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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Management Of Strawberry
Vines.

Strawberry vines may be trans
planted very early in the growing
season, and at any time thereafter,
until apple trees are in full bloom,
provided the plants are removed
with ball of earth. If there are
many leaves already developed, it
will be better to clip off half of them,
than to allow them to exhaust the
vitality of the growing plant. No
tool should be used during the
growing season, that will mutilate
the roots. If stable manure can be
obtained, let top-dressing two
inches deep be spread around about
the plants. Ifthe soil is sufficiently
rich, straw, salt, hay, sawdust, tan
bark, shavings, or any other coarse
material may be employed as a
mulch. In case there should not be
a sufficient depth of mulch to smoth
er weeds and grass, let such plants
be pulled up rather than dug up
with hoe. In order to produce an
abundant crop of berries, the grow
ing plants must be supplied with
rich fertilizing material. If it is
desirable to derive the greatest ben
eft from guano, let the guano he
put into an old barrel with some
stable manure, then add water suffi-
cient to leach out the soluble ele-
ments of fertility, which should be
applied with watering pot. Let
all sorts of fowls be kept away from
strawberry plants, as they will de-
stroy the tender buds which contain
the fruit.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Handwritings.

Wendell Phillips writes peculiar
hand. The words are connected
frequently in couplets; lines short,
leaving a broad margin; letters
small and well formed and quite
easily read. Edward E. Hale's style
is unique and attractive, 'and per-
fectly clear. George William Curtis
writes on nice unruled note paper,
in style suggesting the culture and
refinement of the writer. James
Parton's writing is open and perpen-
dicular, in the style peculiar to liter
ary men. T. W. Higginson's shows
the finest and most delicate touches,
indicative of the mans sensitive ma
ture. John S. C.. Abbott traces
letters as small, clear and precise as
a school girl The caligraphy of
E. P. Whipple is as clear and sharp
as his critical mind. John G. SAKE
writes in a graceful and flowing style.
Josh Billings writes common
business hand, fair and legible.
Anna Dickinson's writing is odd
and pretty, and is traeed upon the
best and heaviest note paper,
stamped with rich, plain initial.
Grace Greenwood's chirography is
very peculiar. 1t is running hand
with long, horizontal strokes, and,
singularly too, is very legible. Oh
i've Logan writes upon the smallest
note paper, in a rapid, running hand,
tolerably clear. Susan B. Anthony's
writing is free and bold, legible, but
devoid of grace. Gail Hamilton's S
hand is pleasant to see-round, full
and even-every line could well
head school writing books, so well
formed and destitute of flourish is
every letter.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Raising watermelons.

Anybody can raise watermelonSs
but comparatively few persons, how
ever, raise them in perfection.
Mere dropping seed in little mound
of earth will not produce good mel
ons. Careful cultivation rich soil
and judicious management are quite
as necessary to insure large, luscious
melons as anything else that is pro
duced on the farm. A correspond
ent, who has never failed raising
fine crops of this fruit, uses the fol
lowing mode of cultivation :-''As
am very successful raising water
melons, l thought l would send
my plan. The spot of ground that
you expect to plant prepare well
early in the season by ploughing
deep: early in the season lay OF
your hills eight feet apart each way.
dig out holes two feet deep, two feet
square, in each hole put half peck
rotten Gotten seed, half peck hogpen
manure and tablespoonful ofsalt;
mix well with hoe, adding soil un-
til You get the hole full up to three
inches from the surface, then draw
on light, loose dirt until you get II
level; do not elevate it, for by so
doing YOU cause them to die out
when summer comes; draw your
hoe arouud to form a furrow, plant
half dozen seeds in a hill, soon as
up thin out to four; second hoeing
thin to two. Continue to hoe them
every four or five days, and just be
fore the vines start to run, side with
plough, first one way, then the 9th
er-I mean cross-ploughing. In
about ten days give them another
ploughing and hoeing. Continue to
keep the ground loose justas long as
Won can do so without injuring the
vines. for in no case should they be
moved. Drive little sticks across
the vines thus:-N, to keep the
wind from blowing them about. By
the above plan l have gathered over
900 melons from half an acre of
ground, some weighing over forty
pounds.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
A NEW POET AND A NEW POEM.

The following ballad is the production of
Mr.. W. NJ Carleton, of Hillsdale, Michigan, 4
young poet who gives unmistskable evidence
of the possession of true lyric genius. His
verses have hitherto been chiefly published in
the columns of the Toledo Blade in which the
following appeared; but we are informed that
the conductors of that journal the other day
received a letter from the Messrs- Harper. re-
questing the privilege of copying and illustra-
ting the ballad for their weekly. This will in
duct him into wide sphere. 1t is also stated
that the author has now volume OF poems IN
press. Whether Mr.. Carleton will be able to
sustain himself at his present height OF course
cannot now be told. The probabilities are IN
his favor. 1t is true that there have been many
instances of sudden and dazzling poetic blaze'
succeeded by lifetime of the most feeble
twilight But the poem which we print below
is of so unusual an order Of excellence for a
young writer, that we are justified IN expect
ing a continuance of his creative power In
some respects it will compare favorably with
Tennyson's " Northern Farmer" which it re-
sembles, not however in any slavish sense, but
as belonging to the same class. 1t is very
touching-the homefy, honest obstinacy which
gradually, as the remembrance Of his wife's
household virtues, and her ministrations in his
sickness, and of ..the child that was left" to
them, melts and softens the old man into ten
derness and affection. 1t is a very beautiful
idyl Of homespun life, with its infelicities and
sanctities, its anxieties and hungers, and long
ings and loves and cares. There was no sepa-
ration, Wen 60 balm spite of his determin-
ate purpose and of the lawyers papers. We
hope to hear of the author again.
PFTSFY AND ARE OUT.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
-5IJIVAHO EOH3

pf4oHa Hatthg a6tbafs And raid Eimi d th,
Fbeq,, theii; kissed his pale lips and
left Tile ,iJoIa!! tn In, a few mfonents !
pistol shot told me my. worst, fears
were more than realized" brushed
to the room and found him lying. Oh
the floor, dead. Fatherless and
brotherless in one short hour; and
wine did it. My experience has
been one of bitter sorrow and mis-
cry. VIII you not take warning lest
you, too, may have loved ones to
mourn your fate?"
With pale lips the young man
murmured as he raised his eyes to
wards heaven:
II will never touch, taste or han
die the accursed thing again, so help
me God"
THANK God," said Kate, ''as 8
talisman wear this for me" and she
gave him a small plain gold ring;
"when tempted let it remind you OF
my testimony to your solemn VOW,
now registered in heaven. Let lis
pray.
''Oh, Father, l thank thee that
thou hast been pleased to make me
the humble means of leading this
soul from death unto life. As he
goes forth be thou his keeper, guide
him and preserve him, enable him
to resist every temptation, and at
last save him for Christ's sake.
Amen"
amen said he, and they parted.
\ <
One year has passed. In a little
room in q small house in far of
western village man knelt in ear
nest,agonizing prayer. In thought
less moment he had yielded. The
taste of wine was like fire to fax.
Appetite was reused, and the awful
gulf stared him in the face. He was
nearing the brink, hurried on by a
power he could not resist. In pray
er he cried to God:
"Oh, my God, help me or am
lost. Oh, my Saviour. save me;
enable me to resist this temptation.
Oh, Jesus, / am helpless; / cling
only to thee"
For hours he struggled till weak
and exhausted, but Victorious he
rose, praising God. Saved saved
II = 4 =
After five years of struggling let
us notice once more our friends. In
a plain little house a solemn cere-
mony had just been pronounced, and
friends, after hearty congratulations,
had left them to the first hours holy
communion of welded love. He
had wrung honor from the willing
hands of fortune, and his name was
power among his fellow men.
Gazing into the face upturned to
meet his, he saw no longer sorrow
and sadness, but tears of joy-face
bright and beaming with joy. He
clasped her in his arms and said in 9
voice husky with emotion:
"My'precious darling, my wife
my guardian angel, thank God
Savedr'
She folded her arms around his
neck, and with heart to heart, lips tc
lips, love bound, two in body but
one in spirit, she murmured 'thank
God" .. -.
SAVED! SAVED!
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Puns.

/ have mentioned puns. They
are, l believe, what l have demon
mated them-the wit of words.
They are exactly the same to words
that wit is to ideas, and consist in
the sudden discovery of relations in
language. A pun, to be perfect in
its kind, should contain two dis
tinct meanings; the one common
and obvious; the other more remote;
and in the notice which the mind
takes of the relation between these
two sets of words, and in the sur
prise which that relation excites,
the pleasure of pun consists.
Miss Hamilton, in her book on
Education, mentions the instance Of
a boy so very neglectful, that he
never could be brought to read the
word patriarch; but whenever he
met with it, he pronounced it par
tridges. A friend of the writer OBJ
served to her that it could hardly be
considered a mere piece of negi-
gence, for it appeared to him that
the boy, in calling them partridges,
was making game of the patriarchs.
Now, here are two distinct mean
ings contained in the same phrase:
for to make game of the patriarchs
is to laugh at them; or to make
game of them, is, by very extrava-
CANT and laughable sort of ignor-
ance of words, to rank them among
pheasants, partridges, and other
such delicacies, which the law takes
under its protection, and calls game;
and the whole pleasure derived from
this pun consists in the sudden dis
covery that two such different mean
ings are referable to one form of ex-
preston.
have very little to say about
puns; they are in very bad repute,
and they ought to be. The wit of
language is so miserably inferior to
the wit of ideas, that it is very de-
servedly driven out of good COM
pany. Sometimes, indeed, pun
makes its appearance, which seems,
for a moment, to redeem its species;
but we must not be deceived by
them; it is a radically bad race of
wit. By unremitting persecution it
has been at last got under, and driv-
en- into cloisters-from whence it
must never again be suffered to EN-
erge into the light of the world
Sidney Smith.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Alters the Case.

Brother Smith, what does this
all mean?"
"What does what mean"
Bringing niger to this
church,"
"The pew is my own."
"Your own. Is that any reason
why you should insult the whole
congregations"
but he is intelligent and well
educated
"Who cares for that? He is 8
nigger."
"But he is q friend of mine"
"What of that? Must you there
fore insult the whole congregation
But he is a Christian, and be-
longs to the same denomination"
What do l care for that? Let
him go and worship with his fellow
niggers."
"But he is worth five million dol
lars" said the merchant.
"Worth what?"
"Five million dollars"
Worth five million dollars. Je-
rusalem. Worth five millions,
Brother Smith introduce me"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
An Anecdote of Buchanan
and Jackson.

Shortly after Mr.. Buchanan's re-
turn from Russia in 1884, to which
he had been sent by President Jack
son in 1882, and Immediately fol-
lowing his election to the Senate of
the United States by the Legisla-
ture of Pennsylvania, to fill the un-
expired term of William Wilkins,
resigned, who in his turn, was sent
to succeed Buchanan in the same
foreign mission, Buchanan called
upon Old Hickory with fair Eng
lish lady, whom he desired to pre-
sent to the head of the American
nation. Leaving her in the recep-
tion room down stairs, he assembled
to the Presidents private quarters,
and found General Jackson unshaved
and unkempt, in his dressing gown,
with his slippered feet on the fender
before blazing wood fire, smoking
a corn cob pipe of the old Southern
school. He stated his object, when
the General said he would be very
glad to meet the handsome ac-
Quaintance of the new bachelor
Senator.
Mr.. Buchanan was always.careful
of his personal appearance, and, in
some respects, was sort of mascu-
line Miss Fribble, addicted to spot
less cravats and huge collars; rather
proud of small foot for a man of
his large stature, and to the last OF
his life what the ladies would call
ga very good figure" Having just
returned from visit to the fashion
able continental circles, after two
years of thorough intercourse with
the etiquette of one of the stateliest
courts in Europe, he was somewhat
shocked at the idea of the President
meeting the eminent English lady
in such guise, and ventured to ask
if he did not intend to change his
attire, whereupon the old warrior
rose, with his long pipe in his hand,
and deliberately knocking the ashes
out of the bowl, said to his friend I:
Buchanan, l want to give you a
little piece of advice, which l hope
you will remember. l knew a man
once who made his fortune by at
tending to his own business. Tell
the lady 1 will see her presently"
The man who became President
in 1856 was fond of saying that this
remark of Andrew Jackson humili-
ated him more than any rebuke he
had ever received. He walked
down stairs to meet his fair charge,
and in a very short time President
Jackson entered the room, dressed
in a full suit of black, cleanly
shaved, with his stubborn white
hair forced back from his remark
able face, and advancing to the
! beautiful Britisher, saluted her with
almost kingly grace. AS she left
the White House, she exclaimed to
>her escort, "Your Republican Presi-
dent is the royal model of gentle
man .7Ie
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27

"Steam," said DR.. Lardner, ''is
the great annihilator-it annihilates
time and space" "Yes," said an
other, "and multitudes of passen-
gers, too"
A gentleman travelling on a steam
er, one day at dinner, was making
away with a large pudding close by
when he was told by a servant thai
it was a dessert.
at matters not to me-" said he,
81 would eat it if it was wilder
ness" 't
A gentleman who recently travel
ed over certain railway declared
his opinion that it was the safes
road in the country, as the superin
tendent keeps boy running ahea,
of the trains to drive off calves an,
sheep.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
TN SMNoITaOfqk
-nsoildUqea ytnUo3 aemloH
'TlIVT IT. TVVI'l u rff,'IittVIIf
ODDS AND EN- DIS.

.oEj s=ii 81 .HllR .VHIi IiJnp III"
:, ,Npbody's child-yoshna, who was
Fthe sofh so6fhittife 6f Nun Nj niiiti1f'e tih'" '''''
VI ,ii hne, rii:TuL i,nE i:lEiF,-.G S,sni.
The New, York Kie,Fd, in iierderto
effectually contradict an item of
false news, 'decribes it az aa Strong
solution Of wood ashes" ''o"'
uWj srl i:y.ohGlu'J .uHi 2i2-i9
A new mode of suicide has. Been
invented in Illinois. A nan filfedhis
mouth with gihnp0wder,, and putting
caps between his.teethicheweG them
until an explosion toolpplace,d -.
An old man, while reading the
lives of the antediluvian .patriarchs,
declared he wouldn't have liYed III
those days for all the world, aso a
man stood the chance of having the
toothache for more than five hun
dred years."
A Mississippi chap,the other day,
stole the heaviest carpet bag he
could find in a depot, and afte,ear-
rying it five miles, opened it, and
found the contents to be fifty Bibles
e A wag, observing on the door of
a house the names of two physicians
remarked that it put him in mind
of a double-barreled gun, if one
missed, the other would be sure to
kill.
please, sir, give me penny to
keep me from starvingr'
Gent-"Can't stop-in q great
hurry-I've got to make a speech at
the Society for the Relief of the des-
titute."
A maiden lady in New York, liv-
ing alone, hangs an old plug hat in
her hall to frighten burglars by in
dicating male occupants. A new
overcoat wouldn't frighten them
particularly.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27

A young lawyer of Philadelphia
wrote to an old limb near Chica-
go, thus: lis there an opening in
your part of the country that ! can
get into?" Answer: There is an
opening in my yard, about thirty
feet deep, no curb around. If that
will suit, come on"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27

To Prevent Worms on, Corn.

AlfredCurtis, Mexican, Pa, writes
to the American Institute Farmers
Club as follows: In a late report l
saw an article on corn destruction
by worms. My way, is this: | put
from five to eight kernels in the hill,
make heavy spat with a hoe, then
put one part hen droppings, one of
plaster, made fine, then i put about
a gill on hill; the first rain comes,
soaks it down among the corn, and
/ think the worms don't like @ch
food. In forty years I have never
failed in corn, while I51haveo seen
fields around me destroyed by
worms. - ;........:..
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Horace Greelsy56n Straw
berrieSzaW J.

The Boston Posi- grewlsiits;little
daily growl at,iaGreeley othus
"Greeley is taking, pains to brand
as lies the stories about his -ehirog-
raphy. Next, he'll probably deny
that when Senator Revefsf wrote to
him, asking about theibest mode for
cultivating Strawberries, I he advised
him to plant them +. with his; corn,
dropping two or three strawberry
seeds in each hill, Ind letting the
vines climb up on 1.-The cornn-stalks.
In this way they need neopoling,and
the fruit can be shaken off in the
Fall and picked for winter use
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Farm anda.Household.



What Farmers Cannot Conceal
! poor farmer cannot conceal the
;fact"that heisTalpoor'fsrmer. All
his surroundings proclaim the YER
dict against him; his horses, cattle,
wagohsp pEh:athNss, ,Ioplows, fences,
ttliieellfAls ttliieellfAlsE7eysqn, bis. wifs Iapdr children
bear silent, but unmistakeable evi
deneeeS dne ~ gaaiHst saaiiiH2t him. 0n'thee other
'haffd, slf5 things will testify f4vora-
bly, lon iitehaH ofiahe Igodd farmer.
Every passar7byr,ean read the pro
and ,con, This fact alone ought to
stimulate, every farmer to, do his
Best iffottrri fotr the Sake oo'f hlig own charac-
ter; as 'well'as interest ,sifof'he may
restsassuredlithat:2eyery. passer-by
willpronounce. Judgment, according
to the EVIDENCE, y c.,j moss.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Horse Feeding.

a feed my horse well, but some
hews.be looks .FoHghGpated and
don 79em to do very.well.",
''sMhas kind of I'd a. you ghe
him." nb"i
"Oats, and plenty of theni:r
THAT'S what's the imatter.l Too
many oats. Half the. amount of
oats, and the rest in corn would, no
doubt, work an improvement IN him.
We have found out that horses
should not be fed entiT'eay:with oats
for provender. They T. need some
thing else. Give them corn or
corn-meal part of the time or a mix
ture of oats and corn, and see if
they do not improve! And, by the
way, don't forget toigiIeI HIM, twice
week, mess of potatees as a med
icine." e."-Country GENTLEMAN,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
DISCIPLE CHURCH,

ELDER WIN. SHARP, PASTOR. HOURS
for service II O'Clock A. N. Sabbath school
O'Clock. Evening service TX o'clock
Prayer meeting wednesday evening at *
O'Clock.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27

REV. A. 5. MILHOLLAND, PASTOR. MORN
ing service at II O'Clock. sabbath school
I2I O'Clock. Evening service 81 O'Clock
ofclack
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
c.. r. /. & p. Railway.

Nos. 1 and daily except Sunday; Nos . and
3 daily except Saturday.
Breakfast. Dinner. supper.
Distance 1873 miles. Trains are run by Chi
rago time.
Connects at Council Bluffs and Omaha will
Missouri River Steamers for Benton and al
Upper Missouri River Trading Posts and I'm
ion Pacific Railroad.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
pRFSRYTERIAN CHURCH.

REV. w.M. GIBSON. PASTOR. HOURS FOR
Service at II1k O'Clock, A. N. Sabbath school
at l0ls: O'Clock, A. NJ. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evenings at71z O'Clock.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Miscel1aneouS-
NOTICE.

Ii persons knowing themselves indebted
n to +. W. Russell and ii. W. Burniss. fo
the services of stallion Clarion. in the spring
summer and fall of 1870 is hereby notified tina
the stock has changed hands, and said accounts
are now owned by L. J. Pocock, who has th'
right TO collect the same.
March lG, 1871. HENRY W. BURNlSS,
2Iw3- F.W. RUSSELL.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27

And lay me under the mapiesi plaptsdl yeSf4
ago, HfiI
When she and was happy, before we quarrel
ed so.
And when she dies. wish that she would b'
laid by me;
And lynn together in silence, perhaps we vii
agree.
And if ever we meet in heaven, wouldn'
think il queer,
If we loved each other the better because WI
have quarreled here.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
County officials.
church Directory.
M. E. CHURCH,
ST. JOHNS CONGREGATION,

e. A HUGHES, PASTOR, SERVICE EyERI
Sabbath at l0l< O'Clock, A. NJ. and O'Clock
Pm. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27

rnrloTpi) oils To 9igoilil1r, rhT
sGU tGEqnoD yrwlii:H rli9iirM bnE
1ni,nn III lima -smdmninn lr hnIn |
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27

GERMAN SERVICE BY REV. j. SPOERkl,
every Sabbath morning, at II O'Clock Sab
bath School at 10 O'Clock
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
I. L. CHURCH

EVANG. LUTHERAN CHURCH.
SERVICES EVERY OTHER SABBATH AZ
ternoon, by Rev. Isaac Cutler.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-04-27
Mrs. BATTN,

HNAKEs this method of announcing to her
i patrons and the public generally, that she
has removed to the room recently occupied by
c. H. Dix. where she is now receiving lager
end splendid assortment of