Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
THE Washington Life avoids the faults
of both mutual and stock companies.
VALUE the friendship of him who |
stands by you in the storm, swarms of |
insects will surround you in the sun |
shine.
ANY one may reap a good crop from a
rich virgin soil, but the good farmer is
proved by the steady appreciation of his
crop. Good crops at first, and better af-
terward.
BE always frank and true; spurn every
sort of affectation and disguise. Have
the courage to confess your ignorance and
awkwardness. Confide your faults and
follies to but few.
PRESERVE your conscience always soft
and sensitive. IF but one sin force its
way into that tender part of the soul, and
is suffered to dwell there, the road is
paved for thousand more iniquiti6s.: .
HAVE the courage to. cut the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when
you are convinced he lacks principle.
"a friend should bear friends infirmi
ties. ;" but not his vices.
STRAWBERRY JAM-Very fine straw
berry jam may be made with half pound
of sugar to each pound of fruit, which
should be mashed up together and cooked
in the same manner as for marmalade,
and placed in tumblers or jars. Care
should be taken that the jam does not
burn Western RurdL.
LINE is likely to be used largely as a
| preserver of wood. 1t has lately been
discovered that vessels which carry lime
last much longer than others. For
block pavement it is said an application
of lime can be successfully made. In
frame houses the space between the lath
and siding could be flied compactly with
lime and the usual decay prevented at no
very large expense.
TREAT THE Cows WELL.-If there is
any animal which policy would dictate
the good treatment of, it is the milch COW.
1t should be remembered that it is only
the food she consumes beyond what is re-
| quired to support the natural waste of the
system, that can afford surplus in the
way of milk. Hence, the food which
would barely support two COWS and leave
nothing for the owner, if eaten by one
cow would enable her to return the value
of one-half of it in milk.
YOUNG orchards on our rich soil in the
West may be safely cultivated for two or
three years, then sow down in clover, for
if you continue to cultivate your trees
will continue to grow, and you cannot
get a crop of fruit and growth of tree the
same year. Don't prune too much.
Shape young trees, and then cut them as
little as possible. Keep your trees clean.
Wash them with strong soapsuds, scrape
off the rough bark, and look out for the
worms and borers.- Western Agrscaltuftst.
CHERRY TREES should never be highly
manured. Singular as it may seem, bet
ter results have been obtained by. grow
ing cherry trees in grass than by cultiva-
: ting them as highly as pears. Expert
enced fruit growers in Delaware, who
once began a system of liberal manuring
and treatment of cherry trees, found after
an experience of few years, that the
bark would burst, gum would ooZe out
and many portions of the tree show an
unhealthy condition. The growers i'm
mediately discontinued high feeding, and
seeded the land down to grass. The trees
recovered their health, and have borne
bountifully ever since the system of grass
culture began. 1t is the only fruit tree
of all varieties, which we can safely rec
ommend to be treated in this way. A
Delaware friend says his row of cherry
trees, growing in grass along the fence
are the picture of health and luXuriance
while in previous years. with orchard
culture, he could never make them sue
cessful.- .-IHdependent.
PRESERVING FRUIT {4owERs WITH
PARAFFIN-Paraffin is an article of com
merce obtained by the distillation OF
petroleum. In form it resembles sperm
acct, and is a tasteless, inodorous, waxy
matter, fusible at 112 degrees, and nearly
transparent when applied to many sub
stances. Dr. Piesse has recommended
preserving fruits and flowers by simply
dipping them into paraffin and withdraw
ing them quickly, when thin coat of the
paraffin instantly sets, and closes all the
pores of the article titus treated. IL
order to be successful, the flowers should
be freshly gathered, perfectly dry and free
from dew or moisture. The paraffiI
should not be hotter than just sufficien
to liquify it; and the flowers should bt
dipped into 1T separately, holdingth them by
the stalks, and moving them about il
order to get rid of bubbles ofair which ar,
! likely to get imprisoned within thu
.corollR. Those parts of plants or flower
which are not required to be preserved
should be removed with scissors previous
to dipping them in the paraffin. Frui
should be dipped in as it is heldNby tn,
stem.-Industridl Monthly.
BANKS, BANKERS, and all interested il
/ know that Marvin & Co.'s Burglar-proo
e Safes are not equaled, because the iron
steel and welded metal used by them ar
4 all of the best quality, and are put to
!: gether in the strongest possible manner
Ado to the above the fact that only in safe
= of this manufacture can be found MAJ
Y WINS patent solid welded angle corner
5 and Messrs Marvin & Co. easily supper
S their claim that their Burglar-proof Safe
,. are unequaled. The plate being one inc
thick outside, no scre1o or riuet reaches
n tie outside, which is not the case with an
b safe made of thin plate outside. MAJ
d wins Chrome-iron Spherical Safe
e e stronger than any square safe can poss
= bly, be made. Marvin & Co. are sol
v manufacturers of the Electro-Pneumati
n Safe Protector, by means of which tn
!! burglar is not allowed to even touch tn
safe without sounding alarm belli
l. Alum and dry plaster fire-proof safes
u vault work, ETC., etc. Principal Wester
: warehouse at II South Canal stree
e Chicago.
!; Raising Lettuce In Summer.