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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
Education and Insanity.

In most of our cities and large villages,
nearly all the children commence attend
ing school as early as the age of three or
four, and attend five or six hours each day
for several years. The proportion of in
sane to sane persons in this country is
one in every 262; in Scotland it is one in
574; in the agricultural districts of Eng
land it is one in $40; in London the pro-
portion is one in 400. We thus see that
insanity is more prevalent in cities and
less so in the country, evidently due to the
greater strain on the mental faculties fIom
infancy to middle life in cities, and to the
fact that mental activity is there also al
lowed a greater scope Political liberty,
singularly enough, has some hand in this
matter; for, in countries, under a despotic
government, insanity is rare--as in Turkey,
China, Russia. Dr. Brigham afiirms that
it is, or rather was, uncommon in SpainI
out of large cities; it will be curious
physiological inquiry to discover whether
the recent Spanish revolution has in
creased, or will increase, the tables of in
sanity-Erchang6.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

AN ingenious Frenchman has just hit
upon happy invention. 1t is called a
mechanical calm restorer." Should the
President of a popular assembly experience
difficulty in obtaining silence, he has but
to open the box containing the calm
restorer, set the hands of an exposed dial
in motion, and at the end of each revolu-
tion of one minute there is produced a
noisy peal of bells sounding for a few
seconds, and most eifectually drowning
every other sound in the room. During
this operation the session is considered as
suspended, and by registering the number
of revolutions an accurate idea can be OBJ
tanned of the extent of the disorder, and
| the consequent loss of time
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

A CLERGYMAN in the village of Baden
recently made himself SO obnoxious to his
parishioners by engaging in various
squabbles, resulting in lawsuits, that he
was obliged to resign. In delivering his
farewell sermon, he said; 81 have been
really happy but three times in my life.
The first time was when l made my first
communion; the second was when / said
my first mass; and now comes the third,
of you, my well. beloved" At that very
moment the organist drowned the speak
ers voice in the cheerful strains of Great
God be Praised" and the whole congre-
cation, rising to its feet, Joined in singing
the words.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
Selected Miscellany.
TEE LoHED AND LOST


sa nS SsdH,y StoiloEying poem from the Church Of Eng
highs 10 many stricken hearth
pne loved and lopti" Why do we call them lost'
nSv,ohuse we miss them from our outward road
Looked nn rs Snge aIIg ITO Ger our pathway crost
euTgndLway gndwy relieved them from lifes weary
They are not lost; they are within the door
. t,Lpat shuts out loss and every hurtful thing
W WIN angels bright, and loved ones gone before
In their Redeemers presence eyermore
ana God Himself their Lord, their Judge and
King. '"NeN ""N
And this we call lofsi o selfish sorrow
VI selnsh hearts, o we Of little faithl
net us look round, come argument to borrow
Wny we In patience should await the morrow
Thatsurely must succeed this night of death.
Aye, look upon this dreary desert path,
The thons and thistles whereso'er we turn:
Wnat trials and what tears, what wrongs and
What struggles and what strife the Journey hath,
They have escaped from these; and iol we
mourn.
ASK the poor sailor, when the wreck is done,
Who. with his treasure, strove the shore to
While with the raging wave he batted on,
was vas. II not Joy, where every joy seemed gone,
10 see his loved ones landed on the beachi
A poor wayfarer, leading by the hand
- little child, had halted by the WE'LL
10 wash from of her feet the clinging sand,
And tell the tired boy of that bright land
Where, this long journey passed, they longed to
dwell.
When lol the Lord, who many mansions had,
Drew near and looked upon the suffering twain,
Ihen plying spake. Give me the little lad
In strength renewed and glorious beauty clad,
I'll bring him with noe when we come again,M
Did she make answer selhshly and wrong
Nay, but the woes feel he too must share"
Or, rather, bursting into grateful song.
She went her way REJOICING, and make strong
To struggle on since he was freed from care.
We will do likewise. Death has made NO breauh
In love and sympathy, In hope and trust;
No outward sigh or sound our ears can reach;
But there's an inward, spiritual speech,
That greets us still, though mortal tongues be
dust.
1t bids us do the work that they lay down
Take up the song where they broke of the
strain;
So Journeyng till we reach the heavenly town,
Where are laid up our treasures and our crown,
And our lost, loved ones will be found again.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21
POLITICAL.
The following is telegraphic summary
of the Ku. Klux bill as it finally passed the
House on the 9th.

The following is telegraphic summary
of the Ku. Klux bill as it finally passed the
House on the 9th.
1. ConspIracies, or the combination Of two or
more persons 10 deprive any class OF persons OF
the equal protection Of the laws, are defined as
felonfes, punishable In United States Courts by
fine and imprisonment, while the injured parties
have recourse thereto for damages.
2. In case of obstruction to the laws OF state
or of the United States, so as to deprive any per
son of any privilege, immunity ETC., and that the
State authorities are unable or fail 10 AFFORD pro-
lection, to apply to the President for protection
the President may use the national forces thereby
meaning, 1t Is believed the militia well as the
army, TO arrest any offenders, and hand them over
TO the United States Courts The act OF 1868 Is re-
vived, which requires the military to hand list OF
imprisoned persons TO the United States Courts,
and then, IL the term adjourns and no indictment
Is found, all such are to be discharged
g. After proclamation, the President may sus-
pend the writ of hdbeds corpus till the 1st OF june
iS72, whenever and wherever he finds numerous
unlawful combinations
United States Courts is abolished, but the Judge
may exact an oath of juror that he has never be-
longed to the Ku-klux,
Albany and Lockport, N. Y, and Rah-
way, N. j., have recently elected Demo
cratic Mayors.
A recent Hartford, Conn, dispatch says
"An evident error has been discovered in
the return of the votes from the Fourth
Ward of New Haven, by which 100 more
votes were returned for Governor English
than should have been. This will prob
ably be investigated by the Legislature
and if the return is the result of a mistake
or fraudulent count Jewell will be Gov
ernor."
j. w. Smith, Republican, has beer
elected Mayor of Springfield, Ill.
The Illinois Legislature has passed a join
resolution to hold an adjourned session il
Chicago next fall.
The Mississippi Legislature has passed
law making it misdemeanor to assign
passengers on railroads to particular cars
and Furnishing the offense with a heav.
fine or imprisonment,
Several ladies have recently petitionet
at Washington for the right of suffrage
The petition reads as follows: ave, tn
undersigned, citizens of Washington, be
lieving 1t to be our solemn duty, part G
the allegiance we owe to our Maker, to ou
country, and to our homes, to exercise tn
elective franchise, hereby earnestly petitio
that our names be registered as quali1ed i
our several districts" Among the name
of the petitioners are Grace Greenwood
Mrs. E. D. E. N. 6outhworth, Mary A
Dennison, and several lady physicians.
l. L. h I,a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

Kansas and hanged. While Akard and
Bays were returning home they were cap
tured bya band of armed men, hanged,
and all their horses run off.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

1t has been ascertained that the recent
sickness of the Kingof Sweden was caused
by poison in glass of milk he drank
hut who put the poison there has not been
ascertained.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

I'm Lawrence, Tenn, recently, Mr..
Gibbons, aged 10, and Miss Griffith, aged
13, became boy and wife.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

1T is reported that there are eighty
six papers Published in Kansas, and new
ones are appearing every week.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

"GoING OUT WITH THE TIRD"-Accom.
panying the bridal party out Of church.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-04-21

7THERE is certainly one man who has
walked far enough for his pension. He
turned up in Albany, N. Y, the other
night, ON his way to Buffalo to draw his
pension. He had walked all the way from
Philadelphia, Pa, TO that city, being with
out money, and this with one lame leg.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08
AGAINST the Starchion.

Col Warin@, author OF the Ogden Farm
Papers, in the American Agriculturist, thus
dcnounces the practice of putting cattle in
stocks;
As TO stanchions, 81 go agin 'cm, that's
Hat | think them m invention Of the
enemy-of comfort and thrift. 1t is true,
they are convenient and etlectual. A COW
once locked in between stout stanchions is
a. fixed As q man with his head in pillory,
and think about as comfortable. My cows
are tied with three foot chains and broad
collars around their ncckS, and it is evident
that they are mnch more comfortable than
they would be in Stanchions. When they
/ finish their meals they lie down and stay
! down, which stanchon cows do not, for
Whon a single position becomes tiresome
they must ret up to change it, while my
animals can loll about, lick their sides and
stretch themselves out ut full length with
out rising. | sometimes find COW lying
Hat on her side, with her head on the floor,
and ali four legs stretched out like q dead
cow, but for the flirting of her tail; and if
she don't enjoy it, there is no enjoyment to
bc had in 4 cow-stall. | would Hike to sec
Il COW attempt this sort of luxury in stan
Chions.
There is no other place where n COW can
ne leu 50 regularly nor so economically, as
from her own manger, and no place where
she will feed so quietly, for she knows that
be master COW is snugly tied in her own
place, and cannot come to drive her away
from her feed. Ii peace of mind is i'm
portant to a COW, we can but pity the poor
brute who is the butt OF the yard, and is
only able to snatch 4 mouthful here and one
there, as She is driven from one pile of fod-
der TO another, chewing her plunder as she
runs.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08
Mares--Tte Age for Breeding.

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l"r custom Oh hf'eth'G from cry young
mares 'e "a dangerous oio'. :lt whenever 1t
IS ,osS!'l'- should he F"alht"ht,i' llH @cn~
,faiy accepted 'Hc"'} 'ii:d WheN q mare
ilts '1HScd 'o crow IL Is SAFE i1 Heed to
hrr iH' III lht man y paIif'9'e l'llact' from
lLe simple latl I'M" riWeFh lIe ages "-
three anu seven IL Is 'tl!euil /" t'' ~ heh 4
mare mas fta' ileQ i't '4'l @Fo" III. 9!4e 1i4Hy
nave aIIilHtV H'f IUH 1jI'' HeisHl' 'ie'-
ana most OIL mem W" ''S li.r, A.,' or 'llto,
'HaHS N''I S"ui'@ei- '"i .h'l nave h"l
o', y''9'" i" grow III vac I'''i 'iuI"} oI V1NVS'
II iHuN. i'a II"' J '1 l." Va l'oIo"7Hi5 -
''NIfu 'Il' t'H"oil9, in4 S!h' N8' ''hd 4i2a-
menus th"u surround 'ie J3Illt' nave 'lol
sFI ~, .ec"lllg properly H,ieii4ine.eo'
Inc process OF oSSlucatioh IS, so lar as
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08
The Apple Tree Borer.

The borcr which makes such havoc among
apple trees is the grub of beetle, the
Saperda Bivittata. I his beetle is from one
half to three-quarters of an inch in length
''the upper side of its body is marked by
Longitudinal white stripes between three OF
"A light brown color, while the face the
antenna, the under side of the body and
;he legs are white Its natural home is on
cur native thOrns- and some other trees and
shrubs nearly related to HE thorn. From
these 1t has emigrated to tho apple orchards,
where it has become one of the greatest
pests. 1t issues from the trunks OF the
trees in its perfect state the last of May or
the first OF June, and soon after deposits
its eggs on the bark, near the root. From
the eggs small, yellowish grubs are hatched,
which at once bore through the bark and
strike upward in the sap wood. In this
larva state ii continues two or three years,
often boring mp into the wood for ten inch
es, always making its burrow end Just
underneath the bark. After undergoing its
transformation the perfect bectle gnaWs
through the bark and comes forth at night,
which is its time for tlyimo. If orchards
are neglected they viii suffer very much
from the effects of this pest. Often fine
trees will be completely ruinctffn two or
three years The presence of the borar
may be known by its castings. 1t can be
taken out with a knife in its carly stages.
but if it has penetrated into the tree sever
al inches Il wire may be thrust into the hole.
Petroleum put into the holes is affirmed by
some to do good work, bat this should, as
yet, be used with canton, and only by way
of experiment, lest the trees should suffer
an irrcparablc injury.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08
Where are They.
BY AUGUSTA MOORE.

This same Old river rolled along.
With current deep and slow;
But where are they who trod its banks
A hundred years ago:
liither the youths and madens came.
AS now they gaily come,
To sport beneath the orchard trees.
And watch the fragrant bloom.
They talked and laughed they danced and sung
They told the story old,
That charms and thrills the human heart
Till death has made it cold.
And life looked bright. and earth looked fair.
They could not feel it true,
That lust like shadows they must pass,
or like the morning dew.
There seemed to be such need of them;
For service from their hands
There rose, whichever way they turned,
Unfortunate demands
GLOW could the world go on they thought,
without us in our place.
Yet on their rivers pleasant shore
They left no single trace.
Old messy, crumbling grave-stones tell
On yonder hillside fair
Where sadly, dust to dust was laid;
But they We're never there.
The grasses wave, the spring birds sing.
The gentle south winds blow;
But where are they who trod these banks
A hundred years ago?
The sun shines on; the moon and stars
March on their wonted way;
But those who watched them then have fled;
And where, o where are they:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08
a Prize Fighter Brought up by Minister.

The Sioux City Times of the 18th inst,
gives Il column biographical sketch Of
Red Handed Nike The Times takes
him out Of the cradle, and follows him up
to His fighting estate. The passages are
quite interesting. We quote as follows
when Mike was se"cn years old his
parents cmigratcd to Canada, and settled
down at st. Ancsclt, Mike developing no
remarkable qualities until he was ten
years Old, when the agent of a travelling
circus happened to incidentally see the
subject OF cur sketch in the act OF throw
ing Il somersault, prevailed on the young
ster to Join his circus company. Mike,
liking the opportunity Of seeing something
OF the world, attached himself to the
company and soon established 4 reputa-
ton as anacrobat and singer. SiNmonths
afterwards, while performing in Franklin
county, n Y, aMethodist minister named
Blackman, happening to attend the circus
heard Mike sing, and was SO favorably
impressed with the boys abilities in this
line that lie induced Mike to sever his
connection with the sawdust arena. Go
inc home with the preacher, Mike was
soon installed as leading singer in the
choir Of the church Of which the Rev
that the reverend gentleman had at one
time been 4 drummer in the army, and,
moreover, had gained considerable fame
as a sparrer with gloves When the Rev.
Blaekman joined the ministry he still re-
tanned his love for the use Of the dumb
bells and boxing gloves, and the youth
companion in assisting the pugilistic
preacher in taking his daily glove exercised
Under this training, Mike soon develop
ed all amount of tact in handing his bunch
of fives that attracted the attention of
some sporting men in the neighborhood.
Unknown to Mikes ministerial foster
father u prize fight was secretly got
ten up between young man of the
village and Mike. In this fight Mike dis
played the r2Ec tact perseverance and
pluck which has since then given i'm so
many victories in the prize-ring. Mike
soon blinded and otherwise disfigured his
antagonist. A purse of twenty dollars
was raised from among the spectators and
presented to Mike, which the latter took
home and showed to the preacher The
preacher, while proud of his pupil, severe
ly reprimanded him for giving public
exhibition Of his skill. Mike remained
about six months longer with his pastoral
protector, who dying very suddenly, left
it incumbent on Mike to find some new
means Of support. He therefore rcsorted
to his old vacation rs a circus performer
until 1868, when he fought his first regular
professional prize fight with man named
John Dolan, in the Red River country in
lS65
''ile is quiet, unpretending and I'M
ostentatlous young man, and gives but lit
lie evidence to the casual observer of the
gritty material of which he is composed
lie would like to settle down and become
a thrifty and permanent resident, and we
hope he may conclude to become one of
the growing host whose energy and fame
and success are adding new laurels to our
city,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08
VOLUME Il.
How to Raise Turkeys.

Ii. l.. Reade, q farmer of Connecticut
writes as follows: for the last ten years a
multitude of farmers east of the Hudson
and not few west have made more money
from their turkeys than from any other one
kind of stock. Ten well-managed turkey
hens will give larger net profit than two
COWS, if, in addition to good manag cement,
the farmer has good luck. The first six
weeks in the life OF the young are the most
pcrilous. After that time they are com
paratiycly safe. Some men out of a batch
OF hundred never lose one; and this is the
way they manage them: Let the mother of
the newborn brood choose her own time
to leave the nest. Removing a turkey is
always bad policy. AS soon as the nest is
left make yard twelve feet square by set
ting boards edgewise. Remove the turkey
and her brood into this little pen, wherein
they should be kept Tor at least six days.
After which they may be let out III the
middle OF the day, and permitted the range
Of an acre; but they must always be
gathered ut least an hour before sundown
into the pens to remain until the dew is off
the next morning, and all the day if there
is the least appearance of storm. When
the mother leaves the nest, wash the naked
parts of her body thoroughly with tobacco
luce to kill the inevitable lice; and at the
same time, dust thoroughly the young
turkeys with some vermin destroying pow
der, No one thing kills as many young
turkeys as these parasites. AS preven-
tive, sulphur and snuff mixed in equal
quantities, and busted on the nest after the
turkey has been sitting two weeks is recon-
mendcd bnt nothing should prevent the
washing of the mother or the busting of
the young the day the mother leaves the
mt two aft how
left the shell. Young turkeys require but
little food, yet they need to be fed a. often
as once an hour for the first week. Coarse
ground cooked Indian meal mixed with
Sour-mlk curds and fine chopped hard
boiled eggs, is the best food for the first
month. After that the eggs may be left
out, the meal ground little coarser, and
the curds, if you have them, used in
larger measure than at first. AS soon as
they can swallow whole grain, give them
that and then all trouble in this direction
is at an end Until they are two months
Old they must be driven to some shelter
every night, and never be allowed to remain
i'll the fields through long or heavy rain.
Even when ne-quarter grown they will die
from exhaustion, trying to follow the Vigor-
Gus and unreaSoning mother, if wet with
but Il heavy dew. Three rules then should
he observed, if those who attempt to raise
turkeys would secure success: FirSt-Be
sure to free both old and young from lice
Immediately upon the Old ones leaving the
nest. Second-Feed frequently al the be-
ginning with strengthening food. Third
Never let the young turkeys get wet either
with dew or rain, until their feathers afford
their bodies, if not complete at least par
tial protection.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08

A Man With a Secret.

From the Sacramento Daily Union, May 10, 1S7l.l
We are indebted to correspondent at
San Francisco for the particulars Of the
most interesting case that has ever come
within our observation as public journal
ists-that of Gregory Summerfield, or. as
he was called at the time, "THE MAN
WITH A SECRET Our correspondent
writes rs follows:
EDITORS SACRAMENTO UNION: A few hours
previous TO the death of that distinguished law
ver, LeonidlS Parker, of this city, he placed in
nv hands for publication the following manu-
script, requesting me- at the same time, to Sc
lcrt journal of the widest circulation for its
publication. ours, ETC., w. "A. X.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08

correspondent Of the Rural New orlier
says That last year on piece OF ground ~
by 20 feet, he raised ten bushels OF onions
from black seed. lie raised onions on the
same piece of ground the previous year,
ana they did not pay for the seed; they
were destroyed by masgots and wire worms.
lie procured three bushels of salt and two
barrels OF lsh and pork brine, and top
dressed his garden (about one -fonrth of an
acre. with it, after he had gathered all his
vegetables. Last spring he ploughed the
garden and put on three oX-cart loads of
well rotted hog and chip manure, and such
vegetables he never raised before.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-06-08

Mamma" said a precocious little boy,
who against his will, was made to rock
the cradle of his baby brother, eff the
Lord has any more babies to give away
don't you take 'em."