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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29

ALBANY, N. Y, March 2S;-Adams'
Grafton on the late Mr.. Seward has been
set down for Friday, April Is, at the North
Reformed Church, of this city. SeWards
Grafton on Adams was delivered in the
same church, i-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29

ONE of the curiosities of the Vienna Ex-
hibitiOn will be a watch made entirely of
rock crystal. Many years since, work
man in French mandatory decided to
make watch, every part Of which, the
handspring alone excepted, should be of
rock crystal, and after thirty years lahcr ac-
complished his task. Al thu pieces of the
watch are fastened by rock crystal screws,
and the escapement is most intricate. His
widow would never part with it; but when
she died, the treasure fell into the hands OF
a French matchmaker, who intends 20 ex-
hibit it as sample ofFrench workmanship,
pricing it at two thousand dollars.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29

New Orleans Picayune: "In the olden
times in Louisiana when a man had law
suit, he used to hire a lawyer; now be has
to hire q Judge"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29

A GOOD joke is told in Washington at
the expense of well-known Senator, who
is notorious for taking two cocktails in sue
cession before breakfast. One morning
while the Senator was 2Eactieiilg at The Me-
tropolitaT bar friend put to him the per-
tinent Question: "Senator, why do you
take two cocktails as a custom? Won't
Que tone you?" The Senator, drew him.
self up. "Iwilltell you why | take two
cocktails: When have taken one it makes
me feel like another man. Well, you see
Pm bound by common courtesy to treat
that man, so take 4 second one"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29

WHEN man has fairly made up his mind
to witness a spectacle and has been disap-
pointed by the delay of others, be feels ir-
ritated of course, but he doesn't always
brings a lawsuit, as sundry passengers
have against the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
way for not getting them to Washington
in time to hear Gen. Grants inaugural. A
more aggrieVed parsonage is David Grigg,
who seeks to recover $4,000 because dur
ing the delay "a oand ofthieves entered the
car and robbed him of $50 in money and
property to the amount of $1,000 besides,
while he had, with his wife, to make his
way on foot through cold and inclement
weather to Washington" Well, Mr.. Grigg
didn't have jolly inaugural, certainly
Ne,g York Tribune.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29

A BRIGHT little boy hearing bis father
say that man ought to 'stick to his bust
ness" emptied bottle o. mucilsge in the
old gentlenan's olice chair. The old man
says he has not been stuck SO badly since
1857, and rewarded his offspring by taking
him on a whaling trip TO the back cellar.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29
THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
wrecked with All Aboard

Wrecked With ALI Aboard.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28.-Last week
the schooner Lark sailed from Sandiego to
Ecuadas. She took six convicted murder
ers to convey them to Topaz in Lower Cali
fornia. The bodies of the felons were
found washed ashore chained; also pieces Of
the vessel. 1t is supposed that the vessel
was wrecked and all on board lost.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29
CHICAGO
An Incident.

CHICAGO, March 2S-Yes,erday in Lo-
raine, Adams county, Illinois, Mrs. Annie
Adair was arrested on the charge
of having poisoned her husband,
who died suddenly in January last, and
with whom she had lived unhappily. The
body of Adair has been exhumed and the
stomach will be examined by a chemist.
Per Contra.
There is some excitement in Springfield,
Ill, over the sudden and mysteriou. dsath
of a woman named Hale Francis, there
being a suspicion that she was murdered by
one Lutrix who passed most of the day be-
fore her death with her and who is believed
to have been her husband. Lutrix has
been arrested.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29
aaiOlr and amerieam.

GOLD continues strong in New York,
touching l16s yesterday, and closing at
1IGl nl1ha
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29

TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New York
last evening at s0s for the old issue and SO3
for the new.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-29

CorroN is firm in New FORK ct l9kc for
mlddling, with fair export and moderate
home demand.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27
The Atmospbere of Spring,

With every change of season we have change In
the hygenic character of the air. In the spring 1t IL
mpregnated, especially in low lying. wet districts,
with mephitc vapor which generate chIlls andfever
rheumatism. indigestion, blousness, and diseases Of
the organs of respiration 1t is therefore particularly
necessary this time of the year to nvigsrate and
regulate the system TO enable 1t to repel the
morbid influences which It is more less subject
ed. The stomach should be toned, the bowels freed
from distractions the blood purified and the nerves
braced and strengthened. This can be easily done.
Hostetter's stomac Bitters everywhere procura-
be and in the whole range of remedies and prevent
ives prescribed by the faculty or recommended
through the press there not that combines in
such eminent icgree great efficiency and perfect
harmlessness. 1t Is positive antidote to malaria
Whoever takes it habitually may breathe the atmos
phere of the worst fever and sgue locality without
danger. Damp and chilling winds make little or nc
impression the organization reinforced with this
powerful vegetable invigorant, and consequently fl
Is q good safeguard against asthma, coughs, colds
and other pulmonary complaints 1t is not recon-
mended fJnedy for this latter class of maadies
| but simply means of strengthening the system
against the serial conditions and changes which sc
often produce them. As a spring invigorant and al
terative 1t will be found extremely beneficial to per
who peculiarly sensitive to unhealthy atmos
| pheric Influences.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27
How to Restore Trees Killed by Frost.

THE following is taken from the report
of a recent meeting of the Michigan fruit
growers at Battle Greek:
In view of the fact that thousands of
the fruit trees, especially the peach, have
been injured by the severe cold of the
present winter, and that many have been
killed outright, it will be seen that any
thing that might indicate a practicable
relief from the loss that will fall upon this
branch of industry will be hailed with
satisfaction. On this subject, which was
next taken up by the society, the views Of
Mr.. Hartford, Of Indiana, were called out.
He said that in the cold winter of 1856 he
had an orchard of thrifty young trees ab-
solutely killed to the snow line, and of
course total loss as far as appearances
indicated or experience could suggest.
Knowing, however, that the trees had
been vigorous and that their roots must
possess considerable power of reproduc-
ton, he proceeded to cut off the entire
| top of every tree that had been killed, and
left nothing Dut unsightly stumps through
out the orchard. The spring came
on, advanced somewhat; he watched
his stumps with anxiety; found that num-
erous buds started out from these stubs,
put forth their shoots and made re-
markable growth, and in two years he
| nau as BoOO ana nealtny an OfcAard as
that which had been cut off by the frost
Sincethat timehe had frequently occasion
to treat other trees in similar manner,
sometimes cutting off injured branches
only, and had almost uniformly had good
results. But it is necessary to cut off the
injured branches of frozen tops as early
as possible after the snow is gone, and al
ways before the sap has begun to ascend
the tree.
Other gentlemen expressed their opin.
ions upon this very important point. To
the argument that this process would cut
OH the present seasons product was an
swered that in orchards whose trees are
badly injured the crop of this year is out
OF the question; often the orchard
may be saved by a timely application of
the surgical knife, and in two or three
years be in as good condition as before
frozen. A true economy cannot fail to
indicate the course to be pursued,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27
The Second Term.

-FOUR years of uninterrupted national
prosperity, of steady improvement in the
financial condition of the country, of the
most gratifying progress toward perma-
nent reform in all branches of the civil
service, are some of the many cheering
auspices under which the President begins
his second term of office In his first in
augural address he pledged himself to
enforce no policy against the will ef the
people; to protect the validity of the ma
tional obligation to the public creditor;
to faithful collection of the revenue,
and the greatest practical retrenchment
in expenditure in every department of
government" In the difficult and per
picking matter of reconstruction he prom
ised to urge the representatives of the
people to lay aside prejudice, hate, or
| sectional pride" while enforcing a just
| regard for security of person, property,
and for religious and political opinion in
| every part of our common country"
| The history of the last four years furnish
es ample proof of the Presidents fidelity
to these pledges. Take, as a striking
| illustration, the financial progress of
the country under his administration.
| During the Presidential term which
closed on the 4th of March, $368, 600, 900
of the public debt were cancelled; and
| Whlle Tor the nScal year ending June 81,
1869, the interest charge on the debt
amounted to S131, 100000, in will not ex-
ceed for the year ending June 30, 1878,
the sum of $107, ,000,0 COO. The steady
progress of retrenchment in Govern
ment expenditures is shown by the
fact that while, exclusive of the
interest on the debt, the general
expenses of the Government for the year
ending June 80, 1869, were $3.50, 500, 900,
they will not exceed for the year ending
June so, 1878, the sum of $153 500 1905
savifg of $37,000,0 600. Besides this, the
burden of taxation has been ligh,ened
as compared with the rates of 1869, tC
the extent of Sl70, GOO 600 year, without
impairing the elasticity of the revenue
which, from 1911 GOO, GOO in 1869, has in
creased to the estimated total of $420,
900, 600 for the present year. Substantial
facts like these appeal clearly to the prao
tical sense and intelligence of the coun
try, and inspire full confidence in the
Presidents declaration that his "best
efforts will be given in the same direction
in the future"
As whole, the address QnauguraD is
thoroughly in accord with the national
policy SO emphatically indorsed by th'
people in the reelection of General Grant
and as such will command popular ap
proval and upport.-HGTpeF'S Weekly.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27
Executive MANSION,


DEAR SIR: In accepting your resignation
of the Office of Secretary of the Treasury, an
Office which you have filed for four years
with such satisfaction to the country, allow
me to express the regret feel at severiDg
the official relations which have been at all
times so agreeable to me, and, as l am as
sured by your letter of resignation, to you
also. Your administration of the important
trust confded to you four years since has
been SO admirably conducted as to give the
greatest satisfaction to me, because, as l read
public judgment and opinion, it has been
satisfactory to the country. The policy
pursued in the office of the Secretary of the
Treasury by your successor 1 hope may be
as successful as yours has been, and that no
departure from it will be made except
such as experience and change of circum-
stances may make necessary. Among your
new official associates l trust you will find
the same warm friends and co-workers that
you have in the executive branch of the Gov
ernment. You take with you my most sin
cere well wishes for your success as legisla-
tor and as citizen, and the assurance OF my
desire to continue the warm personal rela-
tions that have existed between us durin G
the whole of orr official connection. Very
truly yours, U. s. GRANT,
President of the United States.
To Hon. George $. Boutwell,.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27
Experiments upOr the Farm.

THE farmer has abundant opportuni-
ties for acquiring knowledge of his
business through experiments, and he
should not fail to use them to the utmost
extent. We do not mean by this that a
man should be continually changing pro-
ducts systems of culture, but that ne
shall keep himself sufficiently unbiased
to adopt new things and plans which are
likely to be of practical utility.
All men are more or less prone to fol-
low the beaten path made by their pre-
decessors, and few have the courage to
diverge from these lines and strike out
for themselves. We often forget that
general rules in agriculture admit ofmany
exceptions, and it is only those of a
specific character that admit of specific
application. For instance, deep soil is
conceded to be more valuable than q
shallow one; hence the general rule that
deep culture should be practiced in order
to produce great results; still there are
many cases where man would no doubt
be the loser by adopting such a system.
1t is only through carefully conducted ex-
periments that we can learn what is best
either in systems of culture or the crops
raised. Different soils require differ
ent treatment; climate and exposure
may also necessitate a variation in the
mode of culture, as well as in the
kinds of crops cultivated. and these are
the things that the intelligent farmer
must learn if he would be successful. In
some portions of the country wheat sown
with drill is not so liable to be injured
| in winter as when sown broadcast, while
in others the difference between the two
systems is scarcely, if at all, perceptible.
A few experiments viii show the farmer
which is the best, and then he can choose
for himself without regard to what others
may say. But if he never tries but one
| system he will not know whether it is the
best or not. Mulching winter wheat il
also highly recommended by those who
have tried it in regions where there il
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Soft Gingerbread and half
cup of molasses; two thirds of a cup of
sour milk; half cup of butter; one tea
spoonful of soda; one teaspoonful of gin
ger.
To Kill Lice on Cattle, dust the ami
NAL thoroughly with plaster or gypsum;
or with dry water lime. But if this is
done, do not let the animal get wet until
the lime is out of the hair.
TO effectually cure setting hens put
two or three chickens in the nest with
them over night, coop them together the
next day, then taking the chickens away
from her, she will cluck around day or
two, and then begin to lay eggs again.
dings)-Half cup of butter; one cup of
sugar; one cup of milk. Stir the butter
and sugar to a cream; boil the milk, and
while boiling stir in one teaspoonful of
corn starch previously mixed in little
cold milk; pour the milk while boiling
over the butter and sugar.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette says that for forty years he has
used a tea made of peach leaves, as a cure
for hog cholera, and never knew it to fail
to make cure. He puts it in the food.
In the winter, peach tree twigs can be
used to make the tea with, in the absence
of peach leaves.
The regulation of the admission of
light into stables by the proper location
of the windows has been found to be OF
the highest importance. A side window,
according to numerous observations, is
apt to produce weakness in the eye on
that side; a window Immediately in front
of the manger throws glare of light into
both eyes, in the highest degree injurious;
rx-1af : In \ Irrl,n sr1 lie IN
render a horse over-sighted, and conse-
quently liable to shy at low objects.
-Corn-Meal Bread.-Pour over a pint
of nice corn meal one pint of hot new
milk; beat this we'll and add little salt;
then stir in large spoonful of nice,
sweet lard; beat two eggs very light and
stir in also; this must be well beaten, and
of the consistency of thin batter; add
more milk if it should be too thick, then
mix in large spoonful of yeast; butter
the pans and set it to rise in them; when
risen, have the oven of moderate heat,
and put them in it; bake two hours and a
half to light brown. Serve hot.
"A certain amount of salt, In addition
| to that obtained from grass, either green
or dry, is required by the cow This
should be placed where the COW will have
free access to it every day, and should
not be mixed with her food. Some cow;
in my herd will eat salt every day, while
others, receiving the same kind of food
and drinking of the same water, will mo-
eat salt oftener than once in each weeE
during the winter, nor oftener than onct
in four or five days during the summer
Hence salt mixed with the cows food
will furnish to some more salt than they
require, and to others less than they
| need
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27

little snow in winter, and theoretically it
seems to be the one thing needful in all
regions where the young grain is liable to
be exposed to cold winds in winter, as it is
in most prairie countries; but expert
ments would soon settle the question
definitely. A few rods square or acres
might be covered for few years in sue
cession, and by noticing the results the
farmer could determine whether it would
pay him to adopt the system upon a
larger scale. That which is best IN one
locality may be the worst in another, and
this is one great argument in favor of
local personal experiments.
1t may be more profitable to the West
ern farmer to feed his hogs and cattle
corn on the ear than to shell and grind
it, while the Eastern farmer would find
the exact reverse of this the most ecoAom-
ical, for practice must vary to accord
with circumstances. Among stocks we
find breeds that are better adapted to one
locality than to another, but how is man
to ascertain this fact, except through ex.
periments? If man desires to sell beef,
he would select quite different breed OF
animals from those usually kept for the
dairy, at least if he was a man of intelli
gence, and understood his business thor
| oughly. The same is true in regard to
| fruits, vegetables, and all kinds OF
grains, and one needs to be continually
experimenting in order to learn when
how aud where to make change, if sucl
should be necessary.
If you have never tried subsoiling, give
it thorough trial, upon one field, a
least, for it may be just the thing re
quired to enable you to raise large ant
remunerative crops.
We know that there are thousands o
acres of what are called worn-out land
in the Eastern and Southern States tina
only need deep culture to restore thei
long lost fertility. Their owners will
not experiment in this way or any othe
direction, and the results are we'll knowr
to every one who has studied scientifi,
agriculture or travelled through these des
olate regions of country.
Because one crop fails it is no sign tina
another might not succeed, even upol
the same soil, and be cultivated witt
profit
tits not enough to do well in farming
but every one should try to do better
Neither is it safe to pursue a system tha
is impoverishing the soil and gradual
lessening its products, although this is tn
practice in all new regions of the cour
try, and in many of the old.-N Y. Su'
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27

ney to mother earth. Here there was a
definite stop. The man was not danger
ously injured, but he received some Sc
we're bruises and terrible shock to his
nervous system as he woke up when he
landed on the hook.
THE lady enrolling clerks who have
been copying the new code, think that ii
women had had the getting up of it they
would not have any more ludlcrous blum
ders than some now found in it. For in
stance, the Code Commissioners originally
provided that among the property exempt
from execution should be "fifty sheep and
the wool thereon" Some legislator, at
tending more to the spirit than the letter
of the law, moved to insert after the
words t'fifty sheep" the further exemp
ton, ''six stands of bees" The amend
ment was adopted; so, unless somebody
takes unwarranted liberty with Legislative
work, the new code will come out pro
viding for the exemption from execution
of 'sfifty sheep. six stands of bees, an6
the wool thereon. ."-Dubuque Times.
THE LEXINGTON (Ky.) Press tells of 8
lady residing in Frankfort who had beer
very sick for some time, and so very
strange were her symptoms as to utterly
set at naught the the skill of the physi
clans. She suffered from general debility
became frightfully emaciated, and YET
possessed most voracious appetite. The
mystery was solved few days ago, how
ever. when, after sick spell and a violent
fit of retching she elected from her stom
ach mouse dead, and shortly after 8
living alligator, of small dimensions
Some of the physicians have expressed ar
opinion that there are moro of these ami
mails remaining in the lady's stomach
and that they are being constantly gener
ated there. But as to how they had theil
origin there we have not heard that any
one has ventured to risk an assertion OF
explanation.
A SOMEWHAT remarkable character has
Just terminated verv brilliant career al
the little village of North Granville, in
Washington County, New York. His
name is Tom Cree, and his earliest place
of residence was the poor-house. He was
taken thence by a kind farmer, and given
$780, He had great aptitude for trade
and soon multiplied his capital several
fold. Then he branched out, and so great
was the confidence of the citizens of the
place in his business abilities, that he had
no difficulty in procuring all the money
that he wanted. He started bank; en-
gagged in all kinds of enterprises, and es
tablished business relations that extended
from Boston to Iowa. All this time he
was lavishly generous, and gained wide
reputation for his benevolence. But the
other day he disappeared, and now it is
found that he has robbed his neighbors
Of 100000, leaving some of them so pool
that they will be compelled to go to the
poor house, and that, in addition to s
| long list of other rascalities, he has com
mitted forgeries to the amount of many
| thousands of dollars.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27

A JUVENILE ELoPEMENT.-Wrigh
Johnson, boy of six years, and Bertha
Sykes, girl of five years, arrived by a
train of the St. Louis, Kansas City &
Northern Railway at the Biddle street de-
pot at O'Clock last night. They We're
recognized as having come from St.
Charles, and on being questioned they
said they had stepped on the train of
their own accord, and had run away to
get married. The boy is son of DIR.
johnson, of st. Charles, Mo. The par
had occurred, and the romantic couple
we're sent home by the 7:15 train, in
charge of the conductor st. LOUIS Demo-
| c1'af
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-27

Don't stand aghast with awe and fear,
eyes wide open, hair on end, and fingers
tightly clinched with the idea that these
mysterious symbols are cabalistic signs and
represent some secret organization Of
masked demons, who carry terror and dis
may with their midnight prowlings and dis
perse on the dawn of morning. Noi They
are only the initials of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, that pleasant medicine
which has acquired National reputation
and proven so efficacious in Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Consumption and kindred dis
eases. For these complaints it has no equal.
Sold by all Druggists. ii