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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
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ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY DOG
STORY.

a sea captain just srriYe'i in this
port from New Orleans, exhibits an
Irish setter d, g. TO whom be secIed.
! its ope OF the most remarkable ex-
ploits in canine intelligence. The
dog vast elrJperty Of the first mate,
and was early noted for exiraordin-
sry ssgacity. When the sailors took
hold OF the main brace TO haul it in,
the dog Immediately seized the end
and ran the length Of the deck with
il, as n blending baDd" to get the
officers order executed. A planter
took fancy to the dog, and prevailed
on the first mate topresent the aniOal
to him. He carried iE along with
him six hundred miles up the Missis
sippl River, and endeayored to show
the setter every kindness. But one
night the dog escaped, and running
along the river bank leaped aboard
boat and was towed back to New
Orleans. But the ship had sailed,
and a schooner captain, into whose
hands the setter fell, took it with him
TO New York. The ship from which
the dog was taken Vas lying on the
river, and here is where the marvel
comes in. The dog, while looking
over the side OF the vessel one af,er-
noon, seemed TO take special notice
of the ship on the other side. After
q few moments it leaped overheard,
swan to its old home, and was taken
aboard by the delighted sailors.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
OyergrOWn Hogs.

There is not one single advantage
to be claimed in favor of big hogs.
There never was a monster hog
which did not make the man who
raised him pay for every pound he
weighed. They do not furnish an
ounce of meat gratis, but charge full
price for every atom of their carcass.
When slaughtered, it takes a long
time to get one cool to the marrow in
the bone, and then when the hams are
put in salt it is troublesome to finish
them to the centre. Four hundred
live weight is as large as hogs should
be in order to make good bacon. Be.
yond this size there is loss some.
where Either the feeder, butcher
or consumer is cheated, and as ,
general thing every one who has any
thing to do with big hog will find
if he observes closely, thst they are
not SO profitable as the smooth mic,
hog Of only $50 pounds weight A
small head, with little upright ears
aud legs and ears delicate to perfec
ton, are marks which indicate th,
greatest amount of food consumed
and it viii always draw more readily
the attention Of every butcher.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
Boston Correspondence Chicago Journal
SINGULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PIE.
NOMENA.

During a trip into Washington
County, Me-, one summer, / was
made scqnsinted with avery singular
case OF physiological phenomena in
the persons of several families residing
in the towns OF Millbridge and Steu-
ben, and soon afterward was brought
into contact with several of them.
One of the families was named
Mitchell and another was named
Pickham. The peculiarity consists in
bleeding to death from the smallest
scratch OF the skin, and relatives Of
both these families have died during
the past four generations. The last
death occurred o few weeks sgo in
the Mitchell family. Mr.. Mitchell,
about thirty years of age, cut himself
q little worse than ever before, and
died in q few hours Many times
before he had bled till 1t seemed that
the blood had all run ou. Of the body,
and then would gradually recover.
Another remarkable peculisrity con-
neeted with this bleeding family is
that none but the males bleed, and
they are the sons of the females OF
the same family. For instance, Mr..
Mitchell has left children none OF
them will bleed; but il the girls
should have boys in their families,
they will be Of the bleeding kind, but
the boys are themselves free, and
their families will be the same. A
physician who has practiced twenty
years IN this family can not account
for this singular phenomena During
this time several OF them have died
from this cause and others have bled
dangerously. Three generations ago
it was the "talk" among the old ladies'
OF the vicinity thst two brothers muir
dered o man by knocking him down
and then binding him 10 q tree, leav-
ing him 10 bleed TO death in this po
sition, and that the murdered man
while thus bleeding and bound hoped
the families OF the two brothers would
"bleed to death until the fifth gener-
tion." The Mr.. Mitchell who died
recently was OF the fourth generation.
or course the story about anybody
being murdered and so forth hiss no
truth in fact, but it is no less true
that quite a number Of persons in or
of the family have bled 10 death from
the mere scratch Of the skin. Sin
yuIarly enough, too,the bleeding fam
Iy has a penchant tor edge tools.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH BUSINESS

Mr.. Cyrus Fields gigantic opera
tion in the stock of the New York
Newfoundland and London Telegrap,
Company has proved complete sue
ces. With a view to concentrate the
management of the whole Atlantic
telegraph business in London, M
Field obtained the control OF MOI,
than three fourths-about three and a
half millions-of the whole issued
stock, and offered it in the London
market through Messrs. j. 5. Morgan
& Co. The subscription list was
opened last Thursday and closed Mon
day at p. NJ, when there were az
plications for 5000 shares in excess
of the amount offered. Bankers who
had contracted to deliver large
amounts have had tofill their CONTRACT =
on the stock exchange at a consideri
bic premium. 1t is characteristic Ot
Mr.. Field that he undertook an enter
prise of this magnitude and carried IL
through ut q period of the year when
Englishmen arethinking of a vacation
English friends advised him to post
pone It till after the holidays, alleging
that everybody was goingO out of town,
that nobody wanted to enter q new
undertaking st the end of the year
and many other good reasons. But
Mr.. Field turned a deaf ear to o.;
such counsels, and had his way ~
usual. The director of the newly
constituted company will be Sir
James Anderson, MIR. Julius Beer
Dir. Benzon lot Nsylor, Benzon &
Co.. Mr.. Field himself and Nj
Weaver, the very able manager of IT,,
Anglo-American Telegraph Company
who is to be managing director OF t..
whole business between London ami
New York-or as far as Port Hasl
ings, where the Western Union tax, e.
charge. You will not tail to remala
how strong the tendency is to con
centration OF all the Atlantic tele
graph companies.-LOnden COrye-yO1l
dsnce Ne1C York Tribune.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
GOOIand WOOIProducts.

The wool product Of the country in
1871 was set down at I46, 900, 900
pounds, aod the imports during the
anne period exceeded $4,000, 900
pounds. The clip for the present year,
/ the latest statistics may berelied on,
does not much exceed Ioo,ooO,OO
pounds. The lcsses by the FIRE in
Boston, taking all woolen goods and
reducing the whole to raw material
she said to have cen equal to the de.
sHe.ion-of 100000 pounds, but
This is probably an exaggeration.
Previous to the fire, there was {
surplus of wooden goods in the coun
try, and thisis one reason why manu-
facturers sought to force down The
price of the last clip. Farmers, how
ever. chose 10 hold, except those who
were sagacious enough, or whose ne
cessity caused them 20 sell at, or con
tract before shearing time. The reac
tion being decided, 1t is not lmprob
able that wool will continue TO bring
remunerative prices, during the whole
season.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
Aloud Shoeing Horses.


An old farmer writes to the OHIO
Former: "About thirty years ago
thought horses ought to be shod, and
continued the practice several years,
bat by degrees 1 discovered 1 was
mistaken. The, facts began. 20 leak
out, one by one, to prove that it is not
best to shoe horses in places that are
free from stone or gravel. In the first
place horses that are shod are Liable tc
80 many diseases OF the feet; and nexi
if they choose to use their heels they
leave destruction behind them, and il
they happen to tread on fellows foot
it causes some pain, especially il they
arerough shod, Shoes are of no adyan
tageo on slippery ground. A horse slips
worse with smooth shoes than he does
barefooted- And again, in soft snow
horses with shoes ball up so that thcv
can hardly get along, while barefoot
horse goes right along"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
The Cold Term and Peaches

The St. Joseph mich Herald, in
reviewing the situation in the peach
orchards in that locality, says;
"Until the winter OF 1872 the St.
Joseph fruit region accepted sixteen
and eighteen degrees below zero as
the. limit of cold beyond which the
teader peach tree would endure nc
more. Apples, pears, cherries and
plums, more hardy fruit, were SET
down as destroyed by a degree o.
cold measured by twenty degrees
below zero. Last year, however,
many localities that reported twenty
two and twenty-four degrees below
zero were found to yield average
crops of peaches; and whole orchards
whose buds, examined after the frost
wave had passed, had not manifested
live bud, produced most wonderful
burdens of peaches, and the severe
eOld of twenty-five degrees below
wro, which fell upon some parts o.
kcountry five or six miles from St
joseph, was accompanied by hoar
frost and this melted, leaving no bad
effects. Since the late intensely cold
term many live buds have been found
on peach trees in localities particularly
exposed to cold"
We fear that the twenty-six degrees
below zero of the morning of the 29tt
ultro finished the peach buds il
NOhhern Ohio, if the previous cold
1sssther of December had not done
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
A stranpe Fertilizer.

} The Scientific american describes
aasnge fertilizer. Of course Western
readers will please themselves about
believing it:-"At Stratford, Conn
where mosquitoes are as thick as a fog
lives an ingenious Yankee, so they
say, who puts these insects to profta.
bic use. He has invented a laree
scoop net, covered with lace, which i.
put in motion by windmill, water.
power, or steam. The lower half N
the scoop isl placed in waser. The
upper half moves through the atmos.
phere, and at each rotation draws an
immense number of the 'squitoes
down into the water, r,where they drown
and sink TO the bottom. Every rev
olution draws in an ounce of mosqui
toes. or a ton tor 1000 turns of the
machine. The mosquitoes thus collect,
ed make 8 splendid manure for the
lsnd; worth $40 ton -
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
LITTLE STORY OF BIG INDIAN

The Chicago Times says: Big
Cow, ley, good-natured, useless
lump of en- Arapshoe. stands six feet
four, and weighs 275 pounds. He
BIZ kept himself free from entangliDg
alliances that is to say, he is an old
bachelor, and his domestic habits are
like those OF q country school-marm
he bosrds around.
Last winter lie did his loafng
principally at the ssw-mIll, Is he
found warm lodgings by the side OF
the engine, and the hands employed
there furnished him his grub. Being
short of help at one Time, the engin-
eer offered employ ment TO the obese
Arspaboe, promising him dollar
day for bis serviceS. Big Cow
secuted the offer "Big Cow 10 white
msn," said he, "Arspahoe no work.
WHIST Big Cow can do? He cut him
hand off with that buzz, ugb!'
But the engineer explained to him
that bis duties would come within the
measure OF his capacity. All that
was required OF him would be to car
~ the boards as they we're ripped,
and lay them on the pile. This
seemed simple task to the Indian,
and he agreed to go to work. The
next day the unusual scene was wit
messed Of the pondercus Arapahoe
working steadily in The saw-mill,
Isrding the lean earth as he strobe
along, and puffing over his endless
stream OF boards like 3 bifurcated
porpoise.
When the bell rang next morning
Big Cow was found in bed, sore in
every limb, and groaning ike 9 re-
Iigious convert He besought the
engineer to fetch the white medicine
msn. IS be hsd clear conviction be
rss going to die. The trouble arose
from the engineer having set the well
meaning Arapahoe too oner Gus 8
task. His fsceid muscles could not
stand ten hours strain, and the sus
tanned effort had proved too much
for his physical powers OF endurance.
He pronounced ssu-mill industry
.bsd medicine and declared that an
Indian could not work, and the Arsp-
shoe fell back TO his former habits Of
vigorous loaang.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
NO. 80.
godital.
P WE WOULD.

II We would but cheek the speaker
When he spoils his neighbor's fame,
II we would but help the erring,
Ere we utter words OF blame;
If we would, how many might we
Turn from paths OF sin and shame.
Ah, the wrongs that might be righted,
II wewould bat see the way,
All, the pains that might be nghtened
Every hour and and every day,
II we would but hear the pleadings
OF the hearts that go astray.
Let us step outside the stronghold
OF our selfisEness and pride.
Let us lit our fainting brothers,
Let us strengthen ere We chide,
Let US ere we blame the fallen,
Hold a light to cheer and guide.
All, how blessed-ah, how blessed
Earth would be II we'd but try
Thus to aid and right the weaker,
Thus to check each brothers sigh;
Thus TO talk of duty's pathway
To our better life on high.
In each life however lowly,
There are seeds OF mighty good:
sun, We shrink from souls appealing
With timid "if we could"
Buta God that iudgeth All things
Knows the truth Is "if we would"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
Rural BreVifies,

The hog crop of Indiana is estI
mated at 100000 head.
In Nova Scotia tie farmers yoke
their oxen by the horns
Beet sugar cultivation is regarded
as fixed success in California.
Many Kansas farmers are saving
their wood piles and are burning
corn.
The corn crop of Mclean county,
Ill for the last season is estimated at
upward of O,OOO, 900 bushels.
gainesville, Ohio, has the champion
calf-seven months old and weighs
74O pounds
1t will require 24,OOO,O 900 bushels
of corn to winter the 100000 Texas
cattle now in Kansas.
A cow in litigation at Charleston,S.
c. has cost 81 200 already, and neither
party has her yet.
English history records that out Of
every thirty colts from thoroughbred
stock, but one proves extra fast.
The Alvarado, CAL, beet sugar fac
tory daily uses sixty tons of beets
Six thousand tons will be used this
season.
Corn is a legal tender in the drink
ing saloons of Chetopa, Kansas. A
bushel of corn for a drink of whisky
Is the rate of exchange.
A farmer in Gage county, Neb., re
Gently cut and hauled 20 a lumber
mill a cottonwood tree, the first l2 feet
cut of which made los feet of lum
Der. This is only remarkable in con
nection with the fact that he planted
the seed of the tree but eight year
ago.
A Paxton Ill, farmer recently
shipped l60 bushels of potatoes Il
Chicago for sale on commission, an,
received "cash to balance $40 "a" o
about six-pence per bushel net, S44 81
having vanished in freight and com
mission, besides a shortage of twenty
two bushels. 1t takes, therefore. fly
bushels of Paxton potatoes, TO ge
the sixth bushel to the Chicago mar
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
ART DEPARTMENT.

Notwithstanding the Increase in the price
OF su description last Fall, when THEALDINE
assumed its present noble proportions and
representative character, the edition tcds
more than doubled during the past year; PROV
ing that the American public appreciate, and
will support, a sincere effort in the cause OF
Art. The publishers, anxious TO Justify the
ready confidence thus demonstrated, have
exerted themselves TO the utmost to develop
and improve the work and the plans for the
coming year, as unfolded by the monthly is
sues, will astonish and delight even the most
sanguine friends of THE ALDLNE.
The publishers are authorized to announce
designs from many OF the most eminent ar
fists of America.
In addition, THE ALDLNE will reproduce
examples of the best foreign masters selected
with view to the highest artisticsuccess, and
greatest general interest; avoiding such as
have become familiar, through photographs
or copies OF any kind.
The quarterly tinted plates, for 1873, repro
duce four of John =. Davis inimitable child
sketches. appearing in the issues for January,
April, July and October, would alone be
worth the price of years subscription.
Tie popular feature of a copiously iIIusfra-
ted christmas" number will be continued.
To possess such valuable epitone OF the
art world at a cost so trifiing. will command
the subscriptions OF thousands in every sec
tion of the country; but, as the usefulness and
attractions OF The ALDLNE can be enbanc-
ed in proportion 10 the numerical increase of
its supporters, the publishers propose to make
assurance double sure" by the following
UNPARALLELED offer of
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
From ''Ths Romance of Medicine" in Lor
don Society
WINDFALLS POR DOCTORS.

The euriosIties OF medical life and
practice are endless If we hear very
often of medical men dong srduous
work for very scanty remuneration,
so netimes there is an agreeable OBJ
verse of receiving very splendid re-
muneratlon for very scanty services.
We howof a medical man whose duty
it is to take lunch every day at great
castle belonging to noble lord. The
household is immense; and there IS
Just the chance that there may be
some case of indisposition demanding
attention. He gets some of the best
lunches in England, and duly charges
a guinea for each attendance. There
is very wealthy man near q great
city, who can not bear to be lefs for
the night. There is . physician OF
great ability who drives out Of town
nightly to sleep at his residence; he Is
consequently debarred eveniDgsoeiety
and II ne goes out to dinner he has to
leave his friends before wine. He has
to charge his patient thousand a
year; and, I think, he works hard for
his money. Sometimes the services
are such that money can not repay
them A friend of mine, young
medicus, had q standing engagement
Of four hundred a year to look after
the health Of an old lady. Sherequlr-
ed to be inspected three times a day,
and make an exhibition of her tongue
and pulse. What made things so ag-
gravating was, that she was as strong
as horse, while the doctor was a
delicate man. She was so selfish and
perverse that he was obliged to tell
her that he would have nothing to do
with her case Similarly, knew the
son OF a rich man, who proposed to
pay a clergyman several hundred
pounds year for leave TO spend his
evenings with HIM. The parsOn, how
ever, was obliged to tell his rich
friend that he talked such intolerable
twaddle that he could not accept his
company on any terms that could be
named. But the oldest of these ar
raDgements is the following: A med
ical man has been attending a patient
several years, and yet he has never
seen his patient. The gentleman
firmly believes that he has an eso.
phagus OF peculiar construction, and
that he is accordingly liable at any
moment TO be choked. That help may
be at hand whenever any sudden
emergency may occur, he has ply
sician in the house night and day
The physician, being human, must
needs take his walks abroad, and il
becomes necessary to provide q sub
stitute for him two hours a day. Ac
eordingly, doctor attends daily from
~ to 2, fills up his time by disposinc
of an admirable lunch, and finds tn,
gold and silver coin, in their usual :
happy combination, neatly put by the
side of his plate, in tissue paper. Ul,
to the present date he has never haG
the pleasure of exchanging word;
with his interesting patient.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
COMPARATIVE VALUES OF WELL
KNOWN DISINFECTANTS.

Disiniectants properly command
much attention OF late, Herr Eel
stein of Vienna, has made comparative
experiments for two years, with the
following results:
L. Two pounds OF sulphate of iron,
dissolved IN water and poured INTO u
saucer at first liberated sulphuretteG
hydrogen, and after twelve hours NJ
longer produced any effect.
2. A solution OF sulphate of copper
behaved in the same way.
3. Two pounds OF crystals of green
vitriol retained Its action for two days
A mixture Of sulpbate OF iro;
and copper and carboic acid lasteC.
two days.
). Suiphurous acid was suffoeatine,
and ceased to act in one day.
6. CarbolIc acid produced worsc
smell in the house than the bad gasses
OF the sewer.
Z. Two pounds OF sulphate of iron
in a parchment bag retained its yalus
bic property longer than when expose
free.
8. Two pounds of chloride OF limo
in parchment bag continued to puri
fy the air for nine days.
Q. Permanganate OF soda was sue
cessful as long as it lasted, but is too
expensive.
Chloride of lime, enclosed in parch-
ment bag, and suspended by the ex
perimeBtor is the best disinfectant TO
be found in the market.
The Central Chemical Department
OF Public Health at Dresden gives the
comparative values OF certain disinfee
tants as follows
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07

"A TTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in the New Bank Building, West side
Main Street, No 90.
Nov. 22-tf.
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INDUCEMENTS TO CLUB AGENTS.

The Elko (Nevads) Kadependsat
says it is not able yet to offer gor-
geous chromos, seUing-mschines, etc I,
10 those who viii get no clubs for it,
but as i. does not wish 10 be con-
sidered lacking iD enterprise, makes
tas following ''truly magnificent Of
fers:"
81. To ary one sending one sub
scription (s5 90, u. S. G. @ we will
make comment on the first norm in
the family in 8 neat and appropriate
manner.
80. To any sending two (2) sub.
scriptions we will give q marriage
notice, and append four lines OF Sc.
lected poetry Ito be selected regard
les Of expense.
"3. To any one sending us three
(3) or more subscriptions we will on
bis demise agree to furnish two
squsres OF original obituary rhyme.
warranted to draw tears from the
hardest-bearted or money refunded"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-07
The New York
EVENING POST
SAFE, SURE and OTgADFASF.
A Journal f6f all True Republicans
for all True Liberals, and all
True Democrats.

The NEW YORK ETENLNG POST, edited
by William Cullen Bryant, and Parke
Goodwin, assisted by ythestrongest talentthat
can be engaged, has for more than halfa GEN.
tury maintained the same principles of Free
dom and Progress, through all changes OF
parties and pol licies-
It Stands for Equal Rights for the
Distribution ofPower; for Honesty and Econ
omy; for the esecurity of the glorious results OF
Emancipation and Enfranchisement won by
he war; and for all practicable Reforms.
II Is opposed 10 Injustice and SpO1la-
IIOn, disguised under the name of protec-
ton ard TO all corrupt party combinations
which sacrifice principle TO mere success.
It Will support Grant and Wilson,
because it believes that under them the gov
eminent will be more stable, and the chances
for progress and reform more certain, than
under any alliance eeOfsneompaIible OF elements.
The Evening Post Is equal to any other
as newspaper. and is complete in its Politi-
cal, It's Literary, ,itsScientifc, its Agricultural
and its Commercial Departments.