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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25
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Shall Young Grain be Fed.

WE incline to the opinion that rye or
wheat sown in September should not be
touched till next harvest-time. We know
that some hold opinions to the contrary,
and under some circumstances it may be
desirable. If the growth of either is re-
markably large, so that the ground is Gov
cred to the depth of several inches with
the foliage, we can see some propriety in
removing portion of this surplus vegeta-
ton. 1t will give better chance for the
sprouts next April. 1t will lessen the
chances of the destruction of the plants
by mice or moles, which in some sections
are great pests, and perhaps, best of all
will afford good bite for sheep or calves
at a season of the year when they stand in
need. But as general thing, we believe
that no hoof of any animal should evel
touch field after it is sown to either oi
the grains already named. If the ground
is mellow, they will tread some of the
shoots into the earth, perhaps, beyond
starting. If it is eaten close the protection
which the roots of all grains and grasses
more or less need in the winter is lost, an(
the little enriching material which the de
cayed leaves give to the plant in the spring
when it first startsis wanting, which Seems
to be among the natural provisions tha
are made with reference to the highest anC
best growth of this kind of grain. Heart
and Home
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25

lit my pipe, and pondered. Yeast--yeast
TO be sure. had forgotten the yeast. l
went and woke up the baker and got six
cents worth of yeast l set the pitcher
behind the sitting room stove and went TO
bed. In the morning got up early and
prepared to enjoy my triumph but / didn't.
That yeast was strong enough to raise the
dead, and the batter was running all over
the carpet. l scraped 1t up and put it into
another dish. Then l got fire in the
Kitchen and put on the griddle. The first
lot of cakes stuck to the griddle. The
second dittoed, only more. Maria came
down and asked what was burning. She
advised me to grease the gfiddle I did It,
One end of the griddle got too hot, and /
dropped the thing on my tenderest corn,
while trying to turn 1t around. Finally
the cakes were ready for breakfast, and
Maria got the other things ready. We sat
down. My cakes did not exactly have the
right flavor took one mouthful, and it
satisfied me. lost my appetite at once.
Maria would not let me put one on her
plate. think those cakes may be reckon
ed dead loss. The cat would not eat
them. The dog ran off and stayed away
three days after one was offered him. The
hens wouldn't go within ten feet of them
threw them into the back yard, and there
has not been n pig on the premises since
eat what is put before me now, and dc
not allude to my mothers system of cook
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25
Frozen to Death in the Alps.
Chamounix, Switzerland (Oct. 13), Correspon
ence of the Boston Transcript.

Chamounix, Switzerland (oct. 18), Correspond
ence Of the Boston Transcript.
THE bodies of the Rev. Mr.. McCorken-
dale, of Scotland, and DR.. Beane, of Balti-
more, have been found also, those of the
three porters.
The bodies proved too brittle to undress,
and were inferred in the same clothing in
which they made the ascent. DIR. Beane
was found in o sitting posture, his fore
head resting on his hands He was some
what protected by an unfallen projection
Of snow. Mr. McCorkendale, sitting also,
penstock in hand, passed into his frozen
sleep with the calm lines of quiet peace.
fulness made enduring while his spirit
floated restfully on to a bright awakening.
To the family and friends of Mr. Ran
dali, in Quincy and Boston, these last
words of DIR. Beane, written amid those
darkening Alpine SHOWS, must have almost
as deep and solemn an influence as though
they had been Mr.. Randalls own fare
well:
Tuesday, Sept 6.--I have made the as
cension of Mont Blanc with ten other per
sons--eight guides, Mr. McCorkendale and
Mr.. Randall We reached the summit al
216 o'clock. Immediately after having
quilted it, found myself enveloped in 3
whirlwind of snow at $4,000 feet English
height We had passed the night in a
grotto dug in the snow,-an uncomfortable
asylum, and have been i'll all the night
Sept 7, morning-Cold very intense
Much snow. 1t falls without cessation
The guides are uneasy.
Sept. Z, evening-We have been OF
Mont Blanc for two days in terrible
snow-storm. We are lost. We are in
grotto dug in the snow at a height of 10,
600 feet.
have no hope of descending. Perhap
some one will find this book and will sent
it to you. (Then follow directions rela
tive to his private affairs.) We have nj
provisions. My feet are already frozen
and am entirely exhausted. | have onl.
strength to write these words. die be
lieving in Jesus Christ, with the swee
thought of my family, my friendships, ant
all. ! hope that we shall meet in heaven
Yours always.
My effects are partly at the Hotel dl
Mont Blanc, part with me in two port
manteaus. Send them by post to tn
Hotel Schweitzerhotf at Geneva. Pay m,
bill at the hotel Heaven will reward yol
for your kindness.
Then follow more instructions to hi
family, then sudden close, as if strength
failed and he bowed his head submissivel
to meet the great struggle, clearly accept
ing the lonely gateway through that to tn
place beyond.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25
Oil Cloths.

THIS kind offloor-covering, unless prop
erly taken care of, lasts only little
while, and is found TO be pretty expensive
carpeting. Nothing imparts more pow
erty stricken look to an apartment than a
dingy, ragged oil cloth on the floor With
the right kind of treatment they look well
and last a long time.
In putting down an oil cloth carpet no
nails should be used Ifnew it should be
smaller than the floor it is intended to COW
er. And the breadths, instead of meeting
should be a short distance, perhaps an
eighth of an inch, apart A new oil cloth
will stretch considerably, and if just as large
as the floor when first put down, 1t soon
wrinkles; and unless trimmed off on the
edges Will break and be soiled in a short
time.
For kitchen or dining room floor,
think an oil cloth should be, at first, full
three-fourths of an inch from the base
boards, besides the distance above men
toned between the breadths. But for a
hall smaller allowance may suffice, as be
ing used less constantly one would not be
so likely to stretch.
An oil cloth should never be swept with
a corn broom, but with long handled
brush A broom scratches the varnish.
Once or twice week wipe them over
thoroughly with wooden cloth. This
removes the fine dust left by the brush
and leaves them bright and clean.
| Oil cloths are frequently spoiled by too
much washing. If swept and busted in
the manner above recommended they need
washing but seldom. No soap should be
used as it kills the varnish
After taking off all the dust that adheres
to dry cloth, if washing is found neces-
sary, take luke-warm milk and water, in
the proportion of two parts water TO one OF
milk and wringing soft cloth from this
wipe the oil cloth lightly. They should
never be rubbed hard though have seen
persons scrub them violently with stiff
brush which had been dipped in soap and
sand
Many women foolishly mistake this de
structive scrubbing which mars and ruins
every thing subjected to it, for neatness
4 friend of mine has had an oil cloth on
her dining room for six months that has
never been wet; and though there is 8
large proportion of white in it, still it il
almost as bright as when it was new But
others would have washed the varnisl
quite off in less than three months; sup
posing themselves to be very poor house
keepers if they omitted weekly baptism
of soap and water for every scrap of nj
cloth in the house.
Twice a year at least, all oil cloth
should receive an application of varnish.-
| Household
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25
How Mother Did 1t.

II we were to suggest one, which, above
all other things combined, would most
contribute to the happiness of the young
housekeeper, it would be to learn how to
cook as husbands mother cooked.
Mother used to make coffee so and so /;
mother used to have such watfles; and
mother knew Just how to make a squash
pie; and, oh if | only could taste of
mothers biscuit Such are the comments
of the husband and of too many meal ta-
bles.
1t would be only little more cruel for
the husband to throw his fork across the
table, or to dash the contents of his tea
cup into his wife's face, The experience
of a contrite husband IS good reading for
those men whose daily sauce is chow
mother did it," He says:
al found fault some time ago with Maria
AIMS custard pie, and tried to tell her how
my mother made custard pic. Maria made
the pie after my receipt. 1t lasted longer
than any other pie we ever had. Maria set
il on the table every day for dinner, and
you see could not eat II because forgot
to tell her to put in any eggs or shortening,
1t was economical, but in a fit of generos-
ity / stole it from the pantry and gave it
to a poor little boy in the neighborhood.
The boys funeral was largely attended by
his former playmates. I did not go my
self
"Then there were the buckwheat cakes
/ told Maria Ann any fool could beat her
making those cakes, and she said had bet
ter try it. SO did. emptied the batter
all out of the pitcher one evening and set
the cakes myself, | got the flour and tho
salt and water, and, warned by the past,
put in liberal quantity of eggs and
shortening shortened with tallow from
roast beef because l could not find any
lard. The batter did not look right, and
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25

wealth, residing In that city. and her
nursery maid. The lady had granted
LAYOUT to the maid, and was SO strong
" lmportuned by her children to take
them to certain place of amusement that
she complied with their request. Sitting
IN front of her was female elegantly at
tlred in rich striped silk, exactly like one
the lady had recently received from her
nnodtSte, and had not worn. Her attention
was further attracted by familiar looking
black lace shawl fastened at the shoulders
by diamond clasps strangely resembling
her own. Her interest in the toilet was by
no means diminished, as she recognized the
fac stn1'te of an exquisite point lace that she
had just received from Paris, and esti-
mated as one of the choicest articles in her
possession. The richly-dressed female was
the nursery maid, and the clothes were her
mistress.
THE Louisiana Savings Bank is building
a large vault. Admission to it is gained
through large wrought iron doors, to
which are affixed patent locks These
locks were put in order yesterday by a
locksmitb named Tympe. After arrang-
ing the fastenings on the door he lit can
die and proceeded inside the vault to see
how they fitted Closing the door after
him, the eccentric catch of the lock fell,
locking him in. Those upon the outside
could render him no assistance, since it
was a combination lock, and no one knew
the numbers at which it was set. In this
narrow cell, shut in by the four walls of
the vault and the huge iron door, the man
felt as if he was buried alive. The only
means by which he could obtain air or
drink was through small hole in the
door, not the twentieth of an inch in di-
ameter. The atmosphere of the cell-like
| place was fetid and noisome, and the man
felt as if he would suffocate. Fortunately
he had carried with him into the vault a
hammer and chisel, and with them the
only instruments he had, he proceeded to
cut his way out. The work was slow and
tedious, and required two hours and half
of incessant labor. He succeeded at last,
however, and was taken more dead than
alive from the vault. The wonder is that
he did not suffocate.-Neao Orleans Pea
ANNA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25
Fall Care of Poultry.

THE question is often asked Why can
not hens be made to lay as well in winter
as in summer?" They can, to certain
extenti but they require, as condition,
that they be well provided with warm and
comfortable lodging, clean apartments,
plenty of food, pure water, gravel, lime,
fine sand, and ashes to roll and bathe in.
There seem naturally to be two seasons
of the year when the hens lay; early in
the spring, and afterward in summer; in
dicating that if fowls were left to them
selves, they would, like wild birds, pro-
duce two broods in a year.
Early spring Matched birds, if kept in a
warm place and fed plentifully and at
tended to, will generally commence laying
about Christmas, or even somewhat earlier.
In cold and damp this is not expected, and
much may, in different seasons, depend on
the state of the weather and the condition
of the bird.
1t is a well-known fact, that from No
vember to February (the very time we are
in want of eggs most) they are to many a
bill of expense, without any profit 70
promote fecundity and great laying in the
hen, it is necessary that they be we'll fed
on grain, boiled potatoes given to them
i0agRa, and occasionally animal food In
the summer, they get their supply of
animal food in the form of worms and in
sects, when suffered to run at large unless
their number is so great as to consume be-
yond the supply in their rowing distance.
found it advantageous, in the summer, to
open the gates occasionally, and give the
fowls run in the garden and in the field
adjoining their yard, for a few hours in
the day, when grasshoppers and other in
sects were plenty / had two objects in
view; one to benefit the fowls and the
other TO destroy the insects. 1t will be
found that the fecundity of the hen will be
increased or diminished according to the
supply of animal food furnished.
Hens moult and cast their feathers once
every year, generally commencing in Au-
gust and continuing until late in Novem-
Der. 1t is the approach, the duration and
the consequence of this period which puts
a stop to their laying. 1t isa critical time
for all birds. All the period while it lasts,
even to the time that the last feathers are
replaced by new ones, till these are full
grown, the wasting of the nutritive juices,
prepared from the blood for the very pur-
pose of promoting this growth, is consid
erable and hence 1t is no wonder there
should not remain enough in the body of
the hen to cause her egg to grow.
Old hens cannot always be depended on
for eggs in winter, they scarcely being in
full feather before the last of December ;
and then, probably, may not begin to lay
till March or April, producing not more
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25
Arsenic Taking.

DIR. CORNELL, in his Guardian of
Health, is publishing Family Medical
Directory, from which we select the fol
lowing from the article on arsenic:
How much arsenic will kill person?
To answer this question will depend very
much upon the condition of the patient.
If he has been taking arsenic in small
doses he can take much more than he 9TH
erwise could without injury. 1t is said
that two grains have been known to kill
an adult. DIR. Perrin took drachm at
once, and got well. The London Medical
and Surgical Journal gives the case of a
peasant who took daily in his food ten
grains of arsenious acid without injury
This was a remarkable case, and l would
advise no man to follow his example. A
child was poisoned by eating paste made
to kill rats The child lived, and, what was
remarkable, ,sleptquietly for three hours and
half after the paste was eaten. A young
man, aged seventeen years. took two
drachms of arsenic, with view to self
destruction. AS soon as he had taken it
he repented of the act, and in quarter of
an hour made 1t known. AS soon as prac-
ticable six grains of tartar emetic were
given; vomiting came on, and was kept up
| by the use of warm water for two hours.
A blister was applied to the stomach, and
in few days he was as well as ever
The symptoms from poisoning from ar
senic may vary much in different Ipatients.
Arsenic seems to be an irritant and narcot-
ic combined. If the person has been ad-
dicted to the free use of opium, or has
taken much arsenic or has been an intem-
perate man, he may experience nothing
worse than a severe collie, and soon recov-
er. In person of different habits the
same dose would prove fatal.
The antidotes to arsenical poisoning are
numerous, and should be known to all.
The first thing to be done is to induce
vomiting, if possible; and, if not, use the
stomach pump and warm water freely.
Then administer magnesia. Many have
recommended that the magnesia should be
! given in milk it is on record that a girl
was found with an ounce of arsenic en-
closed in a coagulated sack formed by the
magnesia, milk and the mucus produced by
the irritation of the arsenic. Charcoal,
finely powdered, is another remedy. The
hydrated peroxyd of iron has been used
with success.
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Singular Case.


THE Janesville (Wis,) Gazette says a Pc
culiar case of suspended animation has
come to its notice. A child three or four
years of age, whose parents reside in the
Fourth ward, was taken sick, with diph-
iberia, and shortly after Group set in. 1t
was the opinion of DIR. Robinson, the at
tending physician and three other doctors
of long experience, that the sufferer must
die. After days of intense pain, it seemed
that the final end was approaching The
child was in its grandtather's arms, and
was apparently choking to death from the
accumulation of matter in the passages
leading to the lungs, Its paroxysms were
violent, as it struggled to force out the
diphtheric accumulation, which was slow
ly but surely clogging the lungs, and
rendering respiration more and more diff
cult. Finally the protncted contest for
life was ended. The child apparently
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ceased to breathe its pulse was gone, and
its heart motionless. The doctors present
pronounced life extinct the limbs began
to grow cold, and the blood settled about
its ffnger-joints. Preparations were being
made for laying out the corpse, when a
slight motion Of the hands attracted at
tention. Shortly afterward, the motion Of
the respiratory organs indicated that life
still held dominion. The child's lips
moved and 1t family articulated request
for ice, which was Immediately procured,
and small pieces were placed within the
throat, which appeared to give relief The
breathing became regular the pulse resum.
ed its beat, and the heart once more per.
formed its Office. The ice treatment was
continued and the child, once dead, but
now living, slowly improved and has near.
ly recovered. Physicians assert that this
is remarkable case and one seldom en-.
countered in the practice of medicine
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25

IN numbers there is safety. 1t was upon this
principle that the formula of JUDsoN's MOUNTAIN
HERB PILLS was prepared. DIR. Judson, intending
to spend fortune in advertising his pills, submit
ted his recipe TO the revision of the most intelli
gent and learned physicians of the age, and the
result is simple but most efiicacious medicine
the JUDsoN's MOUNTAIN HERE PILLS. They purify
the blood, remove all distractions, cleanse the
skin of all pimples and blotches and perfectly
sure and safe in their operation. The JUDsoN's
MOUNTAIN HERB Pills cure BHiOusness, Female
Irregularities, Headache, and many of the diseases
arising from impure blood and deranged diges-
ton. Use the JUDsoN's MOUNTAIN HERE Pills,
and when you have proved their virtue recommend
them TO your friends They are both sugar
and plain. For sale everywhere.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-25
Hints to Farmers.

THE Fat Contributor" of the Cincin-
natl Times, contributes the following hints,
which may not be of any use to our agri-
cultural readers:
Now that winter approaching, 1t would
perhaps be as well TO discontinue haying,
and turn your attention to getting in your
fall saw-logs No farmer can consider his
fall work complete until he has his cellar
well supplied with saw-logs Seated
around blazing hearth of a winters
night, there is no fruit more delicious.
A correspondent asks us what we think
of late plowing. Flowing should not be
continued later than 10 or II o'clock at
night. 1t gets the horses in the habit of
staying out late, and unduly exposes the
plow. We have known plows to acquire
spring halt and intlammatory rheumatism
from late plowing. Don't do it.
To another correspondent who wants
us to suggest good drain on farm, we
would say heavy mortgage at 10 per
cent will drain it about as rapidly as any
thing we know Of
When you make cider select nothing
but the soundest turnips, chopping them
into sled lengths before cradling them.
In boiling your cider use plenty of ice, and
when boiled hang it up in the sun to dry.
A pick-aX should never be used in pick
ing apples 1t has a tendency to break
down the vines and damage the hive.
In sowing your winter applejack q
horse-rake will be found preferable to q
step-ladder Step-ladders are liable to
freeze up, and are hardly palatable unless
boiled with sugar.
In cutting down hemlock trees for can
ming, select only the largest. Don't throw
away the chips, as they make fine parlol
ornaments encased in rustic frames of salt
and vinegar.
The coming cold weather should suggest
to the humane farmer the necessity for 9
new ow-shed. The following is a receipt
for making a good cow-shed: Pour &
pailful of boiling hot water on her back
and if that don't make a good cow-shed-
her hair-we are no prophet, to anybody
Now is the time for planting your win
ter hay. The pink eyed Southdown il
probably the best variety, as it don't neet
polling and begins to hay early.
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Shell; Shooting Canvas Back Ducks on Chesa-
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Election Scenes in New York. General Bourbaki,
and in supplement form, splendid double page
engraving of the Palace at Versailles. FIELDS,
osGooD & Co., Boston. Ten cents for single
number: az 90 a wear
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