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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18
Sc The President of the United States.' p

AT the recent banquet given at Madison,
Wis, under the auspices of the Society
of the Army of the Tennessee, the toast
"The President of the United States "
was responded to by General Noyes, of
Ohio, as follows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT 1t is time-honored and
approved custom, upon all festal occasions,
to make respectful mention of the highest
civil authority. 1t is peculiarly becoming
that, at the banquet of society of soldiers,
| we should first remember him, who is not
only civil ruler, but Commander-in-C Chief of
the army and navy of the country. This the
high office of the nations Chief Magistrate
makes appropriate.
But, my old comrades, we shall be par
doned, tonight, if the toast which has been
read takes on something of personal char
acter. With gentle hands, we for a moment
put aside all the digAities and honors of
present position, and allow memory to pic
ture her halls with visions of other years,
with illustrations of events which are to
ocupy large space in the history of our
time. While our ears are listening to that
roll of battle drums which more than de-
cade ago called the nation to make war for a
righteous cause, we see an untried volunteer
leaving behind him the duties of an humble
occupation, and, with the rest of US, girding
on his armor for the struggle which no man
then could measure; for the performance of
such deeds of valor as were not only to
secure the destiny of his own country, but
which, at the same time, were to astonish
the nations of the earth, long familiar with
the appearance of grim-visaged war. We
follow him along the pathway of glory, from
That early and inauspicious beginning to the
final and decisive victory; sometimes when
the sunshine of success made brilliant the
soldiers armor, and sometimes, when
| the shadow of hope deferred darkened
| and lowered above him; often the
| subject of detraction, of ungenerous
| and unjust criticism, we see him rising from
grade to grade, leading on from victory to
victory, while the armies of the rebellion are
melting away before him; when superseded,
he utters no complaint; when abused, he in
silence bides his time; when his friends offer
to defend him, he calmly answers, "truth
and the just cause are mighty and will pre-
vail only falsehood and fraud need friend" +"
Four bloody years go by, so filled with suf-
fering and sorrow, bereavement and death,
that the heart sickens as we remember it all.
But at last the end approaches. Our humble
volunteer, now the Commander in Chief of a
million and a half of brave soldiers, receives
the proffered sword Of the surrendering rebel
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18
Is Mr.. Greeley Eligible?

THE Boston Globe asks this question,
and then proceeds to explain by saying:
'Mr. Greeley is assailed on both sides,
but the latest bit of gossip is furnished by
dispatch published in last nights
Traoeller to the effect that lone of the
reasons for which Carl Schurz is silent
upon the Greeley question is supposed to
be the belief on his part that the axman
of Chappaqua is ineligible to office, be-
cause, in all the amnesty bills passed by
Congress for the removal of political dis
abilities, the name of Horace Greeley
does not appear. His voluntary advice,
and encouragement which he gave to the
seeding States, now count against him,
for as matters stand no person can hold
any office whatsoever who cannot make
oath that he has never given any aid or
countenance, counsel or encouragement,
to parties engaged in avowed hostilities
against the Government of the United
States, and that he has never yet aided or
voluntarily supported any pretended
government, authority, power or constitu-
ton within the United States hostile or
inimical thereto. 1t is well known that
Horace Greeley cannot, without perjury,
subscribe to such an oath, and his in
eligibility to the Presidential office is
therefore established"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18
How to Arrest the Ravages OF the
Canker Worm.

Believing, as / do, that this subject is
of vast Importance to the country, and
that you will agree with me in so believ-
ing, take the liberty to address you this
letter.
The canker or measuring worm, which
made its appearance in this part of the
country but few years since, has been
spreading rapidly, and now may be seen
in almost every township in the North
west, some orchards at this time being
entirely stripped of foliage by them, and
unless an effort is made to exterminate
them, in a few years more there will not
be an orchard left "to tell the tale"
The female canker worm rises out of
the ground in the spring as soon as the
frost is out, and crawls up the trunk of
the tree las she is wingless) and deposits
her eggs under old bark, or in rough
places, which hatch in May into small
looping caterpillars, or so-called measur-
ing worms, which in a short time destroy
the foliage. Now to keep her ''ladyship'
from crawling up the tree is the point to
be gained.
Leaden oil troughs used about the
trunks of trees have been tried with
some success, but the oil running over is
apt to injure the tree.
The plan, however, that has proved a
perfect success, is by the use of coal tar.
/ saw man at work last spring in the
State of New York, applying it to the
trunk of the tree, forming ring six to
ten inches wide around it, which dose he
informed me he repeated every day, and
should continue to repeat as long as there
was a necessity.
That he was successful in keeping the
worms down, was demonstrated by the
fact that not one had got above the ring
of coal tar, and that there were many
thousands on the ground at the foot of
the trees, lying motionless.
He had discovered that unless he put
on the coal tar every day, it would dry
and the worms would crawl over dry
shod.
Mr.. Smith, an extensive orchardist of
DeMoines, Iowa, has discovered an i'm.
provement upon this plan, whereby two OF
three applications of the coal tar will
answer for the season, which is as fol
lows:
Raise slight mound of earth around
the trunk of the tree; wrap brown paper
about eight or ten inches wide around
the tree, making it fast to the tree with
twine or wire close to the mound; turn
the paper down so as to spread it over
the mound, then apply coal tar to the
paper. Moisture will gather from the
mound under the paper, and thus prevent
the tar from drying, and not moth can
get to the tree
After the worms have fairly commenced
at the foliage of the tree comparatively
! little can be done to arrest their ravages.
] 1t has been claimed, however, that by
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18
Poultry Houses.

1T is not enough that poultry houses
should be so constructed as to keep out
the cold in the winter season; they must
also freely admit the heat and rays of the
sun. The direct and beneficial influence
of the solar and luminous rays on animal
and vegetable life is so fully understood
as to require at our hands no special DEM
oustration-our everyday experience
teaches us that. 1t is enough for us to
compare those who pass the greater por-
ton of their lives in the open air and in
the sunshine with those who are secluded
from it, either by business occupation or
obscure dwellings, to notice its effect on
health and life.
1t has been proved that the quantity of
carbolic acid exhaled by an animal in
creases with the intensity of light, and at
tains its lowest limit in complete obscuri-
ty; and as all animals, in the act of respi-
ration, consume oxygen and inhale car
bonic acid, it will at once be admitted
how necessary it is that large supply of
the former should be secured, especially
so for poultry. as will presently be seen,
when kept confined in houses or small
yards. 1t is to the effect of the suns rays
we are indebted for the oxygen we con-
sumo, and unless the supply is equal to
the demand, the noxious effect soon be-
comes visible, as well in man as in AMI
NAL.
But as the respiration in fowls is effect
ed more completely, extensively, and
actively than in any other class of SINH
larly constituted animals, their average
temperature is higher. The extensive de-
velopment of the respiratory process is
due to the fact that air is admitted in
fowls not only to the lungs but also to the
interior of a greater or less number of
bones, and to series of air receptacles
which are scattered through various parts
of the body. The quantity of oxygen
therefore consumed by poultry is greatly
in excess of any other class of the verte-
brata, and on the sufficient and continu-
Gus supply of which their health and
profit depend.
1t will be conceded, then, that the free
admission of the caloric rays of the sun
into poultry houses is as essential to the
health and recuperative powers of fowls
as the food they eat is to the sustenance
of their bodies they constitute the in
cessant and periodically renewed source
of power and life, not alone in fowls,
but in all other animal life, and to their
influence we must attribute the many
blessings we now enjoy. The study and
application of natures fundamental laws
are as essential to the rearing and keeping
of poultry as imating and crossing is in
the production of pure breeds. When
they are properly understood and acted
upon, and their beneficial effects utilized,
the now too frequent complaints of the
unproductiveness of poultry will become
less general, and the sooner we apply
ourselves more thoroughly to the task the
better, the first and not the least impor.
tant part of which is the proper construc-
tion of our poultry houses.-Cdnodian
Poultry Chronicle.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18
"Beyare of the Vidders, Sammy"

A CASE which seems to have caused in
tense amusement to everybody concerned
came before the judges in the Queens
Bench, at Westminster Hall, recently. A
young gentleman had made an agreement
with his aunt not to marry a widow with
three children, he being at that time about
twenty-three years of age, and in consid
Grafton of the agreement his aunt settled
on him a small matter of e300 year. He
did not marry the widow, but his aunt
grew tired of paying the allowance and
stopped it. He therefore brought his ac-
tion on the agreement, and it was con
tended on the aunt's behalf that the instru-
ment relied on Was revocable by that lady
at her own will, there having been no
legal consideration. The judges held,
however, that the fact of the plaintiff
having foregone the domestic happiness
he had promised himself was a sufficient
consideration to make the agreement
good in law. 1t was further urged
that q contract to refrain from mar
rying was against public policy. Mr..
Justice Blackburn pointed out that
this was not contract to refrain from
marrying altogether, but to refrain from
marrying particular lady. But (said the
defendants counseD if man does not
marry the woman he loves, the probabili-
ties are that he will not marry at all. MIR.
Justice Blackburn held that that was too
romantic for q court of justice. There
is, he said, case reported where certain
property was, according to the terms of a
will, to be forfeited if a lady married a
Scotchman. She did so, and the court
held that the property lapsed. The tesla
tor, no doubt, meant a particular Scotch
man, but the words were sufficiently gen.
eral to include all Scotchmen. The Lord
Chief-Justice said the court was of opin-
ion that the agreement was not invalid
for want of consideration, or as being in
restraint of marriage and against public
policy. The young gentleman, therefore,
| gained his case We wonder what the
feelings of the "vidder" must be.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

throwing new Stacked lime ON the trees
when the dew is on, very many viii be de-
stroyed, and farmer living in Winneba-
go County, this State, says he trained his
hens to follow him into his. orchard, and
when he shook the trees and the worms
came down on their silken threads, The
hens feasted upon them, and that, while
his large flock of hens grew fat, the
worms were very materially checked in
their operations.
No person owning an orchard in the vi
cinity of where these worms are working
this season should neglect the use of the
coal tar next spring, and by one united
effort this pest of the orchard (overshad-
owing in Importance all other enemies OF
the orchard combined) can be exterminat-
ed. r Curtis, IN Chicaqo Inter Ocean
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

chieftain, Who was almost as brilliant, but
less fortunate than himself, and all the hags
of treason are trailed in the DUST
But while we look, and listen, and remem-
Der, the whole vast scene is TRANSPORTED be-
fore us; our armies have scatteredto to engage
in the ten thousand avocations of civil life
four millions of slaves have dropped their
shackles, and rejoice in the blessings OF free,
dom; peace reigns in all our borders, and
prosperity crowns all our lives; the nag OF
our countrv-without a stain at last-is hon
ored at home and abroad; and the tanner of
Galena, the obscure volunteer of 1861, the
hero of his age, occupies the highest place
which forty millions of freemen can give
him.
Long live our old commander, the Presi-
dent of the United States; may he live to
enjoy his well-earned honors, and to bless
the country he did so much to save.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18
NOTHING LIKE LEA THER.


In early days our fathers wore
Their homemade buckskin breeches,
Cut out by guesswork measurement,
With leather whangs for stitches; =
And now their sons are called again
To rally meath the banner
Borne by those men of leather craft,
The Cobbler and the Tanner
The North and South, the East anu "est'
Will work and sing together'
For nothing wears ike lea'her'
,.,.s
We have some JOBS on mohgIel Pei's'
And nave the hands 10 40 tleni'
Our Grant Will neatly curry tIeni,
And wilson wax ~ 10 tnem!
.Tne chopper up at SnapPaYaa
May go II WIN MS piaHnlng
We'll let hfmfurnisn all tne odrH, {.
But Grant VIII go tne tannlng!u I'm ,,,-o
Inc tnin-skinne1 cnaps WIN uppers inaAe'
~, me tougn oIo nloes the netueI'
For hothing- out spAt iea'ner
~, .ss-- -~s
Inc iater rrankiln, sCalesniaI, e"so'
fniosopner ana iarmer,
sheuIeo IN cool anu rurai snNues, --.C
:. as Gays grow loig anu MaInei'
Can milk the genue oueteInut,
3 Inat grazes round u9 WI. tr. peh Gra, T,
ana pan OUT outter I sMee5 aoi "i"'N
10 sPreau MS Masei ; h; d nan
Or ne may seIAe me ieauy Pen,
IN stUrny, raIy mea'sISl, .1sIsa,, x,,,,,,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

Democrats nominate him, if such be their
action? To'defeat Grant. But why do
they wish to defeat Grant? Is it that
or that they may obtain power9 Did the
monk ey mean only to warm the cats paws,
or 10 pull out the chestnuts?-Harper'
TVooLJ,y
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

DYSPEPSIA OR WORCESTERSHIRE of
our readers has not suffered from the ills
and varied forms of this hydra headed
tormentor, which originates from loss of
tone in the stomach, or more particularly
in its muscular or fibrous coating, which
becomes pale and feeble. 1t would re-
quire pages to describe all the symptoms
and various sympathetic affections of in
digestion, and the torture to which the
dyspeptic is subjected, but which may be
compressed into one brief, comprehensive
sentence: You feel sick, depressed, and uTa-
.tu for the duties Of life. Nevertheless,
there is nothing more certain than that
dyspepsia in all its phases, can be thor
oughly eradicated.
There is but one way to cure indiges-
tion, viz: by toning and strengthening
the stomach and general system, gently
relaxing the bowels if constipated, and
regulating the liver if disordered. A
remedy for this human peace-destroyer is
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs, which
have the rare merit of containing no dlco-
h0L, the virtues of the medicinal Califor-
nian Plants-which constitute their heal
ing and curing agencies-being extracted
by new chemical process. The popular
verdict is that they are the most perfect
article for the stomach, and are to be taken
as circumstances may require, with the
fullest confidence, and that by their means
can the return of this distressing malady
by prevented. We are satisfied this RENE
dy is of great value.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

ART CRITIC (who, having 'liquored up''
considerably, fails to observe that as yet
he is only in the lobby of the sale-room,
and-is standing before a mirror, which,
purchased at previous sale, still retains
its ticket)-"Ahl portrait # genrman, !
sh'pose-(hic writes)-drawing exsh'cr'.
ble-great want taste in the choice of
shubject!-ft only for place in the tap.
room of public 'Ouse."
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

The Neao England Farmer says: can
old subscriber some years ago informed
us that to prevent cut-worins from eating
corn, he put tablespoonful of lime in
the hill when planting, and the same on
the hill after covering, and that kept the
worms away Another mode, which is
stated to be efficacious, is to mix equal
parts of Peruvian guano, salt and plaster,
and add tablespoonful to the hill at the
time of planting"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

During the recent Sunday School
Convention, held in this village, one of
the delegates hitched his horse in front
of S. II. Luther's at an early hour, and that
horse stood there in the hot sun from eight
o'clock in the morning until after five in
the afternoon (nine long hours) without
food or drink 1t was a small black pony,
with one white hind foot, hitched to a
black, gold mounted top buggy, ia which
was white blanket trimmed with red.
During the afternoon some one placed a
card on the horse oD which was printed:
81 belong to Christian; have stood here
since morning without food or drink. -
Ballston (N. ~ Democrat.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

WHAT NExTY-The July number OF
this sprightiy juvenile magazine rich usual in
the variety and beauty Of fts contentss The pub
lishex hasa way Of surprising his readers, occa-
sionally, with some unannounced special attrac-
tions This month he presents them with beauti-
fully Illuminated poem-pictureo or the Apple Bios
sons" which tells the story Of the pretty Chrome
presented to each subscriber What Nezty de-
serves large subscription list and are pleased
to learn from the publisher that it is meeting with
Chicago, Ill.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18
Castor Oil.

BREATHEs there man with soul so
dead that he does not recollect the castor
Oilings which his poor machine used to
undergo at stated periods of his youth?
To castOr-oil child oftwo to seven years
of age requires three or four strong women,
spoon, magnum bottle of the fluid, a
lump of sugar, towel jumping jack,
and a seraphic temper. The first motion
is to endeavor to ring in the medicine on
the unsuspecting babe, thinly disguised in
milk. This man9uvre failing, you par
ley with the enemy and attempt to cor
rupt its infantile integrity with bribes of
pas gold watch, imperial revenues of
small change, and Hesperides of small
oranges. After having tempted it thrice
to put the spoon of Tantalus to its lips, it
refuses point blank to touch the nasty
thing. Thereupon your surcharged in
dignation finds vent in corporeal chastise-
ment of the rebellious infant. 1t howls !;
peace being restored, you bring up rein
forcements, and strategy and diplomacy
having failed, determine to accept moth
ing but unconditional surrender, and pre-
pare to march at once upon the enemy's
works. A grand combined attacks made.
The left wing firmly holds the child's
hands. The right wing pinches its nose,
so as to compel it to open its mouth, in
to which the centre pOurs deadly fire
from the spoon. Meanwhile the reserve
holds up lump of sugar, commiserately
saying, 'poor 'itti toOtsy pootsy, was it
nassy medley, eh?" and keeps the towel
ready. The baby yells and chokes,
the young mother, afraid of killing
it, lets go of its nose, the infant, catching
breath, discharges the whole dose upon
her, and ruins all the front breadths of
her black silk, and follows up its advan-
tage by so heart-broken yell that the
attacking party surrenders at discretion,
and calls it "poor, injured, mamsie's own
tootsens, and it won't take any more
nassy castor oil, if it don't want to-" A
treaty of peace is then ratified, whereby
the infant is ceded immunity from castor
oil, and an ample indemnity in lollipops,
and then the mother enters into war with
the infants grandmother, who vigorously
reprehends the weakness exhibited in
dealing with children nowadays People
have tried all sorts of eXpedients. Taken
it in milk; in soda water; from a hot
spoon; every way. But no later Franklin
has ever been able to overcome and an
nihilate the nastiness of taking castor oil.
1t has a sluggish, cold, aperient look
about it, like an ill-omened pool in a dead
ly swamp. 1t uncoils itself into the fatal
spoon like boiled rattle-snake. 1t tastes
| like molten graveyards, and ones gorge
rises at it as if it were one of Mrs. Wood
hull's lectures. But the feeling, when it
has been achieved, is that ones inside is
full of earth-worms and cork-Screws.-
| Baltimore Amerlcd7l
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

WE copy the following from an exchange,
which is important, If true: Chronic diar-
rhea of long standing, also dysentery, and
all similar complaints common at this season
of the year, can be cured by the use Gnter-
nally) of ,JoAnSoR'S Anodyie LinineHf. We
know whereof we affirm.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

Paper collars and cuffs to the number
OF 15O, 900, 900 are manufactured annually
in the United States, and now paper
clothing is being imported from Japan,
which will wash five or six times.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

GENTLEMEN have long felt the want of a
paper collar that looked like linen. This is
furnished them in the Elmwood Collar. II
has folded edges, a fine cloth surface, and is
so perfect an imitation of linen that it can
not be detected. Try it.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

THE cathartics used and approved by the
physicians comprising the various medical
associations Of this State are now compound
PyydtiUe Pills.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

WHETHER for use on man or beast, the
Merchants Garglng Oil will be found an in
valuable Liniment, and worthy of use by
every resident in the land. We know of no
proprietary medicine or article now used in
the United States which shares the good will
of the people to greater degree than this.~
AZ Y IttleJeu0TcHf
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

A CALIFORNIA journal tells story OF
a gentleman who, having gone extensive.
ly into the Angora goat business, built
spacious corral and erected waterproof
sheds to protect his property from the
weather. When the heavy storm came
he drove the goats into the corral al
night. But, on going late in the evening
to look after them, not goat could he
find. Just as he was about to go away,
greatly disturbed, he happened to lift his
lantern and his eyes upward, and he be-
held the entire flock of goats perched
upon the top of his carefully-constructed
shed, and evidently enjoying the heavy
storm which was pouring down.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

THE Best and the Cheapest Hair Dressing
is Burnett's Cocoaine.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-18

VEGETABLE PULMONARY BALsAM, doubt
less the best Cough Medicine in the world"