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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
What Men Need Wives For.


1t is not to sweep the house, and
make the bed, and darn the socks, and
cook the meals, chiefly that a man
wants a wife. If this is all he needs,
hired help can do it cheaper than a
wife. If this is all, when a young man
calls to see lady, send him into the
pantry to taste the bread and cakes
she has made send him to inspect
the needle-work and bcd.making; or
put a broom into her hands and send
him to witness its use. Such things
are important, and the wise young man
viii quietly look after them
But what the true man most wants
of a wife is her companionship, gym
pathy, courage and love. The way
of life has many dreary places in it,
and man needs a companion to go
with him. 4 man is sometimes over
taken by misfortunes he meets with
failure and defeat trials and tempta-
tions beset him, and he needs one to
stand by and sympathizs. He has
some stern battles to fight with
povety, with enemies, and with sin /;
and he needs a woman that, while he
puts his arm around he feels that he
has something to fight for, will help
him fight; that will put her lips to
his ear and whisper words of counsel,
and her hand TO his heart and impart
new inspiration. All through life
through storm AMI through sunshine,
conflict and victory, through adverse
and through favorlng winds, man needs
q woman's love. The heart yearns
for it. A sisters or a mothers love
will hardly supply the need.
Yet many seek for nothing further
than success in house-work. Justly
enough, halfOf these get nothing more;
the other half, surprised above measure,
have gotten more than they sought.
Their wives surprise them by bringing
out a nobler idea in marrige, and dis
closing a treasury of courage, SYM
pathy and love.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
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Trec TransnIanfinc.
P.tinesviile, o

To the Editor of tie Scientific american
On page 81 of your current volume
some one says: "Aost persons make
fatal mistake in trimming trees when
trans planted. Never cut off limb
or twig till they (:he tEees) have a
secure foothold.'
This advice, in the Scientific Amer-
icaa,at once becomes powerful intlu-
ence. Whatever affects the tree plant
ing interest is OF national importance 3:
and l think ! can show by reasons cut
fcient, as l could by the experience Of
all successful tree planters, that the
advice referred tc Is radically wrong
and should read; "Always Gu: down
the top of tree transplanted, 50 that
the relative proportion be preserved
between roots and branches"
A tree to secure a .oothold in its
new bed must make new growth Of
wood both at the top and root ; 9th
erwise death results In all cases after
transportation. Most tress lose, In
transplanting, the larger portion OF
their roots; how does this operate
when the top is left Of full size and un-
trimmed? The leaves come out iull
with the advent OF spring; and it takes
all the nourishment supplied by the
remaining roots TO support the leaves,
and no new wood is made.
1t the top OF the tree is cut down
and the Leaf buds destroyed, then, OF
necessity, in order to put forth leaves,
there must be new woody growth; !;
when this occurs, there is always cor
responding root growth; and thus,
a toothold is secured. Many trees,
ike the sugar maple, only make wood
during a brief period in the spring /;
consequently, il transplanted with
ever so much care after tCis season
they invariably die.
A tree which continues making
wood during the entire season, like
the willow and locust, can with care
be transplanted at any time; but it
NAV be set. down as q rule, with but
few exceptions, that deciduous trees
should only be transplanted when bare
of leaves, and then the topleft must
be proportioned to the root.
To further illustrate the fallsey o.
the no trimming theory, suppose that
| in Duttiny ont cuttinus. as OF the COT
ton wood or willow, top was lett
Does any one suppose that new root
would be formed? 1t is the growth
OF the new top that is accompanied
by new root growth; in fact thew are
inseparable. The eeverywhere,popuIar
white elm and sugar maple, allhouob
exceedingly difficult to transplant sSc.
cesstully with large tops, will generaI
! ly live and grow if every branch =
cut Off and the short bare poles opIv "
set. E. HI
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
Two Kinds of Farm Life.

There seems to be a great deal ot
controversy in regard to farm life
Now, if people are not pleased with
their station in lite, what possible good
is there in murmnring about 1t? In
the. first place farming as prActiced by
some is indeed a very undesirable call
ing. How often do we see farmers
families sunk into the lowest depths OF
Ignorance never recsiving scarcely any
educationl They are allowed no re-
creation, and they never mingle with
society. What knowledge the pos
sess they have gained from one anoth-
er. They live and die nnheard OF out
side Of the little circle in which they
move. Farming carried on in this
way may truly be called degrading
calling. But farming often is both a
pleasant and probable business.
In every LEGALITY a Distinguishing
feature between farmers themselves is
visible; but not more SO than the DIFF
ference between their farms. Let us
take for instance the class first named 4.
Although they sometimes have good
farms and make money, they never.
tbeIess lack true, rational enjoyment
Their life is one OF toll from the era.
die to the grave Their whole all
seemingly..is to become rich,and the,
would sooner give up their miserabl
existence than to expspd one dollar t
make home happy. Their childrel
iuternarry, and, like the castles Q
India, they associate wholly wit
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04

As the result ofexperiments in Eng.
land upon the Influence of food upon
the quality of pork, 1t is stated that
pigs norished with milk give the best
favored meat and the greatest weight;
next to which comes those fed on
grain, maize. barley, oats and peas.
Potatoes furnish a loose, light, taste
less flesh, which wastes away very
much in cooking, while that of animals
fed upon clover Is yellow and of q
poor favor. Oil cakes and oil seeds
produce Loose, fatty flesh, of an un-
pleasant taste; beens hard, indi-
ges;ibie AMI unsavory meat, and
acorns are but little better.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
WHAT CONGRESSMEN ARE DOING
WITH THEIR GRABBED PAY.

List of CoogressmeD who nave
covered their additional psy Ihto the
treasury, and so closed the account;
William r. Roberts, of New IorS,
(Dem.)
william NJ. Merrick, OF Maryland,
List Of Congressmen VINO have o:
slowed il on some local endo"nent;
George T Hosr, OF MaSSseii"'e''S'
Rsp.) =, u,ssa-
chusetts, (Rep-) ,.,,D..
List OF CoDgressmen "ho M"
,bst thew shave not drawn u
'nSs GsrESon .LS n Potter, Of New York,
lpems EN-. Monroe, of Ohio, (Rep-)
Ij.t of Congressman Who are
..;Dting how they may dispose OF il
s.aifhont osientatiOn ,
Fills H. Roberts, OF Utica, n Y,
(Rep.)
List Of Congressmen VITO are re-
rund1ng it per capita 20 Constituents:
Benjamin Z. Busler, Of Massachu-
setts, (Rep.)
Further entr1es may Ee made on
application. Lists open until a suit
able time before the next Congress
Ional canvass.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
HARD ON MR.. ALLEY-A MAN
OF FRUGAL MIND.

The Washington Star tells these
somewhat tough stories:
"Ex- Hon. John b. Alley, of Credit
MObilier renown, is said to be very
wealthy; and no wonder. Having
to testify before two OF the Con-
gressional investigating committees
IN one day last week he frugally
drew mileage and per disDa compensa-
tieH from each. That's the way TO
pile up competency against rainy
day.
"It is related OF Alley that when
ne left congress the ID. H. ticket he
held on the avenue street cars expir-
ed with mis- Congressional term, and
in order to utilize it to the utmost, he
rushed from the Cspitsl two minutes
before the close OF the session, and,
hailing car, resched in a breathless
condition, holding his watch in one
hand and his ticket in the other to
show the conductor that the latter
was yet 'good' An acquaintance in
the car hailed him with the inquiry,
Halo, Alley what's your hurry
Anything up?' Alley replied. still
glancing nervously at his watch, q
must get down town. Ny ticket ex-
pires at II O'Clock, and / must get
down town before that time.' The
fare saved by Mr.. Alley was five
cents, but he lost something in pers-
pirstion.
''It is also told OF this gentleman Of
frugal mind, that some years ago he
had protracted contest with another
man for the mayoraly of Lynn, sew
eral elections having been held with
out choice. His enterprising rival
entertained the voters with a tree
lunch, and finally in the contest the
economical scruples of John B. so
far gave way that he determined 70
do the big thing. and bought a bag
OF peanuts, to be baked on each
voting day, to regulate the crowd.
But be instructed his caterer to
bring them on very hot, "for" said
the prudent candidate, 'thsn they
wont eat 80 many.' 1t would seem
.hat Mr.. Alley, in reluctantly con-
senting to allOt the Credit JlObilier
stock TO members of Congress, sa-
5aeiously counted upon its proving
80 hot that they wouldn't keep 1t
eng on their hands. 1t did"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
Fastening Combs.

Having fallen upon plan for fasten-
ing combs in the frames In trans
ferring bees, I viii give it for what 1t
is worth: Take strips of tin, three
eights of an inch broad, cut them to
such lengths that theFwiilextend On
the comb half an inch, after being
placed upon the frame at any distinct
point, bringing the two ends around
the corners OF the upright, or any
other point where the operator chooses
to place them, forming right angles,
bringing the ends of the strips in con-
tact with the comb, which strips, if
desired, can be pressed slightly into
the comb, and will be amply sufficient
to holl the combs in place, though
filed with brood or honey.-COr.
Ana. Bee journal.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04

WHOLESALE AND kETAIL GROCERs
w and dealers IN Flour, Provisions, Wooden
willow and Stone Ware, Confectionery. Fr,Iifs
Ne.ions and general variety. Goods at Whole
sale. at Cleveland and Toledo prices. Nos. ~
- 90 Main Street
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
For the JeGe-sonIan.
Questions on the Potato CroD.

For the JenezsonIan.
Questions on the Potato Crop.
EDS. JEFF.:-Wll you permit me to
ssk q few ques:i5rsa shout the ic;sso
crop Of your coaHi., AID request ZONE
Garmer. who c8n spe-k from exp, rience.
to answer the same through your col
un.ns
In the statistics as given by the See
retary Of State, ard ii The Agrical.ur-
al reports from the returns Of the
township assessors. the potato crop of
Hancock county for 1871 was 94,IoG
bushels, from !, ,O32 acres-an average
/ of 81 bushels per acre. That of 1870
was CO, 453 from 944 acres-an aver-
age OF only G7 bushels to the acre.
This for the two years is about
the agreeable average for the entire
State, though a number OF counties
show a much better yield.
Now, I wish TO inquire whether po
tstoesare an article OF export from your
county, or are grown for sale to any
considerable extent by your farmers;
and if SO, what prices have they
brought for the past two ears, and
how do they continue to make the crop
a paying one, with so low an average
yield?
Here, in Lake county more Potat oes
are grown than in any other part OF the
State. Potatoes and fruits are leading
staples; and now that the winte. has
destroyed our prospects for fruit crops
TOR the season, we are considering |
the matter of improving the profits of
thepotato crop, not desiring to increase
he aggregate yield bat the produce
per acre.
We find cur average yield little
less than 100 bushels per aere; and
with the prices realized the past two
years, and the cost Of labor, 100 bush
els per acre leaves no profit to the
grower, after paying expenses and q
lair rent for the land. And very many
growers find their yield below the av-
srage, and barely paying expenses
while others, who bring the yield up to
L25 and loo bushels per acre, fad a
handsome profit, as the expenses of
culture, &c, are very little greater
han for a crop OF so or 90 bushels -
And every farmer knows that $50 bush
els of potatoes is not very remarka-
bic yield.
The great fault with ouc potato
growers about here is, they devote
too much OF their land to this crop,
without giving it sufficient manure or
rest ir clover or grass, 50 that the soil
is exhausted, or what is termed potato
sick. Too little regard Is also given to
the seed, or adopting new
in place OF the Old Peach
b low. This has been found of great
advantage in the mltter Of inc'elseI
yield; though the last is deemed the
most promising the past year or tao.
Peerless has not proven quite equal
o Peach hlows in quality, and now
here is a disposition 10 give CaaPbell's
Late Rose pretty general trial, the
ew who tested it last year being high
Iy pleased with 1t. Did any one in
Hancock County try it, and how has
he Peerless or other new sorts done
here. II. D. BATEHAM.
Painesviile, o.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04

chlorofoEm is 10 the surgeon-that
mans Dorsl powers are lulled into
inse1sibility and the keen edge Of sin
no longer fel;-the viii weakened,
conscience destroyed, and man made
8 brute
An eminent French writer in his
traite deS De1enTesecHces, Morel, in
speaking Of the use of and Influence
oi alcohol in the production ofhe-
redItary drunkenness: "Such cases
present themselves 10 our Observa-
uon with the preconirance of q phe-
nomenon OF the physical order, which
l have already had occasion to men,
ton-l. e., complete abolition of az
tie moral sentiments. Oae might sSy
that no distinction between good and
evil remains il the minds of these
degraded beings. They have desc
lated and ruined thtic families with
out experiencing the least regret; in
tne acute state OF their delirium they
have nearly destroyed sll that came
In their way, and preserve no remem-
orance OF it. The love OF vagabond-
Ism seems to govern the acts of q
great number OF them. They auit
their homes without troubling them
selves wnere they may 60; they con-
not explsjn the motives OF their dis
orderly tendencies; their existence
IS passed II the EXTREMIST apathy, the
most absolute indifference, and viola
uon seems 10 be replaced by q stuuid
Again he saws: 81
constantly find The sad victims of the
alcoholic toxication Of their mar.
ents in their fAyorite resorts. the
asyluns for the insane, prisons and
houses Of Correction ---- g
This might be extended to fiI vol
ums. Will our Convention disregard
it and leave for future generations
The lsbor Of reform. All history
shows US that drunkenness is a sure
index Of nations deeline-that sll
lations about to decline show great
Increase of drunkenness. Let our
people be protected. Remove quar-
milne restrictions; allow heplague,
'hoiera ana all else, to enter-the
.ictims are few when numbered with
hose Of intoxication. Shall men
ontinue to spend their lives in idle
ess, drunkenness-be buried by the
ublic-the public support their wild
WIS, their idiotic and insane ? To
on who declare legislative power let
here be light. given. Clear your
onsciences by facilitating the sup
ression OF the most prolific source
{ crime sBd evils to man.
d. a. MoRsE. of Madison Co.
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From the Richmond Cvs.) Dispatch.I
THE FIRST BLOOD OF THE WAR.
Not Ellsworth, but Anokher HerO-A
Scrap OF History.


Is Was repeated in the telegrsphic
columns OF the Disp0te6, what has
often been said before, that Elsworthis
was the first blood shed in the late
civil war or rebellion. This state
mens hss passed for true SO long
that it will be rather difficult to cor
rect it so as to prevent its repetition.
But we will do so. ~ ---.-.
Ellsworth was killed st Alexan-
dris on the 24th of May, 1861, the
day after the vote was taken upon
the ratification Of the ordinance of
secession. Two days before-to-wit
on the night of the 22d of May,
1S61-a Union man was killed st
FeIterman, Taylor county, West
Virginia (hen Virgiuia,l by q Con-
federste, or rather Virginia soldier,
belonging to the volunteer company
which had been marched tbisher the
previous week from Falmouth, in
Marion county. This company was
3 part of the Thirty first Virginia
regiment OF infantry throughout the
war. The man who was killed was q
violent Union man, and resided in
Grafton, "a town three miles from Fet-
terman, both towns being on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He
went armed to Fettermsn, marched
up to the sentinel who killed hin, and
when challenged, replied by shot
which went through the Virginia
soldiers ear. whereupon the soldier
shot him dead upon the spot.
The writer OF this article saw the
soldier at Philippi few days after
ward, and was one of the number of
persons who was curious to see, and
did see, ths hole in his ear. There
are hundreds Of persons IN Taylor
county who csn substsntiate these
statements, and il would not be
amiss for some one to undertake the
task. tits well to be right even in
small matters 1t may be replied
that Ellsworth was the first soldier
shot. But this does not give his
case any advantage over the other
seeing that he was shot by private
individual. According to the North.
arn history OF the war, Ellsworth was
murdered. he certainly was not
killed according to the rules OF war;
there is no doubt the other
nan was killed by q soldier, who
imply performed his duty as such IN
! : -
natter as we will, it must be con-
eded that the Union man who tell
{ Fetterman-we have forgotten
9th his name and that Of the soldier
Tho killed him-was the first man
no was killed in Virginia by q
oldier, and consequently his wAs ''the
rst blood OF the wars in the sense In
hich that ayerment is usually made
J to Ellsworth.
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EE2G EeIg York
{ EBeMIAG POST
SAFE, SURE And SFEADFANT.
4 Journal fOt all True Republicans,
for ali True Liberals, and all
True Democrats.

Tire NV YORK EVENLyG POST, edited
- Williams Casien Bryant, and Parke
Goodwin, assisted by the estroDgesttalenttha
can he engaged, has for more than halfa Gen.
t.Ig- maintained the same principles of Fr9e-
dom and Progress, through all changes OF
ys-1,-essl--d POI icies.
it Stands fer Equal Rights; for the
Distribution lPOwer for Honesty and Econ
OIuy for Iesecurity OF the glorious results OF
Enamel patton and Acknowledgement won by
lie war; and FOX all practicable Reforms.
= = opposed TO Injustice and SpOIia-
tiOH, disguised under the name of protec-
tLol ard 10 al corrupt party combinations
which sacrifice principle TO mere success.
II w-I support Grant and Wilson,
because 1t believes that under them the gov
erlll1ent viii be more stable, and the chances
for progress and reform more certain, than
under any alliance ceOfiucOmp2Iible clements.
Zhe Evening Post is equal to any other
rs a newspaper, and IS complete in itsPoliti-
1l, Us Literary ,iisScientidc, its Agricultural
ans, - Commercial Departments.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-04
JUDGE GREEN AND THE LIQUOR
Law. -{

The late extraordinary decisioa Of
Judge Green, of the Franklin County
Common Pleas Court, on the Adair
Liquor Law, has attracted some at
tention all over the State. The Ohio
..St,otesnaan, Democratic State organ,
has this to say about the Judge and
his decision. It is plain, independ-
ent, outspoken talk ; ard coming as
it does from the Democratic State
organ will have additional interest
Last summer Judge Green was
ioisted iu!o the Democratic ticket by
an unprineipled ring, whose only OBJ
ject was immunity for those engaged
IN the liquor traffic. We suspected
the fact at the time, bnt now we are
sure of it. This ring would have the
Democratic party carry it through to
victory, bat it is no part OF the busi-
ness of our political organization to
shoulder the iniquities OF any clique.
II has done ;hat kind OF thing to its
sorrow, and the sooner it washes its
hands of of all such connections the
sooner it will be in condition to do
the country some service. The IL
cense party, who are laboring TO re-
establish the old license sytem that
is being discarded everywhere, is one
that has no favor in our eyes, even
though its actions, which we now re-
cord, were not enough to utterly
damn 1t in the eyes Of ell good citi.
zens. Not content with influencing
Judge Green as politician, they
have induced him to prostitute his
high office to the furtherance Of their
ends By some means they prevailed
upon the Judge TO prepare a long,
swelve-column plea for them, in the
shape of a decision upon the merits
Of two Adair liquor law cases that
we're before him in our Court of
Common Pleas, and to publish it on
Friday evening, for circulation as a
political document, with a view to in
luencing the result Of the primary
.lections, ct which delegates were
chosen for the convention that is to
place in nomination candidates for
he Constitutional Convention.
Thus they not only made fool of a
udge of our court, but made him so
n q most shameless and brazen man
Ter, as though common decency and
he rights OF the public were things
hey were under no obligations to
aspect.
The whole case, ss it now stands,
ipon its face, ID that Judge Green is
lie liquor mems c2Ddidote for the !
Constitutional Convention that he |
las prepared an elaborate decision
q their favor that he co-operated |
Eith them in its publication on the
evening before the primary election
hat his and their object in that act
vas to secure his nomination by the
Icninant patty, and that he is under an
implied, ifnot expressed, contract if
elected, to labor Tor them il the Con-
'eT Lion.
Because 81 his age, and infrmities
,Gmind and body, we hayO no 6ispo-
ition TO see the Judge prosecuted |
or his acLion in this matter but if |
here is any law that will reach the
men who have tampsred with our
curt, it should be enforced. The |
,sst thing that Judge Green can do |
gill he TO resign and retire to private
ife. Ifnot before, he viii in the fu
ure be an uEmitigated nuisance in
lis present position