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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
Barnum's I" Brick Man,

BARNUM, "Fiii-Mermaid-T Tom Thumb
Woolly yHorse-Joyce-Heth Barnum," as
Squibob facetiously calls him, thoroughly
understands the art of advertising, turn
ing every possible circumstance to his
own account. In his "Struggles and
Triumphs" he gives this amusing illustra-
tion of his ingenuity: To an able-bodied
beggar who was willing to work, after put
ting him into a theatrical uniform, he
gave five common bricks, telling him to
go and lay one on the sidewalk at the
corner of Broadway and Ann street, an
other close by the Museum, a third diago-
nally across the way at the corner of
Broadway and Vesey street, by the Astor
House, the fourth on the sidewalk in front
of st PauPs Church, opposite; then with
the fifth brick in hand, to take up a rapid
march from one point to the other, making
the circuit, exchanging his brick at every
point, and speaking to no one. "With
the remark that it was all one to him so
long as he could earn his living the man
placed his bricks and began his round.
Half an hour afterward at least five hun
dred people were watching his mysteri-
GUS movements. He had assumed a mill
tary step and bearing, and, looking as
sober as judge, made no response what
ever to the constant inquiries as to the
object of his singular conduct At the
end of the first hour the sidewalks in the
vicinity were packed with people, all
anxious to solve the mystery. The man,
as directed, then went into the Museum,
devoting fifteen minutes to solemn sur
vey of the halls, and afterward returned
to his round. This was repeated every
hour till sundown, and whenever the man
went into the Museum a dozen or more
persons would buy tickets and follow him,
hoping to crafty their curiosity in regard
to the purpose of his movements. Final
ly, the policeman, to whom l had impart-
ed my object, complained that the OBJ
struction of the sidewalk by crowds had
become so serious that must call in my
brick man."
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
A Bee Sting.

THE sting of bee is naturally more
violent than that of wasp, and with
some persons is attended with fatal
effects. Two deaths from such a cause
have recently occurred. The sting of the
bee is barbed at the end like fishhook,
and consequently is always left in the
wound; that of wasp is pointed, so that
it can sting more than once, but bee
cannot. When a person is stung by
bee, let the sting be instantly pulled out,
for the longer it remains in the flesh the
deeper it will pierce, and the more
poisonous it will become. The sting is
hollow, and the poison flows through it,
which is the cause of the pain and in
f1ammation. The extracting of the sting
requires steady hand, for if it breaks in
the wound the pain will continue for a
long time. When the sting is extracted,
suck the puncture, and thus prevent in
flammation.
Spirits of hartshorn, if applied to the
affected part, will more fully complete
the cure. The poison is acid, and the
alkili will neutralize it. If the hartshorn
is not at hand, saleratus can be wet and
laid upon the place; and soft soap will
often ease the acute pain. On some peo-
pie the sting of bees and wasps has little
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
General Grant a Failure"

GREELEY's New York Tribune a few
months ago published the following very
just and excellent article.
Upon General Grants accession to the
Presidency, great number of those who
had supported his election, with some
who had not, sought Office at his hands,
or expected him to bestow it unasked.
He was unable to crafty their aspira-
tions. Most of those whom he found in
office claimed that they gave him their
votes some of these he saw fit to retain !;
while the laws of which he is the servant
required him to reduce materially the cost
of the public service and the number en-
ployed in it.
Our great civil war had rendered neces-
sary large increase of minor function
aries; the settlement of claims to pen
sions, ETC., had excused the retention of
hundreds in place up to the close of Mr..
Johnson's term; but now law and justice
alike demanded that they be dismissed, to
their own very general disgust. Their lam
entations, mingled with the howls of the
disappointed, make up doleful disson-
ance, whereof the only meaning deduct
BILE runs thus General Grant is found
wanting-his Administration is failure!"
Failure ?" How =? In what? Have
we not peace and plenty in the land? Is
not our flag displayed and respected on
every sea What foreign foe molests OF
threatens us ? Who fears insurrection at
home, or invasion from abroad? In
which of our thirty-six States are the
masses wanting work, discontened, suf
fering?
Consider our financial position. Nearly
every State and municipality paying of
debts incurred in raising men for the war,
while the national debt has been reduced
nearly thirty millions in the four months
that General Grant has had his hand on
the helm. The public expenditure is fall
ing oft on every side, while the revenue
is up to high-water mark. Even Indian
wars, if unavoidable, must be considera
bly, reduced in cost by the facilities fol
moving troops and stores afforded by oul
two Pacific Railroads.
Yes; General Grant has failed to graft
fly some of the eager aspirations, and ha
thereby incurred some intense hatreds
These do not and will not fail; and hi
Administration will prove at least equal,
vital. We shall hear lamentation aftet
lamentation over his failure, from thos
whose wish is father to the thought; bu
the American people will let them pass un
needed. Their strong arms bore him tri
umphantly through the war and into tn
White House, and they still uphold an,
sustain him. They never failed, and nev
er will
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

been so long before the public, in the
columns of the journals, great and small,
that, in the absence of contradiction or
denial of any kind, itregards the judgment
as confessed. 1t says:
"The Tribune On. " has hitherto been
very fast to deny or explain what did not
suit it, appearing in this and ether pa
pers; but it is silent as the grave now.
In order that we may relieve it and the
Democrats of any delicacy in answering
the details we have given, with dates,
ETC., we put our charges in form so brief,
direct and positive that they can neither
mistake nor evade them"
''We charge: l. That Horace Greeley
agreed with d Democrat in October last
to be candidate against the Republi-
cans, for President, if the nomination
were rendered him.
''2. That he kept this agreement a
secret, while he changed the tone of his
paper, so that from supporter OF the
Republican organization, Republican Ad
ministration and Redublican principles
it abandoned its party became an enemy
of the Administration, repudiated Re
publican principles, and substantially
Joined the Democrats. This was while
Mr. Greeley held Democratic PROPOSE
ton to be their nominee for President,
which he had accepted.
90 That Horatio Seymour, represent
ing the leading Democrats of this State,
wrote to Waldo Hutchins, one of Gree
ley's ''right-hand" supporters and advisers
in New York, on the question of making
Greeley President with Democratic sup
port; and that Waldo Hutchins replied
TO that letter, on or before May 1, just be-
fore the meeting of the Cincinnati Con-
vention.
"a That the understanding arrived at
between Seymour, for the Democrats, and
Hutchins, for Greeley-with other direct
understanding-was communicated to
New York and other delegates to Cincin-
natl, and was the principal cause of the
nomination of Greeley, who had at first
little more than one-fifth the strength of
the Convention, and who, for reason the
| country has never comprehended till now,
received finally the majority of votes,
| against the sense of all the original NOV
ers of the Convention.
elf there is any answer to these charges,
or to any of them, we again invite the
persons concerned, or anybody by their
authority, to come forward. There is
much more to be said on our side; and
we may add that the facts point very sig
niicantly toward other Qate) Republican
company than that of Hutchins, as asso-
citation of Greeley and Seymour in the
plot. The name of a man who has occu-
pied a very prominent place in Republi,
can politics in this State is given to US as
involved in it.''
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
To Determine the Purity of Milk.

THE richness and comparative purity of
fresh milk may be readily determined by
the following simple method, the appa-
ratus needed being easily obtained or con-
structed. This consists simply of two or
more six or eight-inch chemists test
tubes, in place of which series of or
dinary glass tubes may be used. These
latter should be between eight to ten
inches in length, and, having an interior
diameter of about one-half inch, the low
er ends may be closed by cork or suita-
BILE plug. After being thorougly cleaned,
these tubes are ranged side by side in a
suitable rack; one of them is then filled
to within an inch of the top with fresh
milk of known richness and purity, the
others containing samples in similar guam
titles of the milk to be tested. After
permitting them to rest undisturbed for
twelve hours, the cream-Iayer can be read
lily distinguished and its thickness meas
ured, while from the tube containing the
milk of known quality a standard of com
parison is obtained, the only condition
being that the tubes be of the same in
terror diameter, and contain, as nearly as
possible the same quantity of milk.
In order to arrive at the same result
more quickly, a second plan has recently
been proposed, which necessitates, how
ever, the use of a somewhat more compli-
Gated apparatus. This consists of a mar
row box, having two parallel glass sides,
so constructed that one of them may be
made to approach or recede from the
other, with a graduated scale or measure
to indicate the distance between them
This vessel is filled to suitable height
with the milk TO be tested, and then placed
in darkened room, so that the glass sides
may be between the observer and single
stearine candle or other standard light.
By then withdrawing the movable side,
the thickness of the enclosed milk-layer
is increased, until a point is reached
where the flame from the lamp is no long,
er visible. This point can then be com
pared with one obtained under like con-
ditions when standard sample was used,
and thus the relative opacity of the two
fluids will serve to indicate their compar-
ative richness. The more opaque the
milk the better it is. 1t is evident, how
ever, that this test is only reliable when
the samples under examination are
known to be free from powdered chalk,
or such other chemical adulterations as
would tend to increase its opacity or
whiteness.-Appleton' Journal.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
Pasturing Glover.

T. L. SHEPARD, Lowell, Ohio, says: .tAs
l have been puzzled by conflicting testi-
mony in regard to turning cattle into
clover, part of which thought good and
part decidedly bad, determined to give
some rules so plain that the wayfaring
man need not err therein, and here they
are:
'First-Never put anything into fresh
clover pasture on an empty stomach.
'Second-Never when the grass is wet.
'Third-Never put them in when the
weather is changing from warm to cold.
"Fourth-Do not give any salt for at
least twenty four hours before putting in
the first time, nor until the evening of the
second day.
"Fifth-Do not let them remain in
more than about twenty minutes the first
time, after which they may run wet or dry
with perfect safety"
Without such precaution there is dam
ger of swelling from bloat, and valuable
animals are often lost in this way.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
'sGrant Can't Govern the Country"

CHARLES SUMNER says "Grant can't
govern this country" and quotes Stanton
10 prove it. The circumstances of the
case remind us of the old story about the
man in Jail. He entertained a belief that
he was illegally confined, and so sent for
a lawyer to consult about the matter.
After listening to the prisoners story, the
lawyer said with confident smile !:
" "Pshaw man they can't put you in
Jail for that"
Cant they though ?"
"Certainly not the things preposter-
Gus. They can't put man in Jail for
any such action"
"But they have though" urged the
prisoner, who fully agreed with the
LAWYER that they couldn't do it but was
unable to get it out of his head that he
was in Jail, nevertheless.
81 tell you, my dear fellow, it is i'm
possible; they can't imprison you on a
charge like that; it's against the law"
"But they hare done it." cried the pris-
oner, stubbornly, and with rising anger,
"and confound 'em, here am. / want
to get out"
understood the first thing about law, you
would see they couldn't yourself. Mr..
Blackstone says"
"Oh-Blackstone amt / here, and
haven't 1 been here for the last six
weeks ?"
81 tell you they can't put you in jail
for this" shouted the lawyer, springing
out of his chair, and growing excited him
self because his client stupidity refused tc
listen to the points of law in the case.
"And l tell you |" yelled the prisoner
jumping to his feet and dancing around
with excitement and evaporation, "they
have done it, and am here in Jail, anC
likely to stay here for all of you"
Grant has governed the country, is gov
erning it, and may continue to govern i
four years more for what we can pro
phesy. He can't do it though of cours,
not.-Fat Contributors Saturday Night.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

and Schurz, the charges in regard to San
Domingo, the sale of arms to France,
military rings, etc., speaking in defense
of the President He closed as follows:
To you, my Democratic friends, have no
right to appeal, for we have not acted to-
gether in the past. New positions make
new duties. If you approve the new coall-
tion that has been made, vote Tor Horace
Greeley the lifelong traducer of your party,
the opposer of your principles, the very
antipode of what supposed an old-fashion-
ed Democrat was. You will go shearing
and come home shorn. But to you my Re
publican friends, with whom l have acted
for many years, with whom, in victory or de-
feat, have marched since the formation of
the Republican party, proudly point to you
the glorious record of our party, its civil
and military achievements. l point to our
country, in its unexampled prosperity
paid, capital employed, industry diversified,
our honor at home and abroad untarnished.
l appeal to you, is it wise to risk all these
results of a Republican Administration to
follow the wild vagaries of one, headed by
Horace Greeley and supported by an unnat
ural coalition of all the hungry elements of
disorganised parties? The old way is the
path of safety, in which let us march on
together
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
How Greeley BargaIned with Sey-
mOur, Etc.

THE Binghamton New York; Repu5li-
can publisheda long article several days
ago giving particulars of an alleged bar
gain entered into last October by Horatio
Seymour, Horace Greeley, and others, by
which Greeley was to be made the Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency in
1872, he meanwhile finally separating
himself from the Republican party. It
says the correspondence was begun about
the 1st of October by rebel sympathiz-
ing Democrat in Otsego County, and that
Greeley, IN his reply, after saying that the
Democrats ought to have nominated
Chase in 1868, and that it was now too
late to think of him, as he is "feeble and
broken down." said that for himself he
''could hardly see his way so far ahead as
1872" Two weeks later the Otsego
County writer accepted Greely's invita-
tion to visit him, and received his assent
to be the candidate. This Democratic
wire-puller then made tour of this State
to consult the leaders, but at that time
received very little encouragement. Two
or three months later, before the Demo-
crate had fully decided to accept Greeley's
offer, the Cincinnati movement began to
take shape. Subsequently the Otsego
County man made a second tour, and
found the Democratic managers, though
not united, far more decidedly for Gree
ley, if he would put himself in position
to enable them to appeal to the rank and
file. Seymour formally surrendered what
ever claims he might be supposed to have
Gt is understood he is now the coalition
candidate for Greeley's Secretary of State,
if he is ever in position to need one),
and Hoffman, though more doubtful and
more reticent, gave his qualified adhe-
sion. A few days before the Cincinnati
meeting, Seymour informed Waldo
Hutchins by letter of the scheme, and the
New York delegation acted in accordance
with it at Cincinnati.
THE CHARGES VIRTUALLY CONFESSED.
A recent number of the Republican says
its charges, as above epitomized, having
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

EXTRAORDINARY CUREs.-We have
read many accounts of the extraordinary
cures by DR.. WALKERS CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR BITTERs, which have seemed
incredible. We are inclined to believe
them, as many of those who vouch for
them are persons whose veracity we can
guarantee. The newspapers TEEN with
testimonials of this character, and there
is an air of particularly and of truth
about them which cannot be resisted.
One manifest superiority the VINEGAR
BITTERs possesses over other Alternative
and Tonic preparations. 1t contains
none of the burning fluids with which
most advertised Bitters are impregnated.
1t cannot create Fever. Instead of cloud
ing the brain, it clears it if clouded. 1t
is well known that Alcohol, even of the
purest description, weakens and untones
the stomach instead of bracing it, and is,
therefore, poison in cases of Indigestion.
Fancy, then, what must be the effect of
the cheap FIre-1odter employed in making
ordinary Bitters and Tinctures on the
weakened and inflamed digestive organs.
VINEGAR BITTERs, on the other hand,
soothes the stomach, while it increases
the appetite and relaxes the bowels. DR..
Walker is regular physician, and his
remedies have Just as much authority as
any standard remedies of the faculty.
We believe they are destined to become a
household medicine.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
ARARE OPPORTUNITY FOR AGENT.

a RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR AGENTS.-
The publishers of Woods Household Magazine are
offering to subscribers two beautifully y-tinted
Crayon pictures representing the heads of little
boy and girl. Our Hope and ''Our joy just the
names for the dear, bright, happy little faces. L.
Prang & Co. originally published them at 81, but
they are now offered with Woods Magazine for one
year at only S1.50. They are to be introduced by
agents, who allowed handsome commission
on this price, which makes most desirable busi-
ness for canvassers. While the Magazine alone is
worth the money, the pictures charming, and
must be seen to be appreciated. For full particu-
lars address S. S. WOOD & Co., Newburgh, n. Y.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH.-Good as

THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH.-Good as
the first number was, the second (August) is better
Among the contents we note: The first of series
of articles on popular Physiology; Three Glasses
of American Girls; Electro-Therapeutics, by A
d. Rockwell NJ ID. The Privileges and Penalties
of Sex \ practical article the Use and Care of
the Teeth The Health of Women Way to use
Wheat; Hygienic Bathing: Directions for Avoid
ing and the Cure of Summer Complaints Sun
stroke Sea-Sickness The Bath and SMALLPOX !;
an interesting Department of Agriculture, and
Talks with Correspondents. This Magazine
is published at the low and popular price of s20O
year. Single numbers, 90 cents. S. r. WELLS,
Publisher, 3S9 Broadway, New York.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

derstruck Just as they were rising to
go, couldn't help saying, And l should
Just like to add this was in my politest
tone and 1 should just like to add that,
in the internal story you have forced upon
me, my sympathies are heartily and who'll
ly with Caroline. There, good-nightr
"George, they-they went."-Rdlph
KeeLer, an AppletOn's Journal.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
THE FAT MANS STORY.
ETCHINGs BY O. ]. HOPKINS

The old fellow had glazed carpet-bag.
He seized by the button hole man whom
he called George, and anchored him only
a length or two to the windward of me, SO
l couldn't help but hear There they pull
ed and tugged and bobbed about the lamp
post, until the gentleman with the glazed
carpet-bag, putting and wheeling in an in
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01
At Baltimore.

PERRY DAVIS rAIN hILLER.-Thirty years
have elapsed since the introduction of Davis
Pain Killer to the public, and yet at the
present time it is more popular and COM
mands a larger sale than ever before. Its
popularity is not confined to this country
alone; all over the world its beneficial effects
in curing the ills that flesh is heir to-" are
acknowledged and appreciated, and as a Pain
Killer its fame is limited to no country, sect
or race, has never been equaled by any medi-
cine in Europe or America. 1t is sold by all
medicine dealers.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

CLAP-TRAP AND CAST.-Invalid reader, II you are
unwise enough to pat yourself outside Of any Of
the mock t0Hics guaranteed TO contain no diusiye
stimuant," you will inevitably come to grief. Ask
your physician if any liquid preparation destitute
of stimulating properties isworthy of the name Of
a tonic. He will tell you no. Shun all such nau-
seous catch-pennies. PLANTATION BITTERs, the
most wholesome invigorant in the world, owes the
rapidity with which it relieves the disOrdered
ach and the shattered nerves to the difusve agent
which conveys its medicinal ingredients to the seat of
the complaint That agent is the spirit of the sugar
cane the most nutritious and agreeable of all the
rietcs of alcohol. The medicinal ingredients of the
Btters valuable they would be comparatively
useless without this distribuve basis. They would
ferment and Beware YOU hope for health, of
the horrible compounds of refuse drugs In state of
fermentation, which humbugs are endeayoring to
foist upon the public as medicines
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

THE Elmwood Collar is just the thing for
hot weather. The folded edges and perspira-
tion-proof finish prevent its breaking down
under any circumstances. You can wear it
longer than any other collar. Ask your
Furnisher for the Elmwood.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

THE relaxing power of JoltnSoR'S AnOdyRe
LiRimeIt is truly wonderful. Cases are al
ready numerous where bent and stiffened
limbs have been limbered and Strengthened
by it. When used for this purpose, the part
should be washed and rubbed thoroughly.
Apply the liniment cold, and rub it in with
the hand
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-01

A CROWD of ''Horse Men," and others,
daily throng the stores in country and town
for !Sheriddn's Cdrdlyy Condition I6loders.
They understand that horses cannot be
kept in good condition without them, and
of grain