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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
Southern Project.

AS showing the drift of South
ern project, We must say that the
Richmond Whig keeps up its agita-
ton of the proposition to pay for
the emancipated slaves, one-half to
the owners and one-half to the
freedmen OF course the scheme is
about equally absurd and corrupt;
but these characteristics do not at
tract so much attention from the
Democratic press, as does the fear
that it will frighten voters from the
Democratic ranks in the NORTH
When the Wing says: "We, the
South, are in the market-sao hdsfa,
if you choose-to the highest bid
der" no Democratic paper seems to
be struck hy the unblushing i'm
npdence of the admission. They
only ask if the North finds it diff
cult to forgive the Democratic party
for compelling the nation to con-
tract debt of three thousand mil
lions to put down a Democratic re-
bellion, what will be said to a prop
osition to pay three thousand mil
lions more for the slaves which the
act of rebellion freed? But the
Whig sneers at these timid parti-
sans, and says, Better sell ourselves
and put the money in our own pock-
cts, than be sold by Others for their
benefit" Evidently the Whig thinks
the Northern Democracy is as tricky
as it openly acknowledges the
Southern branch to be.-Pitts Dis
patch.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
An Old-time Incident.

Sambo was a thoughtful ole
darkey. There had been severa
sickly seasons in that particular
Virginia district, and the number o
deaths had been large; and in the
distribution of funeral cards his
master was never forgotten. On a
sudden all of these cards had dis
appeared. The master summoned
Sambo and inquired of him. Sam
bo trembled with apprehension. p
Praise de Lord, Massa, | won't
tell a lie. Pse got 'um."
What! got all of them?"
ayes, yes-but don't wollup me
I'll GO an fotch 'um."
And with this the old darkey
hurried away, and soon returned
with u score or more of the missing
cards.
"Here dey is, massa, all safe an
sound-eb'ry one of 'um."
:" In the name of wonder, what
did you want of such batch o.
mourning cards?"
GAS true as the Lord, massa,
didn't mean no harm. Use berry
old, specs I'll die fore long; and
so l tot I'd lay desc up to send tc
de ole darkies on the odder planta
tions to come to my funeral"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
How to can Peaches.

Select sound fruit; peel with
knife, or by soaking few moments
in lie made Of soda in hot water and
rubbing off with the hand-washing
the peaches afterward, and removing
the stones. In a porcelain kettle
heatssufficient water to cover the
peaches it will hold, sweeten, and
when the sugar dissolved put in the
fruit,and boil until pretty well cook
ed. Have jars, or cans, clean and
dry; if new glass jars, they should
be boiled before using to prevent
breaking; those with screw tops are
good; also, those with a blacking
box kind of lid, with gutta pcrcha
band to slip over and close the join
ing. In the absence of any covers
for glass or stone jars take closely
woven muslin, and after the fruit is
in, tie tightly around the neck, and
apply with q brush or swab, melted
wax made of beeswax and resin.
The fruit must be put in while boil
ing hot, filling three or four at time
wipe off the necks close up, and sit
away to cool gradually. The mus
lin covers are better for stone jars
than tin lids or corks, as the latter
are more readily bursted of. If the
muslin does not sink, by the press
ure of the atmosphere after cooling,
the coating of wax has not been suf-
ficient, and the fruit should be re-
heated and the muslin again waxed.
Apply the wax to the muslin lightly
to obviate passing it through into
the fruit. Glass jars, after cooling,
should be wrapped in newspapers,
and all kinds should be kept in a
dark, cool place for summer, and
where they will not freeze in win
tor
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
THE HOOSIER'S NEST.

| am told, in riding somewhere West,
4 stranger found Hoosier's Nest;
: In other words. q Buckeve cabin,
J ust big enough TO hold Queen Nab in.
Itssituation low, but airy,
Was on the borders of a prairie;
And fearing he might be benighted,
He hailed the house and then alighted.
The Hoosier met him st the door.
Their salutations soon were Ger;
He took the strangers horse aside,
And to sturdy sapling tied;
Then having stripped the saddle of,
He fed him in a sugar trough.
The stranger stopped to enter in.
The entrance closing with pin:
And manifested strong desire,
To sit down by the log-heap fire,
Where half-a-dozeu Hoosieroons,
With mush and milk, tin cups and spoons,
White heads, bare feet, and tiny faces,
Seemed much inclined to keep their places
But Madam, anxious todisplay
Her rough, but undisputed sway,
Her offspring to the ladder led,
And cuffed the Youngsters up to bed.
Invited shortly to partake,
OF vension, milk, and johnny cake,
The stranger made hearty meal,
And glances round the room would steal.
One side was lined with divers garments,
The other spread with skins of yarmints;
Dried pumpkins overhead were strung
Where venison hams in plenty hung:
Two rifles placed above the door,
Three dogs lay stretched upon the 6oor,-
In short, the domicil was rife
With specimens OF Hoosier life.
The host, who center'd his affections
On game, and range, and quarter-sections,
Discour>ed his weary guest for hours,
Till Somnus' all-composing powers,
Of sublunary cares bereft 'em,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
New Orleans Sinking.

The Picayune of the Goth of Au
gust says: r i. .... - r
For some thirty or forty days past
the batture in front of the Bazaar
Market and Red Stores has been
gradually sinking, until to day, just
below the Red Stores,it is seven feet
below the ordinary level, and the
settlement varies from three to seven
feet. .. ..... ......-t ..... .......
The length of the batture, which
has thus sunk, is about $50 feet
and the width 12O, and there is no
telling when it will stop. The City
Surveyor has made borings, to in
vestigate the strata, with view to
the construction of work that will
prevent any further sinkage, but has
not been able to find any strata suf
ficiently firm to guarantee the per-
manence of any work. ~ ..'.
At depth of fifty feet nothing
more stable was found than sand,
with very slight mixture of clay,
and just now the Surveyor is in a
quandary as to what is best to be
done. r.E .
At intervals in the past the bat
ture, in this vicinity has sunk in the
same way, but not to such an ex-
tent, the greatest sinkage, we be-
lieve, heretofore being not exceeding
5 feet.
The present sink is not in the
water, but inside of the wharves, etc,
on the space over which the roads
of the Pontchartrain and Chat
tanooga Railroad Companies pass.
These companies have been compel
led to fill up as the ground gave
way, and will probably have to keep
filling for some time to come.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
Confidence in Parents.

Some fathers seem to think that
when they have given their children
fine education and good start in
life they have fully done their duty,
and nothing more is to be required
of them. This is q mistake fertile
in sorrowful consequences. There
is no time so anxious and critical as
those years of unwisdom and mex
perience, as the few which precede
the indiscreet time when We come
to years of discretion. To the young
man out in the world you must make
home and holidays as cheerful and
beloved as possible; that such
should be the case is to young
woman the very life of her life. /
like it not that the young man
should settle all his plans in life,
and do his wooing with his future
bride, before he says one word to his
father, and that the maiden should
yield her assent unknown to her
mother. Yet this will assuredly be
the case unless you have won your
sons confidence, and intimacy, and
love. And these feelings will not
come unless they are sought for
and elected. There is such width
of years between you, something so
authoritative magisterial about the
parental character, that there is of
ten great shyness between father
and son: but still that blessed rela-
tionship of fatherhood is something
infinitely grander and deeper than
all harsher and more formal asso-
Citations. Where there are tried
tenderness and sympathy there will
be truest, deepest friendship be-
tween parent and child. 1t is this
prudent, loving guidance that will
give the son help in the most haz-
ardous years of life, and which will
come back on the fathers heart in
q food of love and comfort.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14

itself off every two years for long
time to come. I'O ITEa u
Let me say to these gentlemen, ! il
is not so important what the age OF
your issue is, or, whether, it be old
or new, dead or living, as that you
place yourselves on the side of right
and justice on public questions,
something which, in my judgement,
the Democrats have studiously
avoided for the last fifteen or twen-
ty years. ~ ~ etB wv
UNFINISHED WORK OF THE REPUBLICAN
| PARTY. g., .e
1 have spoken of the difficult lega-
cy left to the Republican party by
the southern rebellion and its con
sequences, and have attempted to
show how well that portion of the
legacy comprised in reconstruction
has been executed. -
This work may be said to have
been principally accomplished at the
date of the incoming of the present
administration. But the work of
reconstruction was not the only diff
ficult part of this difficult duty.
There was likewise the reforming of
the civil service, corruption and NAL
versation in office, which had been
stimulated, fostered, and encouraged
by the personal policy Of him who
came to be Chief Magistrate
through the assassination of his
predecessor. Let it be distinctly
understood, always, that the Repub-
lican party is neither responsible
nor to be held to answer for the acts
and policy of the President to
whom allude, for during his whole
administration there was an un-
ceasing contest between the Presi-
dent and the Republican party. 1t
is a matter of fact and of history
that the sympathy, encouragement
and counsel of the Democratic par
ty, were extended to him as soon as
it was discovered that he could be
used, as a willing tool, to oppose
and embarrass the Republican par
ty and its measures. - a.ls
The correction of abuses which
were thus fastened upon the public
service at the close of the war, the
rigid enforcement of the laws Of
the nation, and especially those for
the collection and disbursement of
the public revenues and the proper
management of the public debt are
other portions of the legacy left by
the shareholders rebellion to the.
Republican party, and coming with
in the duties of the present admin
istration. rgde . f. sna
With what labor and fidelity these
duties have been discharged I shall
attempt to prove with brief state
ments of facts. 4.s -l..I
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
The New Government Loans

The late arrangement of Jay
Cooke & Co. by which the balance
of the 5000, 600, 900 of 5 per cent.
loan has been taken in Europe has
settled the fact that we can arrange
our national debt on a lower rate OF
interest than we now pay. OF our
public debt $3.50, 100000 is in
what is called $40 bonds, drawing
6 per cent. interest, the principal
and interest payable in gold. These
bonds the Government has the right
to pay at any time after five, and be-
fore twenty years, as their name in
dicates. The last Congress author
lied the Secretary of the Treasury
to issue new bonds payable at diff
ferent times, and drawing A. 4 d
per cent. interest, and to apply the
money arising from their sale to
paying off the 5-2O, six per cent.
bonds. In pursuance of this au-
thority the Secretary has offered for
sale two hundred millions of 5 per
cent. bonds, payable any time after
ten years. These have all been ia
ken, the most part in Europe. There
will be 81, ,lS0,O00,00O more to dis
pose of, and as the money market
of Europe, is now full and capital
lists find it difficult to procure home
investments at over three per cent.
there is a general inquiry for Amer
lean Bonds, so that the ones now
offered are all taken. The law au-
thorizing the 4 per cent. loan pro
vides that the government may pay
them at any time after thirty years.
This is regarded as favorable IS 5
per cent. loan for ten years, and f.
nanciers say that 81 200, ,0O0, 900, of
four per cents. can be sold at par; {;
in other words, that that amount of
six per cent. can be converted into
4 per cents, thus saving to the coun-
try two per cent. a year in interest
on that sum.
One thousand millions at six per
cent. draw sixty millions of gold
each year. If they are changed to
4 per cent. they will draw only for
ty millions per year, thus saving to
the treasury twenty millions of gold
per year which can be applied to
paying the principal. The sale of
the two hundred millions just made
will save two millions of interest
per year.
This is very important subject,
and the condition of money matters
in Europe enables us to take advan-
tage of it. Thanks to Republi-
can administration, our credit is
good, and we save many millions
by it. .Ir r-..
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
Fattening Poultry.

Poultry of all kinds may be fat
ted rapidly if kept shut up in the
dark. Three weeks is sufficient time
to make them as fat as they can be
made. In England, Durking fowls
are prepared for the London mar
ket by being shut up in darkened
coops and feed on a mixture of one
pound of suet chopped fine, and one
half pound of sugar, mixed with
four pounds of meal. Milk is given
them for drink five or six times 8
day, and under this treatment a
fowl will gain two pounds in weight
in week. Young turkeys fed thus
have been known to take on three
pounds of flesh in a week. As in
our markets heavy weights are high
ly appreciated, it would be well for
those who have poultry to feed to
try this plan. Three pounds week
or even two pounds, added to the
weight of turkey from this time
to Christmas, would make the bird
weighing forty pounds-worth a
dollar a pound in the market; at
least, birds of this weight regularly
bring that price. In shutting fowls
in close coops it is necessary to
place a good supply of dry earth un-
der them every day, land to frequent
ly remove their drippings.-Hearth
amp Home,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
Sharp Shooting.

The following dialogue on SHARP
shooting quietly took place be.
tween a Virginia and Yankee pick
ct: 4 say, can you fellows shoot9'
well, l reckon we can, some.
Down in Mississippi we can knock
bumble-bee off a thistle bow al
three hundred yards
'Oh, that amt nothing to the way
we shoot UP in Vermont. Ibelonged
to military company ther' with Q
hundred men in each company, and
we went out for practice every week
The cap'n draws us single file, and
sets cider barrel rolling down the
hill, and each man takes his shot al
the bunghole as it turns up. 1t is
afterwards examined, and if there is
a shot that didn't go in the bung.
hole the member who missed it lis
expelled. belonged to the com
pany ten years, and there amt been
nobody expelled yet.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
ODDS AND ENDS.

Anna Dickinson cleared SIG. 600
I off the wrongs of her sex last wear
A silly girl at Sharon boasts Of
having been seven times engaged"
Miss Schonberg, Philadelphia
belle, is coming out in opera. III
Some authors, whose punctuation
is faultless, frequently write with
out point. b.. i,a
"Order Slate is the injudicious
advice suspended before certain coal
offices. ..r.-s ..- ..... .s,. ....a g..
When are our soldiers like wri-
ters for the press? When they
charge by the column.
A pious horse-dealer, of Somer-
vile says he does not want the Lord
around when he is trading horses.
Carlyle says "Make yourself a
good man and then you will be sure
there is one rascal less in the world"
The first daily newspaper printed
in Virginia was printed in 17SO, and
the subscription price was fifty dol
lars per annum.
Miss Kellogg will introduce to the
public this winter her protege, Miss
Emma Abbott. -.,. -7
Gen. Butler became a grandfather
on Tuesday evening last, and moth
er and child are are doing well.
While in England Senator Wilson
made pleasant visit to John Bright,
who bestowed upon the distinguish
ed American friendly recognition
and attention. '9F~-
Lofty Hough is pronouced by
Harriet Prescott Spafford, one of
the female lecturers, a woman of
such personal beauty that it is a
luxury to look at her.
Jones, who wears his pocket-book
on the'left, not only does not let his
right hand know what his left hand
doeth, but he goes further-he does
not let his left hand do anything for
fear his right hand might know it.
Captain Edward Rhett, jr., who
was for many years one of the edi-
tors of the Charleston Mercury, and
was notorious for his intense seces-
sion principles, died on the 29th ult.
at Cordesville.
The navy department is about to
construct two torpedo boats. The
department has been carefully in
vestigating the subject, and thinks
it has arrived at very satisfactory
conclusion.
The small island of Jaoland, in
the Malay Archipelago, was recently
swept over by wave, resulting
from an earthquake, and every liv-
ing thing carried away. Over four
hundred lives were lost.
A quarrelsolne couple were dis
cussing the subject of epitaphs and
tombstones, and the husband said:
/" My dear, what kind of stonerdo
you suppose they will give me when
| dieF' birthstone, my love" was
the affectionate reply.
An ignoramus had been sick, and
on recovering was told by the doc
tor that he might take little ami
NAL food. mo, SIR" said he, II
took your cruel very well, but hang
me if / can eat your hay and oat."
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
Preparation for Soiling Cattle

The practice of soiling instead of
pasturing cattle is becoming much
more common than heretofore, and
it will be necessary for those who
contemplate commencing next sea-
son to prepare in time. The profit
in soillng lies chiefly in raising
heavy crops of grass fodder from
small or comparatively small pieces
of land. The. soil must therefore
be made rich and be well worked.
Whatever portion of ground is laid
out for this purpose should be well
manured and plowed now; and ear
ly next month portion of it be
sown with rye, for the first cutting.
Another portion should be prepared
for oats, to be sown as early as the
ground will permit in spring. The
clover that is to be depended on as
part of the supply should be top
dressed late in the season, and un-
der no circumstances should it be
pastured.
In soiling successfully the secret
is to have plenty of fodder always
ready for a succession, so that one
supply may not run out before the
next is ready for cutting. Calcula-
tion and early preparation are there
fore absolutely necessary.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
Farm and Household.
To Tan Squirrel Skin.

Place the hide on a smooth, round
sided slab made for the purpose,
with two legs in one end, and the
other end rest on the ground; drive
a nail in the upper end to hold the
skin from slipping while feshing.
Scrape off all the flesh with blunt
knife, being careful not to tear the
hide.
Then take the brains of the
squirrel and work them thoroughly
into the skin; this renders the skin
pliable. Then to protect the skin
from the ravages of insects, scatter
on some powdered alum and a little
saltpetre. Let dry; then stretch
and work it until as pliable as may
be desired. f-l-
The above is acknowledged to be
a very good recipe for tanning all
kinds of fur, although there may
be better ones in use.-Cor. Rural
Neac Yorker.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14

Dear friends, why compare your
self with the dwarfs around you2 II
you must compare yourself with
your fellow men, look at the giants
of other days; but, better still, re
linquish the habit altogether; for
Paul tells us it is not wise to COM
pare ourselves among ourselves.
Look to our Lord and Master, who
towers so high above us is peerless
excellence. No, no, we dare not
fatter ourselves, but with humble
self-condemnation we resolve to
praise the Lord more and more.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
DR.. Purdy wiW give one Of the
b many Letters: .aEcc}J r.

~ CHARLEsTOwN, CLARKE Co., md,
p February q, 1870.
DIR. T. H. PURDY-Dear Sir. In your last let
ter to me you wanted me to give you state
mentof my case, which / will endeavor to do
truthfully entered the United States army
on the 18th of April, 1861, and Served in various
departments until the 9th OF September, 1864, 1
was wounded and taken prisoner at Chickma-
qua. then weighed 1g6 pounds. l was sent to
Cahawba prison, and remained there until the
Sth of April, 1856, exposed to every privatios
that it was possible to expose men to. In the
fall of "a Icaught violent cold, which settled
on my lungs and terminated in tuberculons
consumption. Five days after was released
was weighed by the hospital steward of Elm
street hospital, at Meridian, Miss, and weigh
ed but 92 pounds. ! lay in this helpless condi-
tion IS days, not able to articulate sentence,
even in whisper, as the vocal organs were
completely paralized. More than twenty diff
ferent physicians paid me a visit and as was
a medical man they did everything in their
power for me, but all agreed that must die.
At this time they watched me constantly to see
the last spark of life die ont; but thanks to God
and DIR. Purdy, a classmate of mine, who heard
Of my condition, came to see me. He begged of
DIR. Martin, the surgeon in charge, far the
privilege of putting me under course of Physio
"Y on can rob him of but 4 few hours, any how,
as he cannot live but "a hours longer" In less
than one hour after took the first dose of med
icine, | eliminated, or threw from my lungs
more than a pint of yellow, effervescive cor
ruption, and in less than two hours, could talk
as well as ever, and now my weights 146 pounds
and enjoy all the blessings of perfect health.
C.B. HOPEwELL, M. d.
- DIR. PURDY will be at the
Empire House, Millersburg, O.
SEPT. 28d, 1871,
And Remain Three Days. 44t6
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14

The old idea that persons could
not entertain their friends without
turning their house into a restaur-
ant is beginning to die out among
sensible people, and entertainments
where only cake and lemonade are
passed around will be considered
more select than the big supper
affairs.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PhvSicians.
J. W. GUTHRIE, M. D

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in first
Deliatng nortn o. mosl.oce' % o1Ssef, asms
Saturdays, from 9 TO II A. NJ, and from to 4
Pm. All accounts considered due as soon
as services rendered.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14
Terms Of Advertising.

Deaths and Marriages gratis
Local Notices, first insertion, 10 cents per
line; subsequent insertions cents per line.
Special Notices and Foreign Advertisements
% per cent. additional.
Business Cards, not exceeding lines, 81.
Administrators and Executors Notices &.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-09-14

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MILBERs-
burg, Ohio. Ofice-First door West of Cor
ner formerly occupied by Mulvane. Resi-
dence, second door south of II. b. Raif's
corner. Office days, Wednesday and Satur-
day afternoons. 1tf