one OF
the most magnificent that | ever wit
messed We were in the Indian Ocean,
running with a light, fair wind for Java
Head, the highlands of the island being
visible from aloft A heavy thunder.
squall was coming up from the westward,
its black clouds covering about quadrant
of the horizon, and forming an arch, the
centre of which was at an altitude of
about thirty degrees. Above this bank,
which was rendered "dark as Erebus .
by the sun being low down behind it in
the west, there rose superintendent
mass of clouds nearly to the zenith, pre-.
senting, in their ever.varying forms and
wonderful transmptations of color, a scene
of rare and resplendent beauty, strangely
at variance with the gloomy arch that
formed their support, and from which now
came faint CLEANS of lightning, and the
ominous mutterings of distant thunder
AS the storm cloud rose higher, the water
spouts formed gradually one after the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16
Vicious Cows.

j. NJ. CASE, a Wisconsin dairyman, talks
in this wise about the management of
viciously disposed cows;
Injury often results from attacks of the
strong and spitefully disposed cows, that
are found in every herd, on the weak. To
prevent this, the tips of the horns should
be sawed off and covered with buttons.
Often it is best to yard this class by them
selves. 1t is also necessary, sometimes, to
give protection from the same disposition
on the part of the attendants. No beating
should be allowed, or running to and from
the pasture, or in the yard. Govern by
kindness rather than by force, and it will
react favorably on the disposition of
herd. The disposition and qualities of the
cows are greatly influenced by the care
and treatment they receive and this fully
explains the fact why those dairymen who
feed most literally also treat their cows
most gently, and who are most considerate
of their comfort, have the best and most
profitable dairies
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16

other, at nearly equal dlstanoesapart, Civ
Ing one the idea of five great pillars sup
porting an archway that might be the
portal to the internal regions. This illu-
sion was still more apparent when, just
at sunset, there shone through between
the pillars, for few minutes, faint but
lurid glare Of light, which as suddenly dis
appeared, leaving us to the brief twilight
Of the tropics, and the labors incident
to stormy night -, a,u
The danger to ships from water-spouts
Is much exaggerated, for a ship properly
handled can keep out of the way, If there
Is any wind. There are but few well
authenticated accounts of vessels coming
in cor tact with them, and of such the
only one that occurs TO my memory at
present is the case of the United States
| frigate Potomac, which occurred about
thirty years ago She was in the vortex
of hurricane at the time, and had not
wind enough to fill her sails. Shotted
| guns, the traditional method of breaking
| a water-spout were made use Of, but failed
| in having the desired effect, either from
bad gunnery, or from the inefflcacy of the
remedy. When the shock came, 1t was
terrible for few seconds, the ship whirl-
! ing around as if IN whirlpool, while the
water poured down with force that
threatened to stave in the decks. This
avalanche of water word probably have
proved fatal toia mere lut-ship with her
close bulwarks; but the frigate had her
spar-deck ports open, so that she was soon
relieved from the weight of water on her
decks, and came out from this baptism
with but little more damage than she had
sustained in the ordeal of fire at Quallah
Battoo. If proper statistics were at hand
it would be found that water-spouts have
done less mischief afloat than they have
ashore, especially in the Windward lsland
of the West Indies.
do not remember to have ever been II
danger from them, personally, but once
and that was in the Gulf of Mexico WI
had sailed from Mobile on the previou
evening, but, owing to light winds anC
calms, were only thirty miles from tn
point when the wind set in from north
east with heavy rain-squalls. In less thai
an hour thee were twenty-three water
spouts in sight at one time, all moving il
: different directions. There was much doub
and hesitation about the course to be pur
sued, for il was impossible to know a
what moment one of them might chang
discourse and come for US. While holding
council of war, another one formed
| within few hundred yards of us, an
sailed away on our weather-quarter, roai
( ing like an incipient Niagara. As II
positive rule could b e laid down for on
:. guidance, we determined to keep straigh
on our course, unless compelled to tur
out; and, after running the gauntlet anon
{ them for about three hours, came out int
l clear water fully impressed with the trut
: of the sailors maxim that Fortune .fdC0l
3 the tuchy--AppJet0R'S Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16
Nose skinner,s Silver Wedding.

IT being Just twenty-five years since my
first wife died, l thought / couldn't better
celebrate the event than by having grand
silver wedding. Alas twenty-five brief
summers, and It seems but day before yes
terday since / returned from her funeral an
altered man, and told the undertaken to
call around for his pay in the fall.
The great trouble in silver weddings Is
that you are apt to get two or three pres
ents alike but flatter myself that fixed
'em there. In the first place, Mrs. Skinner
and looked over our stock of silverware
to see what we were out of, and found that
we could take about twenty-five square
presents without becoming bilious; and
then we invited few children, in refer
ence to nut-crackers, butter-knives, and
other small fry l issued my invitations
two weeks beforehand, to give everybody
a chance to buy present, and in addition
limited in a very delicate manner what ]
should like each one to bring
SO the invitations read very much like
this:
MRS CHARITY PHLEABoT'ToM AND HUs
| BAND,
| You are beth asked.
To Mr.. AND Mrs. -MosE SKINNER's SiLyEI
WEDDING,
| January nth
fa+Please bring silver castor, with extra mus
MRS. JoANN BEEzUM AND HER HUSBAND
lOu are both asked
To Mr. AND MRs. NOSE SKNNER's SILyEi
WEDDING,
January 18th.
ts+ We cherish fond hopes in your direction II
reference to silver teapot
On the back of each invitation was
neat gold scroll, inclosing the words
"Please avoid dollar storesp
TO say the affair was a success would b
defrauding the dictionary. | have looked
that venerable pamphlet through, but fai
to find a word that meets the case. Moth
ing short of seven syllables and Frencl
roof will do, so give it up.
On the arrival of the guests, / tool
charge of the presents with as much emo
ton as the value OF the present called fol
A silver penknife | received with husk
tremor in my voice, while an elegant sill
yer teapot caused me to entirely breal
down with emotion; but / recovered, an
went through the trying ordeal with ur
finching bravery. Those that didn't brin
presents were told that we were not O
home, which, of course, made the gather
ing more select. We received some yer
fine presents, including a share in a silve
mine, a lock of gray hair streaked wit
silver, some silver tones from a maiden
voice, a silveTy beam from the moon, an
some castor oil made from a silver casio
Then my wife and l stood up and RI
ceived the silver-tongued congratulatior
of our guests on our happy married lif
But didn't need em. No, / should sa
not. When l see man utterly crushed
spirit and baldheaded at the premature ag
of 80, with a black eye constantly on hant
and wife who is ready to furnish hil
J with more black eyes at the lowest marit
price, pause ere l congratulate him o
matrimonial bliss. Not that l would il
sinuate that Mrs. Skinner is not as gent
as dove in the olive branch bushes
Not at all. l simply say that in a ca,
like this, should probably pause to Il
extent of two semi-colons and a comm
ere | congratulated him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16

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About Ave years ago, the Northwestern Manu-
featuring Company, which II located on North
Jefferson street, between Lake and Randolph
streets IN ths city, connected the manufacture Of
wrOughitfUu steam and Ras pipe to their works,
competition 10 contend against, they have sue
cccded IN building up very large business In this
branch of industry. They have run their pipe
works ihc present season night and day: are using
daily over Ten ions Of iron, and the superior quail.
liy of pipe produced thcrefrom creates demand
for u not only IN the North, West and Southwest
but as far east a. Ohio and Pennsylvania a fact
that Il highly crediiable TO the skill and energy O
this firm, which has nearly 400 hands employed IN
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-12-16
OLD FRIENI

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cleansing of the entire human body, recommend it
to the whole community as a RELIABLE
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