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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
Sharpening Circular Saws.

When circular saws become blunt
ed, the following is the simplest
method of sharpening them correct
ly. Set the saw in motion, and hold
a fiat file, or rather fine cut, against
the teeth, until all are equally lev
eled. Then take a point-tool, or
even steel-pen, dipped in ink, and
as the saw revolves applyit little
below the depth of the teeth, so as
to make a circle upon the saw-plate.
Remove the saw from the spindle,
and placing on each side of it q
washer Of wood, turned for the pur-
pose, remount between these, which
should reach within half an inch OF
the teeth, and file the latter careful
ly to the line drawn; or, if preferred
take it wholly from the lathe, and
simply screw it up in the bench-vise
carpenters between two boards Of
circular or other shape; for, as you
haye a guide-line, You cannot get
the saw out of round. Circular
saws need little setting out.of the
teeth, if they are to be used only or
hard or On perfectly dry stuff. To
do itefectually, patent saw set is
generally necessary. They are of
ten merely hammered, to upset Oh
thicken the tooth, before filing, as is
the usual method followed on hack
saws Tor metal.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
An Alligator Story.

A southern correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce
writes: ga young Englishman rep
resentlinga Birmingham hardware
house, owning the Mobile branch,
started out with two friends on a
fishing and hunting excursion on
the bay, very near Mobile. In the
course of the day they saw an i'm
mense alligator summing himself on
q log.i One of the party shot the
reptile through where the brain
ought to be, and it rolled over as if
dead. The merchant insisted upon
taking it home, "to stuff, you know,
and send it to England" They
managed, after considerable effort,
to roll it into the boat, and though
the boat was about fifteen feet long,
the alligator was little longer.
The Englishman sat astride of his
trophy and commenced to row the
boat home, assuring his companions
that he would make them open their
eyes in Mobile and Birmingham at
the sight of such 4 monster. Mean
time the alligator slowly recovered
from his stupor occasioned by the
bullet in his brain, lifted his head,
took a survey of the situation opened
his jaws and made q break for his
captor. Quickly seizing spread
umprella from the hand of com
panion he thrust it into the mouth
Of his prize. the alligator became
frightened and gracefully slid over
board, nearly upsetting the boat.
When asked to go alligator hunting
the merchant persists in answering
that he has not lost any alligators. :"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
Sheep.

Sheep frequently suffer greatly
this month for want of water. If
there is no water in their pasture
lot, let them be put at night in lot
where there is water, or else be driy-
en- to water night and morning; al
low them plenty of time to drink.
If the weather is wet, and the grass
long and succulent, it is a good plan
to NOW a portion Of it occasionally.
The sheep will eat and thrive on the
dried grass. 1t is a true saying that
"sheep like roast meat better than
boiled Lambs, if not done al
ready, should now be weaned. Let
them have the best of pasture after
weaving, and place the ewes on
poor pasture until dry. Examine
the bags for few days, and, il
necessary, draw out the milk. When
dry, and il early lambs are desired
next spring, the ewes, towards the
latter end of the month, should be
gin to have abundance of good food.
Strong, healthy lambs can only be
expected from ewes in good condi
ton. Sheep intended to he fattened
next winter, should now be pur-
chased and placed in good pasture
In the case of Merinoes, select
strong, thrifty wethers, three or foul
years old. There isno money to be
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
An Ingenious Piece of Work
manship.

A London matchmaker has con-
structed gold hunting case watch
which in addition to being time
keeper of the utmost precision, with
chronometer adjustments, compen-
sation balance and cylindrical spring,
exhibits on the dial-plate the follow
ing different indications: First the
equation of time, second, the moons
age; third, the month of the year;
fourth the day of the month in adj
dition to the hours, minutes and
seconds, as in an ordinary watch.
The mechanism is so contrived that
any one or the whole of the hands
may be set forward or backwards
ut pleasure without deranging the
rest. Every movement of this me-
chanical marvel is laid down in the
strictest proportion, and based up
on calculations, of an absolutely
scientific character, and the whole
is with in the compass of pocket
time keeper.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
Curing Corn Fodder.

Mr.. A. o. Bayley, Derby, vt,
says: 1--WE fully agree with Mr..
Foster (Agriculturist for May)
about the value of fodder-eorn, es-
pecially as a milk-producing feed,
either in a green or dry state, not
withstanding DIR. George B. Loring
prononuees it to be the ''meanest
feed that can be given a cow" We
would, however, for winter use, cut
and cure it before it has attained its
full growth; when in blossom is
probably the best time. Green-cut
corn-fodder is as much superior to
that which is ripe as early cut hay
is to that which has matured its
seed. Our practice has been to SOW
in drills, and of late years not more
than ten or twelve kernels to the
foot. 1 find from experience that
cattle will eat fodder grown from
this rate of seeding with better rel
ish than the small and unnatural
growth obtained from heavy seed
ing. l do not think that corn grown
at the rate of thirty or forty plants
to the foot contains so large amount
of sweet and nutritious juices, IN
proportion to its weight, as that
grown from thin seeding The
principal difficulty lies in the curing;
a corn stalk as green as l cut it is so
timber it is next to impossible to
make a stock stand that is small
enough to cure well-it will tumble
down when there does not seem to
be the slightest occasion for it.
Last year we tried several expedi-
ents, and at last hit upon a plan that
worked with complete success: two
crotched stakes were driven into the
ground at convenient distance
apart; pole was laid crosswise
three feet from the ground; small
bundles were placed on each side OF
this support, and bound together
two and two. one ON each side or
the pole. This was nicely cured,
and made excellent winter feed, cat
tie eating it as readily as the best OF
hay
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
A Baltimorean's Fight with a
O. Panther.

A correspondent ut Blackford,
West Virginia, sends to the Balti-
more Sun the following account of
an adventure which, he says, befell
a young man named Aaron Leving-
ston, a resident of Baltimore, in that
neighborhood, few days since:
On the Both of July young man
by the name of Aaron Levingston,
from Baltimore, accompanied by an
old hunter named Loughry, took
their rifles and started out to hunt
bears, which infest the neighbor-
hood. When about three miles
from home they heard terrible
screams, which were the cries of =
panther, when about to attack. In
another moment the beast pounced
upon young Levingston from his
perch upon the upper limb of tree,
and both fell to the ground. Lough-
ry, when he saw them down, hit the
panther with the butt end of his
rifle on the head, which knocked him
off. Lcvingston' Immediately rose,
when the beast again attacked him,
and Loughry, coming again to his
assistance, received blow which
felled him to the earth, and he re-
NAMED insensible for the remainder
of the conflict. Then there was a
horrible conflict between Livingston
and the wild beast. They closed to-
gether, each seeking the death of
the other, Levingston plying him
with bowie knife, and he trying to
tear up his courageous antagonist.
Finally, by tremendous effort, Lev
ingston succeeded in disengaging
himself from the clutches of the
wild beast, and Immediately snatch
ed up his gun and shot the panther
through the heart. The panther
made spring at Levingston, and
when in mid air fell dead to the
earth. Leyingston received but few
scratches and contusions. The
panther measured nine feet and four
inches from the nose to the end OF
the tail, and was as large speci-
men rs has been seen in this coun-
try for many years.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
.Bal! 4za GiTaaocM5d
ODDS AND ENDS.

A Sovereign Bet Queen Eliza.
oeth. a.,rs. 5..,tel .er ola s..
The Pacific mails'-Quiet hus-
bands. 49,.
A hack in Chicago is called a yer
minagery.
{7,a 49, 80 . - A. -. ,,,a a.
ine ias'eS' Dits III JIG "pii
nm, - y.
rinss no' senef'iiy hno"ti-pooi
peopie7, PIC, 4t5r OH .glrm.l-u1 G. q
An otf-handr fellow-one who has
lost both his arms. ,-.,-.
A doctors motto is supposed to
be patience and long suffering
DG93 s9tb ~ ,;Ls, > onnaors ~ . On > u.so;n .
Donh,r1l hoordino house
- noe, nooro :" owns u7,,' ono ON Of tho host
drv Goods stores in Ricbmond
-, ? =. : - j: IN
Mhy IS q eonilrmeo pachelor al
a-miss. ~
70 ,...''-'....,.,,,
II the anus give. an example Oh
INDUSTRY, i'lls inuei more sllilii i
p y = f,lo9 ,.,f 30 ,.Ig 1I.,
A plous DetroiG sign WHICH leau
NO spirits soia at this sooa iouh-
tam, was aitereu py waS so rs TO
read"No. L splfits sofa, etc.
/ A San Francisco doctor advertise
for a good office cat He has al
ready received 242 felines. with the
southern counties vet to hear
from
f..
"A western slh |ouiuh DoonI' ,
hcr lather ior u ne" o.ress'puG Toth
eo On " heiSi'poi > iai III ui'''i 'iio
earled one. ... .+.-
The temper ofa Western religious
convention was sadly ruffied BY a
discussion concerning the moral
and en;r;tal as,acts Of croouent- i,.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
A Picture of Two Sarato-
.L-... gians. Hiftff T.

Correspondence n ", Commercial Advertiser
One of our 'sswell'' New York fel-
lows, with hat nefferentially in hand,
thus saluted an ancient swell maid
en- lady at the, ball the other eve
ming.
"Good evening, Miss. W;
charming evening!
Young Lady-Yes, awful charm
ing-dance tonight
Young Gentleman-O, yes-that
is, to the round dances. Amt they
jolly nicef'
Young Lady-'O, Mr.. G., we
kon't yeu kneuw, kon't-they'r
beastly -haw-a f..
Young gentleman-But,th the divine
Boston! Its dreadful sweet but
those fearful square dances, they are
fearful square dances, they are hor-
rid-they are awful poky. Every
thing is poky but the deua temps,
galop and dip -rat I'd .f.aa- At
Young Lady-Poky Ha ha!such
a lovely pun-everything poky but
the galop-awful good-perfectly
atrociOus.' r.!lVG.f ..EI .i.tEt e
. Young Gentleman = Don't see
any pun but never mind, I'm not
clever yeu kneuw, yen kneuw. l
never seea pun
Young Lady-But, Mr.. C.,
they say you are an awful flirt-
perfectly howid.' ii at
Young Gentleman 20. no, l
never flirt-kon't, yeu kneuw. Do
you like firts?' s. $40 ... l4..
Young Lady-'O! l think they're
jolly nice. Who wouldn't tiirt. It's
too lovely! But it's awful-perfect-
ly dreadful to get spooney-ain't
it?' +...l'~I .1a, -.a
Young Gentleman-.Neyer getso.
Love is poky-dre'ful stupid.
Couldn't spoon on a girl with less
than $4,000 revenue and rich
governor too-couldn't think of it.,
yeu kneuwr a
Young Lady-No, l shouldn't
think any one could, Pas got four
brown stone fronts, and I've got 4
cameps hair shawls. and a set of
diamonds, and
Young Gentleman with an eye
on brown stone fronts )-And such
lovely hands to put them on--and
such an arm! o, let's go on the
balcony and have nice.
But 1 lost the sentence as they
waddled out, she with her deformed
shoulders and dangling hands, and
he with empty head and metropoli-
tan morals. Wendell Phillips says
marriage makes man and his wife
one," but if this trash ever mate, the
world will have to understand deci-
to compute them. 5...5 be-.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
Smart Folks.

There is a great deal said about
certain persons being smart, but ]
do not believe two individuals can
be found who would give the same
definition of the term. ..7~7o,' p. -,...
If a baby has teeth a little soon,
or prattles, 'ba, ba,' when a little
younger than some other mothers
baby did, why, its a smart baby
IF a child is bright and child like,
it is called smart if it is shy and
sober that is a sure sign it is smart
but if it is bold and impudent,
it is 'yery smart in the eyes of some
people, . .. .;b ngoifsa
If boys or girls are studious, they
are styled smart but if they are
full of the very spirit of mischief,
they are smart also. ,-7o .i-.l
If young lady is dressy,, and
smiles bewitchingly, and prattles
funny rittle nothings,she is smart
but if she is staid or grave, or talks
fluently of nebulae,, crustaces, and
cotyledons, she is smart too. If
she plays the pianoforte, she is sup
posed to be smart, but il without
knowing a fiat from sharp, she
wields the rolling pin and broom, of
course sheis smart too.
If man is learned and wise, he is
smart but if he is witty, and funny,
even though he don't know a verb
from a fraction, he is smart also.
If he makes speeches of course he
is smart but if he does not, you
will surely be told that he is too
smart to tell all he knows. ls -.
Ifhe employs his superabundant
brains on other peoples affairs, he
he is very smart but if he has
sense enough to mind his own busi-
ness he is 'uncommonly smart
If a boy supports his widowed
mother he is good, smart, clever
lad but if he bullies his little sister,
runs into debt, lie is a smart young
rascal, after all. s..a ...a.
Early risers are invariably dub
bed smart but the lazy fellow who
lies about till noon, and then rushes
down town and CANDLES shrewdly
in stock until three is among the
'smartest of the smart ~
A faithful book-keeper, after years
of active service, may be good
smart fellow by his employers; but
if he cheats them slyly out of a few
thousand, they must admit, at the
announcement, that he has been
too smart for them.'
The factis, very few persons are
smart enough to define exactly
what smart means. ..f.-'.. ~
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24

a Cape May Romance.

A good joke happened to a Phil
delphian in this connection, the other
day. He prides himself somewhat
on his sharpness and recommends
tions to,female notice. He donned
his suit, and stalked gallantly into
the surf, intending to shew the peo-
Pile how it was done. He had not
been there long, however, before his
keen eyes espied q charming girl
struggling alone in the breakers, and
with the gallantry that distinguish
ed him essayed to learn her to swim.
She very thankfully accepted the
kind offer, and the result was that
quite a Irritation ensued. Quoth our
Philadelphia friend; Are you stop
ping at the Stockton, Miss---Y
Murphy with a SLY glance up
ward. 41z- .,vs5 Z ra.ir,se ,s,v7l.
Miss Murphy-ah? You are stop
ping at the--?'
Stockton; yes, sir 4 ,r5.a
sAh! Are your parents with youT
No, sir l-sl---..- .--- -a.
Your brother, possibly. g. aaIe-
No, SIR ms.fsr.fs.ryr .e4i54c
.Ah, 1 have it; you are here with
your friends2' asm .aa .4qif.a aiI
NO, sir. = - s..i -.-5I ilrs--
Excuse my seeming impertinenee
Miss Murphy, but I am extremely
anxious to know in what capacity
you are here2
! lam in the bake house, sir alI
ut leaked out, and in the Stockton
ledger maybe seen charged against
our friend of the Quaker City the
following Items: .' s-f asf
EAtra uinners-- -..-.-.-...---. u W
W INT. -.---.-. ioo W
He says if the boys will let him off
now he will say no more about t,but
this continued conundrum toucning
the price of bread is assuming very
lively, monotonous aspect.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
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TAMMANY ABROAD.

We commend the following to the
fearful notice of our Democratic CO.
temporaries and request them to
contrast the picture with the recent
news that Secretary Boutwell, has
succeeded in negotiating the balance
of the Government five per cent.
loan, which some of them . little
while ago pronounced a failure;
I've have from Berlin the humill-
ating announcement that the stand
ing Committee of the Berlin Ex-
change have refused to permit quo
tations of the New York city loan to
appear any longer on the stock list,
The chief city in the Union has no
credit in the great financial centres
of Europe. The richest CONNER
cial mart in the Republic has the
modification of seeing its bonds
thrown out of market as unnegoti-
able. To this pass we have been
brought by the Tammany Ring"
They will now sing Garry me
back to old Kentucky"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
A Romantic Marriage.

We last week announced the mar
riage of the Princess Mary of Hol
land, with the Prince WED. A let
ter in the Constitutional gives
some details respecting the bride:
"The Princess Mary, daughter of
Prince Frederick of Holland and
the Princess Louisa, sister of the
king of Prussia, completed her thir-
tieth year on the 9TH of July. She
is heiress to one Of the largest for
tunes in Europe, and, like Madlle de
Montpensier formerly, had been
asked for, inv marriage by all the
lakeland princes of bOths lhemis-
pheres. None, however, found IA
vor in herseyes. One day, in tray
cling, she met-the young prince of
Weld at a lunch in the palace of the
prince of Hesse, and from that mo-
ment her affection was fixed. The
prince is only twenty-five years of
age and is younger brother of the
princess Charles of Roumania. BY
his mother he is allied to the house
| of Nassau. When scarcely of age
he found himself head of the med
itiazed sovereign house of Weld. He
has continued to reside at the pal
ace of Neuwied, the former capital
of his fathers states. Those who
know the calm, patriarchal existence
which rcigns ilt that pleasant seat
will not wonder that the Princess
Mary should have preferred it to the
splendor of q Royal palace, with its
train of troubles and deceptions.
An incident of the betrothal of the
Princess Elizabeth of Weld with the
prince of ROumania may be remem
bered. 1t was on q Sunday. The
prince went to church, and what was
his surprise to see his future bride
take her seat Mt the organ and after
ward direct chorus of children.
/ At breakfast was served an immense
cake, made by the same fair hands
/ that were afterward to, be given to
him. The prince was delighted with
those customs, almost biblical in
their simplicity ItGI5I p J
4 z .
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
Timely Paragraphs about Mad
- q 49, Dogs. --->- 70 ~'.'a

.nttsl.l4 - = -
This being the season when dogs
run mad, the following paragraphs.
from an article byaah English .maga-
zine writer. are in place: . 81 = -
. Itis very difficult, in the earlier
stages to know whether a dog be
mad Sor mott but in all cases OF
doubt, kill the poor thing at once;
it may save him suffering, and You
from the narrowing reflection that
some human being has been bitten
through your neglect. Madness is
not always traceable to dog hay
ing been bitten; it sometimes comes
on spontaneously. A friend of mine
once owned favorite terrier, which
had recently Uttered five puppies,
and as she was kept constantly in
his garden, she could not possibly
have been bitten for some consider
able time, but she suddenly dis
played unmistakable symptoms of
madness, and ran up and down the
garden with the saliva flying from
her jaws, and her head twitching
from side to side, as the heads of all
mad dogs do. This arises from the
convulsive action of the muscles of
the threat and neck, which iinvari
ably characterizes hydrophobia-in
human beings, unhappily, as well as
in quadrupeds- the imitation
of which makes poisoning by strych-
nine. so painful to endure, and so
horritic to see. Luckily, my friend
himself was the first to notice her,
andehis first care was to close the
doors and order no one to 60 into
the garden. Ok yf-t % %
| have known child arm torn
and bitten to the bone by dog out
rageously rabid, and the child did
not suffer more than it would have
done from any other injury ofequal
extent. There have been frequent
instances where,a dog has bitten q
great number of human beings, and
one has gone mad while the rest
have escaped; on the other hand, l
have also known very slight punc-
ture, from dog not suspected to be
rabid, bring on the most deadly
madness. The treatment of hydro
phobia is just as unsettled as is the
action of the disease itself.
As rule mad dog will not go
out of its way to bite you. 1t pur-
sues straight course, swapping at
every living object which he meets.
A friend of mine once passed, on a
lonely country road, within 4 couple
of feet Of a dog which struck him
as having something strange in its
aspect and movements; fifty yards
further. on he encountered two men
with guns, who asked him if he had
seen dog, and on being answered
that he had, and where, told him to
thank God for his escape, for that
very brute was raving mad, and had
bitten at least dozen. animals, and
two or three men and children that
morning, My informant almost
tainted with the shock which this
intelligence communicated, and was
greatly relieved to hear the report of
a gun directly afterwards, telling
him that the career of the mad dog
was ended.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24

MLoH Cows are apt to iai on
rapidly in their milk this month,
and that dairyman is fortunate, or,
more correctly speaking, prudent
and enterprising, who has a good
supply of corn fodder. There is lit
tie profit in Keeping cows, unless
they have all the food they can di-
gest. -st,..
The trouble with corn fodder it is
too bulky. The cows are capable of
digesting more of it than their
stomachs will hold. They need, II
the grass is of poor quality, a little
corn-meal IN addition to the fod-
der.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
Cows Leaking their Milk.

C. E. Rogers, Orleans Co., Vt,
wants remedy for cows leaking
milk. Milk such cows three times
a day. On page 2Os, vol. 2S, Amer
icaa Agriculturist, the following
preventive was given:
Apply eollodion-gun cotton dis
solved in ether-to the end of the
teat, covering the oritice. This will
form thin skin over the end of the
teat which must be picked off before
milking. 1t will also tend, by Its
contraction, to press the teat together
and close the aperture whence the
milk escapes.
If there are cracks or sore spots
on the teats, wash them clean with
water before applying the collodion;
it is very healing application,
though slightly painful at first
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-08-24
Glue which will Unite Even
Polished Steel.

A Turkish recipe for cement
used to fasten diamonds, and other
precious stones to metallic surfaces
of polished steel, although exposed
to moisture is as follows:
"Dissolve five or six bits of gum
mastic, each the size ofa large pea,
in as much spirits of wine as will
suffice to renderit a liquid. In an
other vessel, dissolve in brandy as
much isinglass, previously softened
in water, as will make a two ounce
vial of strong glue, adding two
small bits of gum ammoniac, which
must be rubbed until dissolved.
Then mix the whole with heat
Keep it in q vial closely stopped
When it is to be used set the vial in
boiling water"