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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25
THE OLD MAN GOES FoR GRANT.


ny JOHN II. YATES.
we've had another meetin' 1.-THE school.house on
And cheers for Grant and Wilson were given with
There were young men, there were maidens, there
were gray.haired mothers there,
And songs for Grant and Wilson filled with melody
the air.
We came TO the conclusion, in looking matters
That good old Horace Greeley and the Tribune are
The Presidential siren sang very pretty song,
And Horace put his white hat on and followed her
along.
But he's tuck the wrong road, Betsey-s new, un.
trodden road;
The good things he has said Of Grant will prove
But Of All the loads he carries the heaviest will he
The load strapped on At Baltimore, called "eul
company"
We're All poor creeturs at the best, and apt to go
astray
When great temptations Hnd our path and shine
Ny faith in human goodness grows wcak-does al
most fail
When men like Horace Greeley bow down the knee
to Baal.
We've tuck the Tribune many years-we farmers
Once It was law and gospel, but tits now bitter
pill:
Because one man leaves principle, and everything
that's good
1t doesn't stand to reason that all we farmers
should
No, Betsey, we go in for Grant, the war-tried
peace-tried Iaan;
The one who routed rebels can rout this other
clan.
When Grant went Aghtln' treason he never meant
to fail,
And when he HOPED the traitor he didn't 90 her
ball.
Hurrah for Grant, hurrah for Grant i-dont call
me crazy, wife;
strife.
can't vote many more times my days are nearly
through;
Hurrah for Grant, the leader OF the bows who
marched in bluei
- H0r11er,s WseLiil
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25
Harvesting Buckwheat.

Buckwheat should be cut when it shows
the greatest proportion Of ripe grain. The
seed ripens in succession, and il allowed
to mature the whole crop, much of the
grain first ripened will be lost II killed
by frost, cut Immediately, and while
damp with dew, If possible II Graded,
the swarths may be allowed to lie few
days, or until particularly dry. II cut
with reaper, the gavels should be
turned over once when damp with dew.
When partially cured, set the punches on
end, in winrows but do not set them so
close together in the cluster that the air
cannot have free access.
When 1t is sufficiently cured, so that
the grain is dry, and will thresh easily,
do so Immediately, and always from the
field. The most economical way to
thresh this crop is by tramping with
horses, or threshing with fails. Select
clear, dry weather for threshing, for upon
this depends the ease of the operation.
One man with the team Is sufficient for
loading unless the field is far from the
barn. In this case boy may load, but
ordinarily the punches may be laid on
the wagon, butts out, by the driver, plac-
ing them regularly. In this way the
grain may often be secured before the
SbIdW 10 lhOlOoBhlJ vi hiNSh 90 Aoot
as received at the threshing floor. In
cleaning up, when winnowed, If the
grain is not perfectly dry, spread in some
airv place and turn for few days.
We should never advise binding the tops
of the bundles. 1t takes time in binding
and unbinding, shells the grain, and il
wet weather intervenes while in the
| field, the straw molds, and the seed some
times terminates. Above all, do not
stack the crop, since it always gathers
sufficient moisture to make it thresh
tough, and sometimes it takes water
enough to spoil it altogether. Beside
buckwheat, to be profitable, must go into
the miller's hands as early in the fall as
possible, since the first flour in market
always brings the most money, and gooC
| flour never was made from buckwheat
that had been sweated and heated in the
stack. 1t is, perhaps, unnecessary to say
that the greatest care should be used il
l handling the crop while in the straw, fol
the seed is held upon tender filaments
%EShnteGhh ESneh Eaeh ach qP}ftf q 3fEeePe fee crop W s
be saved, seed should not be kept in tigh
bins until thoroughly dry. When it will
crush easily to fine powder it may be con
sidered dry but it is well occasionally Il
examine it, to know that it is keepin!
we'll; for if 50 kept, what is not wanted
for seed makes fair flour the next season
| Us.fstts, Pgfp1l
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25

Physical inhrmites are the lot of ALL Millions are
always sick No man, woman or child is uniformly in
perfect health Much, however, of the sickness and
suffering which render life burden to many Of our
fellow beings is due to carelessness and neglect
mighty antidote to the leading of disease has
been provided It is as harmless as II is efficient No
poisonous drug enters into its composition 1t is an
"i-ii-i -'sniant. tonic and aperent, of which
every ingredient Is VegetAht This unexceptionable
preventive and restorative medicine is not "a new
thing under the sun" Hostetters Stomach pIttnrs
will soon have been before the world quarter of a
century, and Il not too much to aver that thou
sands, aye, tens Of thousands, using it who
would have been in their graves years ago had they
not been strengthened and sustained by this whole
some stimulant. The rapidity with which minor all
ments often become, when neglected, obstinate dis
eases, is well known. This tonic is famous for the
immediate check which II gives TO these breeders of
deadly disorders. The sensation of languor the sick
headaoho tho horvousnsss the ndis position to exer-
ton. the nausea, the confusion of the brain, the
physical debility, which intended to premonish
us Of the approach of serious danger are Invariably
removed by few doses OF the Bitters. The fame Of
the preparation as genuine specific for dyspepsia
bilious complaints, malarious fevers, rheumatism and
chronic debility, Ia wide the word and in these
days Of Infamous charlatanism, when fierce eathar-
ties that rob the invalid Of the last remnants of his
strength, advertisedas invigorants % indeed
blessing to mankind that Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters are everywhere procurabe and everywhere pop.
ular.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25

ADDING PoTsoN TO PoIsoN. There Is
no disease in which the blood Is not more
or less impregnated with unwholesome
matter, and the direct inevitable effect of
all preparations containing spirituous ex-
citants is to increase the volume of poison
in the veins, and thereby aggravate and
prolong the malady. Hence 1t Is that
dyspepsia, bilious fever, cholera'morbus,
lung complaints, gout, dropsy, rheuma.
tism, nervous disorders, and cases OF
general and local debility, originally mild
in type, are frequently rendered chronic
and dangerous by dosing the sufferers
with the alcoholic bitters advertised ss
medicinal stimulants AS counterblast
to the candrds put forth by the proprie-
tors of those pernicious compounds, the
plain, honest, philosophical statements OF
DIR. JOSEPH WALKER, relative to the ma
ture and effects of his CALIFORNIA VINE
GAR BITTERs, are doing a world Of good.
He has opened the eyes of the public to
the important fact that pure vegetable
tonic and Alternative unpolluted by alco-
hol, if not an absolute specific for every
variety Of disease, is the nearest approach
to it yet attained. His VINEGAR BITTERs
are unquestionably working such wonders
in affections of the stomach, bowels
nervous and muscular systems, and the
glands and respiratory organs
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25

med brigand, caught at last, and awaited
his doom, in sombre CELL One OF his
accomplices had contrived to convey TO
him q rope ladder and file. His busi-
ness was TO file through the bars Of his
prison window, and attempt his escape
through the opening. At the moment
when he was getting out of the window,
three soldiers had to rush on the stage,
fire at him, and shoot him dead. Hind
duly went through his part but at the
critical moment, instead of the expec,ed
fatal catastrophe, the guns missed fire.
The soldiers retreated in disorder. and I'M
msdiately returned with fresh muskets,
which not being loaded, mercy flashed in
the pan. Kinds position vas becoming
unpleasant. Suddenly he fell upon the
stage, uttering fearful cries, dragged him
self to the foot-ligbss in. apparent agony,
and exclaimed o''Merciful heavens
have swallowed the file p Then, after
we'll perforated convulsions and another
loud grosn, he fell stark dead. The au-
dience, who had began to murmur, were
appeased by the improyised poetical JUS.
fina
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25
Address to the Republicans of Indiana.

Colonel J. W. Foster, the Chairman of
the State Central Committee, has issued
the following address to the people of In
diana:
To the Republicans OF Indiana:
After hard and well-fought contest, I
congratulate you on the substantial victory
which you have achieved. Never in the his
tory OF the State, or, perhaps, of the nation,
has there been such fierce and UNEQUAL war.
fare made against a. successful party. We
entered upon the campaign against the
united Democracy, flushed with the success
of 1870, and strengthened by considerable
dissatisfaction in our own ranks, which
seemed to take from us even the chance of
success. But confident of the Justice OF our
cause, and animated by our trinmphs in the
past, we entered upon the canvass with the
determination to wrest victory from our op-
ponents If it could be accomplished by hard
work, thorough organization, and devotion
TO the glorious principles of our party. We
present, as the substantial fruits of our VIC
tory, Legislature Republican in both
branches by decided majority, which gives
assurance of our party control of the State
and the return Of o. P. Morton to the Senate
of the United States; the election of our
Congressmen,at-L true index of
party strength, and the proof that Indiana
Is undoubtedly Republican; gain of two
District Congressman, and the election of
the greater portion OF our State tick
ct. That our victory is not
entirely complete is owing to the personal
ISLANDERS and frauds of our opponents. de-
sire to thank the chalrmen of or County
Committees and, through them, the earnest
and faithful workers whose time, energy and
devotion to the party organization have Sc.
cured our triumph, for their long and faith
full service. 1t is especially deserved that
we should publicly recognize the gallant can
vass which ThSmas NJ. Browne has made,
and assure him that though he may be de.
prived OF his office by malignity aud dishOn-
esty, he has the confidence and support of
majority of the legal voters of the State.
The ferceness of the battle Is over, but we
have one more assault to make upon our op-
ponents. We must make the victory com
plete by giving the Electoral vote of Indiana
to Grant aud Wilson by an overwhelming ma
jority. Let me urge upon our County Com
mittees and the Republicans of Indiana to
preserve and perfect their organization, in
order to achieve this last and crowning
triumph. Let it be the aim of the Commit
tees which made good record on Tuesday
last to improve on it in November, and let
the counties which under adverse circum-
stances lost ground gain it. Let us gain
such victory as will make Indiana no longer
a doubtful State. JOHN w. FosTER,
Chairman Republican State Committee
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25
Hon. Thomas Ewing, Jr., Explains
Away the Liberal Charges Against
Speaker Blaine.

COLUMBUS, ONO, october 10.
The Ohio State Journal, tomorrow
morning, will publish correspondence
between Hon. James G. Blaine and Hon.
Thomas Ewing, Jr., in regard to the
charges recently made by the New York
Tribune in reference to the alleged con-
tract made with Speaker Blaine by Gen
nearly $4,000, 900 of stock in the Leaven-
worth, Pawnee e. Western Railroad Com.
pany, afterward merged into the Union
Pacific, Eastern Division. The Tribune
charge was that this stock had been re-
ceived by Mr.. Blaine in payment for the
services of himself and other members of
Congress in procuring the passage of the
original Pacific Railroad act of 1862, and
that it had been paid in pursuance of a
contract made in 1862 by Colonel Stone
and General Ewing. General Ewing's
letter is very full and explicit on the
whole subject. The most important por
tion of the letter is as follows:
''So far as the charges impute to you per-
sonal corruption in Office, it is conelusively
disproved by public records, accessible to all,
which show that you did not enter Congress
for nearly year and half after the law re-
ferred to was passed. And as to the other
branch of the charge, my general knowledge
of the business of the company. and especial
ly my intimacy with you, make it certain
tisoe, viTeI 3uosTtatIHgIy declare that YOU
were not in any manner or at any time di-
rectly or indirectly, employed by the com
pany, or in any way interested in it or its af-
lalrs as stockholder or otherwise in any ca
paclty whatever. Your brather II
Blaine, at that time Clerk of the DGsuriEt
Court at Leavenworth, and one of
the early settlers Of Kansas, was the
owner OF $4,000 of the stock of the Leaven-
worth, Pawnee ~ Western Railroad Compa-
ny, which, indeed, was held very generally
among the influential men of all
parties along the line of the road in Kansas.
But that was in 1861 or 1862, and consider
able period before you were even nominated
Tor your first term in Congress. Beyond
that there never was at any time the remot-
est interest in the company held by any
member OF your family The entry of 81
920,O Of stock opposite the name Of Blaine
was therefore wholly fiction or a blunder,
and the grave imputations on your character
and on that of the officers and agents of the
company are utterly groundless, and with
out shadow of justification. l am inform
ed that General Stone is now in Europe. He
will doubtless take occasion when he learns
OF these charges to speak for himself about
them. SO far as my knowledge of the affairs
OF the company goes, l deliberately assert
that 1t never by any OF its officers, agents,
or attorneys, made any contract the pro-
ceeds of which there was reason to believe
were to be in any manner participated by
any member of Congress or other public
officer"
"Very truly yours, THOMAS EWING"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25

month. In 1870. the election almost went by
default, and we were beaten about 2, 800. We
entered this race with that majority against
us. Mr.. Hendricks started out with the as
surance that he would receive 10000 ma
jority. Half dozen men who left the Re-
publican party announced that they would
lead over from IL 900 to 1900 Liberals to
the Democracy. The campaign has been Bit
ter. The assaults on General Browne have
been peculiarly malignant. The result is
that General Browne seems, as the figures
are reported, to be defeated by a few hum
dred, while the Republicans have elected the
Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State,
Auditor, Treasurer, and other State officers,
Congressmen-at at-LaTge, ten or eleven In all
out of thirteen Congressmen, and a major
ity in both Houses of the Legislature.
predict that when the official count is made,
1t will turn out that the State officers have
named have received a larger vote than Mr..
Hendricks, and that, If elected he has been
elected by minority. Indiana is Republi-
can. Mr.. Voorhees, defeat is full of signih-
cance. Elected two years ago by about 400
majority, and personally very popular, he
has Just been defeated by about 900 majority.
He had in Congress and at home spoken his
honest sentiments last summer, when he
said no honest Democrat could vote for Gree
ley with any self-respect, and the Democracy
then responded to it, His sudden re-
yersal of position, and gross flattery of Mr..
Greeley when here, have been rebuked by
his disgusted constituents. Mr.. Niblack,
too, who before had :, 80 majority, has now,
1t is said, but l25 and it is even reported
that Mr.. Holman, the Republican candidate,
may be elected. so General Manson, at
Lafayette, has been defeated, and the Legis-
lature elected two years ago, the like of
| which we hope never to see again, is now
succeeded in both branches by Republican
GRANT iih0t Igss' than 10, 900, and probably 20,
| 600 majority. The unprincipled mercenary
coalition has been dissolved. am not sure
but the Democracy would have been stronger
without the coalition. The Greeley delusion
has passed away like noxious vapor Many
9ot their papers have given up the contest.
.tu; Ing nI[I,~as 1,.- in Indiana have vindicated
Ihelr intelligence and independonee. 40 IN an
owns them. No politician carries them in
his vest pocket. From the first | have be-
lived they could not be seduced from the
Republican party and its principles. /
believe that, taking it altogether, we re-
ceived as many German votes on Tuesday
last as at any preceding election.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25
Speech by Senator Morton at India
napOlis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, octobl

ANNAAN0ANAA9i Ahus, OStobol IL
The Republican meeting at the Wig
wan, tonight, for congratulation, was
addressed by General Browne, Senator
Morton, Hon. j. w. Gordon, and Hon.
Jason B. Brown. The following is
brief extract from Senator Mortons
speech
All have conceded that If the Republican
party carried Pennsylvania, Ohio, and In
diana, In October, the Presidential question
was settled in favor of General Grant. If,
on the other hand, those three States, or
two of thom, were carried by the Democrats
in October, IL still left the Presidential ques.
tion open because many Democrats from the
first have declared that they would not vote
for Horace Greeley under any circumstances.
After a campaign in which the Democrats
have worked with desperation, and personal
defamation and calumny have been unwont-
ed In malignity, especially In Pennsylvania
and Indiana, Pennsylvania has been carried
by 10000, and Will give over $4,000 for
Grant. Ohio has been carried by over 10, 900,
and Will give more than twice that many In
November. We carried Indiana In 1868 by
only Dol, though the real honest majority
was not less than 5000, and General Grant
carried the state by nearly 10000 the next
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25
Top. p.Dress the Wheat.

however hot may W the controversy
as to whether surface or deep manuring
is the best, the prudent farmer will pre-
pare in season to top-dress his wheat in
the autumn. 1t may not be practicable to
give all his wheat fields a liberal supply
of barn-yard manure, nor even one entire
field, but if his management has been good
he will have enough well-rotted manure
in store to enrich the poorer spots of the
fields he sows after spring grain. Argu
ment and fine theories are needless to con
vince the practical farmer of the wisdom
of applying this top-dressing Every look
he casts at the field after the wheat is up
until it is cut COnvinces him of the eff
cheney and profit of the manuring. In
bad wheat seasons the manure is doubly
profitable. 1t gives a large, strong, and
healthy growth in the fall; it protects
from spring heaving when the frost is
coming out of the ground, and it urges the
plant to vigorous growth early in the
spring, causing it to ripen early, thus es;
Gaping the weevil. Nor are the good re.
suits Of such top-dressing confined to the
wheat crop. If clover follows the
wheat, that will be heavier on the ma
nured ground than elsewhere the growth
for hay and seed will pay better than that
on the unmanured portion. This heavy
growth of clover fertilizes the soil, both
by its roots and by the manure when it is
consumed by stock, and thus the fertility
of the soil is increased. The land is in
better condition when it is broken again
for grain crop, and of course will yield
more. In brief, the good effect of top
dressing the wheat reaches through a
series of succeeding crops, and is a long
step in the direction Of high farming.
1t may pay, probably does in many in
stances, to purchase commercial fertilizers
for wheat, but the cheapest and most eff
cient manure is that made in the farm
barnyard, and by the farmers own stock.
A large quantity of good manure cannot
be made without the aid of large crops,
and to attain these it may sometimes be
necessary to purchase manure to start
with, but we hardly believe the practice
can yet be adopted as rule in this
country y-AmeTtcdn Rural HODla
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25
GopEY's LADY's BooK.-The Novembe

GoDEY's LADY's BooK.-The November
number is presented to the public as one of es-
pecial interest to all classes. We have here
fashions for those who desire them; literature Of
high character, with instructions in everything
that make up the pleasures of a happy hreside
The beautiful steel and wood engravings are
something to look upon. We understand that the
announcement Of Cooley in his October number
that he viii give Chrome to every subscriber for
the year 1873 has created a sensation throughout
the country. His well-known reputation Of full
filing and in fact exceeding, all his promises has
led the reading public to look for something extra
in the Chrome line And they will not be disap-
pointed. Those who have seen the early proofs Of
"OUy Darling" speak of it with the highest praise,
~.s--,aa-',,.s ar,vthinp baf0-~ 81 ~
nuhIisherg
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25

a UNIVERSAL ARTICLE OF FATTH.-In these days
of religious contention il has been thought impos-
sibe 10 indicate an article OF faith upon which all
sects and classes were united. There is one, how
ever, and very notable one too, viz: a belief
which Is implicit and universal in the paramount
efficacy OF that matchless HOUSEHOLD Tonic AND
REoUPERANT, PLANTATION BIrrRRs. The constantly
patronage which IL receives has IL Is true
exalted the petty envy of certain sp enetc adYer-
tsers of plnchbeck panaceas, who hope 10 make a
market for their stagnnnt watery wares, by de-
crying AL sprituous medicinal preparations. But the
public can stomach neither their arguments nor their
potatons, and consequently reject these very weak
limitations of the enemy as entirely too thin
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-10-25

easy slope by plowing out two or three
furfows each side, and smoothing the bot
tom SO that the reaper will have but little
trouble in passing But this work must
be done either before sowing or before the
grain has sprouted.
In many instances the roller may be
substituted in place Of the plow in sur
faoe-draining the wheat field. Pass this
Once or twice along the hollows and runs,
so as to form q smooth passage for the
surface water, and it will take the place
of furrow very well.-Americdn Rural
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