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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-02-07

] street, lnl urlDg neT eefiOuelN- ouo was t@AOA
up and conveyed home, where she is now
! suffering the most excruciating pain. Some
doubts are entertained Of her rscoyerY,-Et-
more Co1TieT.
1eo,Al1rss1Ia hsAb.snoSsOia "a lkture os1
sosiatioA, anunb@ Of lOuS dtizshal haEsf
dubbed together and engaged Annie f. Dick
inson 10 lecture in this city, on the goth of
March. This occasion will furnish fair test
Of how greatq as ihe desiFein this community
for Zee tires. 4 saean M % thatsonie other
lecturer shonid have been secured, for she un-
auestionably stands at the very head Of the
roll in this eonnirv. Those having lhe mat
ter in charge, will make thorough work of it.
andalcarefnl canvass for the disposition Of
tickets viii be made. She should have an
audience Of at least eight hundred persons in
this city. 12li
Railroad .Election.-Th The Stockholders
of the 7 /. f. Z L. Railway met at the Office in
this city, and elected the following Directors:
L. q. Rawson, Jas Moore, r. p Buckland,
Fremont; c. W. Foster, Chas. Foster, Fostoria;
s. Carlia, d. J. Cory, Findlay; 5. Medhury,
Columbus; W. X. Smith, j. y, CoryJ Mon
City, Ind. ;e IS. Bnses lima 1A&S
The Directors then chose tie following Off
GERS for the ensuing year:
Z. a. RRwson, President; ChasJ Poster Vice
President; W H. Andrews, Secretary and
Treasurer; I. H. BurgOon, Superintendent; E.
L. Bennett Chief Engineer Exeehtiye Com
mittee-L q. Rawson, Chas. Foster, X. i.
Buckland, C. S. Brice.
4 s.-E E-I -T F-r-z = =
] Union Religious SerYices.-A union
religious meeting will be held in the NJ. E.
Church, Fremont, on Sunday afternoon, Feb
ruary 9th, at , ID O'Clock. The meeting will
be addressed BY adelegation of the Young
Mems Christian. Association, Of NOrwalk. AL
are earnestly invited to attend aii -"-
Since the above, was il. type, we learn thai
/ arrangements have been made for Hmhal
( union meeting in the MsthOdist Church al
| | l-2 o'clock on Saturday evening, and als'
, for one in. the Pusb yterihn Church at
! o'cloe., on Sunday evening". The Sunday af
+ tsrnoor meeting would have been held in th'
e Episcopal Church had it been ready for occu
Pancy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
.tReCinie Hi an Elephant.

The Leisure Hour, an English maya
zine tells this touching story, as re-
lated by Maj. Brown, of the Fourteenth
Regiment: During the siege of Pom
dicherry, IN the East Indies, by the
British army, when NJ. Lally was Gov
ernor there, there were in the French
garrison several war elephants, all of
which except one died from the scarcity
OF provisions, and the survivor would
have shared the fate of his companions
but for his uncommon sagacity, which
rendered him n favorite with every one.
and the object of general admiration.
This animal, in the absence of his
keeper was one day amusing himself
with his chain in an open pant of the
town, when a man who had committed
a theft and was pursued by great
number of people, despairing Of all
other means Of safety, ran for
protection under the elephant. APP
pareutly delighted with the poor
wretch S confidence, the creature in
stantly faced about and met the crowd,
erected his trunk and threw bis chain
in the air, as is the manner of these
animals when engaged with the
tHtDlN, dHu bttdHle 50 ll1ltHS III ue-
Tense of the criminal that, notwith-
standing all the gentle arts made use
Of by the surrounding multitude.
neither they nor even his manhout OF
driver, to whom he was fondly attached,
aud who was sent for to manage him,
could prevail with him TO give up
the maletactor The contest had
continued for about three hours, when
Mt length the Governor, hear
ing the strange account Of it, came to
spot, and was SO much pleased with
the generous perseverance of the hon
est quadruped that he yielded to the
elephants interpositlon, and pardoned
the criminal. The poor man, in an
ecstacy of gratitude, testified his
acknowledgements by kissing and EN-
bracing the proboscis of bis kind bene-
factor, who was apparently 50 sensible
of what had happened that, laying
aside all his former violence. he be
came perfectly tame and gentle in an
instant, and suffered his keeper to con
duct him away without the smallest
resi- stance
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
Buffalo Grass % Colorado

The Denver correspondent OF the
Chicago Inter Ocean relates the fol
3owing
The following little incident, re
lated to me by the principal actor
therein, will prove of interest to many
not connected with the cattle trade
1t has never before been in print, and
IS vouched for by all the early settlers
IN Denver. In 1853 Mr.. 4. J. VII
iams-now one of the leading citizens
of Demonstrated from Des MONIES,
Iowa, with three wagons, each drawn
Nv three yoke OF cattle, and loaded
with Indian and settlers goods. His
iestlnatlon.was the base OF Pixies Peak,
where gold had just been discovered
Williams located first at Fort Lup-
ton, thirty miles east OF Denver,
but hearing that settlement
was being made ut the mouth of
Cherry Creek, he moved his teams and
goods to that point, where he joined
The Russell Brothers anil General Lar
inner in laying ont a town, and erected
the first store in Aurora, now West
Denver He, with General Larimor
and i few others soon aiterward
crossed Cherry Greek and surveyed and
laid out "a new town, which they named
after the then Governor of Kansas,
General Denver Having entered into
mercantile pursuits, Mr. Williams
found himself at loss what to do with
his eighteen head Of cattle. He had
no hay. and grain was out of the ques-
ton, none being nearer than the sta
ton, SIX hundred miles distant. They
were too poor for beef, while game of
All kuds could he had for the shoot
ing Williams finally resolved to
abandon his cattle to their fate He
accordingly drove them ont upon an
island in the centre of the Platte, near
Fort Luptou, and left them
TO live OF die upon the
dry grass which then covered
the Platte Valley Early III the spring
Mr.. Williams had occasion to visit old
Fort Luptou, and curiosity led him to
go in search of his cattle to see what
had become of them during the long,
cold winter months. What was his
surprise, on landing on the island to
find them, not as he had expected, all
dead OF mere shadows, but as fat and
sleek as if fed upon grain all winter.
He wondered much at his discovery,
and ut once caught up his teams and
drove them TO Denver, where he used
them every day during the spring and
summer hauling lumber from his mill
IN the mountains. Thus was the first
discovery made of the fattenlng prop
critics of the dried grass of Colorado,
which covers the plains and hills nine
mouths out of twelve.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, writing from Seattle, Wash
ington Territory, speaks as follows
about the agricultural productions of
that locality:
of from $50 to $50 feet, and is of pc
culiar character being harder than
Eastern pine readily worked while
green, but, when seasoned, it becomes
almost like flint, while its durability
and strength are nearly equal to the
oak Many of the buildings i'll this
country are put mp without any stud
ding whatever The fir boards, one
inch thick, being placed upright and
battened on the outside, are of sntfi-
cient strength to hold up the roof and
floor, with all It's ordinary weight of
furniture, ETC., and, when covered with
cloth and paper on the inside, are con-
sIdered sufficiently comfortable for the
Winter.
The valleys are covered with a growth
of vine, maple, soft maple, cedar, ash.
and cottonwood, With some spruce and
hemlock intermixed but, as'the timber
Is not usually heavy, and the roots fol
low ucdl VIC SUI ldtt, tll6 ldlItl 10 Hot
very hard to clear-the work of which
is usually done by Indians. at from So
to SIS per acre. The soil being either
Of clayey loan or sandy deposit,
largely mixed with decayed vegetation
is extremely rich. The bluffs are all
covered with heavy timber, chiefly frs
and cedar, and hard to clear-the soil
being of light brown or yellowish
clay and quite stony, presenting to an
Eastern farmer the appearance of he
ing worthless, but which have been
found to produce forty bushels fine
wheat to the acre, and from fifteen to
twenty bushels of apples to the tree,
on trees SIX years old. Vegetables,
and fruits of all kinds yield largely,
except corn, melons, peaches and
grapes-the nights being too cool to
grow those products to perfection;
while, in the prairie country East of
the Cascades, they are grownin abund-
ance; and those prairies, OF sage-b brush
plains as they are generally called,
which hav e been heretofore called
worthless, have proved to be the very
best lands for crops of all kinds, yield
ing from fifty to seventy bushels of
wheat to the acre.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
sheep Raising in Texas.

There is no country in the world
where sheep can be raised with less
trouble and expense than IN Texas, in
the western portion of the state herds
of eight and ten thousand may be
seen. These sheep are owned both by
Mexicans and Americans there are
some Merino and good many of their
crosses among them, but many com
mon, and also good many Mexican
sheep The wool of the latter Is not
much more than hair. On an average
these sheep will not weigh more than
30 or so pounds dressed, and will
not shear more than from to s lbs.
of wool, worth from 20 to % cents per
pound Sheep can be bought from
two to two and half dollars per
head, that Will pay over half that
amount the first shearing Markets
are inaccessible to that part of the
State. without driving a long way, $50
wool Is the principalreturn from them.
Shepherds can be had at twenty five TO
fifty dollars per month. and the bust
ness, if properly managed, is one that
pays well. The disease most common
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22

among the sheep is the scab, which is
brought on in winter, by not feeding,
and letting the sheep get dead poor,
when, If grass (Which grows on the
pralrles In quantities. is cut at the
proper time, 1T makes a hay on which
sheep will get fat all winter
What Is needed is to introduce plen-
ty OF good rams, build sneIs for the
sheep to stand under in bad weather.
and feed them plenty of hay, which
costs nothing but the saving of it, and
success is certain.
There Is in western and southwest
ern Texas so little cold weather, that
sheep need only TO be housed Chat is
let go under shed,) in storms, the
cold rarely being more than comfort
able to them. The ground on an av-
erage IS not covered an inch deep with
snow once year; and, in fact, IN
southwest Texas never at all; the only
reason why grass is not as good there
IN winter as in summer Is because
winter is their dry season. The north
ers never affect anything there,
and with little trouble and trifiing ex-
pense sheep will grow and fatteu all
the year around, making much heavier
heeces and carcasSes III the north, and
at much less cost. La a few years 1.-TWO
OF three there will be railroad con
nection between San Antonio and Gal
weston, which will make transportation
much cheaper. There will also be rail
road connections between San Antonio
and Austin in the course of two or
three years, where there is good mar
ket for wool In fact no business
promises such good success as sheep
raising IN Texas.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

tompounh f0r Preserving Timber
A patent has recently been granted
to Levi S. Fales, of Monmouth Ju,,c.
ton, New Jersey, for compound. with
which railroad ties or other timbar
may be protected against the influence
of the atmosphere and moicIfnre
Tins invention conslst, Il in preparing
a compound by the mixture of the fol-
lowing ingredients, IN about the pro
portions set forth. To ten gallons of
crude petroleum the inventor uses
ABOUT ten lions of the residum from
feLihin9 petroleum, generally termed
vast acid" but from which the sui
pm .ric acid has been separated one
eallon Of linseed oil and five pounds of
Stacked lime. The whole mixture is to
be put in a kettle al d boiled from four
to FIVE hours. After this add to the
mixture the following ingredients, viz
About ten pounds of common resin
about one pound of gum shellac; and
three gallons of extract of coal-tar
termed dead OIL, obtained from dis
tllllng coal-tar. The article to he sat
urated Is then Immersed in the LIQUID
while the same has a temperature of
300 deg. Fair, and Is left therein for
about one or two hours. If sticks or
pieces of smaller size are to be impreg-
mated, it viii suffice to apply the mix
ture, while hot, by means Of brush
The petroleum and the other oils in
the composition are to serve as vehicles
for conveying the entire compound
into the pores of the wood The
Stacked lime serves to decompose the
organic Impurities III the pores, ana
also rs an excellent preserving M edi
um and also to neutralize any traces
of acid that may be in the compound
while the rosin, sheIlac aud dead oil
from coal-tar give body to the mixture,
and make the same more or less water
proof; thus preventing moiature or at
mosphere from gaining access to the
interior of the pores.
The coal-tar or dead oil from coal
tar IN the composition Will give to the
impregnated wood il color similar to
that of black walnut The shade of
color, however, may be varied at pleas
IRE by changing the quantity of dead
oil from coal-tar used. By adding any
suitable other coloring material, the
color itself may also be changed to suit
taste
Wood treated with this compound
does not require to be painted, either
for improving its appearance or for
protection.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22


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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
Oranges IL Politics.

Many persons, and especially politi-
clans, fear that the Patrons OF Hus-
bandry will become political organi-
cation. 1t is true no one can foretell
what will happen in this direction
But with the knowledge we have of
politics and the history of all reform
atory bodies engaging iD politics us a
means of effect,Dg changes for good,
We should deplore any action on the
part of the Oranges that would place
them IN array against either existing
party, or to place them in antagonism
against all other existing political
ideas or interests, while as at present
organized, they can hold their own
against any opposition that may be
brought against them. To merge the
organization INTO Il party would not
only be to dlsiutegrate their own
members, but would be the means of
introducing corruption, venality and
trickery that would overwhelm them
III ruin. As at present constituted
with men of all parties uniting under
it's banner 1t is able to aid greatly in
purifying the political atmosphere OF
many of the vices now connected with
it.
The true plan is to allow every man
to decide TO which party he owes allie
glance, and let the organization sit up
on the beam of the political scales and
throw their weight IN favor of that par
ty which will best advance their inter
est or which gives the most promise of
doing so, at each different campaign,
and to vote for those men of either par
ty who are best calculated for the posi-
tons solicited. The effect of this will
be to hold in check both parties, by
holding the rod Of defeat IN teJT0ren2
over their heads.
The work of the Oranges is not be
gun, the plan of action is only devel-
oping, and good and careful counsels
at all times should prevail Mean
while, every farmer who desires to ben
eft himself, both intellectually and
financially, should become Granger.
-Buckeye Farmer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
he NaIcei -.
BY o. v. HOLMES.

We count the broken ivres- tirTt rest
Where the sweet waiting singers sumber
But Ger their silent sisters breast
! le wild flowers who will stoop to number
4 few can touch the magic spring.
And noisy fame is proud to win them
Alas for those that never sing.
But die with all their music in them
Nay, grieve not for the dead alone.
Whose song has told their hearts sad story
Weep for the voiceeas, who have known
Ihecross but not the crown Of glory
Not where Leucadian brcezes sweep
ger Sappho's memory-haunted billow,
But where the ghsteniug night dews weep
On nameless sorrows churchyard pillow.
q hearts that break aud give no sign
Save whitening lips and faded tresses,
Ill Death pOur5 out ms cordial wine,
oloW-dropped from misery's crushing pro-
cess
u singing breath or echoing chord
10 every hidden pang were given,
What endless melodies were poured,
Is sad as earth. as sweet as heayeui
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
Impulse on the Steam GauyPs

If a steam gauge runs up or down
momentarlly for few seconds, it is no
PROOF that the steam pressure has in
creased or diminished corresponding
amount. The material of which a
pressure gauge is made has inertia,
and a sudden impulse may drive it be-
You'd the figure indicating the true
pressure. 1t acts like "a water column
ma tube, In which the water, by sudden
admission from below, may be thrown
up hey ond the true level, bllt in few
seconds 1t will come back to the right
place. Turning on your steam sudden
ly may give an impulse to your gauge
which drives its indicator beyond the
true figure, but it soon settles where ii
ought to be. --Lunbermun's gazette.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
Oh, No /!

If blue birds boome1 like flowers in row.
Aud never could make a sound
How would the daisies and vlolets know
When 10 come out of the ground?
They you'd wait and wait the season round
Never flower could on earth be found.
And what would birds aud butterflies do.
IT the flowers had wings 10 fly?
Why, birds and blossoms, and butterflies too
Would stay far up in the sky
Aud then the people would droop and sigh,
And all the children on earth would cry.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
Sweetness.

A tender-hearted little girl once came
in from the woods and showed a face
covered with mosquito bites. why
did you not drive them away 2" said
the mother They would not go, >
said the child. Why did you not
kill them ~ Z" 1t would not have been
right" was the answer But | have
seen you kill them at home, urged the
surprised mother. Eyes, mamma, .
argued the child firmly, &C If they come
into my house and bite me, l kill them.
But if | go into the woods, that is their
house, and | have no right to kill
them
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
HAyEyou a severe wren

HAVE you severe wrench or SpTaln =!
Have You rheumatism in any form Have you
stiff neck, or punches caused by rheumatic
pains? If so, Johnsof'S An0dyae Imminent
is a specific remedy, used internally and ex
ternally.
WE often see a large stock OF cattle which do
not seem to thrive, and come out spring
poor" all for want OF something to start
them III the right direction. One dollars
worth of ,Sberid0ns Cdudby Condition POM
derS, given To such a stock occasionally dur.
ing the winter, would be worth more than an
extra hail ton Of hay.--Com.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
Tne Drivers Story.

From the New York Evening Post.
All, SIR, this is going to be hard
winter" sad Il great burly car-driver
to us the other evening; land | saw
yesterday what such as you don't see
very often, and hardly believe when it's
told to We. One of the men who drove
on this line nigh three years sent his
little gal to ask me to come and see him,
and laid off last night and went,
Now | heard how he was sick with
consumption, but [ didn't know how
sick until got there.
As sure as live, sir there was that
fellow what one year ago was as strong
and hearty a young man as you ever
saw, with his legs no bigger than my
wris,-and him a lynn on the floor and
heavin' and choking all the day and
night7
He told me he hadn't sent for me I'M
til he had to, and on looking round, sir,
[ saw there wasn't any furniture left
and altho' year ago he had his little
room fixed up comfortable like, he had
sold even the straw III his tick and was
Il lynn ON the floor. [ wouldn't care
to live, jim, said he (speakiu' very
hoarse and troubIesome-like), but for
my poor wife and children for aItbo'
[ am only in their way i like to see
EN- round, aud | shan't trouble 'em
much longer. And here he looked at
hiszwife and smiled, when she cum up
and, takin' hold of his hand, told him
not TO talk like that, put to pluck up
hope for her sake and the little ones.
Bye and bye, after looking at her and
then round the room at the children,
his lips commenced to tremble and the
tears to fill his eyes, in spite Of his
tryin' to smile aud altho' [ think I'm
as hard-hearted as any man, | couldn't
stand it and Just burst out cryin'
Well, it seems he hadn't had anything
to eat that day, so gave him two dol
lars Gall ] had) and sent for some
bread, and a bundle of straw, and, best
of all for him, | do believe, | got his
babies a stick of candy and a whistle,
and left 'em almost happy. My old
woman has been over to-day to take EN-
an old bedstead we amt usin, and we
collected eight dollars for 'em from the
drivers, and we're thinkin' OF getting
up bali, hoping to make enough TO
send him to an hospital and to give his
wife a start So they're not so bad off
now as they might be. But there's
lots just like 'em, and there's goin' to
be more afore the winters through.
Hold on till | slow up bit, sir
| There! Goodnight, sir; goodnight. "
And we walked away bordering on the
| terrible words OF that kind-hearted
man tEThcre's lots lust like EN-"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22
CamphOr as a Medicine.

The Scientific American lectures
those people who make frequent use of
camphor as a medicine 1t says The
physiological action of camphor is not
yet understood ; but, judging by the
symptoms that follow the taking of a
moderate dose, 1t may be called a
nervous stlmulant. 1t is somewhat like
opium and alcohol therefore, in its
action when given in small quantities :;
but, when taken in large doses, it
causes excessive irritation to the
nervous system, producing commissions
and death. Camphor acts to ir1ltate
and longest and finally to intiame the
mucous lining of the stomach, causing
in the milder cases form of dyspepsia,
and III the moro aggravated, liberation
of the stomach. From these two actions
namely, that of the nervous stimu-
liant and local irritation-come all the
good and evil of its use. We can, there
fore, readily see how unsuited this drug
is to be a household remedy.
THE King of Italy, writing to Bis
marck. signs himself, ''Your most af-
fectionate cousin, Victor Emanuel. :,
The term cousin between kings and no.
blemen is merely friendly style of
address, like "aunty and "uncle P"
among the Southern darkles.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-22

APPLY THE REMEDY 1t appears that
we need no longer be tormented with
Liver, Kidney, Bladder and Glandular
diseases, Mental and Physical Debili-
ty, Partial Paralysis, Inhammatory and
Chrome Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, and
MorDlc HumOrs of the blood Dr.
WALKERS NEGETA BLE VINEGAR BrTTERs
conquers the causes of all of the above
Irregularities by securing perfect d.
geSti0n, q proper f0tO of bile, and a
free discharge OF all aUoste matter. 1t
Is not vile doctored whisky, gotten
up to deceive the public and tickle the
palate. 1t is medicine to the sick
stomach, the relaxed nervous system.
the weak circulating blood, and the
overworked, pr )strated brain An in
FAINT may take 1t, and to children af
flicted with worms, and even adults
who suffer from this cause, ignorant of
the fact-and their numbers are mil.
lions-it is the greatest remedy of the
age. Take one bottle and YOU will be
satisfied that this is no catch-pennv
nostrum.-Com.