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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
Impure Water and Tainted MIlk.

A correspondent of the Utica Her
aid writes to that paper the following
Letter. His evidence is cOrrObOrative
Of what we have so often repeated
ofthe necessity OF clean water for dairy
cows:
"In extreme warm weather cheese
i often found out of flavor, while the
cause seems to be hidden from cheese
maker, many times, until too late to
remedy the evil. In the season Of
1865, l had charge of factory in Erie
county, y. Y, where the milk was
brought to the factory once a day
The milk came in fair condition I'M
til June 18th, it was very much taint-
ed, and continued 50 until July -,
when it disappeared for the rest of the
season. The daries were mostly small;
the nights milk was cooled as soon as
MIXED, and brought in separate cans
to the factory, which was much bet
ter than the mornings milk. About
One-third Of the patrons brought good
milk the entire season. which led me
to think the cause was with the pat
rOns. The time of receiving tainted
+ ulllk WAS one Ol CALLrAAAc uEAI WAAAlpuL
clouds as rain. The farms are watered
by the Cayuga creek, which shrunk
to Il mere rivulet, leaving dead, stag
nant water in shallow places on the
rocks, from which the COWS drank
Those that brought the best milk wat
cred their cows attheir wells. On the
23d of July, we had a severe thunder
shower, when the taint disappeared
Was the taint given to the milk
from the atmosphere, or from the
water the cows drank? The thunder
shower removed the cause whatever
It might have been. We want good
cold water to make cheese. Is il not
as important that COWS should have
the sane to drink? HerkimeT cOun-
ty has been noted for its cheese many
years, and, / trust will continue TO
hold her high position, while her hills
send forth such bright, sparkling
springs of water"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
Shall we Improve our Swine !

A sensible correspondent Of the
Western Rural writes as follows:
There is perhaps, as a rule, no stock
on the farm 80 much neglected as
hogs. 4 farmer gets whatever he can
find, that he can buy the cheapest,
and lets them run together to couple
promiscuOusly, until he at last finds
himself in the situation of one Of the
correspondents of the Western Rural,
who desires to know what he shall do
with his hogs. He says they consume
about as much as they ought to, yet
they will not fatten. My advice to
him would be to knife them, and get
them out Of the way, and procure
something that will fatten.
Notwithstanding there is so little
done toward improvement in this
line, yet none of our stock is so easily
and quickly improved as our hogs.
BY selecting a good SOW, and coup
ling her with good male Of some OF
the improved breeds, we may raise
two litters a year, thus furnishing all
the hogs that farmers ordinarily want
to keep. If there is a wideaawake
man among you, who has enterprise
enough to send to some other part of
tie country and get an improved
stock of hogs, or cattle, pStrOnize him.
Do not be afraid to give him two, or
three, or even five dollars for the use
Of good male; or if he has pigs to
sell, DO not be afraid to give him a
few dollars more for them than you
could get the long-nOsed, slab-sided,
take-upthrOugh- the fence the third
row-of-pOtatO-hOgs, that are common
" to be found squealing in the nigh
way, for. PatrOnize him; and don't
be afraid Of being humbugged, when
in return he gives you twice or thrice
the amount, by securing you stock
that, in consuming your grain, will
not bring you out in debt, but will
leave a large balance in your favor.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
4 Story Worth Repeating.

An old story contains lesson which
many married couples have net yet
learned. When Jonathan Trumbull
was Governor of Connecticut a gentle
man called at his house one day re-
questing a private interview. He
said: ''I have called upon a very un-
pleasant errand, Sir, and want your
advice. My wife and do not live
happily together, and / am thinking
of getting a divorce. What do you
advise, SiF?"
The Governor sat a few moments in
thought: then turning to his visitor,
said, "HOw did you treat Mrs. W
when you were cOurting her? and
how did you feel toward her at the
time of your marriage ?'i
Squire W-replied, 'I treated her
as kindly as l could, for / loved her
dearly at that time"
"Well, sir" said the Governor, ego
home and court her now Just as you
did then, and love her as you did
when you married her. Do this in the
fear of God for one year, and then tell
me the result.'
Governor Trumbull then said, 'Let
us pray"
They bowed in prayer aud then
separated. When a year had passed
away Squire W-called again tO,see
the Governor and said: II have call
ed to thank you for the good advice
you gave me, and to tell you that my
wife and l are as happy as when first
we were married I can not be CRATE
full enough for your good counsel"
II am glad to hear il, Mr.. W" ,"
said the Governor, "and l hope you
will continue to court your wife as
long as you live.',
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
PIensant for Tlnnlprx.

The black ants Of Sweden are a for
midable race Of workers, much larger
than any we have here. Th5y make
sad havoc with the grains, and as they
travel in procession, each with a
wheat grain or some other dainty for
winter store, they present a formida
bic array-a curious spectacle for the
philosopher. The sting Of these ami
mails is sharp and somewhat poison
GUS. The best policy 10 observe is,
when meeting procession Of these
workers, to turn aside and give them
the right of way, for they will grip
their grain tightly, and give sting af-
ter sting, losing very little time for
revenge, and then on to their we'll
ordered, well-stOred homes. The
Swedes have learned a way Of utiliZ-
ing these little animals, sting and all.
They wayIay them on these Journeys,
catch them by hand in nets, and in
sieves, any way b get them, and
plump they 20 into the seething
brandy distillery, and on them de-
pends the peculiar flavor OF Swedish
brandy. Il is 50 smooth, 50 oily, so
pungeDt, has such a delicious flavor;
in short it is everything enchanting;
and then they have the loveliest little
glasses, that hold a thimbleful, so thin,
fragile, and beautifully artistic, th3t
they almost tempt an ascetic 10 drink
and catch the divine affiatus; but L
takes only one drink to intOXicate,
and then delirum tremens soon TO-
lows. We have seen a lady jump up
from the table and scream because q
red ant ran across her Mate cut she
would sip this brandy from the little
glass, and eXtOl it, flavor.
In Newark cOckr0aches are used
very extensively in the manufacture
OF delicious wines, which are made
from cider, poor whisky, logwoOd and
other denominations.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
Gods Holy Word.

The following is communicated 10
/ the Washington Chronicle:
'Of all things which men possess,
the Bible is the most important, the
most sacred, the most holy. But how
often are itssaered pages mangled, the
strength, beauty and purity Of its
poetry marred, its sublime prOphesies
made senseless and nugatOry, By the
renderings we have from the pulpit,
Imagine the thrilling effect Of the
Holy Word, if read as Mr.. MurdOck
reads Shakespeare, or recites Macauly
or Dickens. And why should we not
have it so read2 Is it right and prop
er that every other book for public
reading should have justice done it,
except that most important Of all
books, the Bible? And that while
every other subject which is brought
to the cOntem platiOn of men, is allow
ed a natural and impressive delivery,
religion, the most important of all,
should be denied it? The monstrous
fallacy with which WCn meaning
people have beguiled themselves is,
that such reading and recitation would
be theatrical, and that theatrical
exhibitions are not becoming in the
house of God. To this fallacy may be
traced most of those execrable pulpit
readings, TecitatiOns and delivery
which rob the Scriptures Of half their
power. Let some one Of the elOcu-
tiOnists who could be named, read
from the sacred desk the song of
Miriam, the fight between David and
GoIiah, or that most excellent OF all
sermons, ChTist's Sermon on the
Mount, or His denunciation' Of the
Scribes and and Pharisees and there
would be no adjustment for sleep in
the corners of the pews for the
auditors, but they would sit erect,
with 'eager eye and bated breath"
and listen very closely. This is sub
jeet which commends itself to our
clergy.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
An African 1s0 Yenrs OIL

Saturday before last, we accompan-
led DIR. G.. NJ. Smith to the house OF
some rOlOred perOns, half a mile in the
rear of franklin, where we found an
African woman, by the name of Mary
Ann, who is now doubtless more than
l30 years old. She was brought from
Africa when she was about fifteen
years old, and has lived in the parish
of st. Mary ever since. She formerly
belonged to the Pelleren family, and
afterward to Joseph SOrrel, brother OF
Martial SOrrel.
The woman Mary Ann is very black,
with a strongly marked African cOun-
tenance. She has been blind and con.
fined to her bed for about sixteen
years. Her youngest child, Aqua, is
now seventy-nine years old, and is
quite active. She waits upon her aged
mother with great tenderness. The
old mother can not bear the fire, even
in the coolest weather, but has to be
warmed by putting hot bricks to her
feet and hands, and by an abundance
of blankets. She can not walk Oreven
stand but is able to sit up in a chair.
She has a good appetite, but does not
sleep,well.
From facts and information which
seem reliable, Mary Ann must have
been torn previous to the year l740,
and was brought to the parish Of st.
Mary long before the old revolution
ry war, about the year l755, or before
that date.
Her husband Bernard, died sixteen
years ago. He was older than Mary
Ann. He was forty years old when he
was brought from Africa in an New
England slave vessel Franklin La
Banner.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
The New Platform.

1t is interesting to know how the
new Platform, made by the Ohio
( Democrats at Columbus, is received
One thing is certain, the Southern
[ Democracy viii not swallow it, and
without their support the Democracy
will have but a poor show in the con-
test Of 1872. We give below a few
extracts to indicate public sentiment
on the subject:
Robert Toombs says Of it:
"When you can tear the live thun,
der from its home in the burning eth
er, and bind it a captive at the foot
stool of tyranny, then, and not till
then, will accept the situation"
A correspondent of the Chattanooga
Times says:
1--WE of the south cannot allow our.
+ selves to be lectured by any one who
is unable to conceive, even to tho
slightest degree, the feeling of deer
grief which fills the souls of those who
have fought for the right, and have
been OverPOwered by what they con-
/ scientiOusly and religiOusly believe
to be wrong. Jefferson Davis still has
the love and admiration, as well as
the confidence, of every sOutherner,
and it will probably be well for the
Times IN the future to bear this in
mind"
Gov. Leslie, of Kentucky, in a late
debate with Gen. Harlan,'is reported
as follows on the subject:
GAS to the 18th, I4th and 18th
amendments, am out and out OppOs-
ed to them. l care not who i'm In
I diana, Ohio or elsewhere may be for
3 them. Those amendments were ell
I grated upon the constitution of the
country and proclaimed to the cOun-
I try as part and parcel of the cOnstitu-
tiOn by force and by fraud, and not in
the legitimate way laid down in the
/ constitution. Ten states of this union
were tied hand and feet, and bayOnets
were presented to their breasts to
/ make them consent against their will
/ to the passage of these amendments.
J This procuring of these amendments
was a fraud upon this people and
/ upon the people of the whole United
! States, and having been thus obtain
ed, l hold that they ought to be re-
: pealed. There may be some demo
Gratis who are not for their repeal, but
the great body of our party is for it."
We could quote column upon col
umn Of such comments upon Vallan-
digham's new Platform, all indicat-
ing that it is too bitter pill for the
Democrats Of the country to swallow
so hastily.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
True Reason for ReIng Hnnesi

Honesty is the best policy" said
Harry aloud; "and I mean always to
be honest"
"What does policy mean?" asked
his sister Ada, looking up from her
book.
"Why this, " replied the boy, "that
you are always honest, even though
it may not seem the wisest thing for
yourself at the time, you will get best
off in the end"
Il don't Think replied bis sister,
''that is a good reason; because II you
saw dishonest people gettingOn better
for long time, you would, perhaps,
get tired of waiting for the time TO
come when you would be the best
off, and begin to be dishonest too"
Ada is right said her mamma,
coming into the room; ''be honest be
cause it is right, my son; that is the
only safe reason. Try to please God,
whether any gain comes from il or
not; you will not be able 70 see how
doing the right thing is profitable in
temporal point OF view; but 1t will
matter little, when you come To die
whether you have been best of IN
this world or not"
81 thank you, mamma said Har-
~. "In future / Will endeavOT to do
right because it is right, and is pleas
; ing to God, whether it seems to my
advantage or not"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
PRESIDENT GRANT.
Reported Interview with BIN.

New YORK, June,3.-A reporter o
a morning paper yesterday interview
ed President Grant at Long Branch
The President said; ''There is a gOOt
deal of misrepresentation on both side
of the water concerning the treaty o
Washington. It is thought by many
that il was rushed through and acteC
upon without proper consideration OF
the part Of both governments. Tn,
facts are that every article of tn,
treaty was submitted 20 me after i
was adopted by the commission, anC
approved by me, and that each article
was in the same way submitted TO the
British cabinet and approved by the
ministers Of the crown at once. The
English commissioners spent n greai
deal OF money telegraphing section:
of the tre9ty. The queen of England
pledged her signature beforehand.
therefore regard the treaty as practic.
ally ratified. Measures will have &c
be adopted on both sides 70 carry out
the provisions Of the treaty. Oul
house Of representatives will, I fee
certain, act patTiOtically and wisely in
the matter. The treaty must be
ratified and made law of both ma.
tons. It is necessary; the necessity
Is immediate. A. far a We are con-
cerned, we would like to have better
terms, but there We're two parties tC
the bargain. II had it all my own
way think / could make it more IA
vOrable to US. The point aimed al
was not merely pecuniary satisfaction
for our losses by the Alabama and
other cruisers from British ports, but
the settlement Of an irritating and
disturbing question, likely any day to
bring two nations into armed conflict.
My aim was by this treaty to secure
peace through justice, and I believe /
have succeeded.
''NO apprehension need be felt as to
the course of the British people. 1
would regard it as an act of bad faith
on their part to reject the treaty after
its almost unanimous acceptance by
our senate. The English must surely
prefer a fair settlement of our differ
ences with them, for which this treaty
provides, than to nurse the cause of
war. Settlement or war were the al
ternatlves. The final ratification will
be a blessing to both countries"
In regard to the reports of Secretary
Fish leaving the cabinet, the presi-
dent said:
'iFish will not leave the cabinet or
resign the seals OF the state depart
ment with my consent, while I am
president. He has been faithful, pa
triotic and diIligent. 1 should be
yrieved if he resigned; but he won't
resign. Now, as to Cuba, there has
been no discussion in the cabinet in
reference to Cuban affairs of late. The
policy of the administration is uu-
in regard to Cuba. We are
of our obligations to friendly
nations, while careful of our own
rights. The United States will not be
unjust while I am president. Wewill
10 as wewould wish to be done by.
The condition of affairs in the island
If Cuba do not seem to me or to Fish
20 demand action on our part. Time
heals more wounds than medicine,
md patience is a very good specific"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
4 Noiher nrnKns Her Child

Gesteday morning. Mrs. knight
was aroused from her sleep by s
strange noise APPARENTLY in the street
I Mrs. Knight waited q few minutes
when she heard \ wOman's voice cry
/ ing:
George, oh my George! what in
tie name of goodness are you doing
down there ~
Mrs. Knight opened the window
just in time TO hear a most heartrend-
ing scream, and loud splash in the
cistern in the yard of Mr.. Charles
Refs, which adjOined that Of Mr..
Knight. The splashing and scream
ing IN the cistern increased, when Mr..
Refs rushed out OF the front door in
search of his wife and child; finding
they were in the cistern, he az once
lowered the bucket at the same time
calling for assistance. Mr.. Knight
and other Of the neighbOrs came to
the rescue, when the woman was
drawn up cliDging to the rope and
her feet in the bucket. When drawn
to the surface, she stood several min
utes looking wildly around, when she
suddenly remarked in a calm, unex-
cited manner: "My baby is down
there, the baby is in the water,u and
Immediately became unconscious OF
all around her. She was taken into
the house, and efforts were made to
recover the body of the infant, which
was aged about six weeks. The child
was recovered after half an hours ef-
fort, and was found to be dead.
Mrs. Refs remained in an uneOn-
sciOus condition until about ten
O'Clock, when she awOke, and called
for her child George, a child older
than the one drowned. The poor wo-
man is unconscious of her loss, her
reason having departed. Mr.. Refs is
a steady, Industrious mechanic, who
removed to this city from WyandOtte
this spring, and is engaged in the
manufacture of furniture in eOnnec-
ton with the furniture factory. The
neighbOrs state that Mrs. Refs has
acted very strangely during the pre-
ceding two days and fears were ex-
pressed for her reason, but nOtwith-
standing the close watch kept upon
her, she got up from bed without wax
ing her husband and walked to the
cistern, and, impressed with an idea
that her child George was in the
water, dropped her babe to save her
child. The case is one of the saddest
we have ever recorded. The father
and husbands grief cannot be describ-
ed. Mrs. Refs is said to be hopelessly
insane.--RGnsds city Bulletin.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15

The Wooster Democrat is in serious
doubt whether to swallow the "new
departure dose or not. It hesitates,
shifts ct IL, and makes WY mouths,
ike a little boy who knows he has u
swallow nauseOus draught, but
whom no persuasion that lit will DO
him good" can induce to believe it to
be nice The boy in such circum-
stances smells, takes n sip, shudders,
declares that he "cGnf take it." and
after pOstponing the evil moment to
the gttermOst, finally takes down the
mess at a gulp. So the Democrat sips
at the Columbus dose. swallowing the
financial paTt-which has none Of the
new departure eflayOr-wlthUut dill
Guilty, and even smacking it, lips az
ter it, but when it comes 10 the re-
mainder it pauses. In order n post
pOne the inflietiOn 70 the latest p0ssi-
be moment, It proposes To consider
the resolutions SeriGteDl, beginning
with the fourteenth aud running up 10
the first" In this way, if II takes
one resolution at a weekly guip, il
will reach the bitter dregs in the first
and second resolutions about election
time, when its opinions on them will
be Of little SsnssqueROS.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
The SIxAges.

/ \ writer in the College Courant has
I been endeayOTing to ascertain at what
age men are capable of doing their
I best work. His method is to take the
names of the most illustriOus men OF
all times and countries, with their
ages when their greatest achievements
were accomplished, and from these TO
derive the average time of life at which
the important mental work of the
world is done, or the mean year of
greatest prOductiveness. His list of
great men includes eight hundred
names, and their most noteworthy
achievements number eighteen hun
dred. The mean age Of productive
ness for all classes is found by this
method to be thirty-eight years and
fifty-tWO hundredths. This may be
regarded as the mental prime OF life,
which is attained, if this process gives
trustworthy results, from five to ten
years earlier than has been generally
supposed. In the arrangements by
classes it is found that lawyers and
Judges come latest to maturity, or at
least to a recognition Of their powers,
the average age of greatest prOduc-
tiveness with them being fOrty-tive
years and little over. Professors and
educators are next, who have done their
best work at nearly fOrty-three years.
Then follow in this order, and very
near together, statesmen, divines,
authors, physicians, philosophers,
artists and orators, whose age of great
est prOductiveness ranges from thirty
eight to forty years. Next come COM
manders, scientists, TefOTmers and
philanthrOpists, whose chief work is
accomplished at thirty-six to thirty
seven years; inventors, musicians and
and travellers, who are at their best at
from thirty-One to thirty-fve years,
and actors make their highest efforts
earlier than any other class, at about
the sge of twenty.nine years. BY the
use of the same materials, the writer
cIassifies the decades of life according
to their value to the world, as shown
in the work accomplished by these
eight hundred eminent men,
He aFranges the decades as follows:
The golden decade is between 80 and
40; the silver decade is between 40 and
50; the braZen decade is between %
and 80; the iron decade is between so
and go; the tin decade is between 50
and 20; the wooden decade is between
20 and so.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
The Defanet DemOeracy.

The Cincinnati Gazette claims that
the Democratic State Convention was
nothing more than a funeral, and a
very disorderly one The epitaPh Of
the dead party a. furnished by the
Gazette, is fitting and appropriate, and
thus reads
Here lies the Democratic Party.
II yras uufalthful to It's country in its Su-
p-eme peril
When the National Union was on the Drin K
OF obstruction by Southern Rebellion and
Foreign Intervention, u encouraged
both.
L. did all Il could 70 dissuads enlistment 70
reinforce our hardly-pressed 5olliers.
Il decried the Public Credit when 10 was
the slneFs OF the War Of National pres
erVatiOn.
Il Promoted a Conspiracy 70 bring the War
into the North.
u Discouraged our Troops, and Held out
encouragement 20 the Enemy.
10 had No part In saving tine Republic.
The Nation Lives In spite Of It's Desire gll
lLs Destruction.
TTsha5 No COnntry and its Name Is Infamous
EsGe Let it Lie and be Ramem bered only fol
Warning
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-15
me Fastest TTaI1 IN T5e World.

The new express train from Ply
mouth to London viii probably be the
fastest train in the world in the part
of its journey which lies over Bristol
& Exeter and Great Western Railway.
Leaving Exeter at 1890, it is timed
to Paddington at 2:4O; including a
stoppage OF five minutes at Bristol and
the Inevitable and vexatiOus ten min
Utes at Swindon, the journey Of 1914
miles will occupy four hours and o
quarter. The Irish limited mail,
hitherto considered the fastest train
occupies six hours and thirty-five min
utes between London and HOlyhead,
being at a pace Of only 10 miles in
four hours and a quarter. The fastest
train on the Great Northern line Is
between London and PetersborOugh,
seventy-six miles, which is due in one
hour and thirty-seven minutes; but the
Great Western accelerated express
will run from SwindOn 70 London,
seventy-six miles, in one hour and
twenty-seVen minutes. The HAD
train from PaddingtOn will perform.
the journey to Plymouth in only five
minutes more than the new e. press