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Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
A Lifelong Democrat on the Situation.

THE Hon. B. F. Parks, of Aurora, ILL.,.
delivered speech at Joliet a few even.
ings ago, the principal portion of which
we publish, below, and especially COM
mend its persusal to our Democratic
friends:
l have lived in Aurora for TWENTY-FIVE
years, and have always been Democrat.
have answered every bugle call, and attended
every mass meeting in those long years.
have stood there, during all that time, upon
Inc Dleakest Watch-tower of that party in this
great state, and have been denounced, ban
ished, prescribed and scoffed at, and vet
thought [ was right, and I believed that it
was neither manly nor honest to desert the
party, SO long as it was true to itself. NV
1ndentures were with the Democratic ship,
and taken for a Democratic voyage: but
when they declare her unseaworthy, and
turn her over to the underwriters for the in
surance, by every principle of maritime law
and OF common sense the sailor is released
from all obligations, and he may look over
Tue shlps In port, and take whichever he
pleases. When, in January last, I was ap-
preached upon the question of deserting the
party, and surrendering everything we had
struggled for-every principle that we had
entertained and cherished in the long conrse
OF our ives-I told them my indentures were
with the Democratic ship, and that as long
rs the mainmast stood and the sails were
spread for Democratic voyage, I would be
faithful to her. As Democrat, born in a
Western home, they have right to COM
mand my fealty, so long as they are faithful
to the trust reposed in them; but when they
say to me that this thing is all gone; that
the whole scheme of Democracy is ended;
that every principle for which we have strug-
gled, and everything which we have said in
years past is a lie; that our whole being is a
fraud; then I say to them 1 cannot go with
you in a contingency of that kind. When
principles and men are abandoned-when
country, the brain, the heart and the con
science Of the party is gone, and there is nc
man worthy to carry your standard-no mar
unoer whose banner you can march-honol
gone.manhood gone-principles discarded
tnat Is your condition, o, Democrats, surely
: you ougnt TO die. lApplause.l If among the
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

THE SUPREME QUEsTIoN.-Health is
the most important of earthly blessings,
and, therefore, the nervous anxiety of the
sick to ascertain the relative merits of the
various medicines in use is not surprising.
Within the last two years many thousands
of invalids have abandoned the prepara-
tions of the pharmacopolist for the rem
edy introduced by DR.. Walker, of Califor
mia, under the somewhat eccentric name of
VINEGAR BITTERs. That this new Vegeta-
BILE medicine is winning golden opinions
of all sorts of people, " is beyond a doubt.
The accounts we hear of its extraordinary
effects in cases of chronic dyspepsia, rheu-
matism, liver complaints, malariOus
fevers, nervous prostrations, and many
other distressing diseases, certainly JUS
tify the popularity which it has every
where acquired.
DIR. Walker claims for his specific a
remedial power over all disorders that do
not involve an irreparable. destruction of
bone and fibre; and results, so far, appears
to have justified the claim. In this age of
wonders we are not disposed to deny the
possibility of any phenomena not directly
at variance with the laws of nature, and
as it is held by many Psychologists that
all maladies proceed from the same gen.
eric cause, we see no reason for the in
credulity with which some people regard
the idea of a Universal Medicine. DR..
Walkers preparation seems destined to be
universally approved.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
The Apple-Tree BOrer Remedy.

Having seen a great many remedies
and great many plans for destroying the
apple-tree borer, and none of them very
satisfactory, suppose l give case from
actual knowledge of my own. My neigh
Dor put out an orchard of fifty trees.
They were four years old from the graft,
and as they had not been very well prun-
the time of transplanting. The trees
started all right in the spring, but alas
the borer! The trees were punctured
from root to branch, and took on the usual
sickly appearance. The owner concluded
to try an experiment, for it was nothing
but death anyhow, so he prepared white
wash as follows: Fresh Stacked lime and
coal oil sufficient to make a good white
wash, and put it on with brush, from
root to branch, or as high as the borer
had been working This has proved a
perfect success, for the trees cast off their
sickly appearance the same season, for l
examined them the same fall (the white
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

we now stand at peace with the whole world,
and in preserving peace in sections of our
country where sentiments were entertained
calculated to disturb the reorganization OF
the States lately in rebellion. We have full
faith in him as peaceful man, because, had
he felt disposed to exercise his power as q
personal governor, he would have done it
while nearly million of men were in arms
and under his command, instead of aiding
as he did the rapid reduction of the army to
peace footing. We believe him to be hon
est, capable ard courageous.
We believe that it will be source OF
pleasure to all who battled for the Union to
meet once more and revive the memories Of
our old campaigns.
We believe that an expression of the feel
ings and opinions of those who defended
the nation on land and sea would at this
time be most opportune.
We believe that such an. expression would
be regarded by ell right thinEiag men as $.
be Productive Of the most beneficial re-
suits.
We believe that our comrades universally
desire that such measures shall prevail as
will secure the greatest possible happiness
and prosperity of the whole people.
We believe that our country's old defend
ers are actuated by no partisan or factious
| motives, but are in favor of good govern
ment, purity of public men and measures,
and the elevation and publication of our in
stitutions.
We believe that while all the old veterans
are loyalists in the extreme, and utterly OPP
| posed to any doctrine which would tend in
the slightest degree to revive the heresy of
| secession, they are deSirous of extending
| charity and full forgiveness to all of their
| former enemies in the field who now recog-
nize, or may hereafter recognize, the great
wrong that they have done to our country.
Believing, as we do that great good will
results from the meeting proposed, we most
cordially and earnestly invite all our former
comrades to meet with us at Pittsburgh on
| the tenth anniversary of the battle of Antie-
TEN, September IL, 1872.
Let us come together again, as we did in
1861, sinking all partisan differences, take
our stand now, as then, for our country,
and, before and beyond all else, labor fol
her honor and glory. FIaternally yours,
GEN. A. E. BURNSIDE, Chairman.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

A PENNSYLVANIA editor says, "The old
est inhabitant of Mud Corners died yes
terday, at the age of eighty years. He
didn't saw cord of hickory wood the
day before he died. He wasn't old
enough for such amusement. 1t is only
the venerable men whose hairs have been
bleached by the frosts of over one hun
dred winters, that indulge in such frolics.
We now refer to the robust departed
merely because he was never sick enough
to have a doctor in all his life, and how
he ever managed to die without one is q
mystery that must be left to the hereafter
to unfold
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
Gnnrr,s I.,nv,s BOOK

GoDEY's LADY's Book FOR AUGUST
A very fine steelplate illustration-"Forcible Pos
session. and excellent wood-engraving-
- rst Steps in Life''-embeIlish the August num-
Der Of GOdey. "Quiet Flrtation," of the Lolipop
series, viii rank with the best drawings of that
character ever executed. Five beautiful colored
pictures appear on the fashion-plate. An alphabet
for marking, printed in colOrs is also given. The
literary contents are made up of goo stories,
poems, etc, and the Work, Health and Receipt
Departments full of valuable information. OF
course, the latest fashion intelligence will be
found in its pages. L. A. GoDEr. Philadelphia.
Single subscriptions, $500 year, with liberal re-
ductions TO clubs.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

FOUNDED on RocKl-The disappointed adyen-
turers who have from time to time attempted to
I7n their worthless potions against DRAKE's
PLANTATION BITTERs, vow that they cannot under
stand what foundation there Is for its amazing pop
ularity. The explanation is simple enough. Tho
reputation of the world-renowned tonic is founded
upon a rock the Rock OF EXPERIENCE. All its in
gradients are pure and wholesome. How, then,
could tricksters and cheats expect to rival Il with
Compounds Of cheap drugs and refuse liquor with
nquorlcss trash in state of acetOus fermentation?
OF course the charlatans have come TO grief Their
little game has fai ed Their contempt for the
gacity of the community has been rtly punished.
Meanwhile PLANTATION BITTERs seems 10 be in fair
way of eventually supersedipg every other medicinal
preparation included in the class to which IL belongs
In every State aud Territory of the Union it.is to-
day. the accepted specific for nervous debility, dys-
pcpsia. fever and ague rheumatism and all ailments
involving u deficiency Of vital power.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
PERRY DAVIS, PAIN K11LER.-Thirtv yea

PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER.-Thirty years
have elapsed since tho Introduction of Davis
Pain Killer to tn 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 ellis that flesh is heir to-" are
acknowledged and appreciated, and as 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, 1872-07-25

wash still on them) and I think I never
saw more healthy and vigorous trees. /
have not tried this remedy in my own
orchard, for there are no borers in it. If
there were, / should not hesitate a mo-
ment. We are not much troubled with
the borer in this country, except on trees
that have been wounded.-Am. Farm
Journal
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
Prussing's White Wine Vinegar.

As many people are particular about hav-
ing good vinegar, we deem it our duty to in
form our readers that Prussings white wine
vinegar takes the lead in this respect. 1t is
celebrated for its purity and strength, agree
able to the palate, and warranted to keep
pickles. Do not fail to ask your grocer for
Prussing's vinegar every time, if you wish
the best in the market.-Chicdg0 Post.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

WHETHER for use on man or beast, the
Merchants Gargling Oil will lie 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 4 greater degree than this
A. y IHdeDeHdelsf
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

TIE Folded Edge of the Elmwood Col
lar marks a new era in the manufacture of
paper collars. 1t does not show the sharp
raw edge of other collars, and is perfect
imitation of linen. Examine the Elmwood
at the Gents Furnishing Stores.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

A FACT worth remembering-Five cents
worth of SseTidds's Cardlyy Condition I6tu-
deTS, given to a horse twice a week, will save
double that amount in grain, and the horse
worth more money than though he did not
have them
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

To HAVE elegant light Biscuits, Rolls,
Buckwheat Cakes, Fruit Dumplings, etc,
you should use Dooiey's Yeast Powder.
Ask your Grocer for it. 1t is pure Baking
Powder
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

A NOTED itinerant preacher once said
of grasping, avaricious farmer, that if
he had the whole world inclosed in sin
gle field he would not be content without
field of ground outside for potatoes.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

BURNETT's KALLIsToN cures all unpleasant
conditions of the skin, and renders it soft
and trans parent. All druggists sell it.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

A CHICAGO congregation pricked up its
ears when the ministersaid, ~ have land
to SELL" but. dropped off to sleep again
when he added, "the beautiful land on
high"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

MARRIED ladies, under all circumstances,
will find RIrsoR'S Puydtire Pills safe; and, in
small doses, mild cathartic. They cause no
gripping pains or cramp.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY MEDIcINE.-Sdll-
f0Td's LiUer IaUi0OrdtOr.--A purely Vegetable
CaiidFtic and TcHic-for Dyspepsia, Constipation,
Debility, Sick-headache. Bilious Attacks, and al
arrangements of Liver, Stomach ana Bowels AK
your Druggist for il. RelCdye Of iDitGfiOHs.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
NASBY.
From the Toledo Blade.l .

BARNUM's HOTEL,
BALTIMORE, July s, 1872. I
am, ez a matter of course, delegate to
the Baltimore Convenshun, where l am to
proudly cast my vote for thefavorite Nv the
Democracy, Horris Greeley, the wood
chopper of Chappaqua. 1 do not feel in "A
pertikelerly strong and healthy moOd-on
the contrary, 1 am in a condition so dazed
and bewildered, that hardly know where /
am. - "
came here Greeley man. 1 am a leader
Nv the people, Democratic leader NV the
people-and consistently hewitt but one prin-
ciple-Post Offs. Convince me that a can
didate is sound on that question, and, in the
words NV the poet
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

VrHEN WRITING TO ADVERTisERS, PLEASE
" meniion the name of this paner.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

All soldiers ands sailors who approve
the objects of this call are requested to
communicate with the committee at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York City.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
DIR. WHITTIER, el7 ST Tsf f8ADEtEsM HDSfE MS STREET
Longest engaged and most soeeesal physician Of the age

IA every live man who will act as our agent: Bust
gift enterprise. No humbug. Address MONROE
KENNEDY & CO., Pittsburgh, Penn.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

For Beauty Of Polish, Saving Labor, Clean
illness, Durability & Chea ,,ness, unequaIed.
r;w,rE or WORTHLESS INVITATIONS under other
names resembling in shape and color Of wrapper
inie dCt! 10 deceive
EIS.NG sJN POLISH IL BULK. FOX stove dealars'
use at twelve cents per pound-tweaty-hve and dfty
pound boxes. Cheaer than any other Bulk Polish
nothing
THE RISING Sun LraBER PExcTL-No Sharpening
Cheap and other articles for purpose
TiiE RISING SUN Bi.s Z LEAD LCBAlCATok- Foraxles
N@rings and machinery. Lasts six times as oil
alone . H. and ~ H. boxes 10 pe- ~ Try il.
MORSE BROS, Prop'rs.. Canton Mass
a. n. IL S6i-B. o.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
THE GETTYSBURG

l. Il. PHGNIN, BLOOMINGTON Nursery, III.
II 500 acres. 2ist yelr. u Greenhouses Trees Bulbs,
Hedge Plants Nurserv sIock. Catalognes. 0c.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

" n a Ev for AL Bert business offered agents
FU - : Address J. CROwELL. Louisville, Ky.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25

neither sell nor deliver me. Enthusiastic
cheers
Suppose we see what Horace Greeley has
done in the past, and, especially, in recent
tunes. He went to Texas, and all through
that great State he made the same kind of
speeches-patting rebels on the back, and
doing all he could to make rebellion a com
Portable theory. He then went to Vicks-
burg, among rebel soldiers, and said that he
hoped the time would come when the soldier
that fought with Lee and Johnston would
occupy as proud a position in the hearts Of
the American people as the soldier that
fought under Grant and Sherman. Did he
not then place himself in a position to be
rebel candidate for President? [Cheers. I
Was there any Democracy in that? There
never was Republican or Democrat north
of Mason and DiXon's line that spoke out
plain and plump for secession except Horace
Greeley. 1t is written in his own hand and
published in his own paper. 1t is in his own
language, which is unmistakable, and this
amnesty resolution at Cincinnati is almost
in the identical language. He went bail for
jeff. Davis, and then he advocated giving
pensions to Southern soldiers. Some of you
may say that to do SO would be inconsistent
with the Constitution of the United States.
Great God! What does he care for the Con-
stitution? He says, elf the Constitution is
| in the way, rub it out" In the New York
Tribune for the last twenty years, you can get
advice and doctrines to rub out anv section
of the Constitution.
| But there is another thing. They are
making great fuss about the Leet and
| Stocking business. l believe it possible
that some men, who were unworthy or in
competent, or both, have got office under
President Grant. 1 also believe that there
have been defalcations in the accounts of
such men. The most that is claimed by the
opponents of Grant is 100000. Now, what
| did Tammany do? 1t had sold $40, ,O0O,OO of
bonds on the Treasury of New York City.
They thought that with this money they
could drive five hundred thousand people
| in the doubtful State of Indiana-that by
dropping some more in Pennsylvania, and a
similar practice in other States, they could
buy their way to the Treasury of the United
states, and quarter themselves and their
| thieves on the life-blood of the nation.
The best laid plans o. men and mice
| Will gang aufee.''
And so in this case. There was a little
Irishman named Jenny O'Brien He wanted
to be Mayor of New York. They went to
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-11-14
Lightning on tho Mountain Top.

Gray's Peak is the home of the thunder
The lightning knows it as the eagle knows
his nest. Being the highest of all peaks of
the Sierra it attracts the clouds, which almost
daily gather round its head and burst upon it.,
$50 that it tries the nerves of the boldest to
run the gauntlet of these storms. At such
times the whole mountain seems charged
with electricity. Several who have been
caught there at such a moment told me how
it shot through them like needles it buzzed
about their heads like bees; they could hear
it whistling like gale through the rigging of
a ship. The guides being more accustomed
to such things are less terrified, but tourists
are sometimes paralyzed with terror if not
with the shock, and fall to the ground unable
to move. Even the guides sometimes think
it is a matter of prudence to throw them
selves flat upon their faces, not to present a
point for tho lightning to strike. The poor
brutes, taught by dumb instinct, turn their
heads from the storm and let it beat. If a
party were caught on the summit in a long
snow storm, it is probable they would perish.
In the binding drifts it would be impossible
to find the path, and no mortal strength could
hold out for many hours. Such accidents do
not occur because the guides are on the
| watch; when they see storm coming up
they bid all run for their lives. They fly with
speed, and come down often trembling and
| afraid as if, like Moses, they had been up in
the mount into the cloud, and had seen the
| awful power of God.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-11-14

The following circumstance was related by
respectable farmer as happening within his
own observation and in illustration of its
truth it may be proper to remark, that in the
country where it happencd-in Cornwall
the hills, which are stcep,riso so abruptly and
near to each other that whatever passes on
the side of one may be easily disccrned on
the other:
His attention was first drawn to hare,
which he perceived running down slope
close to the edge in field of turnips, and
soon afterwards he perceived that in pursuit
of her were a couple of dogs. AS these dogs
entered the field he saw that the hare stopped
for moment and lifted her cars The pur.
suers pressed on, but when they had come
within little moro than gun shot of theil
hOped-for prey, the hare stopped, and then
ran back for some distance along its former
track, when by sudden spring it threw
itself on one side in the midst of the turnips
and there remained crouched and still.
The dogs passed onward in their course al
a rapid rate, and as soon as they had passed
forward on its track, with another bound the
hare sprang back to the place it had quilted
and ran upward along the course by which hi
had come down, with the evident intention
Of confounding together its upward ant
downward course. BY this time the dogs
had come to the lower extent to which thu
hare had proceeded, and there they stopped
as not knowing what further. course to take
1t was thus the prosecuted creature secured
its own safety; and my informant was to-
generous to help them out of the difficulty
"EdeO," in land and Water.
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Swimming Fcats.

Apropos of the attempt to swim across the
channel between Dover and Calais, the Lon
don Standard says:
1t may be mentioned as a curious, coinci-
dence, that the time occupied by Lord Byron
when, in emulation of the once supposed
impossible feat of Alexander, he, in COM
pany with Mr.. Ekenhead, swan across the
HellespOnt, from the classical Abydos to
Sestos, was exactly one hour and five min
utes. "The whole distance from the place
where we started" writes Byron, ''to our
landing on the other side, including the
length we were carried by the current, was
computed by those on board the Salsette,
the frigate, at upwards of four English miles,
though the actual breadth is barely one !"
Chevalies states that the same exploit had
been performed by young Jew for his mis-
tress, and Oliver, cited by Byron, mentions
its having been done by young Neapolitan
"a NUMBER" to continue the quotation, "of
Salsette's crew were known to have accom-
plished a greater distance; and the only
thing that surprised me was that, as doubts
had been entertained of the truth OF
Leander's story, no traveller had ever en-
deavored to ascertain its practicability."
Two of the greatest swimmers of modern
times have certainly been Franklin and
Professor Wilson. Both the solver of the
secret of electricity and Professor North
accomplished feats greater in point of space
traversed than johnson did on Saturday,
but in smooth and almost tidclcss water.
We are by no means certain whether an ex.
plot which the gifted and unhappy Am.
erican genius, Edgar Allen Poe, achieved
is not among the very first of the deeds
of natatory prOwress which can be mention.
ed. On a hot day Of June the author of the
craven" swan from Richmond to Warrick,
seven miles and a nalf, against tide run.
ming, as his biographer states, probably
over two hours. The truth of this state
ment was questioned during Poe's lifetime,
but its authenticity was allowed to be con-
clusivcly attested when it was publicly
vouched for by several well-known gentle
men Of Virginia, who Witnessed the feat.