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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-02-28
Charcoal a Good Farm Medicine.


Nearly all sick horses and cows are
made so in the first place by eating i'm
proper food, or too much of it. AS soon
as the owner finds any of his animals
sick, 1t is the common custom to begin
dosing medicine. 1--WE mustn't leave the
animal to die; we must do something"
and so all manner of hurtful drugs and
pois ms are thrust down the throat
saltpeter, copperas, tnrpentinc, etc,
quite sufficient to make any well animal
sick, or kill sick one. "You didn't give
the poor thing enough-you should have
given 1t oftener-you can't expect your
beast to get we'll If you don't do more
for itv'
Our rule has always been to give moth
ing unless we knew exactly what to do;
and in the meantime attend to every ex-
terror comfort practicable If the wealth
er is cold, place it in warm quarters,
avoid all exposure, and attend TO pure
air and strict cleanliness. But there is
one medicine that can never do harm,
and is commonly beneficial. This is pull
verized charcoal. As we have just re-
marked, nearly all sick animals become
so by improper eating, in the first place.
Nine cases out of ten the digestion is
wrong. Charcoal is the most efficient
and rapid corrective. 1t will cure in a
majority of cases, if properly admins
tered. An example of its use. The hired
man came in with the intelligence that
one of the finest COWS was very sick, and a
kind neighbor proposed the usual drugs
and poisons. The owner being i'll, and
unable to examine the COW, concluded
that the trouble came from over. eating
and ordered teacupful of pulverized
charcoal given in water. 1t was mixed,
placed in jnnk bottle, the head held up.
wards, and the water with its charcoal
poured downwards. In five minutes i'm
provement was visible, and in few hours
the animal was in the pasture quietly eat
ing grass.
Another instance of equal success oc-
CURED with young heifer which became
badly bloated by eating green apples
after hard wind. The bloat was SO
severe that the sides were almost as hard
as barrel The old remedy, saleratus
was tried for the purpose of correct
ing the acidity. But the attempt TO put
it down always caused coughing, and il
did little good. Half teacupful Of fresh
powdered charcoal was next given. In
six hours all appearance of blOat had
gone, and the heifer was well.
We disapprove of quackery, where
without a precise knowledge Of the
disease powerful remedies are given a
random, indiscriminately. The objection
of quackery cannot extend to the use o.
charcoal, for it can do no harm; and goei
directly to the seat of the trouble in mos
sick animals, and if timely applied effectl
q cure.-LiUe Stock Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-02-28
How to Save Money in Farming.

WHILE the snow covers the ground and
the evenings are long it is good time to
make up plans for the summer campaign.
Take look at the stock in the barn, and
see If there are not some animals which
could be disposed of with profit Are the
cows first-rate in every particular, and do
they pay a good profit upon their cost and
keep, or do they scarcely pay for the food
they eat, leaving nothing over9 We
think that full one-hah of all the cows
kept by farmers do no more than pay for
the food consumed during the year; con-
sequently the owners are actually losing
money, because the animals depreciate in
value as they grow old. Now, the way
to save money in keeping stock is to have
no animal that is not either increasing in
value in proportion to the amount of food
consumed and the labor expended in TAX
ing care of it, or returning an equivalent
in labor performed, as with work horses,
or in milk as with COWS.
The only true way of ascertaining this
fact is by keeping an account of expendi-
lures and receipts, which we fear is sell
dom practiced with those who fail to
save money in farming. Merchants and
other tradesmen usually take an account
of stock at least once year, and know
W u CCuI uOW bHOJ JuO
financially, and their future operations al {
planned In accordance with past expert
ence, and if there is need of cutting of
any particular branch of trade, or econ
omizing in any way, it is done; but the
farmer alone seems to be the victim oi
luck, seldom knowing whether he is pros
porous or otherwise until it is too late.
1t is also we'll to draw up plan of farm
operations for the coming season, and II
is far better TO have them a little too re
stricted than too comprehensive, because
bad weather sometimes intervenes anC
puts one behindhand, especially in thu
spring, Better put in one acre of pota
toes and do 1t so we'll that the yield will
be four hundred bushels per acre, than Il
go over four OF five acres for the sam,
quantity. Practice the same system will
all farm crops, and you will be surprises
to see how easy it is TO save labor as wei
as money by farming. We are quite ceI
tain that If our farmers would give thi
condensing system of farming q thorougl
trial, we should hear less'of disastrou
seasons and the unprofitableness of farm
ing. They would not stop at good crops
but their horses, cows, sheep and hog
would soon have to be of the best breeds
No cows would be kept from the milk G
which two 70 three hundred pounds G
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An Easy wny 10 Health.

Tho appetite is generally keener in winter than In
summer, but the same low temperature which begcts
an desire for food to decrease the ab
ty Of the stomach to dlgesti Tho most aggravated
cases Of acute dyspepsia A. this season. and tho
best in fact the only way to control and cure hcm is
to stimulate and tone the stomach and nvieorate and
regulate the secretlve and discharging organs Todo
this promptly safely and thoroughly twithout inyov
ing any change in tho ordinary habits of the invalid
a course Of Hostetters Stomach Btters will be nee.
cssary In order to accomplish radical cure Of In
Digestion It Is not enough TO influence tho organs Of
digestion. The liver the ntestncs the circulation
| every organ and every secretion concerned IN the
work Of assimlang the food ana in carrying on the
waste matter Of the system, must be brought into
natural condition. Upon all these portions Of The
living machinery the great vegetable medicine whici
stands at the head OF ali modern restorauves, act
powerfully and bcnehoiaily. The feeble should TAXI
at least one dose daily at all Of the year ant
II may be taken with great benen twice day by al
| who are predlsposcd to dyspepsia, biliousness, o.
nervous attacks. Ladies' will find 1t very presen
help in the latter class of complaints, and indeed
all the ailments incident to the SEX
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large the expected PROFITS were to be made.
We have already expressed our view Of the
proprlety OF members OF Congress becoming
owners Of stock, possessing that knowledge;
but Brooks was not only member OF Con-
gress, but he was Government Director In
the Union Pacific Company. As such IL was
his duty to guard and watch over the inter
ests Of the Government In the road, and see
that they were protected and preserved. To
insure such faithfumese ON the part Of
Government Directors, Congress very wisely
provided that they should not be stockhold-
ers In the road. Brooks readily saw that
though becoming stockholder In the
Credit-Mobiller was not forbidden by the
letter Of the law, yet II was violation Of
Its spirit and essence, and therefore had
the stock placed in the name of his son In
law. The transfer OF 0akes Ames'
contract to trustees for the building
81 the road already under contract,
from which the enormous dividends were ali
derived, was all during Brooks official life
as Government Director, and must have been
within his knowledge, and yet passed with
out the slightest opposition from him. The
Committee believe this could not have been
done without an entire disregard Of his Off
clal obligations and duty, and that while ap.
pointed to guard the public interest in the
road he joined himself with the promoter
OF q scheme whereby the Government was tC
be defrauded, and shared in the spoils. Ii
the conclusion OF this TACT upon the evil
dence the committee are entirely agreed"
The Committee discuss at great length
the jurisdiction Of the House over its mem
bers, concluding that the facts in the pres
ent cases amply Justify the taking ef juris
diction.
The Committee submit to the House an,
recommend the adoption Of the following
resolutions:
WHEREAs, Mr.. Oakes Ames, Representative q
/ thta HOuap from the State Of Maaaurhuaptta ha
| been guilty OF selling to members OF Congress
shares of stock In Credit-Mobiler OF America, 10
prices much below the value OF such stock, wit
intent thereby to influence the votes and decision
| Of such members in matters to be brought befor
| Congress for action; therefore,
Resolved, That Cakes Ames be and Is hereby el
| PEELED from his seat as a member Of this House.
| WHEREAS, Mr James Brooks, Representativ
| n this House from the State OF New York, did pre-
cure the Credit-Mobllier Company to issue and d,
| liver to Mr.. Charles n. Nelson, for the use an
benefit OF said Brooks, fifty shares OF stock OF sal
| Company, at price much below its real value, we
| knowing that the same was issued and delivere
| with lntentt0 influence the vote and decision
| said Brooks as q member OF the House on matte
| to be brought before Congress for action, m
also to influence the action of said Brooks as
| Government Director in the Union Pacific Raj
road Company, therefore
Resolved, That Mr.. James Brooks be and
| hereby expelled from his seat as member of tn
| House.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-02-28
EARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Cream for Coffee. Beat well one egg
with one spoonful of sugar; pour apint
Of scalding hot milk over this, stirring II
briskly. Make II the night previous.
The three reasons given by those not
In favor OF live posts are: 1t Is difficult
TO grow row of trees near enough in
line; the wind swaying the trees will
break the nails; and lastly, the growth of
the trees would surely push off the boards
that old Boreas spared. .fl
1T is said that the disagreeable click.
ing noise caused by overreaching In
horses will be prevented II the blacksmith
in shoeing cuts off the toe or crust of the
shell of the hoofs on the fore feet instead
of on the hind feet, as is the frequent
practice. .r.a.i er
There are diseases to which COWS are
subject which do not lessen the flow of
milk for some time; yet this secretion is
seriously affected in quality, and is dan
gerous to use, and cases are on record
where the milk Of sick COW is absolutely
poisonous and has caused death TO many
children.
The economy of rapid and comforta-
BILE transit for beef cattle was recently
shown at meeting held in Manchester,
Eng. The loss attending the driving OF
fatted stock on foot to market was eighty
pounds per head per 100 miles; now fat
bullock is taken $50 miles by rail to Lon
don with loss Of forty pounds only.
For mixed pickles, prepare any vege
tables you like by cutting them in pieces
and let them lie in salt and water for two
or three days; then make the pickle In
the following manner: Boil the quantity
of vinegar required with peppercorns
mustard seed, small quantity of mace,
few cayenne pods and ginger, and half {
pound of -four of mustard mixed smooth,
In basin, to be put in while boiling; pu
all together in large stone jar.
"A suggestion which may be of use t,
everybody who keeps house and owns
, garden, a grapevine, or pear-tree,
made herein: Out of two bushels of bone
I saved from time to time during the yeaI
: a bushel and half of ashes, peck O
= lime and three pals of water, boiled tC
gether and mixed with muck in equs
quantity, the writer has made barrel c
! phosphate equal to the best in the marke
and at the cost of less than dollar. Il
applies 1t to his grape-vines and dwal
/. pear-trees with magical effect.
of all our domestic animals there al
none that require more systematic cal
than the horse. A horse should be fe
Q regularly, and in moderate quantities an
!. worked judiciously. A horse kept in tn
e way may be kept at a moderate cost, wi
e be more healthy and perform more lab'
d than if fed highly, or as many we kno
8 of are in the habit of feeding their horse
8 They will surely eat enough to injul
/ them if they can get it, When hay
/ kept constantly before them, horses a
/ apt to spend their time In throwing
i around topsy.turyy in the rack; they soc
= become dissatisfied with their food, az
Q lose their keen relish for 1t. The gener
n practice should be to feed regularly thr
i times day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-02-28

Poor, Of Searsmont, on taking some eggs
from hens nest recently, observed
slight protuberance at the end Of one, but
thought nothing of till he heard the
shell snap. Upon looking he saw sin
gular substance oozing out, which proved
to be a fully developed serpent, seven
inches long, which had apparently been
coiled up in the end of the egg. II was
nearly the color of the white Of the egg,
and exhibited some signs of life when 1t
first came out.
BILLS are pending in several Of the
State Legislatures which are designed to
put an end to the business of dead head
ing on the railroads. Some of these go
so far as to make IL criminal offense for
State officer or member of the Legisla-
ture to accept free pass over any rail
road. The legislators of Maine, however,
look at the subject from another point of
view, and instead of Furnishing dead
heads, propose to provide for their better
protection, by making the companies
more surely responsible in case of injury.
THE cheapest way Of getting thor
ough ablution and new suit Of clothes
os which we have heard, is that adopted
| by an Irishman, in the town Of Peabody,
Mass. He buried man that had died OF
SLudll-pOAt duu buSu W6ub pfOWlHB duOu'
among the drinking saloons of the town
without so much as changing his clothes.
The authorities had him hunted up, strip
ped of his raiment, bathed and fumigated
and furnished with an entire new suit
This treatment suited him well enough.
THERE are now in circulation two sets
of counterfeit five dollar United Statei
notes. The first of these bogus green
backs is poorly engraved on tOlerably
| good paper, and purports to be No. 0, ,0l2
The statue of America" on the lef
hand side of the note, is family and bad
ly executed, as is also the medallion por
trait in the lower right hand corner. Tn,
line engraving on the back is indistinct
and the curved lines weak and wavering
The second counterfeit is badly printet
on wretched paper, is numbered 81, 72O
and the engraving is exceedingly coars
and scratchy.
| A Too.FAITHFUL dog came very nea
being responsible for the death of hi
master, in Scranton, Pa. The canine wa
following his owner, Mr.. John Snyder,
gentleman of seventy years, when the lai
ter was overcome by the intense cold, an
fell in the snow on the street. The oil
gentleman's predicament was discovere
by watchman, bat all efforts of the lat
ter to afford relief was frustrated by tn
dog, who would not allow him to ar
proach the PROSTATE form. Finally
party of laborers came along, the trust
dog was driven off with clubs, and tn
old man rescued just in time to save hi
life, although very badly frost-bitten.
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THE WEEKLY SUN.
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AnTHun's ILLusTRATED HOME MAG

ARTHUR's ILLUSTRATED HOME MAeA-
zrNE.--Among the many good things in the March
number are: 1.-THE Sacred River OF India, and the
Cities Of its Valley" with several Illustrations
The Dearest Little Wife in the World'-story,
by T. s. Arthur, with Illustration; "Crooked
Places"--continued; ''The Deacon's Household, y
by Pipsissiway Potts; "Charles Dlckens-Firsl
Time and Last'-by Virginia +. Townsend; and
several other stories, poems and Illustrations
Terms, ,s2bo year, or $150 for six months, with {
reduction for clubs. A copy Of the beautiful stee
engraving, "TheChristan Graces," sent free Il
each subscriber, whether for six months or year
Address t. s. ARTHUR s Son, Philadelphia, Pa.
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snow.Flakes of wit.

THEY have had some snow in Utica, N.
Y, as appears by the following "BreVi.
ties" from the Herald of that city.
They wear snOw-piows for overshoes
over in the Eighth Ward.
Nearly all the signs on Genessee street
were dug out before night yesterday.
Nearly all of the corner loafers have
climbed to thetop Of the snow and resum-
ed business.
Utica has more snow than Watertown
and Ogdensburg together, and 1t is better
snow too. There is more OF 1t to the
pound.
The man who drove off the snow into
the street railway track, yesterday, was
not much hurt but his sleigh was badly
broken by the fall.
A man on Corn hill, obliged by the
deep snow to 60 home by way of the
chimney got into hot water by getting
into the wrong house.
II you see dogs tail on the snow
don't pick it up. The probability is that
there will be dog under the drift, and
be may object to your familiarity.
A merchant on Blandina street, who
worked all yesterday forenoon cleaning
his sidewalk, was disgusted when hi
found that he had only got down to the
wooden awning.
A lone widow, residing on Court street
complains that they have run sleigh
road right over her house, and that th'
horses are kicking her lightningrod all tC
piecee.
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butter or Its equivalent In cheese could
not be made in season.. II costs no
more to feed OF care for one OF our best
COWS than the very poorest, and the same
is true with all other kinds of stock, and
as rule the most worthless are the most
expensive TO keep. i' p-9 H'f J.
A farmer would think he was badly
swindled If he had to pay twenty-five dol.
lars more than his proportion of taxes;
still there are thousands of animals kept
by these same farmers, each of which
costs fully twenty-five dollars per annum
more than it yields the owner or advances
in value. This Is but one of the many
leaks in farming which would not be
tolerated in any other kind of business.
| If a held is SO poor that 1t will not pay
good profit ON the cost Of cultivatipg,
let it alone OF put ii in proper condition
for producing a good crop. A man Ought
to know better than to waste his time in
working soil that yields no return for the
labor expended upon II. But there are
scores of men doing this every year, and
they wonder why farming is such an un.
profitable business.
The very idea of man going over an
acre Of land a half dozen times with va
rious implements just for the sake of OBJ
tanning ten bushels of corn or any Other
grain, Is sad enough. Still there are
thousands who do this and think at the
same time that they are the victims Of
bad luck. Now let every one try the
coming season to economic by raising
large amount on small space, and dis
pose of all STOCK that does not pay
profit, and see it money cannot be save(
by this system.-Neto York Sun.
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THE CHnlDREN's HoyR--The number

THE CHHiDREN's HoURs-The number
for March Is very attractive, and the little ones
viii give It hearty, Joyous welcome. Itspictures
are pretty and appropriate, and its stories,
sketches and poems are Of kind TO interest and
amuse the youthful readers, while making them
better and wiser The terms Of The OARdren's
Hour are $1.25 year; five copies, So; ten, and
one extra, $40; extra Inducements are offered TO
getters up OF clubs. It. s. ARTHUR q SoN, Phila.
dclphia. Pa ..f
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A MEMPHIS paper gives an astounding
account of man In Tennessee, whose
wife died leaving him with eight chill
dren. Touched by the tender kindness
of their grandmother toward them, he
concluded the best interests of the or
phans would be promoted by marrying
her. After he had lived with her two
months, they were enlightened with the
fact that such marriage was unlawful.
Following the advice of his brothers in
the church and learned men in the law,
the parties ceased TO live together and
applied for q divorce, a ofncalo, or that
the marriage he pronounced nullity,
which was granted, and the mother sci
back into her grandmotherhood, with
her original name.
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sChenck's Pulmonic Syrup, seaweed
Tonic and Mandrake Pills.

These are the only medicines that will cure Pumon-
ary Consumption. Dr. Schenck, of Philadelphia, has
been in constant practice foy over eontin:
properly taken, will Cure Consumption. His Man
drake Pills cleanse the liver and somach his Seaweed
Tonic dssolyes the food stimulates the coating of
stomach, and aids digestion, His Pulmonic Syrup
ripens the matter, and nature throws 1t on without
any exertlon. For sale by all druggists .1r H
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A CARPENTER writes to the American
Builder as follows: ~ struck out for my
self last year and cleared nearly So 900,
using the plans and details in your magazine,
which were better than an architect. Count
me subscriber for life." Our subscribers
can get the Builder on trial four months by
enclosing 81 to CHAs. d. LAKEY, Publisher,
2S Murray street, New York.
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WE noticed in one of our exchanges this
week the statement of Dea. John Hodgkins,
of South Jefferson, Me-, whose son was
cured of incipient consumption by the use of
JOhnsonS AnOdyRe Lintnent. We refer to
this at this time as tending to corroborate
the statement we made last week in relation
to this Llniment as applied TO consump-
ton.
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IF Congress had employed as much scien
tifc skill in the arrangement of its "Recon-
struction Policy at the close, as the War
Department did in the beginning of the
war, in arranging for the manufacture OF
what was called Sferiddn's Cdvdlry Condition
Rb,cders for the use of the cavalry horses, no
doubt the Union would have been restored
long Ezehdnge.