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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16

per cent. to their maturity, making
I the bonds cost $500 for 500 ia
ken; then came certificates Of in
debtedness, issued to contractors
q by the Government, which were
- selling in the market for 30 to %
; cents for a long time, having about
! the same time to run Of ordinary
! commercial paper, say three to six
: or eight months; then camo the
six per cent. compound interest
notes, running three years, with
the right to hold them as a part Of
the twenty-five per cent. reserve re-
quired on deposits and circulation,
thus enabling the banks to get six
per cent. compound interest, on the
whole, or nearly the whole, Of these
required reserves for three years :;
then came the 7-3O loan, which the
banks very largely aided in nego-
tiating, receiving a commission
therefor, and at times the 7-30 loan
was sold in the market at 90 to %
cents on the dollar, and was pur-
chased by the banks; then came
the funding Of the 7-30 loan into
the 800 loan, largely done by the
banks, for which they received some
noes from tho owners. and drrin,,
al u,;s lima tho nold intorost ro
cnivad on thn bo9ds nIodoad for
circrlo+ioo cold ot srob ar:ot nro
minm that thc Interest on That nor
flow of tbo loans of hanks omornt
ed to from nioht IN Gfteen nor cent
and ,oroo I2ort If tbis vbnlo time
II worM orp,,n+ 70 fror, of,Tbt 70
nine ner cent,
.. -.
Ia uuu,1'oI' ~ an '',,'' la'ge
0unIS were i'"ae p1 a., 'ie D"'ihS
sroNIng o'G o. tnS sale oI 9oia
. o"'iou any! INV! neiu pei"'e lg"' : 'n,@-
M 90 n'',ou'' , 'IliNs' , on'e' Iu[
nold ,ras LoiI rarrSo ,o,1tI, ond
ortor a cbonan ,vas ,nodo ;1to Ga
national svsfom tbnro yos M 10
o,iron,nrt nor rocossi+,, n haI3
cold. therefore hanks soId ant.
finn orne MON, in,,g - nroLobi,, ~ o.
ora oino, ono Lnndrod ror can+
yrbicb oddod a lorro ororHt fo
+hoir nrofifs L,+ r9s IN ~ so,so
tho Ionitinoofo rosrlt of bo,I,ina
INT on aooj,1o,t,,1 rosnl+ artha ti,,aT-
TLo ho71-s oIso erbsorihod Ioro,.Iy
to tho < 90 lo,ns ond oftor fboy
wora closed nm tLo bonds wont nm
Is & and 10nar cont nraninnn and |
norv h,nI,s soId oddad +hn ,rarni
nm fo thair roeorvn and vare tban
rood,, 40 taLo tI,a ,,o,,+ Ian oHorod
hv Govornmant
,
Now S'f' s''' t''I inc o"uhS
aaVlng hade laISe SUMS hereto
i9Ie' Sre" out % Vnc ec!geHc'eS o/
'Ae ,'"teS' anu l SuoinlG 70 you
sen'le'lleH' 10 ~ I'0U 'l'e losg
1I.leS nave '.l P'9ae' o"ay' anu
WIN our 'oI'l interest Nv nearly lai
old srstam s1 ~gT ~ looit;moto bon1,ino W. y-,r
On doaosits and nironlot;oT nnd
With oI,r nrosont | ovnaSs;vo T.,s taTot;on rH
,ho bonte oonno+ ,noi,o bnt Tor,,
ittIo ouor no,.;,,o ,oa,loro+o ond III
ty Ii,.;,lands :5S 81 o;oht ' ,on 0~
.ort nravidod thov " oro .5ot ~ r.. r.
,,,.5n,l S,' +, h,. Canoroas | @ ond I ro.o;n t1 % tbo
,onGs ", ~" tbo,, ~ U ,,i5, '' and % s,hinnt I
~ ,o4p 4bo so,o Sn, law ios % tIot o.o,orn w IA
y ,i5,ol ,nI Sun a,,oro rt."I ~ I''V L,,"ds
'uu"i y " NUS " 1''
w heneVcr you ma that Ihe NV {
denas OF banks are more tllah lalr-
y remunefatlVe, 1t Wlll appear up t
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16
MUD PIES.

Tell me, little housewives,
Playing in the sun,
How many minutes
Till the cOoking's dOno2
Johnny builds the oven,
Jenny rolls the crust,
Katy buys the flour,
All of golden dust.
Pat it here, and pat it there;
What a dainty sizel
Bake it on q shingle;
Nice mud piesl
Don't you hear the blueblrd,
High up in the air2
Good morning, little ones;
Are you busy thereg
Pretty Mr.. Squirrel
BOunCes down the ruil,
Takes his seat and Watches
Curls his bushy tail;
Twirl it so, and mark it so,
Looking wondrous wise;
All the plums are pebbles:
Rich mud pies
Arms that never weary,
Toiling dimple-deep;
Shut the oven door now;
Soon wen take a peep.
Wish we had shower;
Think we need it so;
That would make the roadside
Such a heap OF dough
Turn them in, and turn them out:
How the morning flies
Ring the bell for dinner;
Hot mud pies.l
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16

A Terre Haute girl perpetrates
the following excruciating bit of
poetry;
''Since of your love was boreft,
I've lost some ninety pounds in heft,
And now have scarcely ninety left
How could you be so cruel Johnl"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16
THE NATIONAL
SYSTEM.
BANK

Argument Of Hon. Chas. .B. Hall,
of Boston, before the Committee Of
Ways aud Means, Washington,
March goth, 1870, on that portion
of the Funding Bill eGccting the
National Banks.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16
1. O. O. r.

Temple Ledge, No, 227, meets at Wash
ington every Tuesday evening, at their
hall on Court street. @, Parvin, N. g.;
Geo. P. Barnes, V. G.; M. Blanchard, R.
s.; L. @. Karney, P. S.; @. L. Getz, Treas
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16

Extremes that should not meet.
Cold feet.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16

G5g- Besides the above Trains, there are
irregular Trains, and persons approach
ing or passing the Rail Road Track should
at all hours of day and night, be partic-
ularly on their guard for themselves and
LIVE STOCK, as to Trains in both direO
tions. Any injury inflicted will otherwise
rest on thier own carelessness.
O. ". SHATTUCK, Train Master.
March 81, 1870.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16

but is set aside as a kind OF addl-
tional guaranty capital.
The statement Of the Comptroll-
er, showing the dividends and LrSf-
its Of tho banks in 1869, makes tho
average dividend about five per
cent, and the net earnings over
dividend one and three quarters
per cent, during which period q
large proportion of the dopositary
banks aoere roand up, and about
thirty million United States bouds
withdrawn and sold at premiums
varying from ten to twenty per
cent, the profits Of which would
about cover all the banks made,
over 5per cent. semi-annnally-and
this also was an incidental profit.
Now, gentleman, comes in the
question, how much can the banks
staad, Of additional pressure, with
no relieffrom tarationS We san,
nothing, and will endeavor to prove
the statement The following state
ment will show that there will be
no profit on circulation if obtained
on four and a half per cent bonds
paid for in gold at par. In max
ing it we assume that money to be
)aid for the bonds will be worth
Jer cent Ifgold is above par, the
esult will be more unfavorable
han appears in the statement. Tt
S to he borne in mind that but so
,er cent Of circulation can be OBJ
aimed on the par value Of the
,Onds
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16

TERMS or ADVERTISING.
The following prices for advertising
have been agreed upon by the publishers
of newspapers in this town:
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16
Che getaId,
"A ~
PUBLISHED EVERY
THURSDAY M0RNIN G
TERMS,

Per year, in advance, ce,.--------.---se,O 90
within the year, ------ ESQ
For six months ,------------------- 100
A failure to notify the Publisher of
wish to discontinue Che paper at the end
Of an engagement, will be regarded as wish
TO continue the paper.
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BONDS AT n PER CENT. GOLD AT PAR.

BONDS AT A PER CENT. GOLD AT PAR.
Bond for $1,000. Debit.
For interest on $1,000 for one year, At
7per cent t-........................ ET0 90
Interest on $500 Of reserve on cir
culati0n. at per cent........... 1IO9
Government tax on $500 Of cirGula-
tion ,:........,:;... ,.........,-.-. 800
Interest on mutilated currency on
hand, express charges, and 9TH
cr expenses connected with cir
culatiOn, say per cent ......... SEQ
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16
LITERAL ANSWERS.

A lady noticed boy sprinkling
salt on the sidewalk to take off the
ice, and remarked to a friend, point
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-16
S34,984 52s 81

Capital ......................s s432. 1853 Gil 90
Percentage of U. S. tax on capital ...2S
State a1
Expenses on capital. ...3b
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

at tea or supper by them. The cucumber
found in the market is generally obtained
from plants forced in a warm, damp atmos-
phere. When the heat of the day is greatest
the plants are watered, and then the windows
of the frame lid closed, and the action of
solar light prevented by covering the panes
with blind. A kind of steam is thus gen
Grated in the interior of the bed, and the
fruit forced to grow with great rapidly
This is generally the variety known as the
black spined long prickly, contrast to the
sandy cucumber grown in the open fields OF
Bedfordshire. Our object here is to remind
lovers of this vegetable that, in addition to
the saccharine and nutritious. elements enter
ing into the composition of the cucumber,
we have also scrid and purgative principles,
found not unfrequently in state of concen-
tration, hence accounting for the great suf-
fering and alarming train of symptoms in
duced after a surfeit of this fruit. We have
known last season many cases, at one time
dangerous, which we had no hesitation in
pronounciDg to be dependent upon cucumber
poisoning, and entirely owing to utter care
lessness and ineaution in dressing and eating
this vegetable. We consider before using
the cucumber it should in every instance be
sliced and purged of the preponderance of its
acrid and purgative elements by treating
with little salt and then saturated with
vinegar for some hours previously,-never
eaten without, in fact-Otherwise it is very
apt to produce an active and severe form of
purgation, accompanied by intense pain, and
cons tituting the So called choleraic diarrhoea.
London Medical Press and Circular.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

in cold water, and plenty of it. for half an
hour. Have large pot of boiling water
ready. Two hours before dinner put in the
heart and |" lights leaving the windpipe a
little way out of the pot to carry off the scum
that will rise while boiling. Put in salt,
black and rcd. pepper-Uery little of the lat
ter-and q bunch of thyme and parsley.
One hour after put in the liver skim often.
When the brains have soaked till free from
blood, pick ont all the veins-or fbres-roll
half a cracker and put it with the brains and
little parsley into clean bit of muslin, tie
it up, and put into the kettle with the head,
etc. Letit boil from ten TO fifteen minutes /,
then take it up, add butter, pepper and salt,
and serve in a small dish by itself The
bones must ell be removed from the head !;
when well done, they will slip out easily.
Lay the meat in the centre of the platter !;
skin the tongue and place it with the meat !;
remove the windpipe, and lay lights, heart
and liver around Make a gravy of drawn
butter, with parsley, chopped fine, and two
eggs beaten, and added Just as the gravy
comes to boil. Send all to table hot, and
you have farmers dish fit for king.
HEAD AND HARsLEr HAsH.-Take what
may be left from dinner of the calls head
and harslet, chop very fine, use few spoon
fuls of the drawn butter, moisten with the
water in which the meat was boiled, put
over the fire till hot, then serve on nice slices
of toasted bread, and you have breakfast
dish even better than the dinner The water
in which calls head, etc is boiled, should
be carefully kept, and when cold it will be a
stiff jelly. Take off the grease that will
harden on top, and the jelly may be made
into fine mock-turtle soup. 1t is still bet
ter if, when boiling the head and harslet,
you add two calf's feet.-Mrs. Beecher an
ChrIstidn Union.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31
The Fox and the Land Crab.

A young land Crab once crept out o.
his pond to make little excursion in 3
meadow and see what was going on in the
world. A Fox who happened to be pass
ing at the moment, noticed the Crab as he
crept slowly along. and after having wish.
ed him good morning, added in mockinc
tone, Where are you going so slowly e?
When do you hope to get to the other side
Of this field ? 1t seems to me that YOU 90
backward instead of forward
New this was clever young crab, who
had heard how sly foxes are, and he
thought there could be no harm in playino
this one a trick, so he answered politely. j
am only crab it is true, and | cannot
walk 50 gracefully as you, Mp. Fox, but |
can run much faster
Mr.. Fox sneered, Indeed =
Well, said the crab, as you appear to
doubt my speed, suppose we run a race
Tor a wager. Rave you any objections p
Nothing would give me greater pleas
ure, replied the fox, shall we run from
Benne to Bale, or from Bremen to Bra
bant?'
oh no that would take up too much
time. | suggest we try half mile. or
say mile, that will not be too much for
either of us.
A mile echoed the fox, as if he
thought What is mile to me? can
run that while the crab is getting ready to
set Off
will offer you one advantage added
the crab, which you must accept if | am
to race with you
Well, let me hear what it Is. said Rev
nard, who was beginning to feel impatient.
Will give you your own length start
OF me place yourself so that your hind
ieet touch my nose and when L cry Away,
you must set off,
This plan seemed to please Mr.. Fox.
and he answered, will do exactly as
you WISH turned himself round. and
placed his bushy tail within reach of the
srab, who seized the long hair tightly with |
ITS claws, without the fox perceiyeing that /
he had done so, and shouted at the same
moment, Away =
Of started Mr.. Fox. as if the hunters I
were behind him, his feet barely touching
the ground /; as soon as he reached the next
milestone, he turned round and cried. .
Where are you, Mr.. Crab, where are YOU
iawdling?'
Now as the Fox turned round to to look /
Tor his companion, his tail touched the
and the Crab. making the best
Of his opportunity, let 20 his hold, and
answered Here am |, waiting for you.
| was Just wondering when you intended
% make your appearance, you have GER
-alniy taken time enough to get over a
nile
Now Mr.. Fox, who had no idea that he
lad brought the crab all the way clinging
o his brush, looked much astonished at
eelng him there, not the least heated or
lred, and not knowing what to say. he
'ald his wager and skunk home TO his den.
determined never to laugh at a crab again.
Those who are always trying to deceive
'thers may expect some day to be caught
y the very people they have been trying
0 dupe.-BechStein.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

Use OF THE BARoMErER. II. The rising Of
the mercury presages in general, fair wealth.
err; and its falling, foul weather, as rain
snow, high winds aud storms.
z In hot weather, especially if the wind
is south, the sudden falling of the mercury
foretells thunder.
3. In winter, the rising indicates frost
and in frosty weather, if the mercury falls
three or four divisions, there will follow a
thaw; but if it rises in a continued fros
snow may be expected
4. When foul weather happens soon after
the falling of the mercury, it will not be of
long duration nor are we to expect a con-
tinuance of fair weather when it soon sue
ceeds the rising of the quicksilver.
3. If in the foul weather the mercury rises
and continues rising two or
three days before the foul weather is over. a
of fair weather may be expected
TO follow
o In fair weather, when the mercury falls
much and low, and continues falling for two
,r three days before rain comes, much wet
Weather may be expected, and probably high /
Winds.
z. The unsettled motion of the mercury in
icates changeable weather.
8. Respecting the words engraved on the
egister plate of the barometer, it NAV be
bserved that they cannot be strictly relied
pom, to correspond exactly with the state of :
lie weather, though it viii in general agree
18th them, as to the mercury rising or falling.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

Do BEES GATHER OR MAKE HONEY ?-I am
decidedly of the opinion that they gather it
and deposit it in the hive, without any mod
ifcation whatever. There are few things we
can say we knOto are not SO but it seems to
me to be too late in the day for any one to
maintain that honey is manufactured by the
bees. As for their making honey irons ms-
lasses, will not say kHoi0 they never will,
but do know ! never could induce them to
use particle of it, and have tried numer-
Gus experiments with it. The foundation
for the belief that they ever use it, probably
lies in the fact that the bees will gather the
sugar settled in the bottom of molasses casks.
but observation will show that it is only the
sugar. L never could detect them carving
off one drop of liquid molasses Likewise,
have satisfied myself that bees seldom visit
more than one kind of blossom during one
excursion; have known exceptions. There
is no evidence, however, that, as is main
tanned by some, they are particular about
storing each kind of honey by itself in the
hive. One may discover cells of clover honey,
discolored by buckwheat, which is neither
pure clover nor buckwhest-M Quins5y. in
Rural NelC Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

PICKING CUCUNBERs.-Edifor Massaeh1t-
sets PlOEghnGn: Seeing a request in the
PIonghn1an, from Arlington, concerning pick
les, send two recipes for picking cucumbers
No. L. Take cucumbers, wipe them clean
and lay them into stone Jars Allow one
quart of coarse salt to a pail of water boil
the salt and water till the salt is dissolved !:
turn it boiling hot on the cucumbers: cover
them up tight and let them stand twenty
tour hours, turn them into a basket to drain
Boil as much best cider vinegar as will cover
the cucumbers wash out the jars and put
the cucumbers into them, turn the vinegar
on boiling hot; cover them with cabbage
leaves and cover them tight In forty-eigRt
hours they will be fit for use.
No. 2. Pick cucumbers each morning. let
them stand in weak brine three or four days.
putting in mustard pods and horse radish
leaves to keep them green. Then take out
and drain, covering with vinegar for a week
at which tlme take out and drain again, put
ting IN new vinegar, adding mustard seed,
ginger root cloves, pepper and red pepper
pods, OF each about one or two ounces. to
suit different tastes, for each barrel.
N. B.-The vinegar must be changed once
as the large amount of water In the cucum
Der reduces the vinegar so much that this
change is absolutely necessary, and if they
should seem to lose their sharp taste again.
just add little molasses or spirit. and ali
will be right r. CIARKE
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

CHARRING TIMBER TO PROMOTE DURABILITY.
AS charcoal will endure for ages in places
Where timber would decay speedily, the prac-
tice OF charrlng the surface of fence posts and
other timber has been repeatedly recon-
mended in books and ephemeral publications
az emlnently worthy of universal adoption'
Ihe theory on which such a recommendation
is based would seem to warrant a confident
expectation of satisfactory results in prac-
eice out repeated experiments with charred
TIMBER have furnished conclusive assurance
that this process will not promote its dura-
Dihty- indeed, numerous experiments have
SHOWN that charrlng promotes premature
decay: Two posts split from the same Loo
may De set side by side in the ground the
surface of one being charred and the other
not and 1T will be seen that the charred
post will perish before the other. The same
rug vi raiiroad ties, and all such timber
as may De exposed to the alternating infu-
ehceM wet and heat. Could the entire tim
Der De changed from it's perishable condition
V one solld piece of charcoal, the durability
would De promoted to 4 surprising length Of
tune out the strength of the material xVopId
De destroyed. When fence posts or other
posts or other sticks of timber are exposed
to the rapid action of wet and b. eat. the snr-
lace Will decay first. One might sunnoso |
then, that when timber is enveIoped nv q /
layer OF charcoal, the durability OF the en-
tire piece would be greatly promoted. And
,uch would be the case were it not for Tho
act that the charcoal is not impervious to
water and as water reaches the timber he.
heath the charred surface, decay will com.
nence soon after the grain of the wood hos
'een exposed to the influences of the wealth
r. When the change has once begun he |
eath the charred surface the durable cover
1g VIII be of no service whatever in - I
erVing any portion of the wood. Tat;r, c
nls practical view of the subject. it win he
erceiVed that if only half an inch of tbe C
atsloe OF post be charred, the post will t
Of endure so long as if the same thickness C
wood had been left uncharred. to west vast {,
way, by slow decay.-Manufactur anS
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-08-31

The seeds of vegetables should be ATTENDED
to as they ripen and be carefully taken car,
of
Thus peas, when ripe. should be pulled
and after becoming dry in the sun, ought t.
be Immediately threshed and spread in some
airy place to season. The same rule will ap
ply to beans.
laid In rows to cure. Black seed, potato.
onions and shallots should be pulled wher
] the tops are generally dry but not yet with.
rered, and placed in windows to mature.
/ uarlc should be tied IN punches, and hung
up to dry in the shade.
Lettuce, parsnlps, oyster-plant, etc. should
| De cut and dried in the shade. If possible
DO not wait until the seeds are all ripe II
| you DO many of the best seeds will be lost
Corn should be plucked as soon as the husk
begins to dry and traced up to ripen
Tomatoes and other pulpy fruits should be
allowed to become entirely ripe and broken,
and then macerated in water to seperate the
seeds Cucumbers should be washed in this
way. Do not allow undue fermentation.
however, as it blackens the seeds.
In cleaning wheat, oats, barley, and other
small grain, save only the best for seed. The
time to save the seed is when you are mar
keting your grain.
Pot herbs should be cut while green, care
iu4Ay anu thoroughly dried IN the shade, and
then laid away in paper bags for future use
1t will pay every farmer to grow vegetables,
and also to save some of the more important
seeds thereof.
There are few seeds that will not terminate
as freely the second year as the first if kept
IN cool place, and not exposed to either a
too drying or too dampened atmosphere
With the exception of parsnips, onions and
leeks, would just as soon SOW seed two years
old as when fresh gathered; but there is
limit to the vitality of seeds, varying much
in the different species
Among those that are only safe for two
years are beans and peas of all kinds, pep
pers, carrot, eggplant, okra, satisfy, thyme,
sage and rhubarb.
Those safe for three years-asparagus
endIve, lettuce, parsley, spinach and radsh
Those safe for four years-broccoli, cauli- |
flower, cabbage, celery and turnip.
those possessing the greatest vitality are
beet, cucumber, melon, pumpkin, squash and |
tomato; the time ranging from five to ten |
years.
We often find this knowledge very yalua-
Die for example, IN procuring the stock of a
seed said to be good, of a variety that does
not seed the season it is marketable, such as
broccoli, caulifOwer, cabbage or celery, we
procure enough to last at least two seasons
ne hrst season only little is sown to test
ne merit OF the variety, flor we are never
ncautIous enough to risk fall crop with
me experiment.. If it proves valuable we
AVE enough in reserve to SOW Cor full crop,
moving that 1t IS sure to gergninate.